Haha actually all Bandai prepainted stuff are made in China, since painting requires manual labour. You can tell the Bandai product that were manufactured in Japan are the products that does not involve prepainting whatsoever; the products are manufactured almost 100% by machines, which actually has lower cost than even the cheapest manual labour

What's wrong with MG GN-X's legs? Mine's still tight and fine
But considering 00 have quite a different ankle structure compared to Exia, I doubt it'll have the same issues. You'd be more worried about its GN Drive shoulder pads+ 0 Raiser weight

The joint that holds the Quanta's shield looks like it's gonna be loose in no time

Anyway, bought a HGUC Zgok today for the heck of it... feel like eating crabs now.

anyone knows if there's a Water Slide decals for MG MG-GN-X selling?


well, my MG GN-X have a problem at the leg there. Seems that the connector from the Waist to leg is loose, like, totally . is there any way to tighten it?

Is that the part where it joins the upper thigh to the hip (the ball-shaped thingie)? I think that if that part gets loose, it's loose forever (happened on my Exia). But perhaps some nail varnish might give it some friction so it's somewhat tight? Not sure if that works, so I'll wait for the sifus to add more solution to this prob



Hmmm.....crabs...

Well apart from that, the ankle joints are kinda weak. Makes it wanna lean forward or backward when you put it on a standing pose.

Try painting the joints to make it thicker. Thicker = not so loose.

QUOTE(guarayakha @ Aug 7 2010, 10:56 PM)

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Mmm.... salmon.

i think its even heavier than MG Ex-S

hi hi sorry to interrupt you all.

this is my first time posting in this hobby forum of lowyat.net forums.

recently, i had a discussion with a friend about how to make money, and we figured that doing trading would be a good start.

he told me that he got a friend who can get wholesale prices from original bandai factory in china, but need bulk order of at least RM2000 in goods.

i was thinking, i could take pre orders etc, but after visiting the hobby forum of lowyat.net for a bit, i noticed that there are "imitations" bandai companies which produces similar bandai products, but maybe of slightly lower quality etc but much more cheaper.

seeing that the so called original bandai factory is in china, i had doubts if it is indeed original bandai though my friend assured it is, as told by his friend.

so, i decided that the best way for me to find out is to order a batch first, then try out one of the boxes myself to check the quality.

however, the problem is i never played / bought / assembled gundam before so i am like, totally clueless about this.

i appreciate if you guys can share some information with me regarding:
1. which gundam models are currently quite popular at the moment
2. standard malaysia retail market price range

so i can sell off the popular easier to sell gundam i obtained and not be stuck with the not so popular harder to sell gundam that i will have a harder time to dispose off.

by the way, gundam is produced by bandai, right?



also, how to make sure if it is really authentic bandai, and imitation bandai? the difference in quality, how to check oh?

thanks!

Authentic gundams/gunpla(gundam plastic) is only made in JAPAN...
their figures, etc mostly in China...
Those imitation of gunplas made in china, quality of plastic is lower, some parts don't fit nicely...

Read this
http://ngeekhiong.blogspot.com/2010/04/ban...st-pirated.html

1: most main char models are the most popular rnt they?
2: just use yen conversion like 3500x0.036. thats the usual conversion they use

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Added on August 8, 2010, 10:37 amand i forgot somethin.. i heard a rumour that the gundams made in japan are actually made in china. just packaged in japan to stamp the made in japan label. is it true?

This post has been edited by xDarkKn1ghtx: Aug 8 2010, 10:37 AM

i dont think so...
all their machines that produce gunpla are in japan and they are the only ones who have it....
the machines isn't cheap too... search in youtube, you can see them

FYI , All bandai kits ONLY produced in Japan , shizuoka Bandai headquarter...
there had been a interview into the bandai hobby center , and the representative had mention that before. They never outsource due to they have the ensure the quality is within their control.

Buy original. Gunpla is just one of the things that you simply cannot buy cipalak version... Weep when your parts don't fit.

Retro FTW !

lols 00 quanta + raiser = pwnage...

00quanta +raiser VS
00 + XN raiser VS
00 raiser + 7sword

who pwnage ?

This post has been edited by Hellscream: Aug 8 2010, 01:23 PM

if u buy all that then ur pocket got pwnage

guys, thanks for the feedback! appreciate it!

so i think i just take a look at the WTS threads that you guys have, try to get those models, open a box for myself to check quality, authenticity and attempt to sell the goods?

well if i am to successfully acquire goods and sell, i just wanna follow the standard market rate in here, i dun wanna spoil the market, undercut fellow competitors etc.

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00 + XN raiser + 7sword = pwnage !!



This post has been edited by chriswoo: Aug 8 2010, 03:36 PM

Model kits are ONLY made in Japan, as was said by z3r0717.

Your friend could be talking about other Gundam merchandise (still original from Bandai) such as Gundam StandART or Gundam non-scale action figures Robot Damashii. These are produced in China because they require manual paint jobs.

QUOTE(xDarkKn1ghtx @ Aug 8 2010, 10:26 AM)

and i forgot somethin.. i heard a rumour that the gundams made in japan are actually made in china. just packaged in japan to stamp the made in japan label. is it true?

Definitely not.

Mmmmm.... sweet and spicy crabs.....


This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Aug 8 2010, 08:50 PM