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Pasión y paciencia, fue el slogan elegido por ¡Valencia!, la agencia de publicidad y comunicación integral de Basilea, Suiza, para su reunión de teambulding que tuvo como actividad principal un entrenamiento intensivo de surf en nuestra escuela.
Una formidable experiencia, sin duda.
Txoko Surf Club Schola |+34 662 138 480
Rúa Tomás Mirambell, 90 Bajo.
36340 Panxón, Nigrán
Come slogarsi un dito per scattare a più non posso durante un viaggio di lavoro nelle città di Shenzen e Guangzhou nel sud della Cina
Sony A7SII
Nikkor 35mm f2 Ais
It's been a slow slog as of late, between work, summer parenting duties, and the overall inkiness of living in a condo that likes to have Chiller failures. I have a few interesting pieces to go through.. eventually. Figured I might as well start with something familiar to people.
For every stupidly hard piece to find that I miraculously find, there's at least a good dozen or so that I'm so far behind on, it's not even funny. Such is the case with the Twilight Princess Figma releases of Link and Zelda.
Released in 2017, I... never got these for some reason. I knew of them, and, unlike other pieces that I have, these were recent enough to be actually sold at EB Games. Yet somehow, it's taken me three years and a nice price on Facebook before I finally purchased these pieces. Coincidentally, I've not played the game either so.. maybe they're related?
This particular Figma came back into the forefront of thought for me as it was featured as the top video game figure or something like that on Toy Galaxy. More on that in a second.
Link came in two flavours - the normal version, and the DX edition with extra accessories, which apparently is everything that is not the Master Sword and Hylian Shield (Ordon Sword, Hero's Bow and Arrow, Ball and Chain, Hawkeye and the Clawshot).
I believe the price difference between the two sets was like $10 or so, which really made owning the DX version a no brainer.
But accessories aren't the only things in the box. There is the figure, three total expressions (neutral, focused, shouting), the various accessories as mentioned above, six extra hands including a pair dedicated for use with the bow and arrow, and two Figma stands with clips and bits for various display options.
Link, without a doubt, is a gorgeous piece. The paint work on Figma, in general, is pretty good stuff, but the colours utilized on this set are arranged in a way that makes the figure pop. The duller green of the tunic is offset by the various accent colours, including use of metallic colours for buckles and the chain mail he wears under the green. The metallics used fofor the various pieces of equipment are dazzling.
The only messy paint app would be the on the Hawkeye.
The sculpting of the finer details on the figure compliments the excellent paint work. There's some nice detailing on the tunic and armour, and while I can't comment on the accuracy of the hair and face I can say it's very clean and passes for A Link in my books. Where the details shine, however, is on the various accessories, particularly the scabbard of the Ordon and Master Sword, as well as the blade of the Master Sword itself.
Also, it's worth noting that the various chained weapons feature actual metal chains, which is both nice and a bit of a pain when it comes to posing.
Articulation of the figure is kind of where my biggest beef is, and where I disagree with the findings of many polls, including the one on Toy Galaxy that I talked about. Lets talk the positives. The upper body is fantastic. All your typical points of movement area there, including kind of dislocated shoulders that allow for some real deep reach towards the chest so you could do a two handed sword pose. There is even articulation of the cap.
The issue is, however, that effectively you have no articulation of the upper legs due to the restrictions of the skirt, which of course, means you basically no leg articulation at all. Kind of annoying for a toy that is meant to be posed in all manner of dramatic way to have basically no leg movement at all. This limited movement, coupled with the top heavy nature of the figure, means you'll probably be using the stand for anything even remotely fancy looking.
Yet somehow, it was voted the top video game toy by the public. No wonder I don't get along with "the public".
That, friends, was Twilight Princess DX Link, a flawed masterpiece, but jeepers that's one hell of a flaw. The Figma is very pretty to look at and if museum poses are your thing, it's certainly will fit the bill. But as far as video game figures go, it's certainly not the greatest.
A hard slog up the scree (stone field)
Skiddaw is a mountain in the Lake District National Park in England. With a summit at 931 m (3,054 ft) above sea level it is the fourth[1] highest mountain in England. It lies just north of the town of Keswick, Cumbria, and dominates the skyline in this part of the northern lakes. It is the simplest of the Lake District mountains of this height to ascend (as there is a well-trodden tourist track from a car park to the north-east of Keswick, near the summit of Latrigg) and, as such, many walking guides recommend it to the occasional walker wishing to climb a mountain. This is the first summit of the fell running challenge known as the Bob Graham Round when undertaken in a clockwise direction.
The mountain lends its name to the surrounding areas of "Skiddaw Forest", and "Back o' Skidda'" and to the isolated "Skiddaw House", situated to the east, formerly a shooting lodge and subsequently a youth hostel. It also provides the name for the slate derived from that region: Skiddaw Slate. Tuned percussion musical instruments or lithophones exist which are made from the slate, such as the Musical Stones of Skiddaw held at Keswick Museum and Art Gallery.
Come slogarsi un dito per scattare a più non posso durante un viaggio di lavoro nelle città di Shenzen e Guangzhou nel sud della Cina
Sony A7SII
Nikkor 20mm 2.8 Ais
It's been a slow slog as of late, between work, summer parenting duties, and the overall inkiness of living in a condo that likes to have Chiller failures. I have a few interesting pieces to go through.. eventually. Figured I might as well start with something familiar to people.
For every stupidly hard piece to find that I miraculously find, there's at least a good dozen or so that I'm so far behind on, it's not even funny. Such is the case with the Twilight Princess Figma releases of Link and Zelda.
Released in 2017, I... never got these for some reason. I knew of them, and, unlike other pieces that I have, these were recent enough to be actually sold at EB Games. Yet somehow, it's taken me three years and a nice price on Facebook before I finally purchased these pieces. Coincidentally, I've not played the game either so.. maybe they're related?
This particular Figma came back into the forefront of thought for me as it was featured as the top video game figure or something like that on Toy Galaxy. More on that in a second.
Link came in two flavours - the normal version, and the DX edition with extra accessories, which apparently is everything that is not the Master Sword and Hylian Shield (Ordon Sword, Hero's Bow and Arrow, Ball and Chain, Hawkeye and the Clawshot).
