1. its resin, if vastly different from Bandai plastic. Not ur standard holes n pegs. Gluing is a must, n if u had no experience doing that, u'll leave a big mess n ruin ur highly expensive kit
2. Its bloody expensive by its own, not to mention for that particular model, u need Bandai Ex-S as base. So to make it work u hav to buy both the g-system n bandai which would drive ur bank account straight to hell.
3. it may look extremely detailed on photo, but in truth u nid to paint the details on ur own cuz the parts r all monotone. Bcuz there is not much parts separation, to paint all those details is the epitome of masking hell.
4. its chunks of plastic rather then parts by parts like MG, so its articulation is even worse then what bandai has (mind u its not as if the bandai ones had great articulation to begin with, so just imagine it to be even worse than that)
5. its metal-ecthed parts are a pain in the arse and generally not worth ur effort putting it on.
6. sometimes, despite its high price g-system quality r not really up to par (its the best of the resin company i'll giv it that, but at that price its just not worth it). Some parts could be warp n u nid to dip it in warm water to soften it up n bend it back to its proper position. Basically more pain in the arse.
7. if u happen to had some parts missing (very rare but had occur b4), well good luck finding replacement or even ask for compensation bro.

This post has been edited by TheAdmiral: Aug 10 2012, 02:44 PM

thats quite some haul u got there. I would advise u to leave Sinanju last to build as thats the hardest 1 u hav out of that haul, RG u can do it 2nd to last (not exactly difficult u just nid to b more careful then the rest). As for the rest u can build in whichever order that u like, most of em r beginner friendly so no prob thr.

I would also advise u to b really really careful when u build Sinanju. Particularly its waist, the peg connecting the torso n waist is not that strong and kinda short to be honest, can b easily twisted into half. Sinanju waist cant really turn due to the waist pipe design, u can move it around to circumvent the waist pipe and u may be tempted to do so in hope of a dynamic pose but believe me its best is not to try. Also to look out for is the connection between the back main thruster and the 2 side (more awesome) thruster, those connection are tight but unfortunately they r quite small so try not to force it too much or it'll break.

This post has been edited by TheAdmiral: Aug 11 2012, 08:55 AM

challenger appears!!!

monoeyes shall bow b4 our might, lay waste to those Zeon scum!!!!

wing ver ka? It may end up disappointing u though, unless u r a big big fan of wing and dun mind its flaw. Let me list down some of the flaws for u:

1. Proportion is not so good. Despite it looking great from the pic, that is one of the very few angle that it'll look nice
2. Main reason proportion not good is the neck, its too short which leads to the next flaw; the shoulder vulcan cannot be open unless the head is facing forward direction. This is mainly bcuz the neck is so short, the "ears" on the side hinders the opening of the vulcan
3. To circumvent the above prob, the head must b facing forward (no turn, no looking at the side whatsoever) which gave rise back to prob 1. If u look straight at Wing from the front it'll look weird with its short neck.
4. Regardless of which version u get, forget bout holding the buster riffle. The old version doesnt hav a peg in its hand not sure bout the new 1 but even if it does hav it, its far too heavy. To hold it, u hav to tuck the back part of the gun under the shoulder armor to giv it xtra support or swing it across and hold it like shotgun. Unfortunately those r just temporary fix and u wont b able to hold it for very long, a slight bump or if u breath close to it it'll fall off. Bcuz of this the only way to hold it is to let the tip fall to the ground while holding it in its hand which mean u cant do much pose with the riffle.
5. Even if u did manage to hold the rifle via the shoulder armor, u cant depend on it cuz the shoulder armor itself is abit lose. The kit share the same frame as the Wing Zero and in that version the shoulder armor is to slide out n folded down to make way for the angel wing, for ver ka/ew the shoulder retain this feature despite it having no use (Bandai being lazy here) this thus leading to a very wobbly shoulder.
6. The wing are just 2 big piece joint together no moving parts very underwhelming for a MG.
7. (this is personal opinion though) Too much color everywhere.

