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>>6917600 Other mecha toy discussion is also more than welcome!
Upcoming regular retail releases:
-Zaku II Kai, A.N.I.M.E. ver. (May 19th)
-Metal魂 Lancelot Albion (May 26th)
-Char's Gelgoog, A.N.I.M.E. ver. (Jul. 2018)
-Metal魂 Zeta Plus, Ka Signature (Jul. 2018)
-Type-J9 Griffon (Jul. 2018)
-Gyan, A.N.I.M.E. ver. (Aug. 2018)
-GM Cold Districts Type, A.N.I.M.E. ver. (Sept. 2018)
-Strelizia (Oct. 2018)
Current open Tamashii Web exclusive preorders:
►Order Deadline May 22nd
-Heavy Metal Gayrahm (Aug. 2018)
-Metal魂 Huckebein, Ka Signature (Aug. 2018)
►Order Deadline TBA
-Banshee Norn, Real Marking Ver. (Sept. 2018)
-Metal魂 Infinite Justice Gundam (Sept. 2018)
-Metal魂 Ka Signature S-Gundam (Sept. 2018)
-Wing of Light & Full Burst Effect Set (Oct. 2018)
Bandai's official RD page with images and release dates:
http://tamashii.jp/item_brand/robot_tamashii/
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Finally unpacked the GM Sniper Custom! An anon was asking for a comparison to the Zaku Sniper a while back, so here is a belated attempt.
>>6937602 Is there a reason that you can see, for why the elbow pegs are so shallow? Does it assist with swapping the damaged arm parts out or something? Good to hear you're otherwise enjoying him, though.
>>6937970 >I'm not sure about CD Japan. If you preorder using a credit card, then CD Japan does not require any money up-front. Any other method though (ie Paypal), and I believe you do have to pay up-front. Just FYI, CD Japan runs a small temporary test charge when you preorder with a credit card (like 100 yen or something, it appears briefly on your card activity as a pending charge but then disappears without actually charging your card), and in my experience CD Japan would always contact me to tell me that my card had denied the charge. I'd have to call up my card servicer to allow the charge, then contact CD Japan to ask them to re-run the temporary charge.
A minor pain, but it always worked and CD Japan's customer service was always very responsive. Well worth the trouble for the times I used them to secure high demand preorders (VF-25S, VF-19 Advance etc.)
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And here he is with the GM Sniper II; would be nice to get an update of the Sniper II with ANIME engineering.
I love how many weapons the Sniper Custom comes with, and I love how you can actually mount all of them onto the MS at once if you want!
>>6938735 It's got all the latest ANIME bells and whistles, the most notable (in my opinion) being the compressing chest. I really love that articulation point on ANIME RDs; on the Sniper Custom it helps a ton in allowing the MS to hold his rifle naturally.
http://tamashii.jp/special/gundam_anime/nt1.html Anonymous
Thunderbolt Damashii WHEN
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>>6938962 >That's some terrible type layout on those translations. Haha it really is, the entire localization screams rush job. The translation can be pretty funky at parts as well, "This cannon won't shoot reps!!" ...what? Also, the most common sound effects used for the sound of a moving MS are "creak" and "squeak." A lot of squeaking MS in this translation, haha.
>>6939011 >oh fuck I'd recognize that anywhere, that's the blue destiny manga. Fuck that shit was tight. The original one I mean. Yea! Poor localization aside, I totally love the manga. Has some sweet fights with cool grunt MS. The art is lacking the fine lines and detail of many other Gundam manga (and there's huge gaps in the story), but it's got a nice sense of motion and perspective between panels that charms me.
Also, for the longest time I thought the Feddies were using GM Commands for the Hy-Gogg/Dom fight on account of the shields, but I recently realized they're actually using Cold District GMs. Makes the RD even more appealing!
>>6940023 After ANIME line hits every other Gundam series, haha.
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Gipsey arrivign tomorrow, this guy is ok. A lot of pros, a lot of cons. For a budget line it does great.
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so i wanted to get this Gundam IGLOO 2 MS-07B-3 Gouf Custom 1/100 MG (Limited Edition) Model Kit. but im wondering if i would be spending to much and not getting the bang for my buck instead of getting an hg for little cheaper and still get all the bells and whitles, ive tried googling reviews but thats lead me nowhere really, any kind advice anon's?
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>>6937496 >>6937501 >Here's the shark. That has far more presence on the Hygogg than I had expected, though, it make sense if they really want onlookers to have a decent chance at remembering it (for those that survive).
That's definitely larger than I was thinking for the Zeta Plus decal, to say nothing of the GM's size. I, hmm, may be inspired to do it differently now.
Also, I know that's a Gogg, but the lack of colours and hidden parts of it and the Hygogg almost make it seem like its showing itself off (if you didn't know any better that they're different suits)
Sorry I'm late to the party, but thanks for saving me a dance. Not that I doubt your ability to find them in the raws, but it was a pleasant surprise to be presented with the scenes in this manner.
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>>6939727 >The suits? No. IJ was so underused in the beam-spam heavy series that it became and not like how Thunderbolt did it where the CQC became far more dynamic and intense in comparison. At least Strike managed to get its fair showing while beams were on the lower side of use.
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2 more MB Aile Strike gundams at otakumode. Hurry
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>>6940615 Seeing Strike and what may come just makes me want a modern Liger Zero with the full CAS-suite. Might happen, but not with this quality, though, given the HMM I can do without a detail-upped interpretation. Strike, however, turned out well with its more detailed interpretation.
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Ebikawa supremacy. Finally got my Arbalest and i'm quite satisfied. Pretty cool with a lot of gimmicks.
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>>6940023 0083 has been around since 1991 and still no Damashi.
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The stand is a bit better than the Laevatain, but not so much, imho. Seem like a limited support that allows you to keep the figure in running, but not for jumps.
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>>6941422 They're aight. $50 for both. Fun together but both have their flaws. A good budget line, I think the worst thing about them is the new movie design doesn't make them feel BIG
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>>6940701 The Quanta looks so perfect, will get mine in October, about a year late but better than never
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>>6940548 Hey, maybe some anons here can answer your question, but I think you might have better luck at the Gunpla thread.
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>>6940435 Interesting. I actually prefer Obsidian over Gipsy. It has a very Eva-esque aesthetic--although I see how it looks like a Cylon. What I like about it is that it's simple and elegant.
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>>6941570 >eva-esque aesthetic >doesn’t look organic >no samurai style head >isn’t 2 colors what did he mean by this?
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Never buy a house senpai..
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>>6941879 If you can spend that much on toys you can getchoself a better table than that $7 IKEA one and that worn out particle board table
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>>6941881 >roommates crappy coffee table >live in a state so poor it ain’t even got a real IKEA >buying real glass cases as well once I’m settled in Thanks for advice breh
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>>6941879 You're telling me. I move like every two years and I have half a room's worth of gunpla. I tossed a bunch and I stopped building because I don't want to unpack and pack.
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I ordered this today, I'm happy and excited. Always wanted the power ranger megazord as a child. Any negatives or ideas I should keep in mind?
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>>6941884 >Roomates There's your problem
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>>6942001 Missed the preorder, then got caught up with Mazinger/Arbalest, then Strike/YF-19.
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>>6941904 True he's the only one I saw go over it since I wasn't interested enough to go looking for other reviews as I do sometimes, but I think that Jobby went over it pretty thoroughly, with enthusiasm and fairness. He goes over all of the Zords and then the combined form.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxGlisk2ulU Anonymous
Some MRD S-Gundam footage for those anticipating it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QroEQiX738 Additional photos:
http://toho.seesaa.net/ Anonymous
>>6940785 They better be making a Figuarts of Darling.
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>>6942082 I want based big brother even more, but Hiro is an obligation with 02 on the way.
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>>6941904 The big thing I've heard is that it's accurate to the suit to a degree that makes poseability suffer compared to what it could be otherwise. Expect it to look really good, but don't expect to get super-dynamic poses out of it.
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>>6942084 Sounds like once they make a base, they can pretty easily and cheaply create all the other Stamen from that, since a lot of the parts are the same.
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>>6942106 That is a compelling point. Here's to hoping they think like you do.
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>>6942146 Hope so too. Seems like they could do the same for the pistils.
It's pretty much like a Figma SnK deal where so many parts can be reused to sell several releases. Except in the case of DiTF, the releases don't even have to come with, say, a bunch of weapons. All you can really pair with them is several different faces, maybe hairplates, hands and I suppose that cockpit base they made.