I believe the price difference between the two sets was like $10 or so, which really made owning the DX version a no brainer.
But accessories aren't the only things in the box. There is the figure, three total expressions (neutral, focused, shouting), the various accessories as mentioned above, six extra hands including a pair dedicated for use with the bow and arrow, and two Figma stands with clips and bits for various display options.
Link, without a doubt, is a gorgeous piece. The paint work on Figma, in general, is pretty good stuff, but the colours utilized on this set are arranged in a way that makes the figure pop. The duller green of the tunic is offset by the various accent colours, including use of metallic colours for buckles and the chain mail he wears under the green. The metallics used fofor the various pieces of equipment are dazzling.
The only messy paint app would be the on the Hawkeye.
The sculpting of the finer details on the figure compliments the excellent paint work. There's some nice detailing on the tunic and armour, and while I can't comment on the accuracy of the hair and face I can say it's very clean and passes for A Link in my books. Where the details shine, however, is on the various accessories, particularly the scabbard of the Ordon and Master Sword, as well as the blade of the Master Sword itself.
Also, it's worth noting that the various chained weapons feature actual metal chains, which is both nice and a bit of a pain when it comes to posing.
Articulation of the figure is kind of where my biggest beef is, and where I disagree with the findings of many polls, including the one on Toy Galaxy that I talked about. Lets talk the positives. The upper body is fantastic. All your typical points of movement area there, including kind of dislocated shoulders that allow for some real deep reach towards the chest so you could do a two handed sword pose. There is even articulation of the cap.
The issue is, however, that effectively you have no articulation of the upper legs due to the restrictions of the skirt, which of course, means you basically no leg articulation at all. Kind of annoying for a toy that is meant to be posed in all manner of dramatic way to have basically no leg movement at all. This limited movement, coupled with the top heavy nature of the figure, means you'll probably be using the stand for anything even remotely fancy looking.
Yet somehow, it was voted the top video game toy by the public. No wonder I don't get along with "the public".
That, friends, was Twilight Princess DX Link, a flawed masterpiece, but jeepers that's one hell of a flaw. The Figma is very pretty to look at and if museum poses are your thing, it's certainly will fit the bill. But as far as video game figures go, it's certainly not the greatest.
Come slogarsi un dito per scattare a più non posso durante un viaggio di lavoro nelle città di Shenzen e Guangzhou nel sud della Cina
Sony A7SII
Super Multi Coated Takumar 50mm 1.4
90057 slogs over the crossing and leaves Featherstone with a mixed freight on 29th December 1966. 90057 was transferred from Hull Dairycoates to Goole on 31st December,where it would remain until June 1967,when it was withdrawn. 90057 was scrapped in January 1968.
Pasión y paciencia, fue el slogan elegido por ¡Valencia!, la agencia de publicidad y comunicación integral de Basilea, Suiza, para su reunión de teambulding que tuvo como actividad principal un entrenamiento intensivo de surf en nuestra escuela.
Una formidable experiencia, sin duda.
Txoko Surf Club Schola |+34 662 138 480
Rúa Tomás Mirambell, 90 Bajo.
36340 Panxón, Nigrán
It's been a slow slog as of late, between work, summer parenting duties, and the overall inkiness of living in a condo that likes to have Chiller failures. I have a few interesting pieces to go through.. eventually. Figured I might as well start with something familiar to people.
For every stupidly hard piece to find that I miraculously find, there's at least a good dozen or so that I'm so far behind on, it's not even funny. Such is the case with the Twilight Princess Figma releases of Link and Zelda.
Released in 2017, I... never got these for some reason. I knew of them, and, unlike other pieces that I have, these were recent enough to be actually sold at EB Games. Yet somehow, it's taken me three years and a nice price on Facebook before I finally purchased these pieces. Coincidentally, I've not played the game either so.. maybe they're related?
This particular Figma came back into the forefront of thought for me as it was featured as the top video game figure or something like that on Toy Galaxy. More on that in a second.
Link came in two flavours - the normal version, and the DX edition with extra accessories, which apparently is everything that is not the Master Sword and Hylian Shield (Ordon Sword, Hero's Bow and Arrow, Ball and Chain, Hawkeye and the Clawshot).
I believe the price difference between the two sets was like $10 or so, which really made owning the DX version a no brainer.
But accessories aren't the only things in the box. There is the figure, three total expressions (neutral, focused, shouting), the various accessories as mentioned above, six extra hands including a pair dedicated for use with the bow and arrow, and two Figma stands with clips and bits for various display options.
Link, without a doubt, is a gorgeous piece. The paint work on Figma, in general, is pretty good stuff, but the colours utilized on this set are arranged in a way that makes the figure pop. The duller green of the tunic is offset by the various accent colours, including use of metallic colours for buckles and the chain mail he wears under the green. The metallics used fofor the various pieces of equipment are dazzling.
The only messy paint app would be the on the Hawkeye.
The sculpting of the finer details on the figure compliments the excellent paint work. There's some nice detailing on the tunic and armour, and while I can't comment on the accuracy of the hair and face I can say it's very clean and passes for A Link in my books. Where the details shine, however, is on the various accessories, particularly the scabbard of the Ordon and Master Sword, as well as the blade of the Master Sword itself.
Also, it's worth noting that the various chained weapons feature actual metal chains, which is both nice and a bit of a pain when it comes to posing.
Articulation of the figure is kind of where my biggest beef is, and where I disagree with the findings of many polls, including the one on Toy Galaxy that I talked about. Lets talk the positives. The upper body is fantastic. All your typical points of movement area there, including kind of dislocated shoulders that allow for some real deep reach towards the chest so you could do a two handed sword pose. There is even articulation of the cap.
The issue is, however, that effectively you have no articulation of the upper legs due to the restrictions of the skirt, which of course, means you basically no leg articulation at all. Kind of annoying for a toy that is meant to be posed in all manner of dramatic way to have basically no leg movement at all. This limited movement, coupled with the top heavy nature of the figure, means you'll probably be using the stand for anything even remotely fancy looking.