This post has been edited by TheAdmiral: Aug 11 2012, 05:18 PM

There was an interview (either last year or the year b4, dun rember when) that said V2 is in planing but in response to the negativity of V, tey wanted to spend more time to improve on the design to solve the fragility issue. The interview in question also stated that PG Unicorn is not possible at the time and tey had a prototype of MG Kshatriya but it requires metal frames to b stable which would drive the price skyrocket and (according to Bandai...) render it too expensive to market it to consumer. I cant giv u sos for the said interview cuz this is all what i rember from the top of my head, but u could probably find it if u google mg kshatriya pg unicorn mg v2 or something along those line.

MG V2 is bound to happen, its just a matter of time. Polls is regularly conducted in Japan, basically asking the Japanese their MG wishlist n V2 has been in the top 3 for as long as i can rember together with The-O. Given the history that all top 3 in the wishlist has eventually been made MG, not to mention the popularity of V2 as the poll had indicated for several years now, MG V2 is only a matter of time.

cuz history has tought us that Bandai is cheapo. If tey r gonna release a new strike kit, i bet it'll use the existing frame but add/change some parts to enable it to use all 3 weapon packs, this way Bandai can save alot of time n money from redesigning a kit + tey can clear some old stocks. Killing 3 birds with 1 stone right there.

Tey nvr bother to change the wing ver ka -> ew, I dun c how Bandai will treat strike any differently.....

This post has been edited by TheAdmiral: Aug 15 2012, 11:08 PM

i think u meant December, Nov is quite normal in terms of release. Dec is where all the expensive kits are release to coincide with Christmas where ppl tend to spend more on gifts.

Nov we hav RG Zeta but is that a major release or not is of personal opinion, MG wise we dun kno anything beyond Oct we had not been shown anything else after Aegis (Oct release). We still dun know whether Bandai will release a MG in Nov or not since it has been occupied by RG Zeta but Bandai did say early this year that some wing kits will be release at the end of the year but tey had broken their words b4 so dun get ur hopes up.

YOU HEATHENS, thou shall burn in hell for desecrating our god!!!!


On a serious note, it seems abit too clean on its right leg, perhaps a little bit more burn marks would make it seems more natural.

If u hav an airbrush use it to blow away the dust, else u can use a can of compress air. If that is not an option use damp cloth + cotton bud but u hav to be soft n gentle or risk tearing the decals apart.

But as tey said prevention is better then cure, keep all ur models in display shelfs and u dun hav to worry bout dust (at least not for a long-long time).

Well not quite, v wanted 2.0 but v get ver ka instead. Well beggars cant be choosers, so long as it has better inner frame, better proportion, better articulation, better balance and better build, for all intent and purposes i'll considered it as 2.0

Bout the price, it'll nvr be at that odd number Bandai always rounded it to a nice value. I guess it'll be either 7000 or 7500 yen when its release. But yeah 7xxx yen wtf man..... The old 1 doesn't cost that much, this puts it in the upper echelon of MG pricing and i wonder what it hav that make it cost so much.

Next up SAZABI!!!!!! come on Bandai, Sazabi actually deserve an update more then Nu to be honest.

ex-s is 8000 but tat is justifiable due to its size n sheer number of parts given (the most plastic runner of any MG ever).

Nu i hav no idea, its slightly taller then Hi-Nu but not as tall as ex-s, not as big as well. I can only guess that those money is for the effect parts or special stand or diecast frame like the old 1....

as for Sazabi, dont worry it wont b more then The-O. Bandai tried to jack up that 1 but its not selling very well so experiment fail. Tey r not gonna repeat the same mistake, i guess 7000 - 9000 yen would b the optimal price range for Sazabi.

Sazabi is definitely coming no worries there. Nu n Sazabi comes hand-in-hand when one is release the other will be, just a matter of time.

