About two weeks ago I got a message from my santa letting me know my gift was on my way and telling a little bit about the gift. As most of my reddit activity is on /r/gunpla, my santa saw it fitting to get a Gundam model as he/she had been a big fan of the Gundamverse, namely the Universal Century timeline as opposed to the timelines more popularized in the US (Gundam Wing and, to an extent, G Gundam). I was given a hint that the kit was my Santa's favorite Gundam, with the suggestion that it was from the UC timeline. I thought about it for the next few days because I couldn't think of what Gundam it could be. There were many, many suits from the timeline, but it certainly sounded like a protagonist suit (of which there were many, but not a ton that seemed to fit the picture). I had a lot of time to ponder this, as the gift ended up making the trek here from Japan. My Santa was extremely communicative about this and updated the tracking info, which was wonderful because I got to spend the next weeks waiting for Japan's and the US's postal services to update the tracking (it sat in JFK for five days after being sorted!).

Anyway, the package escaped JFK earlier this week and I've been on my toes every day since because there was no guarantee that a tracking update hadn't been missed. It finally reached my area yesterday and my home today! I had actually gotten home from an early shift and been checking the mail every twenty minutes or so (since the tracking said it was out for delivery) When I got a knock on my door. Open door, see box, snatch box, close door, etc. etc. Remove slip, open box carefully...

I need to document how it played out in greater detail because the sensation was ridiculous. The box was heavy, so my initial thoughts that it was an HG kit were ruled out. I was very excited, as while HG has a great selection of suits, MG generally has much better detail. I didn't know if my santa had been into the anime or the kits, but I had figured it was more the anime so this wouldn't be common knowledge. However, the box was really heavy for a MG kit. I was confused because I was very unfamiliar with the weight and nothing came to mind as an explanation. So, I opened the box carefully and saw two very small features before anything else, a plain white background and glowy green particles. A plain white box is pretty much indicative of a Ver. Ka kit, which are very high end. That plus the glowy green particles strongly suggested the kit was a Full Armor Unicorn. This did not make sense, as the suit was fairly new and my Santa had said he had been a fan what sounded like quite a few years ago, so I curiously opened the box all the way and shut it right after when I saw it was the Nu Ver. Ka (which also has a green psychoframe, the reason for the glowy green things). I was literally floored, I could actually feel my face getting hot and stuff (it was crazy). long story short, it's an extremely highly detailed and advanced kit where Bandai progressed greatly in many areas. I eventually took the kit out of the cardboard box for pictures.

Anyway, I am short on time and I don't want to delay posting this for a single second so I'm going to wrap up. Dear Santa, I cannot express my gratitude for this gift. I also cannot express how impressed I am at your taste in mobile suits and your taste in gundam kits. I really look forward to building this and sharing it with the online community, and I know I will enjoy it so much more knowing you picked it out! Thank you so, so much, and I hope you enjoy the exchange on your end as much as I enjoy mine!