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>>6942059 I just watched that video, that guy is amazingly funny and interesting. He got his for $275 when it was newly released in 2017. Maybe things changed cause I only found mine for around the $350 range, then again, I only browsed amazon.
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>>6942063 >no Xeku Eins reissue >no Xeku Drei Why
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>>6942273 you missed out when amazon had this for deal of the day under $200
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>>6942273 >I just watched that video, that guy is amazingly funny and interesting He seems cool at first but his channel becomes increasingly more cringeworthy as you watch the more current videos. He's become a greedy lazy mess who has completely lost control of his idiot fanbase.
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GM Sniper Custom looks so rad from the back, all loaded up with weapons and with painted thrusters.
>>6940562 Glad it helped, anon!
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Love GM SC's beam pistol, though it makes me pine for the ECOAS Jegan even more.
>>6940701 >>6940748 Nice shots anon, good to hear Arbalest is enjoyable. I didn't realize 00 and FMP! had the same mechanical designer, cool!
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>>6940548 I hear Bandai's HGs are quite excellent nowadays, so if the smaller scale still works for you then it may be worth saving a few bucks. As
>>6941550 suggested though, make sure to check with the folks over at the gunla thread:
>>6939422 >>6941426 Sweet shots! Had me wondering for a sec how you got that orange transparent chainsaw to float, haha. I think that's a pretty fair assessment of the Pacific Rim line too.
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>>6942731 And speaking of Pacific Rim, I picked up the vinyl Raijin!
Stopped by TRU yesterday; they've now got 30% off most action figures. Was thinking about that one lucky anon who found Raijin for $30 at another TRU and whaddaya know, they had a single Raijin hanging out in their collectible aisle!
Pretty neat box too, though it has a ton of empty space.
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Love the detail on the face. I particularly like the use of metallic blue paint.
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Raijin's back-half doesn't have much going on in term of paint detail, but the sculpting is still pretty sweet.
>>6941879 Just wait til you gotta unpack, haha. Good luck anon, hope it's a smooth move for ya.
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Raijin looks completely awesome squaring off against Gipsy.
Having not messed around with Gipsy since I moved (and bought him just before I moved), I gotta say, I absolutely love the metallic blue plastic they used for Gipsy. The way it reflects light looks fantastic.
>>6941904 I love mine. Each of the individual zords are awesome, and while it has its quirks when combined, the Megazord is totally rad too.
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Really happy with Raijin. Goes awesome with any Pacific Rim RDs, and it's just a cool looking kaiju. Definitely worth picking up if you can get it in the $30 or less range!
>>6941879 Oh! One thing that helped my move a lot easier was putting packaged toys into garbage bags. Very fast and easy way to pack a ton of toys at once. Some boxes did get a bit worn in the process, but the vast majority came out just fine and the time saved was invaluable.
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>>6942723 I recommend you get the Mega Bazooka Launcher online, since I don't think they'll reissue it for the Ecoas, if it ever gets made.
I'm surprised we don't get more Unicorn stuff since we still get stuff set near or after that period.
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Does the Type-0 shelfwarm this hard? What went wrong?
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>>6942273 I'm glad it was worth your time. Hope you're looking forward to the big M all the more now.
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>>6942801 It has a big black cock
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>>6940737 They keep hitting it out of the park with obscure/MSV designs and we'll have to get at least the main 0083 at some point. Kind of disappointing those early prototypes never went anywhere but at least if they come into fruition in the future the figures we do get will be oh so nice.
Also where do you anons go to find P-Bandai stuff? I've been out of the game for a bit. I haven't checked Mandarake yet but I've checked the usual suspects for more regular purchases. I'm looking at picking up either the Metal Spirits 00 Raiser or the EX-S. EX-S is quite a bit more expensive however atm it seems. That's what I'm hoping to find at least a small discount on. He would go nicely with the Neros I hope to collect at some point. I've seen 00 Raiser be quite affordable in comparison.
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>>6943034 I don't have much experience in that area but I preordered my first P-Bandai SHF from anime-export recently. Fingers crossed they'll come through.
Nippon-Yasan's another popular site but I've heard too many horror stories from them to take the plunge.
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How good is this? I'm reading the manga and really need some Char action. Is there a non ANIME version? How different is the ANIME version from the Zaku II?
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>>6943190 Get the regular Zaku, Char Z'Gok, or Char Gelgoog. The ANIME Char Zaku had issues with the hips or something.
Pretty much the only RD that's ever had any issues.
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>>6943197 I kind of like the slimness compared to the regular Zaku.
Also theres no other regular Char Zaku options. Just the boujee stuff like the Sazabi
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>>6943206 Wrong pic, I think water types are dumb.
I like the slimness. Is it really bad tho?
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>>6943210 The hips are very loose, but that's easily fixed with some nail polish or pledge. One of the two knee joints are sort of ratcheted and limit posing though, that's the bigger issue. Its awkward and they wisely did away with it on the standard zaku. But the figure is still pretty nice and I wouldn't say not to get it just because of the knees.
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>>6943210 >>6943234 This guy summed it up nicely. The hips are easy to work around. Nail polish, Pledge, or even just some tissue paper in the sockets fixes that issue.
The knees are awkward, but it's a minor flaw in the grand scheme of things. The rest of the figure is superb, with great accessories and features.
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>>6942255 I want a Kampfer so bad.
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>>6943210 >I think water types are dumb Leave and never come back.
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I think next payday I'm gonna grab:
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>>6943190 >>6943234 >>6943251 Huh, the hips on mine are tight and perfect. Never had to do any fixes there.
The knees are both ratcheted (not just one), but it is a relatively soft ratchet, not an unforgiving click. You'll definitely feel it snap to certain points if you move the knee quickly, but if you finesse it you can easily get the knee to stay at any angle you wish.
My only real disappointment with this figure is its relatively shallow ankle rockers. I thought this subline was going to be all about amazing articulation and engineering. Hell, they solved this problem back in 2006 with the HGUC Zaku Sniper, which has hinged pulldown ankles and the best ankle range I've ever seen on a Zaku. It blows my mind that they haven't simply used that design on every single Zaku kit and figure that came afterwards.
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Delphinium:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I50vBe01JjA Now, I've always liked the design down to the loadout plenty, but especially without the dynamic morphing of the animation, I think I'm liking it even more than Strelizia as a figure. Goro is also my favourite, but I feel like the sense of balance this FranXX is themed around in comparison to Strelizia's scattered and wild flavours comes through all the more on the figure. Weapons seems "better" than in the animation as well in terms of their presence.
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>>6943375 Qubeley is pretty nice if basic, the Zeta Gundam is stylized and very divisive as a result but I'm a fan of mine and the fact it was specifically engineered to be able to heft around the hyper mega launcher.
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Man, that Strelizia is still in the most viewed ranking on AmiAmi. Seems quite popular.
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>there was a metal build eva unit teased
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>>6943210 >I think water types are dumb Shameful.
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>>6945178 Welcome to November 2017
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>>6943034 >>6943062 Nippon-Yasan has always delivered for me (and I've ordered a lot of stuff from 'em), but their customer service is notoriously unhelpful. From what multiple people have reported, if you have a problem with your items (defect, damage, etc.) then you're outta luck. NY won't do anything to help. I've fortunately never had an issue with an item from them, but the one time I contacted them regarding a site issue (I didn't get some store points I was due) they didn't do a dang thing.
I've been using MyKombini now, and they've been pretty good (VF-31A disaster aside, though that affected all retailers). MyKombini has much more reasonable shipping rates than NY, and MK only requires a 50% deposit of the item price for preorders. NY requires full payment upfront including shipping (and if NY gets their shipping estimate wrong, they'll make you pay the difference before they ship).
https://mykombini.com/ For exclusives that have already released though, Mandarake is definitely the go-to.
Ex-S is awesome, by the way. Definitely recommended! If you're in the US, Amazon has it in-stock at $175, but it could be worth keep an eye on their listing for sales or warehouse deals.
>>6943375 RX-78 is great! Well worth the price, and pretty much a must-buy if you've got an ANIME collection going.
>>6943593 The hips have held up on my Char Zaku as well, though I haven't posed him that much.
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>>6945744 I'm so tempted to splurge on the Damashii sentinel figures. Ex-S and Zeta Plus especially. They're just so gorgeous.