Nightingale, very low chance of happening:
1. not very well known, appear only in novel (a novel that screw up CCA continuity)
2. extreamly huge which would drive the price sky high. In these economic times, its not a good idea to release such an expensive kit, if it flop Bandai would lose alot of time and $$$ developing it.
3. balance issues. It'll not be able to pose thats for sure but bcuz of its design, the shoulder, the butt and the shield is so huge its bound to cause problem. If Bandai cant fix / willing to market Ksyhatria (a more popular kit i might add), Nightingale chances are slim to none.

Seed Zakus? Not gonna happen for it will enrage UC fanbois which is a big customer base for Bandai.

Agreed on the MG line needs more love.......

its not gonna b 7350. Bandai has nvr sold a kit at odd pricing b4, in the past Bandai has states their kit at odd pricing but when release its price is rounded to a nice number. Its safe to say Nu ver ka will be 7000 or 7500 yen.

No the extra height dont cost additional 350 yen, its not even that much taller anyway so its height difference is negligible. Nor does a new design justify a 2000 yen hike in comparison to the old Nu. Most probably the price is for
1. effect parts
2. special base
3. the name ver ka.
*4. (highly unlikely since Bandai is cheapskate and had nvr include optional parts b4 but me hoping it is) HWS parts.

This post has been edited by TheAdmiral: Aug 23 2012, 10:35 AM

RG Dendrobium.......

This post has been edited by TheAdmiral: Aug 23 2012, 06:07 PM

still doesn't justified the 2000 yen hike from the old Nu. Sure it may hav rg styling n detailing, but like i said its an old idea (90s kit hav such details as well just much much more crude in execution) tey'll done it b4 so minimal additional cost in RnD . Scribling some new panel lines is easy, especially if u r a multi-billion dollar company with multi-million dollar machine doing it for u. Tey may increase the price abit from the color separation but not by 2000 yen, if u c the manual book on the page which state the price of replacement runner, most r just 200-300 yen (other then A-runner and special runner) so having color separation runner doesnt cost that much. Also dun forget the old Nu hav diecast parts, without that it'll cost much less then 5000 yen so for all intent and purposes we're comparing a 7xxx yen kit to a 4xxx yen kit. Where does those money spend on?

i'll still stand by my prediction that the price is more towards
1. special effect parts
2. special display base
3. the name Katoki

its fine if u dont transform it, as with all transformable kit its transformation is where all the prob is at. In MS mode, its ankle are abit loose (this was partly bcuz the feet is suppose to fold for transformation purposes) as such if it was not balance properly even standing straight could prove difficult.

All i can say was it look good but had flaws. My advise is if u did buy 1, put him up on an action base.

all my gundam its v fin stay put so i dun nid to use any glue. I did paint most of my gundam though so with the added layer of paint, it does help in getting more friction to hold it in place.

i guess if its loose on ur kit just glue it no harm done, unless its like those Zetas style head or unicorn n u want to play around with the transformation... typically glueing it is not a prob since it doesn't hav any articulation anyway.

Its not universal, logically speaking even if its of the same scale it may not be of the same size. For instance if u use those on wing kits or victory it'll be way too big. It seems that those hands fit the best for 18m > ms, on strike it may look ok-ish haven't seen ppl do that yet so cant comment further.

none shall win over nightingale...

most knockoffs dun hav Bandai logo and hav weird names like gundoom or something. If u c Bandai logo chances are its the real deal (ive seen some boxes whr thr is a Bandai logo but its fake but those r quite rare), to be safe just buy from a reputable seller/shop then u wont hav to worry.

All Bandai kits r pre-painted, its just that some r less detailed then the others. In NG, HG and old MG for instance, alot of color separation are done via stickers if u dun mind this then u wont hav to paint but most of us here hates stickers n treated it like its an incarnation of hell thus most of us avoided it with a 10 foot pole. Me personally ill burn it then pee on it to put the fire out then stomp on it and flush it down the toilet....

New MG n RG hav excellent color separation even small small stuff usually is modded in a separate tree (with diff color if required) thus newer kits there is no reason to even paint it unless u dun like its default colors.