Yet somehow, it was voted the top video game toy by the public. No wonder I don't get along with "the public".
That, friends, was Twilight Princess DX Link, a flawed masterpiece, but jeepers that's one hell of a flaw. The Figma is very pretty to look at and if museum poses are your thing, it's certainly will fit the bill. But as far as video game figures go, it's certainly not the greatest.
It's been a slow slog as of late, between work, summer parenting duties, and the overall inkiness of living in a condo that likes to have Chiller failures. I have a few interesting pieces to go through.. eventually. Figured I might as well start with something familiar to people.
For every stupidly hard piece to find that I miraculously find, there's at least a good dozen or so that I'm so far behind on, it's not even funny. Such is the case with the Twilight Princess Figma releases of Link and Zelda.
Released in 2017, I... never got these for some reason. I knew of them, and, unlike other pieces that I have, these were recent enough to be actually sold at EB Games. Yet somehow, it's taken me three years and a nice price on Facebook before I finally purchased these pieces. Coincidentally, I've not played the game either so.. maybe they're related?
This particular Figma came back into the forefront of thought for me as it was featured as the top video game figure or something like that on Toy Galaxy. More on that in a second.
Link came in two flavours - the normal version, and the DX edition with extra accessories, which apparently is everything that is not the Master Sword and Hylian Shield (Ordon Sword, Hero's Bow and Arrow, Ball and Chain, Hawkeye and the Clawshot).
I believe the price difference between the two sets was like $10 or so, which really made owning the DX version a no brainer.
But accessories aren't the only things in the box. There is the figure, three total expressions (neutral, focused, shouting), the various accessories as mentioned above, six extra hands including a pair dedicated for use with the bow and arrow, and two Figma stands with clips and bits for various display options.
Link, without a doubt, is a gorgeous piece. The paint work on Figma, in general, is pretty good stuff, but the colours utilized on this set are arranged in a way that makes the figure pop. The duller green of the tunic is offset by the various accent colours, including use of metallic colours for buckles and the chain mail he wears under the green. The metallics used fofor the various pieces of equipment are dazzling.
The only messy paint app would be the on the Hawkeye.
The sculpting of the finer details on the figure compliments the excellent paint work. There's some nice detailing on the tunic and armour, and while I can't comment on the accuracy of the hair and face I can say it's very clean and passes for A Link in my books. Where the details shine, however, is on the various accessories, particularly the scabbard of the Ordon and Master Sword, as well as the blade of the Master Sword itself.
Also, it's worth noting that the various chained weapons feature actual metal chains, which is both nice and a bit of a pain when it comes to posing.
Articulation of the figure is kind of where my biggest beef is, and where I disagree with the findings of many polls, including the one on Toy Galaxy that I talked about. Lets talk the positives. The upper body is fantastic. All your typical points of movement area there, including kind of dislocated shoulders that allow for some real deep reach towards the chest so you could do a two handed sword pose. There is even articulation of the cap.
The issue is, however, that effectively you have no articulation of the upper legs due to the restrictions of the skirt, which of course, means you basically no leg articulation at all. Kind of annoying for a toy that is meant to be posed in all manner of dramatic way to have basically no leg movement at all. This limited movement, coupled with the top heavy nature of the figure, means you'll probably be using the stand for anything even remotely fancy looking.
Yet somehow, it was voted the top video game toy by the public. No wonder I don't get along with "the public".
That, friends, was Twilight Princess DX Link, a flawed masterpiece, but jeepers that's one hell of a flaw. The Figma is very pretty to look at and if museum poses are your thing, it's certainly will fit the bill. But as far as video game figures go, it's certainly not the greatest.
It's been a slow slog as of late, between work, summer parenting duties, and the overall inkiness of living in a condo that likes to have Chiller failures. I have a few interesting pieces to go through.. eventually. Figured I might as well start with something familiar to people.
For every stupidly hard piece to find that I miraculously find, there's at least a good dozen or so that I'm so far behind on, it's not even funny. Such is the case with the Twilight Princess Figma releases of Link and Zelda.
Released in 2017, I... never got these for some reason. I knew of them, and, unlike other pieces that I have, these were recent enough to be actually sold at EB Games. Yet somehow, it's taken me three years and a nice price on Facebook before I finally purchased these pieces. Coincidentally, I've not played the game either so.. maybe they're related?
This particular Figma came back into the forefront of thought for me as it was featured as the top video game figure or something like that on Toy Galaxy. More on that in a second.
Link came in two flavours - the normal version, and the DX edition with extra accessories, which apparently is everything that is not the Master Sword and Hylian Shield (Ordon Sword, Hero's Bow and Arrow, Ball and Chain, Hawkeye and the Clawshot).
I believe the price difference between the two sets was like $10 or so, which really made owning the DX version a no brainer.
But accessories aren't the only things in the box. There is the figure, three total expressions (neutral, focused, shouting), the various accessories as mentioned above, six extra hands including a pair dedicated for use with the bow and arrow, and two Figma stands with clips and bits for various display options.
Link, without a doubt, is a gorgeous piece. The paint work on Figma, in general, is pretty good stuff, but the colours utilized on this set are arranged in a way that makes the figure pop. The duller green of the tunic is offset by the various accent colours, including use of metallic colours for buckles and the chain mail he wears under the green. The metallics used fofor the various pieces of equipment are dazzling.
The only messy paint app would be the on the Hawkeye.
The sculpting of the finer details on the figure compliments the excellent paint work. There's some nice detailing on the tunic and armour, and while I can't comment on the accuracy of the hair and face I can say it's very clean and passes for A Link in my books. Where the details shine, however, is on the various accessories, particularly the scabbard of the Ordon and Master Sword, as well as the blade of the Master Sword itself.
Also, it's worth noting that the various chained weapons feature actual metal chains, which is both nice and a bit of a pain when it comes to posing.
Articulation of the figure is kind of where my biggest beef is, and where I disagree with the findings of many polls, including the one on Toy Galaxy that I talked about. Lets talk the positives. The upper body is fantastic. All your typical points of movement area there, including kind of dislocated shoulders that allow for some real deep reach towards the chest so you could do a two handed sword pose. There is even articulation of the cap.