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Guy who had the fucked up vf-1a here.... I ordered a second one because I didn’t get any help from amiami. You’ll never fucking believe what happened. This one has the exact same problem, except it’s on the other leg. I’m honestly fucking bewildered. This does mean I actually have two complete ones now, because I can swap the pieces that are mixed up, but I can only imagine how widespread this must be in order for it to happen to me twice.
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I'm so excited to get him in the morning. I'm absolutely in love and appalled by his origin arc
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>>6945938 My Zeta Plus sure is going to be an interesting contrast to the Infinite Justice. I've never owned any MRD, but I'm sure that even at a glance it'll be readily apparent how different they are from even the Gundam RD I have.
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>>6945947 That's really weird, mine was perfectly fine only issue is one of the wings being a little loose compared to the other side but it's nothing major.
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>>6945947 Could you post some images? What was the problem again?
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Is the Metal Build Strike still available anywhere?
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>>6945938 I concur with
>>6946173 do it! At least get the Ex-S, you owe it to your collection to have the Sentinel poster-MS, haha.
>>6945947 What the heck?? That stinks, is weird, and is totally awesome all that the same time! Stinks that you had to shell out for a whole other VF-1A, weird that you got the issue again, but awesome that you now have two complete 1As! I'm wondering if you righted a past wrong or something after the first 1A to get hit by that one-two combo of bad and good luck, haha.
>>6946248 The issue was with the leg armor parts. The leg armor is comprised of primarily two parts, each with a distinct left/right orientation (so each leg armor should be made up of left/left or right/right parts respectively). Anon had one leg armor that had both parts in the correct orientation, but the other leg armor was a mix of right/left parts making it impossible to attach correctly.
>>6947115 Not seeing any open preorders, not even among US domestic retailers.
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>>6942674 Yeah, unfortunately this. Kind of messed up that he keeps his P.O. box open even though he won’t get to reviewing even half the shit he receives.
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>>6947155 Yeah, I’m feeling pretty lucky that the second one had the opposite pieces, was expecting to wind up with 1 set of useless armor. Was really not expecting to have the exact same q.c. issue though, I think I’d have lost my mind if this second one had the same piece mixed up as the first, which it seems could easily have happened. All I can say is I hope nobody here ends up buying one a year from now off Mandarake for double the original retail price and gets stuck with the same problem. I think I’m gonna call it quits with the VF-1s after managing to break even here and just wait for the spartan and tomahawk.
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>>6946248 As
>>6947155 explained, I was missing one of the pieces of the armor and had two of the one that is made for opposite leg. Old picture here, the new one I bought had this problem on its right leg’s armor instead.
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>>6947335 Wow, I have the same problem with the latest HM-R release. Mine has two of the left leg pieces. I emailed AmiAmi and they said they'd send out a replacement part eventually.
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>>6945938 I have the Gundam MK-V Marking Plus version. Even though the body is essentially the original release, the details and new paint finish and darker color on this are fucking amazing. I recommened it, looks great next to the Ex-S and Nero.
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I love the Ex-S and i am so glad to have gotten him cheap. However I am running out of poses to lose him even when only reposing him every few weeks. For all his amazing joints the beautiful MS never really inspired imaginative poses aside from the look up with rifle or standard s Gundam-fags float rifle pose.
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>>6947666 For starters, perhaps this may help:
http://blog.livedoor.jp/hacchaka/archives/51993552.html In any case, Ex-S has lots of moving parts on it, so try experimenting with finer details in the movement that really give the impression of something happening. There are also just so many weapons you can have pointed in different directions at once.
If you want to take it further, there are Bandai's series of effect parts which can surely liven up a display, especially a space-based one, provided you have the stands (yeah, spending more money, I know).
That said, I find the thought of the Ex-S weaving and shooting between rocks to be quite appealing. Other ideas that come to mind are having one side look dormant, while the other is flared up with weapons pointed, unhinged, panels slid apart, etc. Taking it from an asymmetric aesthetic to something with action, just think of it as ALICE suddenly reacting to an ambush from the side (helps if you have something to attack it) , which would be made all the more convincing in a field of floating rocks. Or another example of just using the Ex-S is to have its back-pack and other parts detached like improvised cover.
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>>6945938 Almost left the thread without doing this, but in case you haven't seen it yet, here some HD footage and photos of the ZPlusC1
http://toho.seesaa.net/article/459124204.html Anonymous
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>>6948275 I wish he came with a stand. I'm glad I have spares tho
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>>6948278 Absolutely. I've been reading Gundam Origin and god Char is so cool
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>>6948270 >>6948377 Nice! I'm jelly, I expected some Gundams last week and they're still not here. I used to buy from Japan all the time and this is the longest SAL's ever taken for me. I fucked up almost as bad as they did on that activated heat-hawk
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>>6948295 You set up a real nice scene there.
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>>6948270 Congrats. I myself have a whole mess of Zakus coming in soon
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>>6948451 Holy shit this will be an army. I have a Zaku II on the way and ANIME RX78. It shipped to my parents house so it could take a month for them to ship it to me.
>>6948423 Thanks! The boom effects scale much bigger with these, I love it.
Also I'm blown away by the butterfly chest on a Zaku
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>>6948539 Quick tip. If posting from mobile just make a quick edit like a crop to the photo and save it and it will post in the correct orientation you took the photo in.
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>>6948630 should I get.... more
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Got a new rifle for my GM Sniper Custom. Heh.
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>>6948697 This is great, where do I get a squart gun
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Also, got my Alex in yesterday.
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>>6948697 Also, got my Alex in yesterday.
I'm thoroughly pleased. Other than a few minor seams in the thighs, it's fantastic.
The tampos are perfectly clear and really stand out on the figure. The articulation is fantastic. The elbows in particular are great. I haven't had the misfortune of popping them off and potentially losing the grey cover piece yet like others have mentioned. But I'm also just being very carefuly with them to keep it from happening.
I'm a bit biased because I love the Alex. But I'm astounded by a modern figure of the design. The last Alex I owned was the MSiA, and this is such a huge improvement.
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>>6948753 And a more dynamic shot just for fun.
I especially love the wrist gatlings on this version. There's some small but nice details in how they were handled, plus it has muzzle-flash effects which is just icing on the cake.
I fully know this is never gonna happen, but Bandai if you could just re-tool this Alex RD into a P-Bandai Gundam Mudrock I could die happy.
>>6948742 The Splatoon weapon I got out of a weapon replica blind box I picked up. It's random what you get, so I got lucky with the sniper rifle. Also the handle on it is pretty large, so I quickly took this pic and removed it before it stretched out my GM SC's hand.
The weapon replica sets are these;
https://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Shokugan-Splatoon-Weapons-Collection/dp/B074WZF9FK This is the full set, but if you look around you can buy 1 at a time. But like I mentioned, they're blind-boxes, so you may not get what you want unless you buy a full set. There is also another set of weapons available and yet another that is going to be released from what I've heard.
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>>6948802 From the OP:
>-Zaku II Kai, A.N.I.M.E. ver. (May 19th) Anonymous
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>>6949176 This thing is like the apotheosis of every boring mecha design principle. And it doesn't even appear that poseable.
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>>6949245 So, basically Gundam. In-universe, it was designed by a huge Gundam otaku, which is why it has a Gundam face.
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>>6949176 Another figure with unnecessary METAL(tm) joints. I rather have this with plastic joints and $50 cheaper.
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>>6949291 >basically Gundam More specifically, the most egregious instances of Katoki's regurgitations.
>>6949298 Yeah, the metal joints meme really needs to go. It does nothing but hurt the stability of these figures in the long term.
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>>6949298 >>6949310 Ka Signatures are always expensive, metal or not. The FAZZ and MkV Marking still cost around the same despite not having metal joints
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>>6949176 This is like an entirely different shade of blue than the promo pictures which actually look like the original art. I don’t know why they didn’t just go with the modern colors if they were going to do this.
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Nuu's review of the Zaku II Kai is up!
http://blog.livedoor.jp/hacchaka/archives/52025771.html It looks kind of ridiculously awesome. My sole gripe from looking at Nuu's pics is that it appears the monoeye isn't poseable, instead you change the position with a swappable piece. I think that's due to the more pointed, oblong shape of the Kai's head though (as opposed to the standard Zaku's head which is essentially circular along the eye slit), so I can understand why Bandai went that route.
>>6948377 >>6948753 Grats on the new RDs, anons! Looking good!
