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The Gundam |OT| Destiny is something we all have to deal with
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A 2 hour session before work yesterday, 3 hours after work, and 4 hours today. This thing is awesome.
Just an FYI, there are a LOT of unused parts on the runners when you're done. (leftovers from S).
This thing is big, and it's very impressive to look at in person. I would recommend it if:
- You can afford it.
- You like Gundam Sentinel/Katoki designs/Deep Striker itself.
- You like huge display pieces.
- You like something with a BIG FUCKING GUN. Seriously, the cannon is taller than my PG Wing Zero.
Just an FYI, there are a LOT of unused parts on the runners when you're done. (leftovers from S).
This thing is big, and it's very impressive to look at in person. I would recommend it if:
- You can afford it.
- You like Gundam Sentinel/Katoki designs/Deep Striker itself.
- You like huge display pieces.
- You like something with a BIG FUCKING GUN. Seriously, the cannon is taller than my PG Wing Zero.
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That is indeed an impressive display piece.
My main problem with this kind of kit is that, after building the comparatively very small HG Full Armor Unicorn, I find that I'm not too fond of MS that have only one pose.
That's even knowing that I end up displaying the majority of my other kits in mostly bland poses. But then it's my choice.
I'm OK having my MG ReZel just standing, rifle in hand but I like that my MG Gelgoog and RE\100 Dijeh are displayed like they are about to start a beam naginata fight.
My main problem with this kind of kit is that, after building the comparatively very small HG Full Armor Unicorn, I find that I'm not too fond of MS that have only one pose.
That's even knowing that I end up displaying the majority of my other kits in mostly bland poses. But then it's my choice.
I'm OK having my MG ReZel just standing, rifle in hand but I like that my MG Gelgoog and RE\100 Dijeh are displayed like they are about to start a beam naginata fight.
I didn't intend to finish it so fast but I just got caught up in building it. Telling myself I'd only do a few parts, then finding half the thing built already.
I stared to get back into some heavy scratchbuilding and customizing gunpla again.
Currently pictured is a MG Tallgeese I have been converting into a full armored Vayeate / Mercurius hybrid suit complete with purge-able armor.
Put in a lot of work last weekend on the particle generator in the bottom picture. The base material is glass fiber reinforced plastic so I had to whip out the rotary tool to even put a dent into the stuff. The general shape is pretty much finished, so all that is needed is detail parts, wiring for LEDs, and I can move on to putty work.
It happens to me every single time when I'm near the end of the build. "Only a few parts" ends up being "I'm almost done" and having spent a couple of hours more than what I intended.
At least I'm able to force myself to stop at the beginning or the middle parts of the build. Never near completion, though.
Same, near the end I just go ahead and finish it lol.
Started prepping my parts for Sinanju, when I ran out of gold paint for the internal parts. Hopefully the shops have more of the kind I used, brick and mortar stores are a toss up on paints available @.@
Started prepping my parts for Sinanju, when I ran out of gold paint for the internal parts. Hopefully the shops have more of the kind I used, brick and mortar stores are a toss up on paints available @.@
As a person in a relationship with someone who doesn't like Gundam, they do still enjoy building them. Building model kits is fun and relaxing!
amazing workA 2 hour session before work yesterday, 3 hours after work, and 4 hours today. This thing is awesome.
Just an FYI, there are a LOT of unused parts on the runners when you're done. (leftovers from S).
This thing is big, and it's very impressive to look at in person. I would recommend it if:
- You can afford it.
- You like Gundam Sentinel/Katoki designs/Deep Striker itself.
- You like huge display pieces.
- You like something with a BIG FUCKING GUN. Seriously, the cannon is taller than my PG Wing Zero.
I think UC has the best enemy mobile suit designs by far so probably that. It's just a matter of finding a kit that's good, preferably HG or RG. Now that I think of it, I think there was a Sinanju in the same store.
You can never go wrong with Sinanju no matter the grade.
I've said it before but if you like grunts the HGUC GM-79C is probably the best bang for the buck for a cheap kit I've ever built.
I've said it before but if you like grunts the HGUC GM-79C is probably the best bang for the buck for a cheap kit I've ever built.
I'd say that honour goes to the Hi-Mock but I'm not sure it counts simply because they made it intentionally lame.
Maybe Bandai know how big is the readership for Advance of Zeta and can predict that the amount of prospective buyers for the kit is small.
Why is the HG Woundwort a P-Bandai release and not a regular one?
The Woundwort seems to be relatively popular even amongst those who haven't read AoZ because its design is so unique. Sunrise did a popularity poll to see which suit people wanted to see animated for the Build Fighters Try finale and the Woundwort was one of the most voted for options such that they did end up including it despite the fact that Xi Gundam officially won.
Companies tend to have much better predictors for their production decisions than popularity polls. Usually it's not even rocket science but merely a dumb correlation in spending on different existing products of the series the new product belongs to.
The reason the MG Ver. Ka Banshee has been released as a normal kit is that spending habits of consumers makes them think the kit will sell well (even though an almost identical kit was already released as P-Bandai). They know that people like this exist, and even though they are not the norm, it means the sales of the kit will probably be OK because people buy Unicorns.
People buy GMs, Zakus, and Srike Freedoms, that's why they get tons of regular kits.
The reason for Woundwourt being P-Bandai now probably lies in the relative success of Advance of Zeta compared to existing similar products for other Gundam series.
Bandai doesn't hate us, they just try to maximize their profits the best way their existing data allows them to.
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Master Grade MSM-04 Acguy. I'm kind of surprised that a Beargguy variation of this hasn't been released.
It looks like a fucking Orbital Frame without the cockpit.
One of the most normal Gundam names I can think of.
One of these things is not like the others (unless that's a Maneki Kuma instead of a Maneki Neko).
Even though I hate the show with a passion, and the actual animation was recycled the whole way through... man, Seed Destiny had some terrific songs for its openings.
High and Mighty Color killed it for Gundam and Bleach. Sad that they never had another big hit like those two songs.
High and Mighty Color killed it for Gundam and Bleach. Sad that they never had another big hit like those two songs.
The music and OP's for both Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny is probably the best thing that came out of those series. That and some of the mobile suit designs. The rest is really "meh" to bad.
Oh yes, I love opening the thread and seeing love for Gundam Seed Destiny.
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There needs to be a guide to these gundam games. Like apart from Musou, which of these gundam games will let me actually play and pilot my favorite Gundams, instead of making amalgamation of their parts?
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There needs to be a guide to these gundam games. Like apart from Musou, which of these gundam games will let me actually play and pilot my favorite Gundams, instead of making amalgamation of their parts?
SEED/Destiny? They're in the Versus and Breaker games. There's also that Destiny game on the Vita. Other than that there hasn't been a SEED-focused title since the PS2. The majority of Gundam games are Universal Century focused.
