>>11124880Well, like you said, the Armored Core kits from Kotobukiya are a good start - they're actually releasing a bunch of the older ones for the first time in ages (including some of the rarer ones, like Hari's Krasnaya and the Title Screen release of Berlioz's Supplice), so there's no better time than the present to grab a few. As for other lines, the 30 Minute Missions ones are good and relatively cheap, as are the old Frame Arms kits. If you don't mind Transformers that don't...well, transform, then there's also the Furai kits, which are grittier and more stylized than their normal appearances, and sacrifice having alt modes in favor of being more pose able and human-proportioned robots.
Oh, and ignore the resident troll. He's severely brain damaged.