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>>6949530 why is the nose painted a different green
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>>6949561 It's painted while the rest of the head is molded
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>>6949561 looks molded in the yellowish brown like the tubing
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Got a payment request for the Metal Composite Wing Gundam Zero EW!
>>6948538 >>6948631 Yea! The butterfly chest joints on the ANIME releases is one of the coolest things about them. And yea, you should definitely get more. ;)
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>>6947666 Hmm, maybe try playing around with the different ways Ex-S can get its beam smart gun into firing poses (either holding the pistol grip or the rear grip)? I think MS always look cool when they're firing downwards at something below them (as you can tell by
>>6950260 haha).
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>>6949530 Well, I probably won't be swapping the eye much anyway, it looks funny as hell.
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>>6949561 Yeah, it doesn't seem to look to bad from a distance, but I wanna see some pics from anyone here who picks one up before I jump in on one myself.
>>6950612 This is my only gripe. I don't mind that we just have swappble eye-plates, but they only give you 2 that have the eye ALL THE WAY to one side. It can't be that expensive to just make 2 more with the eye in-between the neutral position and the far-left/right that we get. If they would've done that I would have no complaints about the method of "moving" the mono eye.
Otherwise it does look great. And it's really hard to pass up on the gun he has, at the very least. Heh.
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>>6950612 >>6950761 I'm bummed they went full "muh accuracy" on the eye being waaaay on the side
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Is the Code Geass damshii anon here? I was looking at pictures of the Sutherland Sieg and saw it has a little Jeremiah figure, if I'm not mistaken some of the other KMFs have little pilot figures too do they not? I love it when you get pilots with robot figures could you tell me which other releases come with pilots?
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>>6951204 I'm not him, but a friend of mine has Gawain and it comes with a Zero figure.
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>>6950612 I am going to patiently wait for an RD Zaku II F2.
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Paid for a pair of Zaku Kai at HLJ. It's finally time to ship these mecha, woohoo!
>>6951464 I'll definitely grab a couple F2s when Bandai gets around to 'em (Dom Tropen would be even lovelier!). The Kai is probably my favorite Zaku II design though, so I can't resist grabbing two now. If they go on sale later on I'll snag a third so I can have all three head options represented at once!
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>>6951569 How much are you paying to ship all of those?
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OK, can y'all recommend me some stuff if I want to pick up 2-3 gundam RDs if I'm starting from none? The only gundam I've watched is build fighters and the 08th MS team so I'm probably going to get at least the ANIME gouf, but I can't match any of the federation suits to the toys save my life. Also all of
>>6948753 >>6948631 >>6949530 these look really good though and I'm digging the effect parts, is there anything to watch out for there?
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>>6951592 I'm curious too, do you break it up?
I'm looking at shipping 5 things, which is easily the most I've ever shipped at once.
I also don't usually use EMS because I'm pretty sure I will get taxed for it in Canada.
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>>6951628 Full Armor RX-78 ANIME is a beauty, if you can find him for a good price. One of my top damashii of all time.
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>>6951754 And comes with an absolute truckload of accessories, including everything from the standard release :)
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>>6951628 Alright, so. 08th MS Team doesn't have any RD's yet aside from an older release of the Gouf Custom. Here's a shot of the A.N.I.M.E. Gouf next to the older Gouf Custom.
The older Gouf Custom RD has a bunch of accessories and a "hard-point system" that lets you mount his accessories in various places on his body. Unfortunately because of this, I've heard the figure tends to be "fiddly," or falls apart easily. I never owned it, but others seemed to say it was a bit disappointing.
The A.N.I.M.E. Gouf on the other hand is a figure version of the original Gouf from Mobile Suit Gundam, hence the more cartoonish look. The figure itself is fantastic, and comes with great accessories.
Here's a photo-review for both current Gouf RDs.
A.N.I.M.E. Gouf -
http://blog.livedoor.jp/hacchaka/archives/51984745.html Gouf Custom -
Most of us here think that the A.N.I.M.E. sub-line will eventually cover 08th MS team. So if you don't mind waiting, you can probably get your favorites from that series in the future.
If you really want some RD's now, the A.N.I.M.E. figures are fantastic, so you can't really go wrong there. For the Feddie suits, I recommend any version of the RX-78 Gundam. The original colors are classic, but the Full Armor version comes with even more accessories if you like the alternate color scheme and want some extra bang for your buck (as mentioned by
>>6951754 >>6951762 ). If you don't mind trying to hunt down the exclusive figures, GM Sniper Custom is another great figure with lots of accessories and an awesome look. For a more generic grunt, you can also pick up the standard GM. Zeon suits are a bit easier since there's more of them. Can't really go wrong with any Zaku. Dom is fantastic, and I already covered Gouf.
>>6948753 >>6948764 Does anyone have the pics of the panel-lined Alex from the last thread? I'm considering trying to panel-line mine, so if anyone had any tips on trying it or what to use that'd be great too.
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>>6951628 #Alright, so. 08th MS Team doesn't have any RD's yet aside from an older release of the Gouf Custom. Here's a shot of the A.N.I.M.E. Gouf next to the older Gouf Custom.
The older Gouf Custom RD has a bunch of accessories and a "hard-point system" that lets you mount his accessories in various places on his body. Unfortunately because of this, I've heard the figure tends to be "fiddly," or falls apart easily. I never owned it, but others seemed to say it was a bit disappointing.
The A.N.I.M.E. Gouf on the other hand is a figure version of the original Gouf from Mobile Suit Gundam, hence the more cartoonish look. The figure itself is fantastic, and comes with great accessories.
Here's a photo-review for both current Gouf RDs.
A.N.I.M.E. Gouf -
http://blog.livedoor.jp/hacchaka/archives/51984745.html Gouf Custom -
Most of us here think that the A.N.I.M.E. sub-line will eventually cover 08th MS team. So if you don't mind waiting, you can probably get your favorites from that series in the future.
If you really want some RD's now, the A.N.I.M.E. figures are fantastic, so you can't really go wrong there. For the Feddie suits, I recommend any version of the RX-78 Gundam. The original colors are classic, but the Full Armor version comes with even more accessories if you like the alternate color scheme and want some extra bang for your buck (as mentioned by
>>6951754 #
>>6951762 #). If you don't mind trying to hunt down the exclusive figures, GM Sniper Custom is another great figure with lots of accessories and an awesome look. For a more generic grunt, you can also pick up the standard GM. Zeon suits are a bit easier since there's more of them. Can't really go wrong with any Zaku. Dom is fantastic, and I already covered Gouf.
>>6948753 (You) #>>6948764 (You) #Does anyone have the pics of the panel-lined Alex from the last thread? I'm considering trying to panel-line mine, so if anyone had any tips on trying it or what to use that'd be great too.
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>>6951628 Alright, so. 08th MS Team doesn't have any RD's yet aside from an older release of the Gouf Custom. Here's a shot of the A.N.I.M.E. Gouf next to the older Gouf Custom.
The older Gouf Custom RD has a bunch of accessories and a "hard-point system" that lets you mount his accessories in various places on his body. Unfortunately because of this, I've heard the figure tends to be "fiddly," or falls apart easily. I never owned it, but others seemed to say it was a bit disappointing.
The A.N.I.M.E. Gouf on the other hand is a figure version of the original Gouf from Mobile Suit Gundam, hence the more cartoonish look. The figure itself is fantastic, and comes with great accessories.
Here's a photo-review for both current Gouf RDs.
A.N.I.M.E. Gouf -
http://blog.livedoor.jp/hacchaka/archives/51984745.html Gouf Custom -
Most of us here think that the A.N.I.M.E. sub-line will eventually cover 08th MS team. So if you don't mind waiting, you can probably get your favorites from that series in the future.
If you really want some RD's now, the A.N.I.M.E. figures are fantastic, so you can't really go wrong there. For the Feddie suits, I recommend any version of the RX-78 Gundam. The original colors are classic, but the Full Armor version comes with even more accessories if you like the alternate color scheme and want some extra bang for your buck (as mentioned by
>>6951754 >>6951762 ). If you don't mind trying to hunt down the exclusive figures, GM Sniper Custom is another great figure with lots of accessories and an awesome look. For a more generic grunt, you can also pick up the standard GM. Zeon suits are a bit easier since there's more of them. Can't really go wrong with any Zaku. Dom is fantastic, and I already covered Gouf.
