I got the urge to clean the RM10 SDs... :S lol

ah crap..i just saw your message - i was at the warehouse sales around 4.30 = there were around 20+ boxes of ISS there. i am kicking myself for not getting two of them to make a diorama...why did i only buy 1 ??!!?

i was struggling with a MG strike freedom extra finish @ rm180 and the zeta HD @ rm180 also...but end up didnt buy

please do, so we don't see them again

Some thoughts on the HGUC Banshee:
1. Very, very awesome looking kit. I thought the yellow psychoframe might look dull, but on the contrary it does pop out from the black/blue armour better than expected. I suppose if the psychoframe were transparent like the Unicorn's pink ones, they would be overwhelmed by the dark shade of the armour pieces. I coloured my Banshee's moustache red, just like a typical Gundam rather than keeping it in the original yellow.

2. Lots of caution required for assembling this kit. There are a lot of tiny pieces which a little extra force would be enough to break it - beam sabre holders on the backpack, mouth piece, the tiny armour pieces over the forearms, and the small front horn. I broke the beam sabre holder on the left side, and it seems that many other modellers did too as seen in youtube and forums.

3. The V-fin is actually much sturdier than expected due to its size, but it takes quite an effort to clean the nub marks and sharpen the edges. The two innermost ones look too thick, and their position makes it very difficult to sand down.

4. The black stickers for the front horn and the two shoulder sensors are utterly useless. They don't stick tightly due to the angular shape of the pieces. I'm leaving the front horn yellow, and will paint top of the shoulder sensors once I get a black marker pen. The golden stickers for the leg and skirt thrusters on the other hand ended up looking fairly decent, but they are very tiny and easy to fck up if you're not paying attention.

5. The proportion of the HGUC Banshee is spot on; in fact much better than the MG whose legs are too skinny and long.
In comparison, the HGUC Sinanju looks stubby compared to its MG counterpart, although to be fair the latter is near-perfection.


6. Articulation wise, it's actually pretty good for a HGUC kit. It doesn't have huge and bulky armour pieces like most Zeon units do, and somehow its joints move better than simple EFSF kits such as GMs. Great effort from Bandai here.

7. Some pieces are held in place by mere friction hence it may be a good idea to glue them. Examples being the rear skirt armour thrusters and the crotch piece which hold the front skirt armours. For the former, it's easy to push them out of place when you're posing the kit; and for the latter the top blue piece tends to dislodge easily, causing the skirt armours to drop out. Same problem goes to the beam tonfa holders but you wouldn't want to glue these.

8. Thank you Bandai for including the beam rifle and the shield. The VN is better proportioned than the MG's crab-pincer lookalike, but it is non-functional and clips onto the forearm loosely. The BS however, clips together tightly. Speaking of these weapons, you do not have to use the new forearm armours. I stuck with the original Unicorn ones which don't come with the extra male joints at the bottom so it wouldn't look weird without the VN/BS. However, you will need to cut off two small pieces on the inside of the BS parts to fit onto the Unicorn forearm.

Now come to think about it, the OVA weapons do look pretty badass, but still out-of-place in the UC world.


9. The Banshee can actually perform a fairly decent looking crouch, but the knees need slight modifications to achieve that.

You can see the modifications below... I only did a simple one for the knee and left the ankles alone.


I used the green beams from the GP02 as it fits the yellow psychoframe better than pink beams would, although they are somewhat longer than the usual HGUC beams. The hands sadly, will not be able to grasp the beam sabres tightly.


This pose will be the one I'll be using for now.


Overall, this is a seriously awesome kit, and it's only 1800yen... very cheap for such a detailed kit. For those who doesn't like the OVA version, you could also choose to use the original Unicorn chest and neck piece to build the novel version Banshee. You'll need purple paint for the eyeliner and moustache though. And now it makes me want to buy the Unicorn mode just for the bazooka.

And a quick view of my detolf:


Justice, Destiny, Blue Frame, and Deathscythe are at home back in Msia... T_T

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Jun 10 2012, 08:03 PM

the MG strike freedom extra finish was selling at RM200 from last ware house sale! after a few months the price drop to RM180. May be because of the box are dented

nah, no one bought last time even thought it was 200 i think some actually bought back then to resell

Never expect Bandai can reused the mold even for this unit.



This post has been edited by Impulse10: Jun 11 2012, 01:11 AM

I LOL at this haha..

anyway, some nice custom build



More pictures here

close but the front cape looks weird

YEAH ...

Other than that, do check out the winners for this year 2012 GUNPLA MID YEAR CHALLENGE.

*** For those who reported me for linking my blog to this forum, I'm so sorry.. because of the action taken, sorry once again, over excited to share details. *** and thanks Vinc for helping me remove my link, I was about to remove the link myself.

Sorry ya!!



This post has been edited by ascentic: Jun 11 2012, 12:10 PM

congratulations to the winners! too bad i wasn't at the ceremony, was out all morning and i was pretty tired, was at the warehouse till 2+

This post has been edited by HxiiiK: Jun 11 2012, 02:56 PM

I know.. coz u never called me during evening time haha.. anyway, take care bro.. Health First.. Gunpla come second

haha.. sorry sorry, said i wanted to go but evening i took a nap till around 8.. around that time Bukit Bintang will jam like crazy.. haha.. congrats on your win btw

This is a short review of Bandai 1/10 Scale Exploring Lab ISS Space Suit Extravehicular Mobility Unit.


P/S:

New variation has come out from this kit:

hey. those are electric drills lah. not some fancy hand gun or something

btw great review as always the kit looks great overall, but in need of some proper touch-up/painting to make it really nice

p/s kirim salam kat adik ye

nice review.. overall the kit looks great for such a price, but i think some panel linings would do miracles for it
however it still doesn't quite appeal to me, RM70 saved, i guess

congrats

This post has been edited by hahaha0128: Jun 11 2012, 12:18 PM

Bro, Hxiiik, help me to remove the link from ur post. 10x

Done bro ~~

woops sorry2 already removed