(Whatever-Bashed) Infinity White Wizard Gaia Memory

Also another long long overdue project... And shockingly realized all my pictures taken during the earlier work-in-progress are gone... wait.. did I take pictures then?! hmmm... really cannot remember...


Anyway, it is done, this is the memory side of this power-up "adapter(??!!)" thing... hahaha... Sticker is also bashed from images from the internet... I don't have a white/transparent DX gaia memory so have to make do with this blue colour one...


I simply stuff everything (the circuit of the DX Axcalibur actually) inside a plastic card holder and pasted translucent plastic pieces (that was previously a notebook cover) onto it using double-sided tape, knowing that spray paint will probably not adhere to the surface well... The white wizard magic pattern is "borrowed" from the internet search, and the "thumb" and "hand" are made from ABS sheet and then painted with a paint pen, hence the shoddy worksmanship (not to mention I was also watching my favourite variety show then as well, hahahaha...) ...


As I am using the battery compartment of the gaia memory, I have to think of a way to let the cover be accessible... In the end, use a hinge to allow the gaia memory to swing out to access the battery cover, and 2 magnets to hold them in place... But this actually leads to the sensing function of the circuit to be hay-wired, as the "turn-on!" feature will occasionally be activated by itself... hahahaha...



Slotting into the Hamel Cane!!!! It may look like it is so easy for me to do all these.. but in reality, I had to ideate, try, and fail, umpteen times before something workable appears, and often more, failures that are not documented... But without these experiences, good or fail, I am almost certainly unable to do anything at all... So I always believe that one should just go ahead and try out any bashing, customizing, etc etc, instead of asking for the most detail of the details, so much so that if one just go ahead and try it out, he/she will know the answer him/herself... And to me, that is also one of the fun factor in restoring, modding, bashing, or customizing... Just go and try!!!! And have fun at the same time!!!!




Normal attack without "turn on!" will only light up the red LED...


... and it really looks much better in "person" than in picture for the 4 glowing colour lights diffusing out through the translucent plastic and double-sided tape...


Now my Hamel Cane can take on the Axcalibur !!!!



A short demonstration clip...

Home-made : Gaia Memory Enhancing Adpater Version 2 - Kamen Rider Accel

Version 1 was spoilt a long long time ago, so decided to make a new one instead of repairing it.. This time, wanted to make a more movie accurate version, so tried out using ABS sheet bought from Taobao.com... Parts are then glued with superglue which works surprisingly well on ABS... Hot glue is then used to reinforce the joints and seams...


This is the gaia memory holder...


.. and the switch to activate the "Upgrade!" sound when the gaia memory is inserted...


Used 2 expensive sound circuits, which are not the usual mic-record versions I normally used, but they are the type that has ports to transfer sound files from computer into them. They are used as my normal sound recording circuits somehow are unable to capture the "upgrade!" and "booster!" properly...


Details are only done on the front face, using mostly spare parts and other other objects found here and there, as long as the shapes resemble... A layer of PVA glue is applied on the oilier plastics in case the spray paint cannot adhere to the surface...


Spray painted with a few types of silver paint and in the end the last coat chosen was silver chrome, and fortunately, the chrome did not come too reflective, else the whole gaia memory enhancing adapter will look too shiny...


Font face of the adapter...


The back of the adapter is the battery compartment with magnets to held close in position...


The opening for the gaia memory is too big after I scrape the paint off the edges...


... and so I tried adding some sponge to thicken up... but the original thickness was too much and the gaia memory became hard to put in. Then I tried to slice the sponge to half thickness but this time, the gaia memory fits in ok, but still loose as when I try to hold it when pulling it out together with the gaia memory from the Driver, it will come out with the gaia memory still stuck in the Driver... sigh... will probably touch up next time, when I have the motivation again...


And here it is with the DX Accel Gaia Memory in it... Theoretically it should work on all gaia memories, though I have not yet tried it...


Looks good... much better than the previous one... hahahaha...



A short demonstration clip...

October Purchase (7) - DX Drill Crusher, DX 4Koma Ninpoutou, DX Hawk & Gattling-Gun Full Bottles Set, DX Gashcon Sword, DX Gashacon Sparrow, DX Kyu The Weapon, DX RyuTsueider

Spent a lot today at the Toy Carnival and Bot Fest 2017... But almost everything is at a very low price (except for the DX Drill Crusher which I still think is too expensive), making it hard to resist... hahahaha... All prices below in SGD...


DX Drill Crusher $50 (For my little nephew)



DX 4Koma Ninpoutou $30 (For my own display For my little nephew )



DX Hawk and Gattling-Gun Full Bottles Set $12 (For my little nephew)



DX Gashacon Sword $15 (For my own display)



DX Gashacon Sparrow $20 (For my own display)



DX Kyu The Weapon $35 (For my own display)



DX RyuTsueider $35 (For my own display)

Toy Carnival and Bot Fest 2017 at National Design Centre

Nice event, though it still feels like a flea market, not that I am complaining ... and I only saw 2 cosplayers ( Kamen Rider Kuuga and MMPR Blue), which was much much lesser than what I saw a few years ago when held at SAM... Also did not attend the 3rd party TF panels, as that is not my main purpose of going there... Anyway, saw a young fashion/graphic(??) designer promoting her works with pride and passion, think she is from InkInk Collectibles, and that sort of makes me think whether I am still passionate of my job or not... hmmm... I think I still am, at least till this year, hahahaha... Let the pictures do the talking!!!


























And a short clip of the event space...