>>6948753 >>6948764 Does anyone have the pics of the panel-lined Alex from the last thread? I'm considering trying to panel-line mine, so if anyone had any tips on trying it or what to use that'd be great too.
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>>6951774 The only figure from this line that I own is the custom and he's good enough to where I'd want to buy more. Like you said, it is very fiddly and that's really my only complaint.
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>>6951569 >(Dom Tropen would be even lovelier!) I would do unholy things for a Dom Tropen.
But first ANIME 0080 needs to make a Z'Gok-E, Hygogg, and definitely the Kaempfer. Maybe MP Guncannons and the Gelgoog Jaeger or whatever the 0080 variant is.
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>>6951776 Yeah, I wanted to get a Gouf Custom, but after hearing how fiddly he is, I'm glad I waited. Especially considering how they'll probably make a better, more accurate version it in the next few years.
>>6951777 >I would do unholy things for a Dom Tropen You and me both, brother. Especially if they would make the desert colors version.
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>>6951774 Yeah I did some more googling and it seems like the anime gouf is deffo the way to go, it's missing some guns that the custom has, but it doesn't seem like it's worth the extra price or fiddly bullshit.
>>6951754 >>6951762 It seems he's a relatively recent release, but he must have gotten really expensive cuase damn. I think I'll wait if
>>6951774 is right about 08th getting stuff later.
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>>6951785 Yeah it's weird. He was readily available up until release but then suddenly sold out everywhere within the span of a month. I haven't seen this sort of thing happen since the early days of the line.
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>>6951774 Proportions on the custom look off
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>>6951569 I am patiently waiting for the 0083 lineart after 0080 is done.
I personally prefer the 0083 alternatives. If they release Rick Dom II with both 0080 and 0083 screenshots, then 0083 will be confirmed.
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>>6951754 Its shoulders can't move upwards with the armour on.
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Is it the regular ANIME Gouf release or a special one that came with all the clear shit and the pilot faces?
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>>6952050 Bc I want the Gouf for the RAMBAS tragic end
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>>6951947 Agreed, goofy as shit. I replaced the damashii head with HG 144 custom goufs head and it is a vast improvement. Its my GOAT, so it was work the work and cost.
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>>6939987 Ah shit did I miss the preorder for the S Gundam? Do I still have a chance?
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>>6952036 A minor gripe but otherwise an awesome figure.
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>>6951947 do you even lift?
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>>6951781 >You and me both, brother. Especially if they would make the desert colors version. You know it would be web exclusive if it happens.
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I got Gundam Alex and two Patlabor Unit 1/Unit 2 movie sets in the mail yesterday. I'm slightly steamed at how much better value the Movie Ingram pack is compared to the TV releases (although I think the TV versions are slightly better-made and have nicer colors), but Alex is just amazing. The engineering is a step up even over the previous ANIME releases. Can't get over the spring-loaded parts in the elbows and shins, that's the kind of engineering I usually expect to have to pay Sentinel money for.
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Out of what has been shown, The labor carrier and the Phantom are the only unreleased Patlabor, right?
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>>6952302 Also the mass-produced Ingrams. The carrier and those were the things I wanted most from the line and I'm not sure they're ever going to materialise at this point.
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>>6952050 >>6952055 It was a first-run bonus pack that came with the character cards and stands. Check out Mandarake and I think you should be able to find a Gouf that includes the bonus. Or you might find the bonus pack by itself there too.
>>6952223 Oh I know. Even if they only made the standard Tropen, I'd be happy with that. It's my favorite Dom variant. But I'd love a desert colors and hopefully a Xamel too.
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>>6952068 Post pics nigga, that sounds sick
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I'm getting sad that the show I'm buying this for has barely used the cute mechs.
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>>6951592 >>6951634 Shipping was 5020JPY via EMS. Here in the US we don't have to deal with customs fees or taxes, so unfortunately I can't offer much insight there for you, Canada anon.
In terms of the shipping fee alone though, shipping everything together was the most cost efficient method by far. HLJ's EMS gets really cost effective the more stuff you're shipping. It can depend on what weight limits you hit, though. I was playing with the shipment composition, and after removing 3 RDs from the shipment it still cost 5020JPY to ship. Removing a fourth RD dropped the shipping cost to around 4400JPY.
And just for reference, "Standard" shipping was 5200JPY (which I think is what HLJ calls RSAL) and FedEx was 6000JPY.
>>6952055 ANIME Gouf is so good, definitely worth grabbing.
>>6951947 >>6952068 He was stylized to match the aesthetic of the original RD Zaku II, but replacing the head sounds like it'd do a ton to balance his proportions. I'd like to see a shot of your work as well, anon!
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>>6951774 >panel-lined Alex I've not lined a RD before so I dunno how it's gonna work out, but these pics look to use the regular Gundam Marker fine tipped black:
http://a.co/f4YdJyc That should work just fine, though it might wipe off. I'm gonna try to use some paint instead of hope for the best. I think erasers remove Gundam Marker pretty well.
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>>6952939 Ah thank you! The only other thing I'm curious about is what they used for the yellow bits they added; it seems like a perfect match to the paint Bandai used.
I'm still uncertain if I'll do it. I just feel like I'll fuck it up and then I'll be disappointed. Heh.
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>>6953250 >>6953250 You should use gray for panel lining, black makes it look more like a toy.
If you have a mechanical pencil it will work too for paneling , it will give it that light but noticeable lasting line that will bring out the detail without standing out.
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Photos from the Akiba showroom of quite a few Ka Signature items in slightly fancier than normal displays:
>http://toho.seesaa.net/article/459472614.html Really loving the look at some of the upcoming MRD.
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>>6953269 I'll consider using grey, but I'm not opposed to black. Hell, the images in
>>6952939 seem to use black and I'm fine with the way that looks. Plus I'm really only trying to fill in the verniers Bandai left unfinished, so I won't be panel-lining the whole figure anyway.
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>>6953639 >Still the old Bandai logo Anonymous
>>6952517 When are they going to make the Cherno Alpha-looking waifu bot?
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>>6953952 When she stops being a jobber.
Never.
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when's the gundam mark two ka coming? I know it's supposed to bee this month.
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I know it's not a huge deal, but I was surprised today when I was messing with my Alex RD and I accidentally spun his wrist-gatling barrels. They actually bothered to make them spin. This figure is great.
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>>6953994 I really want her to get one.
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>>6954207 xbox-chan is likely to die first.
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>>6954236 Likely, but I still want a toy of badonkadonk alpha.
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>>6952517 The show ended up so shit that I can't even bring myself to consider buying this for my robowaifu collection.
Maybe if the release Xbox-chan.
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>>6954203 The little things, eh?
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>>6954203 Holy shit, so dope, I should get mine early this week!.
>>6953250 Yeah I'm happy to share it! Not like I did it myself, but still. And I'm gonna use the yellow thick-point Gundam Marker. It's got a bit of orange to it, and I hope will work well. And you just gotta go real slow, baby, you'll do fine. Watch some panel-lining tutorials.
>>6953347 They also didn't line it too well and a lot of spots have the outer parts lined but not the actual spot. It's what happens when the marker is too big and can't fit deep in the slot/hope/panel, unless they did it on purpose to make it more subtle, but using gray would probably solve that. Still, black behind the verniers is good and I was thinking of doing black there and gray for other details.
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>>6954640 Heh, so I remembered I had some Gundam Markers from years ago stored away somewhere. Busted'em out, did all the black that I wanted to do.
It turned out pretty well. Some of those verniers are hard to get into though; mostly the shoulder ones. It took a lot of erasing after I finished to get it back to being cleaned up. But the finished product looks great to me, so I'm happy.
Although I did try to panel-line some really small details on the inside of the knee area, and those came out a bit sloppy. I'm wondering if I can use some alcohol or something to get it out of there, since they're recessed in I can't fit an eraser in those details.
I have to order a yellow Gundam Marker, to put the finishing touches on it still. Lemme know how the yellow turns out!
>>6954576 >>6954640 The wrist-gatlings are a little tight at first, and I only noticed because I was putting the muzzle-flash effect back on it and happened to twist a little and voila! They spin! Has me hopeful they'll make Kampfer's shotguns with working pumps.
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>>6954698 Nice! I figured the shoulders would be a pain but you made it look so good! And when I get it in the mail and paint it up I'll post it for sure
>>shotguns with working pumps Oh god I want that
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>>6954786 Yeah, the shoulders are definitely the worst part. But Thank you! Luckily I'm also an artist so I'm used to "inking" like this, just on paper instead.
