this is why extra finished kits are never worth the money, unless you are able to touch up the nub marks without them looking blotchy.

tu bukan mecha

hmmm seems like the blue destiny can actually squat better than the zaku sniper.

http://gundamguy.blogspot.com/2011/06/mg-1...ndam-seven.html
Typical Bandai... now you get the 7 swords but lose the raiser.

Another piece of good news from bandai:
http://gundamguy.blogspot.com/2011/06/gund...unch-anime.html
ANIME !!! OF OYW !!!! USING YASUHIKO'S DESIGNS !!! THANK YOU DEAR LORDBANDAI !!!

http://blog.livedoor.jp/koba6068/archives/52011784.html
MG Epyon didn't turn out as bad as expected, but puny sword is ridiculous... it's even shorter than a typical MG beam sabre. FAIL.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Jun 22 2011, 09:26 PM

Stick with HGUCs, not the older HGs.

EZ8 is still nowhere to be seen, but you can get the normal Ground type Gundam in HGUC form and it's pretty reasonable at 1500 yen since it comes with the full arsenal, ABS joints, and newer HGUC tech e.g. seamline-less heads. There's also the blue destiny variants but none of them comes with BFGs so unless you want something entirely blue, avoid them too.

And of course, don't forget the Gouf Custom.

How awful are the leg articulations?

It doesn't seem too bad from the video reviews and the manual, in fact it has a similar build to the F2 albeit with larger armour pieces and the lack of power cables.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Jun 25 2011, 09:43 AM

Doesn't seem too bad as the Gouf Custom isn't a flight unit hence it'll probably be posed standing most of the time. It's great that the Gouf Custom, like the F2, comes with rotating upper hip joints instead of the typical ball-socket joints. The Sinanju doesn't even have that.

And your broken knee joint is pretty much an accidental modification to increase the range of movement

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Jun 25 2011, 11:38 PM

http://gundamguy.blogspot.com/2011/06/mg-1...w-hobby_25.html

Oh boy do the poses look awesome.

Still no love.

MG Tallgeese please.

Put super glue on the joint surfaces, then connect them together and IMMEDIATELY remove them. Repeat this a few times until you can feel them starting to stick together. Separate the joints and leave them aside to dry completely. The dried glue should increase the friction between the male and female connector surfaces yet is still thin enough not to distort the socket.

That is one hell of an ugly mecha... 3 legsheads !! WTF?

I'm not sure how Epyon's runners hint of a possibly Tallgeese apart from the whip. The Tallgeese's frame is totally different from the W gundams - taller, slimmer, longer legs in proportion to the torso. But again with how things are going with the Wing MGs, I sure hope Bandai doesn't release the Katoki-fied Tallgeese which ditches the faceplate and has a weird looking, blue gladiator crest.

You called?


This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Jun 26 2011, 07:11 PM

You'll kill the arm joints. Very soon.

Nah... no more love for Dreissen. At 2000 yen it's a wee bit too expensive for me to get since the bazooka is the only thing that got me interested to begin with. It's still a pretty good kit - huge compared to generic 18m mechas, fairly impressive articulation for a bulky mecha, above-average details; but just not enough to justify the money that I need to spend.

Not forgetting that 1) the rocket bazooka still lacks a few parts compared to Sinanju's version and 2) it'd still be useless for poses given Sinanju's large shoulder armour and rear thrusters.

Eyeing the GM Custom now... BURNING TAI-EEEEEEE !!!

Night shift is killing me... ZZZZZZ

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Jun 27 2011, 04:52 AM

Hyper bazookas are projectile based weapons used by EFSF units. Unicorn and Nu's bazookas have no official calibre, but base on gunpla scale they should be larger than the MKII/0083-era GM's bazooka which is 360mm. RX78 has a slightly larger one with 380mm.

Zeonic bazookas are roughly the same as well. Zaku I/II (280mm), R1A/Dom(360mm), Rick Dom II/Kampfer (380mm), and Dom Tropen (880mm, but likely typo since Xamel's mortar is only 680mm).

The big ass beam gun from UC is actually the hyper launcher - huge, long range cannons typically used to snipe battle ships as shown in Z. No good for dogfights.

Because everybody fires beam weapons, even the bazookas. Both the F91 and Vigna Ghina carry beam launchers shaped like bazookas.
Beam bazookas/launchers are boring... they look exactly like huge beam rifles, unlike conventional rockets or shells which leaves a trail of smoke and sends shrapnel everywhere upon impact.

chubby FTW.

Noooo wayyyyy.... Original Convoy/Optimus Prime is much better looking than the that from Bay's Transformers.

Meh. Just because it has a cape, doesn't mean it's Exia.
And that Transformer has nothing similar to the Aegis or the Saviour except being red.

Yeng mah..