The issue is, however, that effectively you have no articulation of the upper legs due to the restrictions of the skirt, which of course, means you basically no leg articulation at all. Kind of annoying for a toy that is meant to be posed in all manner of dramatic way to have basically no leg movement at all. This limited movement, coupled with the top heavy nature of the figure, means you'll probably be using the stand for anything even remotely fancy looking.
Yet somehow, it was voted the top video game toy by the public. No wonder I don't get along with "the public".
That, friends, was Twilight Princess DX Link, a flawed masterpiece, but jeepers that's one hell of a flaw. The Figma is very pretty to look at and if museum poses are your thing, it's certainly will fit the bill. But as far as video game figures go, it's certainly not the greatest.
Here's a picture from last weekend at the Nachusa Grasslands, where we were the only people in the world. That muddy road looks like maybe it could go on forever, but it doesn't. I've been that way. I know.
It occurred to me yesterday that I've felt the way I feel right now before.
There was a night I remember, maybe in late January or early February of 2009, when I had just started chemotherapy to kill the lymphoma in my chest. The doctors had given me a good prognosis. They'd told me the mass would probably go away and that in all likelihood, I'd be just fine, but it would be a slog. Eight months, at least, they said, and every two weeks over that eight months, I'd have to go downtown and let nurses poke around in search of a vein they could never seem to find so they could fill me with all sorts of chemicals that sapped my strength and left me tasting metal even though I hadn't eaten any metal. And then I'd go home and try to sleep as my arm throbbed and my hair fell out and my mouth tore itself to pieces. Eight months of that, they said. Eight months.
I try my damndest to be stoic about that sort of thing and just suck it up and accept what has to happen, because whining about it doesn't do you any good, and for the most part, I think I did that pretty well. But there was a moment in January, maybe two cycles in, a regular night not long after a trip downtown, when I'd done what I always did. I went into the bathroom and got ready for my shower, and something just hit me. I thought about the passage of time and how slow it can feel when you don't want it to feel slow, and in that moment, eight months felt like a billion years. I stood in the bathroom feeling paralyzed, because eight months was everlasting. Eight months might as well be on the other side of eternity, and it might be something I'll never see. Or I might, I thought, but what did it matter, because right now was where I was, and nothing was going to move me to some other place in time.
Except time.
And that's the thing I have to remember. There's been more than a decade now between me and that moment in the bathroom on Maplewood. Time passed. It ended. As all things do. That doesn't help in the moment, when I feel trapped in a place and know I have a long road ahead of me. But it's something to hold onto. It's someplace I've been before.
Only the entire world's with me this time. So let me be your guide. That road you see that looks like it might go on forever? Take it from me. It doesn't.
Come slogarsi un dito per scattare a più non posso durante un viaggio di lavoro nelle città di Shenzen e Guangzhou nel sud della Cina
Sony A7SII
Super Multi Coated Takumar 50mm 1.4
After a grinding slog through the forest, we finally found good fishing. Next time we’ll know to stick to the main trail!
You can see Fred along the shore, enjoying a well-earned cast, while Poco is waiting on the snow for me to throw sticks for him.
My lens was dustier than I realized, as is painfully obvious if you look at the mountain just below the sun.
This High Dynamic Range 360° panorama was stitched from 54 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.
Original size: 11929 × 11929 (142.3 MP; 122 MB).
Location; Rawson Lake, Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada
It's been a slow slog as of late, between work, summer parenting duties, and the overall inkiness of living in a condo that likes to have Chiller failures. I have a few interesting pieces to go through.. eventually. Figured I might as well start with something familiar to people.
For every stupidly hard piece to find that I miraculously find, there's at least a good dozen or so that I'm so far behind on, it's not even funny. Such is the case with the Twilight Princess Figma releases of Link and Zelda.
Released in 2017, I... never got these for some reason. I knew of them, and, unlike other pieces that I have, these were recent enough to be actually sold at EB Games. Yet somehow, it's taken me three years and a nice price on Facebook before I finally purchased these pieces. Coincidentally, I've not played the game either so.. maybe they're related?
This particular Figma came back into the forefront of thought for me as it was featured as the top video game figure or something like that on Toy Galaxy. More on that in a second.
Link came in two flavours - the normal version, and the DX edition with extra accessories, which apparently is everything that is not the Master Sword and Hylian Shield (Ordon Sword, Hero's Bow and Arrow, Ball and Chain, Hawkeye and the Clawshot).
I believe the price difference between the two sets was like $10 or so, which really made owning the DX version a no brainer.
But accessories aren't the only things in the box. There is the figure, three total expressions (neutral, focused, shouting), the various accessories as mentioned above, six extra hands including a pair dedicated for use with the bow and arrow, and two Figma stands with clips and bits for various display options.
Link, without a doubt, is a gorgeous piece. The paint work on Figma, in general, is pretty good stuff, but the colours utilized on this set are arranged in a way that makes the figure pop. The duller green of the tunic is offset by the various accent colours, including use of metallic colours for buckles and the chain mail he wears under the green. The metallics used fofor the various pieces of equipment are dazzling.
The only messy paint app would be the on the Hawkeye.
The sculpting of the finer details on the figure compliments the excellent paint work. There's some nice detailing on the tunic and armour, and while I can't comment on the accuracy of the hair and face I can say it's very clean and passes for A Link in my books. Where the details shine, however, is on the various accessories, particularly the scabbard of the Ordon and Master Sword, as well as the blade of the Master Sword itself.
Also, it's worth noting that the various chained weapons feature actual metal chains, which is both nice and a bit of a pain when it comes to posing.
Articulation of the figure is kind of where my biggest beef is, and where I disagree with the findings of many polls, including the one on Toy Galaxy that I talked about. Lets talk the positives. The upper body is fantastic. All your typical points of movement area there, including kind of dislocated shoulders that allow for some real deep reach towards the chest so you could do a two handed sword pose. There is even articulation of the cap.