>shotguns with working pumps They did it way back on the Arbalest RD from Full Metal Panic, so here's hoping. I love little features like that when they put them into a figure design.
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>>6954063 Mk-II is slated for release on the 25th.
>>6954249 Whoa, I never noticed the back of its "dress" was open like that.
>>6954698 Looking good! A q-tip dipped in rubbing alcohol should do the trick on the recessed areas you want to touch up.
So cool that the wrist gatlings actually spin, nice find anon!
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>>6954849 >Whoa, I never noticed the back of its "dress" was open like that. Yeah, it's rarely seen, just like the robots in the anime.
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>>6955041 Haven't seen the show, I didn't know what I was expecting when I clicked the thumbnail, but it certainly wasn't Cherno-tan's lovely pear-shaped mecha rear. That's fucking hot.
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>>6955056 >Haven't seen the show Teen Love.
Little mech action, though 6 episodes left and seems things are going to heat up.
I just like cute girl robots so I hope the whole team gets made.
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>>6955110 Huh. These things have a really strong Mega Man aesthetic to them, especially bottom right which is essentially a female Clown Man, and bottom left will be right at home in the MMZ games. Hopefully, they come out as figures.
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fellas lets try to post our whole rd collection
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>>6955175 I just started collecting Damashii's. At work, can't post pics yet.
- Wing Gundam
- God Gundam
- Strike Gundam
- Tallgeese III
- Hi Nu Gundam
- Enhanced ZZ Gundam
- Deathscythe Hell
- Kyrios
Best: Hi Nu. Has a very strong visually presence. Wish these things were in scale, though.
Worst: Kyrios. Very weak offering. While it looks nice, it poses poorly and is very underwhelming.
Most Wanted: Zeta Plus, FAZZ, and Ex-S
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>>6952033 Want 0083 RDs so bad
I can see them in the regualr RD line or the A.N.I.M.E. line, but I would love seeing Katoki's GP-01Fb in the Ka Signature line
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>>6954698 >Has me hopeful they'll make Kampfer's shotguns with working pumps. Pretty sure the shotguns on the RD Full Metal Panic! stuff have working pumps, no reason the Kaempfer can't.
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How many zeta pluses did taskforce alpha have
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>>6955372 Right, I mentioned the Arbalest up above. I totally think they'll make them with working pumps, especially sonce Kampfer had a scene where he's just pumping shots out for a few a seconds.
I may be wrong, but I think the RD Ingram shotgun doesn't have a working pump, though that's probably because their weapons are smaller-scaled.
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>>6955348 But Katoki didn't design Zephyranthes...
>>6955372 Right, I mentioned the Arbalest up above. I totally think they'll make them with working pumps, especially sonce Kampfer had a scene where he's just pumping shots out for a few a seconds.
I may be wrong, but I think the RD Ingram shotgun doesn't have a working pump, though that's probably because their weapons are smaller-scaled.
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>>6955473 A Robot Damashii Kaemfer would be an immediate sell for me. I had the MSiA and was pleased with it back In the day (Cyclops Team logo on the head was such a crazy detail on so small a figure).
I can only imagine how amazing a damashii would be.
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>>6955473 >But Katoki didn't design Zephyranthes... I know that. The Ka Signature line is not limited to only MS that Katoki originally designed.
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>>6955624 Oh sorry, the way you said it earlier made it seem that way. My bad!
>>6955585 Oh yeah, I've been dreaming of what an RD Kampfer would be like for years now. What I'm really curious about is if they'll find a way to keep the thrusters built into the back of the thighs from limiting the knee-bending articulation and how they might do it.
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>>6955628 I was literally gonna say the same thing. Maybe they'll be on a hinge joint that folds up as the leg bends back.
I would love to see the chain mine. And beam sabers. The MSiA had no sabers.
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>>6955637 >Chain Mine and Beam Sabers Yes! I'm so excited for him to finally have beam sabers. They can't leave them out considering he pulls one on his final rush on Alex.
The chain mine will probably be flexible/posable; they've done it for similar weapons like Gouf's Heat Rod. I'm wondering if they'll include separate mines with pegs on the back to attach to Alex's eventual Chobham armor, and maybe even have one or two that are exploding? That'd be pretty dope.
As for the thigh-thrusters, I could think of two options: they could either put the thruster on a sliding piece that would allow it to slide up and forward to make clearance room for the knee, or they could have the thruster collapse as the knee pushes on it via a spring. Whatever they end up doing, I at least hope they address that issue, as the MSiA could barely bend its knees.
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>>6954800 >Arbalest RD I had that when it first came out and I don't even remember that!
>>6955348 I remember when that damn thing was first shown off, I was so hyped. It's so over due
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>>6955394 Two Zeta Plus C1's, RNPB 02 and RNPC 03. The metal RD they have been showing off is 02, not sure if they will include the shoulder and tail parts for 03.
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>>6955872 Wait it's prepainted and only comes for parts for one of them? Wtf?
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>>6955907 Well the strange thing is there are pictures floating around with an 02 shoulder and RNPC tail binder. I dunno if that's indication of a separate tail or if someone fucked up cause english letters are hard.
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>>6956052 I looked around and it seems like all the RNPC markings are from very early promos. Like late 2017 to early 2018 and newer promos are all RNPB
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Got the zaku kai today. He's pretty great, easily my favorite out of the last couple releases I've bought. The elbow and knee joint design is really something else. Only complaint I have with it is the hips are super tight to the point I think I might need to shock oil them.
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>>6956242 Post pics.
Is the nose/mouth color that noticeable? The photo review made it seem like it stood out.
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>>6953672 Blue Bandai logo won't appear until products in September 2018
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>>6955275 if you're new to this, your most wanted are all Ver Ka. and you can pretty much consider them a sub-line that is very different than regular RDs. In general they are bigger and more detailed and far more expensive.
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>>6956292 Mine isn't here yet, but general rule of thumb is that anything in a photo review will inevitably look much better in person. You'll be looking at the figures at an arm's length after all, not blown up huge on your monitor and shot with a macro lens.
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>>6956426 Yeah, I knew that going in. Thank you, though.
I had been paying attention to the RD line since it came out, but only recently started buying.
I'm in a position where the Ver. Ka line and Metal Damashii's are feasible now, just not as a single big purchase for the ones I really want
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>>6956292 The color isn’t noticeable, though the gap between the green plastic and the paint certainly is.
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>>6956466 >You'll be looking at the figures at an arm's length after all you generally look at them even closer in person.
do you hold your arms straight out like a mummy when handing figures?
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time to wake up and smell that p-bandai
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>>6956707 What the hell is this Naughty Guy's problem?
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>>6956707 Fuck yes. Good thing I held out for this. Now... to actually secure a PO lol
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>>6956644 welp.. thats what I get for completely ignoring my email inbox. I have a payment reminder for this in there lol
>>6956707 hell yes
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>>6956707 Wetland Zaku from a gunpla book from the 80s.
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>>6956707 Looks like it's supposed to be this Zaku from MSV. Also, it does look like he has some new accessory, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is. Depending on how well this release matches the Desert and Cannon Zakus, I may actually pick one up. Even though I totally don't need another Zaku. Heh.
Glad to finally see some Johnny Ridden's stuff though! Not sure I'll pick up his Gelgoog, but I'm hopin' to see a High Mobility Zaku soon.
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>>6957246 Looks more green than deserty
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>>6952412 Will do, let me get off work!
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>>6956707 Why is naughty such a faggot. HUR YOU CAN'T SEE IF THEY'RE P BANDAI OR NOT, HUR YOU CAN'T SEE SOME OF THE ACCESSORIES!
I'd rather not have the image at all if this asshole is gonna be cute about it.
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>>6957267 Yeah, that's why I'm waiting to see better pictures. Especially because it really looks like just a standard release Zaku with maybe a new accessory. The color scheme is gonna have to really sell me on this one.
>>6957352 The worst part is we can actually see that these are P-Bandai, what we can't see are the prices and release dates.
Anonymous
Finally got Alex in today! And yeah, it spins.
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Thanks for the shield, asshole
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I'm so glad they gave us two v-fins
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I think I like the HGUC's beam rifle (left hand) more
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Bonus Gundam. I bought five different figures (only can see four here) for this. I'm ridiculous, but I just had have the First Touch head on the regular release body. Feels fuckin' gud!
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>>6956707 Wetland Zaku comes with some megalla cannon container of sorts.
