I admittedly don’t know much about metalworking, so maybe there’s some trick to it I simply am unaware of, but I wonder just how much time it takes to get all those intricate details into things like this.  All those swirls and patterns have such an interesting look to them, I’m curious how exactly they did that.  Unless I’m wrong and mold casting existed that long ago, but I at least don’t think it did?

One of those things where I wonder if there’s a particular basis.  The Ruinous Treasures, based on their names, seem to have a Chinese basis, and yet Chi-Yu here seems to be represented with magatama beads, which as far as I know, are a Japanese thing.  Was there a Chinese basis to them I simply didn’t find in my research?  Either way, that brings us to the end of Box 29.  Crazy to realize that, over the various games my collection is split between at this point, I have a full 29 boxes of Lv 100s I’ve trained over the years.  And then some when you count the Box Zero entries.  I’ve... been at this awhile.

Technically, I’ve never actually seen Treasure Planet, is it any good?  The main thing that made me think of Jim Hawkins when I trained my Gholdengo was how he sometimes rides a surfboard made of coins.  It made me think of the scene of Jim Hawkins riding his solar surfer.  There seems to be a lot of dislike out there for Gholdengo’s design, but honestly I think it has a lot of character.

Something about the Ruinous Treasures set, I just wanted to give them simple elemental names, but with a Chinese flair to match their theming.  They are after all basically untamed forces of nature.  It perhaps goes to show just how much I kept exploring the world looking for loose items and such : I found all 32 of the cursed stakes to release the four Ruinous Treasures without looking any of them up.

EDIT : Apologies to those who may be upset that I used BCE in the info. I didn’t think it would be a contentious thing.  In researching the info for this name, the articles I was reading used BCE / CE, rather than BC / AD as descriptors.  From what I gather, these are seen as more scientific terms overall, and more commonly used in scientific and geological research, hence my using them in such entries.  Truthfully, I ended up using it in another upcoming entry as well, because again, when doing research for the entry, that was the term used, had to do with the carbon dating of certain artifacts.  Again, no offense is meant, I’m simply using scientific terminology.  I think we can probably leave such heavy debates out of me simply explaining why I name my Pokémon as I do, yes?

One thing I wish I could find is a nice animated gif of the way Miyu tossed Battle Chips into her PET in the anime.  For some reason it just looked really cool to me.  Sadly, I haven’t been able to find such a thing.  She was easily my favorite Operator in the series, though Navi-wise, I do prefer MagicMan.EXE to SkullMan.EXE.  Don’t get me wrong though, he’s still cool and stylish.

Going to be honest, I’ve never actually watched Creating Rem Lezar.  The one and only reason I even know about him is, off all things, Vinesauce.  Apparently the character became popular with Vinny and his audience.  My first exposure to him was a mod someone made of the original Resident Evil 2 for Vinny that replaced a lot of models and sound effects.  One of the most hilarious bits was Mr. X being replaced with Rem Lezar, complete with his theme song.

These little guys were just way too cute, it was an instant “Okay, yes, I need to catch and train that.”  And, well, their signature move of Population Bomb can pull off some very silly shenanigans.  Cute AND powerful!  Their cuteness gave me instant Nezumiman vibes, so I couldn’t help it.  And as is always the case when I think of Nezumiman.... sequel please...