The issue is, however, that effectively you have no articulation of the upper legs due to the restrictions of the skirt, which of course, means you basically no leg articulation at all. Kind of annoying for a toy that is meant to be posed in all manner of dramatic way to have basically no leg movement at all. This limited movement, coupled with the top heavy nature of the figure, means you'll probably be using the stand for anything even remotely fancy looking.
Yet somehow, it was voted the top video game toy by the public. No wonder I don't get along with "the public".
That, friends, was Twilight Princess DX Link, a flawed masterpiece, but jeepers that's one hell of a flaw. The Figma is very pretty to look at and if museum poses are your thing, it's certainly will fit the bill. But as far as video game figures go, it's certainly not the greatest.
It's been a slow slog as of late, between work, summer parenting duties, and the overall inkiness of living in a condo that likes to have Chiller failures. I have a few interesting pieces to go through.. eventually. Figured I might as well start with something familiar to people.
For every stupidly hard piece to find that I miraculously find, there's at least a good dozen or so that I'm so far behind on, it's not even funny. Such is the case with the Twilight Princess Figma releases of Link and Zelda.
Released in 2017, I... never got these for some reason. I knew of them, and, unlike other pieces that I have, these were recent enough to be actually sold at EB Games. Yet somehow, it's taken me three years and a nice price on Facebook before I finally purchased these pieces. Coincidentally, I've not played the game either so.. maybe they're related?
This particular Figma came back into the forefront of thought for me as it was featured as the top video game figure or something like that on Toy Galaxy. More on that in a second.
Link came in two flavours - the normal version, and the DX edition with extra accessories, which apparently is everything that is not the Master Sword and Hylian Shield (Ordon Sword, Hero's Bow and Arrow, Ball and Chain, Hawkeye and the Clawshot).
I believe the price difference between the two sets was like $10 or so, which really made owning the DX version a no brainer.
But accessories aren't the only things in the box. There is the figure, three total expressions (neutral, focused, shouting), the various accessories as mentioned above, six extra hands including a pair dedicated for use with the bow and arrow, and two Figma stands with clips and bits for various display options.
Link, without a doubt, is a gorgeous piece. The paint work on Figma, in general, is pretty good stuff, but the colours utilized on this set are arranged in a way that makes the figure pop. The duller green of the tunic is offset by the various accent colours, including use of metallic colours for buckles and the chain mail he wears under the green. The metallics used fofor the various pieces of equipment are dazzling.
The only messy paint app would be the on the Hawkeye.
The sculpting of the finer details on the figure compliments the excellent paint work. There's some nice detailing on the tunic and armour, and while I can't comment on the accuracy of the hair and face I can say it's very clean and passes for A Link in my books. Where the details shine, however, is on the various accessories, particularly the scabbard of the Ordon and Master Sword, as well as the blade of the Master Sword itself.
Also, it's worth noting that the various chained weapons feature actual metal chains, which is both nice and a bit of a pain when it comes to posing.
Articulation of the figure is kind of where my biggest beef is, and where I disagree with the findings of many polls, including the one on Toy Galaxy that I talked about. Lets talk the positives. The upper body is fantastic. All your typical points of movement area there, including kind of dislocated shoulders that allow for some real deep reach towards the chest so you could do a two handed sword pose. There is even articulation of the cap.
The issue is, however, that effectively you have no articulation of the upper legs due to the restrictions of the skirt, which of course, means you basically no leg articulation at all. Kind of annoying for a toy that is meant to be posed in all manner of dramatic way to have basically no leg movement at all. This limited movement, coupled with the top heavy nature of the figure, means you'll probably be using the stand for anything even remotely fancy looking.
Yet somehow, it was voted the top video game toy by the public. No wonder I don't get along with "the public".
That, friends, was Twilight Princess DX Link, a flawed masterpiece, but jeepers that's one hell of a flaw. The Figma is very pretty to look at and if museum poses are your thing, it's certainly will fit the bill. But as far as video game figures go, it's certainly not the greatest.
Pasión y paciencia, fue el slogan elegido por ¡Valencia!, la agencia de publicidad y comunicación integral de Basilea, Suiza, para su reunión de teambulding que tuvo como actividad principal un entrenamiento intensivo de surf en nuestra escuela.
Una formidable experiencia, sin duda.
Txoko Surf Club Schola |+34 662 138 480
Rúa Tomás Mirambell, 90 Bajo.
36340 Panxón, Nigrán
Pasión y paciencia, fue el slogan elegido por ¡Valencia!, la agencia de publicidad y comunicación integral de Basilea, Suiza, para su reunión de teambulding que tuvo como actividad principal un entrenamiento intensivo de surf en nuestra escuela.
Una formidable experiencia, sin duda.
Txoko Surf Club Schola |+34 662 138 480
Rúa Tomás Mirambell, 90 Bajo.
36340 Panxón, Nigrán
Come slogarsi un dito per scattare a più non posso durante un viaggio di lavoro nelle città di Shenzen e Guangzhou nel sud della Cina
Sony A7SII
Nikkor 35mm f2 Ais
Zigenare har slagit läger en bit ifrån Måsnaren. Men vad de inte visste var att lägret står på ett fornlämningsområde.
Nu vill kommunen avhysa dem med hänvisning till fornminneslagen(!), silkesvantarna är på.
Vid Måsnarens östra strand ligger Eklundsnäsbadet och Eklundsnäs camping. Badet är ett a...
Come slogarsi un dito per scattare a più non posso durante un viaggio di lavoro nelle città di Shenzen e Guangzhou nel sud della Cina
Sony A7SII
Nikkor 35mm f2 Ais
It's been a slow slog as of late, between work, summer parenting duties, and the overall inkiness of living in a condo that likes to have Chiller failures. I have a few interesting pieces to go through.. eventually. Figured I might as well start with something familiar to people.
For every stupidly hard piece to find that I miraculously find, there's at least a good dozen or so that I'm so far behind on, it's not even funny. Such is the case with the Twilight Princess Figma releases of Link and Zelda.
Released in 2017, I... never got these for some reason. I knew of them, and, unlike other pieces that I have, these were recent enough to be actually sold at EB Games. Yet somehow, it's taken me three years and a nice price on Facebook before I finally purchased these pieces. Coincidentally, I've not played the game either so.. maybe they're related?