If they are milking the Zaku mould straight that many times, we better get Thomas Klutz Gelgoog as well as the Gray Gelgoog with both high mob and cannon backpacks.
It looks like MSV ain't going soon as they are targeting oldies.
GM Cannon is unlikely to get African and Nth American colours though as it didn't sell well, but how about GM in MSV colours with the different skirt armor?
They still have that brown desert Gouf, but Zaku will always be the most iconic. Gouf Prototype and M'Quave and also the other Zabi Zakus would be great too.
There is also that Zaku I A type in MSV colours.
If they have a way to increase the range of the Zaku High Mob knee bend, then we should get all colours, including the regular green.
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>>6956707 It looks like the Zaku comes with an extensive weapons mount.
I will most likely get 4 of these guys then. Hopefully to give the mounts to the other Zakus.
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>>6956707 I would welcome every colour variant, but please give me colour variants/remoulds of MSV moulds too.
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>>6956707 All a p-bandai.
Damn, so all the retail releases will be 0080 from now on.
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Even an obscure colour variant gets it.
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>>6957750 Just apply a template onto the shoulders as they would with the Wetland Zaku.
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>>6957561 Guess I shoulda checked the instructions! Heh.
>>6957671 >>6957750 >>6957760 I mean I really hope they do the Thomas Kurtz Gelgoog Cannon. That's my favorite iteration of that design. And the only reason I figured they'd pass on making it was because of the more complicated color separations, which wetland Zaku just proved isn't a solid reason to avoid making it now.
Looks like there may still be a chance for GM Light Armor if MSV isn't done yet.
>>6957679 Dom Tropical Test Type is all I've wanted from the MSV line for awhile.
>>6957701 I can only assume Zeong will be a standard release, but otherwise I think we'll only get exclusive MSV stuff from 0079 from now on.
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I ain't no photographer, Ill take more at lunch tomorrow cuz its dark AF. Just used some greenstuff molded to fill up the neck peg, and trimmed and superglue'd the greenstuff to the peg. Decent range of movement, better proportions.
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>>6958043 And goddamnit, why did it flip when I posted?
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>>6958046 Android phones save pictures in fixed orientation. Apps then rotate the picture based on the orientation metadata saved when the picture was taken, but 4chan ignores or scrubs that stuff when uploaded or displayed so it won't be rotated.
Open it in microsoft paint or something and just reorient it and then save it.
>t. mobile dev But any monkey could tell you that.
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>>6958046 Because you decided it's more important to upload a poor quality 3mb jpg instead of cropping and resizing down to a more suitable standard for web.
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Anyone here know what DHL direct is? Trying out zenmarket to get some p-bandai stuff
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>>6958096 Almighty god, I just tried cropping it and realized how little I know about editing and posting my own content. Trying again m8's.
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>>6958088 I'm glad other people are saying this, seems like no one figured this out for years
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>>6958264 Jeez is this a picture for ants or what? And why's it oriented straight? God damn anon, god damn.
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>>6956707 It has that missile container from this book.
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>>6956669 Only when they're directly in your hands and you're posing them or swapping parts or whatever. Most of the time they will be sitting on your desk, approximately an arm's length away from your eyes, or on your shelf, where you also generally would view them from about an arm's length. At least, that's how it works for me most of the time. Maybe you actually do look at your figures from two inches away all the time, I don't know your habits.
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Wetland Zaku due in October
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>>6958534 Wetland Zaku's arsenal has been blacked as well.
Lol.
Glad to see a Johnny Ridden Gelgoog again after some time. His Gelgoog was my very first MG kit back in the late 90s.
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>>6958534 Lol, I didn't realise that the MSV boxart and lineart were antenna-less until now.
The RD looks like it has the real type antenna from the MG kit, not the TV version.
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>>6954966 >Lancelot Albion PV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbIHViGaPu4 Also known as Lelouch orders Suzaku to show off his new toy (literally) ft. Kallen and the Guren S.E.I.T.E.N.
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>>6957564 Looks nice, but somehow I prefer the shield without the name when it's actually equipped.
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>>6957575 Giving me some Justice/Infinite Justice vibes here.
HGUC's rifle is a little more defined, unless the focus is just sabotaging the RD's definition here.
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>>6958553 >Actually feel nostalgic watching this I guess my contrarian hating Geass phase is over
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>>6958586 Quite possible, I'm waiting for my phone to come back from repair (it's been over a month!!) so I'm using a phone from 2014. Not ideal!
Both rifles have a lot of the same details, but I like how the HGUC rifle is longer and a bit sleeker as well as being a more pleasing gray instead of the purpley color the figure comes with.
>>6958583 I feel ya, for me the white spot just looks too empty, like it needs something. Not necessarily ALEX, but something. Maybe a blue Federation symbol, that'd looks nice.
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Does anyone here collect NXEDGE figures. Anyone get the Ryuohmaru figure released in January? I wasn't paying attention to the line for a while and that slipped right by me.
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>>6959322 It's a pretty cheap line overall despite not being that cheap price wise. Don't expect anything on RD level in terms of engineering. The paint apps are fine though, nothing sloppy or unusually bad. Accessories are fun.
They are more display pieces in an SD format with some sorta useful articulation. They feel overpriced for what they are but they aren't bad or anything.
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>>6959951 >>6959954 >>6959955 >30th anniversary >recolor instead of a new Mashin >useless recolor on top of that >not even the main Mashin Fuck Bandai.
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>>6960199 They are changing the product specs just to increase the price. Most likely 6000 to 8000 yen for the chrome version.
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>>6960122 The magella gun colour matches the wetland camo while every other weapon is black and suitable to used by the Desert Type. The weapon mounts should match all other Zakus.
Come to think of it, the Desert Zaku was about the same price as this while Gelgoog was cheaper.
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>>6960122 Will they do the elusive Dom Tropical specification which was also introduced in the How to Build Gundam book from 1982 before MSV was introduced?
This is the regular converted with the backpack and head of the Proto Dom/Tropical Test Type.
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Booster parts slated for January 2019 at 5940 yen? They even said price and date not determined yet even though it has been stated.
>>6960310 It has been commonly misinterpreted that 12 MS-09D Tropical Doms with the same look as the YMS-09D Tropical Test type were made, but they were actually normal Doms converted by exchanging the backpack and head.
The GFF toy could recreate that hybrid design.
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>>6960122 That handheld missile container is now officially described as a warhead/ammo case.
Maybe they are ammo for the bazooka.
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>>6960384 so realistic, then 30 years later in universe some psychic punk pushes an asteroid away with the force
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>>6960460 Realistically, you're not going to be able to post that clusterfuck of parts.
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>>6960339 >5940 yen for some unposable bulk Lovely, Bandai.
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>>6960460 P-Bandai or regular?
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>>6960686 p-bandai, its on nippon yassan as we speak
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I hate to be *that* guy but that are other good reliable places that ship internationally that handle the p-bandai stuff?
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>>6960686 It links it in the tweet.
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>>6960648 I agree. The standard version is enough. That thing's just getting obnoxious.
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>>6960460 Yeah this is pretty excessive. But that is sort of MB’s thing, I guess. I thought the giant sword handle for the astray was pretty stupid too.
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>>6960656 No one is forcing you to buy it.
It's a fucking booster, and you are complaining about articulation????
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>>6960339 shouldve just released it with s-gundam
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Aw yea.
>>6958264 I wasn't a big fan of the stylization on the original Zaku RD and the Gouf Custom, but they look really awesome here. Nice shot, anon!
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>>6961151 Didn't have a lot of time to play with everything, but the first order of business was to check that all the armor on the VF-1A was assembled correctly.
Thankfully, Hikaru can give a thumbs up on that!
>>6960709 MyKombini let me know very quickly that they weren't going to be able to fulfill my VF-31A preorder, and they gave me the option of cancelling my entire order (had the RD Gelgoogs in the same order) or shipping what was available. I chose the later, and MyKombini immediately refunded me the excess deposit from the 31A.
I'm liking MK thus far; they only require a 50% deposit, their shipping rates are better than NY's, and they have a points reward system as well.
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>>6961162 Also had to check out the Zaku II Kai. Regarding the paint on the nose; I wouldn't have known it was painted if anon hadn't pointed it out in Nuu's review. But, the paint does NOT match the rest of the head, it's very clearly a darker shade of green compared to the rest of the head.