Maybe the space-use bazookas come with special ammo which have built-in liquid oxygen for ignition, like a liquid-propellant rocket?

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Jun 30 2011, 11:29 AM

wah FAIL. what kind of transformation is that? flip the wings down, tail up, and stand in zombie pose.

Actually the HGUC will be a better choice.

Better proportioned, better articulated, better balanced, easier on your wallet.

It's about the same size as the Sinanju, but with its funnels attached to the back it'll tower over most other kits, including typical 1/100s.

http://www.hobbyhovel.com/2011/06/review-hguc-nu-gundam.html

Detailed review in English, even showing you where to paint.

Somebody said BFG?


If you like the F90, here's something you'll like.

There's also an AE version of the miniaturised MS called Silhouette F91, which has a similar setup but less sleek design.

Both F90 and Silhouette F91 have mangas somewhere around the net, google for zeonic republic scans and you should be able to find them.

Z-era = movable frame era. Hence the exposed skeleton/pistons/pipes with moving armour pieces.

To be fair, it's just a fancy concept for the designers to let their creativity go wild. The Zeta is supposed to have the movable armour as well yet it doesn't have many exposed parts.

When a single beam shot can destroy you, there's no point adding on armour which only reduces manoeuvrability.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Jul 2 2011, 10:52 PM

Not adding more weight (as in space everything's weightless) yet the thrusters will need to move more mass though. Small and nimble is easier to move around rather than big bulky suits. See why mobile armours can't do 180 turns as quickly as a small MS could?

And the Delta Plus is also designed for Earth use, so weight now comes into play.

No no no... that BFG is the FA Hyaku Shiki Kai rifle, which I refuse to buy the MG since they replaced it with the conventional Rezel rifle.

In Katoki's original design draft he mentioned that he gave the DP that BFG since there hasn't been a decision made yet regarding DP's official armaments. It didn't come with a shield either, although in the novel art it seems to be more angular which resembles the Delta Gundam's (not identical though) rather than the phallic version from the anime.



Atta' boy.

Eh?

Phase shift protects against physical weapons although direct hits drain the battery very quickly.
Beams cut through phase shift like knife through butter.

Don't even start the Mwu shit.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Jul 2 2011, 11:58 PM

The "green" psycho frame is described as "rainbow" coloured in the anime - go back and watch CCA's ending where Axis is being pulled away by the aurora-like cloud which signifies newtype resonance, that's the colour it's supposed to be.

There are different arguments about the colour difference in RX-0's psychoframess. Some say it's a reflection of different people's brainwaves, some say it represents that emotions of the pilot; I can't be sure whether the novel actually explains this in detail as I've only browsed through a few chapters. The rainbow colour is when the pilot achieves some sort of enlightenment or heightened awareness greater than his baseline newtype abilities. Unicorn turns "green" when barnage realises and acknowledges his destiny in this whole conflict, and it glows even greater when his mind fuses with the Unicorn, i.e. god mode.

For the anime it seems more like an animation gimmick. Every suit that comes equipped with a psychoframe glows differently - Unicorn red, Kshatryia purple, Sinanju blue (although it's very unconvincing). Don't think they've explained why in any of the 3 episodes though.

I personally prefer to interpret it as different colours = different individual brainwaves. Note that in Zeta whenever Kamille, Haman, or Paptimus has a newtype mental clash, they tend to "glow" in various colours and the auras clash and intertwine with each other. In the novel, when Unicorn fought Banshee on top of an Audhumla, the same thing was described, where the gold aura emanating from the Banshee engulfed the Unicorn's red as a brainwashed Marida went mental on Barnage.

Uh uh... don't take my word as gospel. My info regarding Unicorn is very limited as well, mainly based on the few chapters that I've read and various pieces of info from many other gunpla/anime forums which may be incorrect.

Psychoframe technology appeared only after 0093 where Neo Zeon deliberately leaked to AE. One of the engineers that worked with Chan mentioned how the other faction in AE who specialises in Neo Zeon units spread the word regarding this new technology and that's how Chan obtained the T-shaped prototype.

Char and Amuro's newtype mind interactions were fairly limited. Most of the time it's Char interfering with Amuro and Lalah while they are communicating. No one knows who will win if both Amuro and Char fought mentally, but throughout the series Char has never been shown to be a strong newtype unlike Haman/Paptimus/Kamille/Judau.

Kamille and Haman were more interesting as Kamille "felt" Haman's deepest feelings (about Char) which pissed Haman off as that's her fragile side; similar to how Barnage felt Marida's sad past. Haman and Scirocco however were mind-muscling as they fought to predict each other's attack patterns.

Give him some proper modelling paint as the next present
Buncho.... kena air habis lah.

The 1/100 TG has awesome proportions despite its age. Compare it to the 1/100 Epyon and you'll see how ridiculous the latter looks.