This particular Figma came back into the forefront of thought for me as it was featured as the top video game figure or something like that on Toy Galaxy. More on that in a second.
Link came in two flavours - the normal version, and the DX edition with extra accessories, which apparently is everything that is not the Master Sword and Hylian Shield (Ordon Sword, Hero's Bow and Arrow, Ball and Chain, Hawkeye and the Clawshot).
I believe the price difference between the two sets was like $10 or so, which really made owning the DX version a no brainer.
But accessories aren't the only things in the box. There is the figure, three total expressions (neutral, focused, shouting), the various accessories as mentioned above, six extra hands including a pair dedicated for use with the bow and arrow, and two Figma stands with clips and bits for various display options.
Link, without a doubt, is a gorgeous piece. The paint work on Figma, in general, is pretty good stuff, but the colours utilized on this set are arranged in a way that makes the figure pop. The duller green of the tunic is offset by the various accent colours, including use of metallic colours for buckles and the chain mail he wears under the green. The metallics used fofor the various pieces of equipment are dazzling.
The only messy paint app would be the on the Hawkeye.
The sculpting of the finer details on the figure compliments the excellent paint work. There's some nice detailing on the tunic and armour, and while I can't comment on the accuracy of the hair and face I can say it's very clean and passes for A Link in my books. Where the details shine, however, is on the various accessories, particularly the scabbard of the Ordon and Master Sword, as well as the blade of the Master Sword itself.
Also, it's worth noting that the various chained weapons feature actual metal chains, which is both nice and a bit of a pain when it comes to posing.
Articulation of the figure is kind of where my biggest beef is, and where I disagree with the findings of many polls, including the one on Toy Galaxy that I talked about. Lets talk the positives. The upper body is fantastic. All your typical points of movement area there, including kind of dislocated shoulders that allow for some real deep reach towards the chest so you could do a two handed sword pose. There is even articulation of the cap.
The issue is, however, that effectively you have no articulation of the upper legs due to the restrictions of the skirt, which of course, means you basically no leg articulation at all. Kind of annoying for a toy that is meant to be posed in all manner of dramatic way to have basically no leg movement at all. This limited movement, coupled with the top heavy nature of the figure, means you'll probably be using the stand for anything even remotely fancy looking.
Yet somehow, it was voted the top video game toy by the public. No wonder I don't get along with "the public".
That, friends, was Twilight Princess DX Link, a flawed masterpiece, but jeepers that's one hell of a flaw. The Figma is very pretty to look at and if museum poses are your thing, it's certainly will fit the bill. But as far as video game figures go, it's certainly not the greatest.
It's been a slow slog as of late, between work, summer parenting duties, and the overall inkiness of living in a condo that likes to have Chiller failures. I have a few interesting pieces to go through.. eventually. Figured I might as well start with something familiar to people.
For every stupidly hard piece to find that I miraculously find, there's at least a good dozen or so that I'm so far behind on, it's not even funny. Such is the case with the Twilight Princess Figma releases of Link and Zelda.
Released in 2017, I... never got these for some reason. I knew of them, and, unlike other pieces that I have, these were recent enough to be actually sold at EB Games. Yet somehow, it's taken me three years and a nice price on Facebook before I finally purchased these pieces. Coincidentally, I've not played the game either so.. maybe they're related?
This particular Figma came back into the forefront of thought for me as it was featured as the top video game figure or something like that on Toy Galaxy. More on that in a second.
Link came in two flavours - the normal version, and the DX edition with extra accessories, which apparently is everything that is not the Master Sword and Hylian Shield (Ordon Sword, Hero's Bow and Arrow, Ball and Chain, Hawkeye and the Clawshot).
I believe the price difference between the two sets was like $10 or so, which really made owning the DX version a no brainer.
But accessories aren't the only things in the box. There is the figure, three total expressions (neutral, focused, shouting), the various accessories as mentioned above, six extra hands including a pair dedicated for use with the bow and arrow, and two Figma stands with clips and bits for various display options.
Link, without a doubt, is a gorgeous piece. The paint work on Figma, in general, is pretty good stuff, but the colours utilized on this set are arranged in a way that makes the figure pop. The duller green of the tunic is offset by the various accent colours, including use of metallic colours for buckles and the chain mail he wears under the green. The metallics used fofor the various pieces of equipment are dazzling.
The only messy paint app would be the on the Hawkeye.
The sculpting of the finer details on the figure compliments the excellent paint work. There's some nice detailing on the tunic and armour, and while I can't comment on the accuracy of the hair and face I can say it's very clean and passes for A Link in my books. Where the details shine, however, is on the various accessories, particularly the scabbard of the Ordon and Master Sword, as well as the blade of the Master Sword itself.
Also, it's worth noting that the various chained weapons feature actual metal chains, which is both nice and a bit of a pain when it comes to posing.
Articulation of the figure is kind of where my biggest beef is, and where I disagree with the findings of many polls, including the one on Toy Galaxy that I talked about. Lets talk the positives. The upper body is fantastic. All your typical points of movement area there, including kind of dislocated shoulders that allow for some real deep reach towards the chest so you could do a two handed sword pose. There is even articulation of the cap.
The issue is, however, that effectively you have no articulation of the upper legs due to the restrictions of the skirt, which of course, means you basically no leg articulation at all. Kind of annoying for a toy that is meant to be posed in all manner of dramatic way to have basically no leg movement at all. This limited movement, coupled with the top heavy nature of the figure, means you'll probably be using the stand for anything even remotely fancy looking.
Yet somehow, it was voted the top video game toy by the public. No wonder I don't get along with "the public".
That, friends, was Twilight Princess DX Link, a flawed masterpiece, but jeepers that's one hell of a flaw. The Figma is very pretty to look at and if museum poses are your thing, it's certainly will fit the bill. But as far as video game figures go, it's certainly not the greatest.
It's been a slow slog as of late, between work, summer parenting duties, and the overall inkiness of living in a condo that likes to have Chiller failures. I have a few interesting pieces to go through.. eventually. Figured I might as well start with something familiar to people.