It almost feels intentional, because the rounded area that forms the bottom half of the bridge of the nose seems to match the plastic above it, whereas the squared off part of the snout itself stands out as darker.
I'm happy with how it looks, but wanted to be upfront for folks who wanted info on that.
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>>6961175 The difference in nose color particularly stands out in this shot, though it isn't quite this apparent in-person.
Interestingly, they give you an entire spare head for the stahlhelm (and it's packaged with one of the mono-eye position parts, nice space economy there).
I thought maybe this was due to the stahlhelm requiring some unique sculpting in order to fit on the head. But, after pulling off both heads and comparing them side by side, they're exactly the same! So, not quite sure why Bandai bothered with the extra head, but hey, I won't look a gift head in the mouth.
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>>6961184 While pulling off the head, you get to see the extensive neck joint in action.
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>>6961187 Blasting away with the lovely 90mm cannon (to be clear, the firing effect part is not included with the Kai). It's cool that the stahlhelm has a very practical purpose on the Kai, offering some protection of the head tubing. It makes the Zaku's head kinda look fat though, haha. I'll probably stick with the standard head, it'll match with the commander type too.
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>>6961194 And a shot from the back, showing the nice detail here with painted verniers and painted primary thruster interiors (which are poseable).
Really enjoying the Kai thus far, it's exactly what I wanted. The sculpt is superb, and one thing I particularly love is how the plastic has this sort of textured finish to the surface (it's especially apparent in
>>6961184 ). My sole gripe would be that the joints are fairly stiff, but that ain't a bad problem to have, haha.
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>>6959322 I've got the Megaman NXEDGE figures and I like them quite a bit. As
>>6959337 said, they actually have a surprising amount of paint that's applied well, and though the engineering is simple it's effective in allowing some nice range of movement.
My primary gripe about NXEDGEs are the plastic they're constructed with. It has that kinda gritty-yet-soft feel to it that you see in gashapon-type toys like Gundam Converge figures. Not necessarily a bad thing, and it's not like it's fragile plastic or anything (quite sturdy in fact), but it just doesn't feel like the stuff you'd see in a higher quality line.
>>6960339 >>6961023 Do you guys think those parts would work with the Ex-S? Was gonna pass on the S-Gundam, but I'd like the booster parts.
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>>6960460 Wow, so it has 8 shields now? 4+4.
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Comes with Giant Baz as well as the forearm parts of the C type. Everything is black in so called MSV colors rather than anime colors.
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>>6961348 Isn't the left corner pic it with a command horn?
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>>6960460 >DLC already Really? I don't even have my Astraea yet and they couldn't wait to push this shit out
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>>6961348 Give me bloody Shin Matsunaga versions.
Enough of this Char 2 twat.
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>>6961413 No one cares about this version.
Only MG and GFF could recreate this.
I really wonder what the next Tamashii Nation recolor would be? We've had two Gundams and one Zaku so far and they tend to be straight recolors of retail releases.
Maybe Real Type Dom or Gouf?
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>>6960122 I wouldn't be surprised if they camo paint this best seller once Wetland type solid preorder numbers have been confirmed.
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>>6961531 That would be pretty great. I've always wanted to get a second Desert Zaku, but it'd be even cooler to have a different color sheme.
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>>6959337 The limbs pop off damn easily.
Watch any review and you will see things pop off.
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>>6960460 The copious shield abominations started with Unicorn Gundam and FA Gundam from TB.
I would rather have copious number of cables and thrusters like the Deep Striker.
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Finally put in my order for the Zeta Plus. Gotta love it when waiting on a deal (and ensuring you really like what you see) pays off. Partsforming or not, I love the look of it more and more.
>>6955872 I appreciate the insight there as I'd never have known about the markings from the places that I'd read up on about the C1's. Did you read the story?
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>>6961184 The alternate head has a different nose. Why they didn’t just make that piece swappable, I have no idea.
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Tell me the Johnny Gelgoog isn't P Bandai. Please.
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>>6961726 Ahhh, you're right! The stahlhelm head has a circle shape inside its nose, while the standard head has a square shape.
>>6961765 We could you that anon, but you'd be living a lie. :(
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>>6961682 Where did you find him for a deal? Most places are either sold out or jacked up price wise.
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>>6961770 Oh fuck this, every single time.
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>>6960460 >DLC fpr Astrea when it hasn't even come out >XL-2/XL-3 pack for Arbalest/Laevatein never ever Fuck you Bandai
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>>6960460 Oh hey I didn't know 00 had their own AoZ side story.
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>>6961850 Extra outfitted equipment with shields, boosters + multiplying the existing modules.
Lol, the MA-fying of mobile suits isn't very clean these days. I still prefer the pioneer which were the Deep Striker and S Gundam BST.
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>>6961879 >Deep Striker If you're buying a Deep Striker might as well just get the MG Gunpla. A MRD Deep Striker would be like $400
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>>6961682 No prob, the C1 is one of my favorite mech designs. I have read Sentinel but it's been a few years, been thinking about re-reading it before the MRD C1 and S are released.
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>>6961531 I have been loath to shell out P-Bandai prices lately, but I missed out on this mold once and I won't let it happen again. If they do this repaint I'm in for sure.
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>>6962334 I still haven't even seen the movie yet, but this is the first design I've seen from it that appeals to me. Insta-buy.
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>>6962334 Design reminds me of pic related.
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>>6961151 Yeah, production shots show the Zaku as more of an olive drab, and I feel that judging by the price I picked them up at, there was a second production run and the green is very.... limey. Next project may be to darken them up, or light weathering. The Leo RD had a great matte/olive drab finish i may try to replicate and I may decal them. I got a platoon of Zeek suits now and I may pick up Alex and preordered 3 cold type GMs. I want a a Gerbera Tetra and Kampfer RD...
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>>6962334 Are they really going to continue this pvc RD line?
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Zeta Plus C1 with 03 marking is under consideration.
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>>6961478 >Char 2 twat the char 2 twat actually got more kills in the OYW than char
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>>6961478 Man, how great would it be if we got a Matsunaga's Gelgoog Jaeger?
I like his Zaku and all, but his Gelgoog Jaeger is my favorite suit of his.
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>>6961773 I'd fallen asleep shortly after making the post, though, I myself made my purchase moments before the deal's deadline. To my surprise, it was on otaku mode.
>>6962040 After all the time I spent learning about it, I think I'm with you on the matter of favourite mecha designs. Managed to find a translation/PDF of the series moments after seeing your post, too.
>>6962334 Here's some footage of it with a potential new version of the Gipsy and some SoC Crimson Typhoon (which is more the main focus):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inkHB9rdIZQ >>6962494 Odd considering what the wiki describes about him, but I'm all for new images before the release.
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>>6962334 >cannon fodder suit >MP-eva vibes >my prefered scale for giant robots The line lives. Maybe, just maybe, the dream of PR1 jagers is still alive too.
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>>6961879 >not mention all beautiful grandmother that is Dendrobium Anonymous
>>6962494 >FAZZ comes with multiple parts for different-numbered units >For some reason don't bother repeating this with Zeta Plus Sometimes I just don't understand Bandai's logic.
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>>6961077 thanks!
>>6961162 wow, you're right, question though, I put in a pre-order item that's months away and an item that's in stock, they'd ship that together right or would they do otherwise?
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>>6962945 The only reason I'm not of the same opinion is because of the strangely poor coverage they seem to have done for the Z-Plus. No shot of all included items or beam sabers.
That said, there are good chances that what you're saying is true given that they're giving a unit with the 03 marking to one of the two main Z-Plus pilots instead of the guy who served as a pilot when one had to help co-pilot something else.
"Under consideration" is a machine translation phrase, right? I wonder just what that little bit there means. It's far too strange to release an 03 unit, especially if the current Z-Plus to come doesn't come with the designation parts for both of the other ones.
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>>6962945 Might it be possible that this one will have a different loadout? Whether it's to a significant degree is another matter.
And naturally it's greed for sales so people who wanted to buy two to display one in each mode won't have the same markings on each, except I feel sorry for those who already did buy two looking past the part about similar designations as this will make them regret doing so just a little bit.
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>>6962637 Fuck I'd love some PR1. The sequel designs do nothing for me, except maybe that drone suit.
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>>6962334 So missing November Ajax and co.
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>>6962612 >translation of Sentinel Whereabouts? Do you have a link at all?
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>>6962612 Fuck the new movie, but I do love seeing that Crimson Typhoon.