For every stupidly hard piece to find that I miraculously find, there's at least a good dozen or so that I'm so far behind on, it's not even funny. Such is the case with the Twilight Princess Figma releases of Link and Zelda.
Released in 2017, I... never got these for some reason. I knew of them, and, unlike other pieces that I have, these were recent enough to be actually sold at EB Games. Yet somehow, it's taken me three years and a nice price on Facebook before I finally purchased these pieces. Coincidentally, I've not played the game either so.. maybe they're related?
This particular Figma came back into the forefront of thought for me as it was featured as the top video game figure or something like that on Toy Galaxy. More on that in a second.
Link came in two flavours - the normal version, and the DX edition with extra accessories, which apparently is everything that is not the Master Sword and Hylian Shield (Ordon Sword, Hero's Bow and Arrow, Ball and Chain, Hawkeye and the Clawshot).
I believe the price difference between the two sets was like $10 or so, which really made owning the DX version a no brainer.
But accessories aren't the only things in the box. There is the figure, three total expressions (neutral, focused, shouting), the various accessories as mentioned above, six extra hands including a pair dedicated for use with the bow and arrow, and two Figma stands with clips and bits for various display options.
Link, without a doubt, is a gorgeous piece. The paint work on Figma, in general, is pretty good stuff, but the colours utilized on this set are arranged in a way that makes the figure pop. The duller green of the tunic is offset by the various accent colours, including use of metallic colours for buckles and the chain mail he wears under the green. The metallics used fofor the various pieces of equipment are dazzling.
The only messy paint app would be the on the Hawkeye.
The sculpting of the finer details on the figure compliments the excellent paint work. There's some nice detailing on the tunic and armour, and while I can't comment on the accuracy of the hair and face I can say it's very clean and passes for A Link in my books. Where the details shine, however, is on the various accessories, particularly the scabbard of the Ordon and Master Sword, as well as the blade of the Master Sword itself.
Also, it's worth noting that the various chained weapons feature actual metal chains, which is both nice and a bit of a pain when it comes to posing.
Articulation of the figure is kind of where my biggest beef is, and where I disagree with the findings of many polls, including the one on Toy Galaxy that I talked about. Lets talk the positives. The upper body is fantastic. All your typical points of movement area there, including kind of dislocated shoulders that allow for some real deep reach towards the chest so you could do a two handed sword pose. There is even articulation of the cap.
The issue is, however, that effectively you have no articulation of the upper legs due to the restrictions of the skirt, which of course, means you basically no leg articulation at all. Kind of annoying for a toy that is meant to be posed in all manner of dramatic way to have basically no leg movement at all. This limited movement, coupled with the top heavy nature of the figure, means you'll probably be using the stand for anything even remotely fancy looking.
Yet somehow, it was voted the top video game toy by the public. No wonder I don't get along with "the public".
That, friends, was Twilight Princess DX Link, a flawed masterpiece, but jeepers that's one hell of a flaw. The Figma is very pretty to look at and if museum poses are your thing, it's certainly will fit the bill. But as far as video game figures go, it's certainly not the greatest.
I drive my English bus from the Fire Rescue Services up to the Police Station... from there I jump over the fence to launch my Citroën 2CV off the platform, as you can see in the next video...
Pasión y paciencia, fue el slogan elegido por ¡Valencia!, la agencia de publicidad y comunicación integral de Basilea, Suiza, para su reunión de teambulding que tuvo como actividad principal un entrenamiento intensivo de surf en nuestra escuela.
Una formidable experiencia, sin duda.
Txoko Surf Club Schola |+34 662 138 480
Rúa Tomás Mirambell, 90 Bajo.
36340 Panxón, Nigrán
University of Michigan Libraries: Picture It:
I have always been interested in the many different ways people share
online bits and pieces of rare or historic books. Personally, my
favorite way is just big image files, and I will browse thumbnails,
slog through and prowl around. I'm pretty hard core. However, most
people find that approach both inelegant and unsightly, perhaps not
the best way to engage a broader audience with these precious
artifacts. I think I've blogged before about the Flash book readers
and shown off some of the very lovely and wonderful materials
available this way. So far, it seems like each place that does this
uses a slightly different tool, the tools have similar but not
identical functionality, and worst of all - they cost money!
I heard rumors a while back about an opportunity coming up here at the
University of Michigan to put some of our rare books online in nice
ways. I didn't hear very much, and didn't realize that they were going
to SOLVE most of the problems with the Flash readers for rare books!
Wow!
I've been flat on my back sick most of the past week, so I am not sure
exactly when this appeared, but I discovered it today. PictureIt is
free, Creative Commons software that is similar to the commercial
Flash ebook readers. They have put up the first book here at UM, which
is a copy of the Audubon that was the first major purchase of these
libraries, ever. As in way back in the 1800s.
One concern about a free, Creative Commons ebook reader is the
possibility of hurting the commercial market for those companies
already working in this area. There are folks who worked very hard to
come up with this idea. I think that is why they are not just posting
the software somewhere as a free download, but are instead giving it
to people who ask and who will be using it for a similar project or
product. The idea is to enable the public good, and how to do that
responsibly.
I like this. I like the idea of the product - empowering museums and
libraries that are underfunded and lack resources to make their
collections available online both attractively and without hurting
themselves in the process. I like that they are protecting the
interests of the commercial products at the same time they are
empowering the little. This is a very tricky balance, and shows great
sensitivity and insight. I like the interface, for the most part,
although (being me) I want a way to click through to a big version of
the full image for download. Yeah, um, well, call me greedy. :) I do
understand the reasons they aren't doing this (especially since they
explain the copyright of the images on the website. Creative Commons
doesn't mean they are giving away everything. In the case of the
Audubon book, while we do own the book, it made sense to use someone
else's digitized version of the book, rather than handle the UM copy
unnecessarily.
I took a few screenshots to show the functionality. I show the initial
presentation, some of the page turning, and some of the different zoom
levels. I love this book, and couldn't decide exactly which pictures
showed it off to the best advantage, so rather than decide, there are
a bunch of pics at the bottom of the post. Enjoy!
After a grinding slog through the forest, we finally found good fishing. Next time we’ll know to stick to the main trail!
You can see Fred along the shore, enjoying a well-earned cast, while Poco is waiting on the snow for me to throw sticks for him.
My lens was dustier than I realized, as is painfully obvious if you look at the mountain just below the sun.
This High Dynamic Range 360° panorama was stitched from 54 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.
Original size: 18213 × 9106 (165.8 MP; 156 MB).
Location; Rawson Lake, Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada
After slogging along the snowy riverbank to get a better angle on the Bardwell's Ferry bridge, on the return trip I realized that the former Conway Branch ROW was just up the hill, making for a much easier walk back to the car. The Conway Branch was part of a northern extension of the Canal Line that reached as far north as Turner's Falls on the eastern fork and Shelburne Falls on the western fork, the latter of which also included the tallest railroad bridge in New England over the South River. Here's the Conway branch ROW looking south just above the west end of the Bardwell's Ferry auto bridge.
Come slogarsi un dito per scattare a più non posso durante un viaggio di lavoro nelle città di Shenzen e Guangzhou nel sud della Cina
Sony A7SII
Nikkor 35mm f2 Ais
After a grinding slog through the forest, we finally found good fishing. Next time we’ll know to stick to the main trail!
This High Dynamic Range 360° panorama was stitched from 60 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.
Original size: 16216 × 7516 (121.9 MP; 133 MB).
Location: Rawson Lake, Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada
After slogging through a very uninspiring, flat and somewhat melancholy winter, my heart was given a huge lift upon seeing this shimmering sign that spring is really here at last.
This is a Pasque Flower (Anemone patens) a furry-stemmed crocus-like wildflower that appears here in our Colorado woods in March and April. The color ranges from pale, lavender-blue to light orchid-purple.
It's been a slow slog as of late, between work, summer parenting duties, and the overall inkiness of living in a condo that likes to have Chiller failures. I have a few interesting pieces to go through.. eventually. Figured I might as well start with something familiar to people.
For every stupidly hard piece to find that I miraculously find, there's at least a good dozen or so that I'm so far behind on, it's not even funny. Such is the case with the Twilight Princess Figma releases of Link and Zelda.
Released in 2017, I... never got these for some reason. I knew of them, and, unlike other pieces that I have, these were recent enough to be actually sold at EB Games. Yet somehow, it's taken me three years and a nice price on Facebook before I finally purchased these pieces. Coincidentally, I've not played the game either so.. maybe they're related?
This particular Figma came back into the forefront of thought for me as it was featured as the top video game figure or something like that on Toy Galaxy. More on that in a second.
Link came in two flavours - the normal version, and the DX edition with extra accessories, which apparently is everything that is not the Master Sword and Hylian Shield (Ordon Sword, Hero's Bow and Arrow, Ball and Chain, Hawkeye and the Clawshot).
I believe the price difference between the two sets was like $10 or so, which really made owning the DX version a no brainer.
But accessories aren't the only things in the box. There is the figure, three total expressions (neutral, focused, shouting), the various accessories as mentioned above, six extra hands including a pair dedicated for use with the bow and arrow, and two Figma stands with clips and bits for various display options.
Link, without a doubt, is a gorgeous piece. The paint work on Figma, in general, is pretty good stuff, but the colours utilized on this set are arranged in a way that makes the figure pop. The duller green of the tunic is offset by the various accent colours, including use of metallic colours for buckles and the chain mail he wears under the green. The metallics used fofor the various pieces of equipment are dazzling.
The only messy paint app would be the on the Hawkeye.
The sculpting of the finer details on the figure compliments the excellent paint work. There's some nice detailing on the tunic and armour, and while I can't comment on the accuracy of the hair and face I can say it's very clean and passes for A Link in my books. Where the details shine, however, is on the various accessories, particularly the scabbard of the Ordon and Master Sword, as well as the blade of the Master Sword itself.
Also, it's worth noting that the various chained weapons feature actual metal chains, which is both nice and a bit of a pain when it comes to posing.
Articulation of the figure is kind of where my biggest beef is, and where I disagree with the findings of many polls, including the one on Toy Galaxy that I talked about. Lets talk the positives. The upper body is fantastic. All your typical points of movement area there, including kind of dislocated shoulders that allow for some real deep reach towards the chest so you could do a two handed sword pose. There is even articulation of the cap.
The issue is, however, that effectively you have no articulation of the upper legs due to the restrictions of the skirt, which of course, means you basically no leg articulation at all. Kind of annoying for a toy that is meant to be posed in all manner of dramatic way to have basically no leg movement at all. This limited movement, coupled with the top heavy nature of the figure, means you'll probably be using the stand for anything even remotely fancy looking.
Yet somehow, it was voted the top video game toy by the public. No wonder I don't get along with "the public".
That, friends, was Twilight Princess DX Link, a flawed masterpiece, but jeepers that's one hell of a flaw. The Figma is very pretty to look at and if museum poses are your thing, it's certainly will fit the bill. But as far as video game figures go, it's certainly not the greatest.
Pasión y paciencia, fue el slogan elegido por ¡Valencia!, la agencia de publicidad y comunicación integral de Basilea, Suiza, para su reunión de teambulding que tuvo como actividad principal un entrenamiento intensivo de surf en nuestra escuela.
Una formidable experiencia, sin duda.
Txoko Surf Club Schola |+34 662 138 480
Rúa Tomás Mirambell, 90 Bajo.
36340 Panxón, Nigrán
Come slogarsi un dito per scattare a più non posso durante un viaggio di lavoro nelle città di Shenzen e Guangzhou nel sud della Cina
Sony A7SII
Nikkor 20mm 2.8 Ais
Well it was worth it.
After a heavy slog through peat bog and wet ground I managed to get into position higher than the viaduct to get a photo I have always wanted to capture. Its the Mallaig to Fort William steam train. The "Hogwarts Express"made more famous by the Harry Potter films, the first being "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets". The viaduct consists of 21 arches and was constructed by Sir Robert Mc Alpine around 1900.
Bit of a pity, as when it goes in that direction, the train is pulling so I could not get that famous frontage of the train itself. But what a vista awaits............