hehe true. my gf oso cannot differentiate, coz different class (MG) but about the same size. compared to the UC...its really like MG vs HG

real world explanation: in the late 90s small and sleek is the trend.
in universe explanation: as a weapon of war the smaller it is the better, smaller target, smaller heat signature, lighter, more agile, easier to concealed.

sf on the other hand is the exaggeration of everything. It is blink bcuz ppl like shinny stuff especially kids. Its disproportionately large wing span compared to its body is cuz overly complex retarded backpack is seeds signature. As a weapon of war, sf is pretty much useless.

hence ur question should be the other way around. The bigger elephant in the room is sf.

not to mention literally useless when there is gravity around but as a design, i can appreciate it, but as a weapon of war, it's really ridiculous

OT: the best form of weapon, is not a giant humanoid form this has been discussed in past by war experts and strategists (forgot which article).

yes its science fiction. And yes its retarded in all the red white blue yellow color scheme, yes its retarded in building giant robots that shoots pew pew lazer; virtually everything in gundam robot wise is retarded.

now thats out of the way, lets talk bout gundam as a whole. the basis for gundam is to portray warfare, the robot is just the selling point; that is what the original gundam that tomino wanted and that is what gundam as a franchise is spiritually. However, when u compare between 2 obviously retarded object then u'll have to compare it in which is the bigger offender. Hence ur original question of why wing is small should be phrase as why sf in particular its wing is overly disproportionately large. At the very least, for wing i can came up with some sort of a realistic excuse/explanation that conforms to the franchise spiritually, can u think of 1 for sf, real world explanation aside of course since its easily explained as kids like blink blink and cool wings.

now i dun quite get ur point of "uc ms is indeed shorter". uc hav all kinds of sizes. Pre zeta r 18m ish, zeta-unicorn r bout 20-25m ish (some r even bigger), victory is 16m ish. UC covers up pretty much everything in terms of height and size. Also it gives actual technical explanation as to why its so big/so small.

So you're complaining because Bandai goes the extra mile to make sure their model kits are properly proportioned?

not to be mean or anything, but it has been said by a lot of people that if you want uniformity in size, go collect 6inch figures to me, i'm happy with the scales and proportions, that's just how the MS is represented in the show and i appreciate that they go through lengths to give us (almost) similar engineering in different shapes and sizes

and why is that a problem?

i can put my f22 raptor besides my mig29 no problem. Different weapon different spec how it looks whats its size is not an issue. In fact its the opposite really. The differing in size actually makes it even better, further highlight its uniqueness.

tey can display whatever tey want wherever they want. It doesn't really matter, if u wan to look at it as its own thing within its own universe then ur brain will automatically filtered out the rest anyway. If u wan to look at it as a whole u can let ur imagination runs wild and think of it as another iteration of David vs Goliath story.

at any rate as a knowledgeable fans, it doesn't really matter which approach ur going with as u can always discern what is what and belongs in where. Honestly the only real life ppl that i know of that hav a problem with the size are ppl hu never watch any gundam show or doesn't understand the concept of scale model. U seems to be a knowledgeable fan so the prob of size coming from a fan like u is abit of a surprise.

It's not sleeker. They are the exact same mold.

i think that ABF is a PG i would really like.. the bazooka and the whole mold really looks good together, ARF never quite had that charm he was a bit too fat to be a samurai-style MS, the PG version, at least.. while the ABF looks like he could really mess up your day with that bazooka

actually it's already out in Japan, i believe.. now comes the wait for it to reach HERE

YA where is november gunpla? now you mention it

sazabi, proto zero, rg SF all look nice.

thinking of getting few cheap gundam builder kits to play around. maybe try to learn how to customize (by watching youtube) :|

wow....what type of marker did you use?

looks like RF SF's advanced MS joint will have 2 tones of gold 

haiz... every time SF released, this place will turn into SG bashing thread for a while.

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But I highly appreciate that ppl only bash the kit itself, not ppl who love and like the kit. 

screw this... Gundam kit is a toy!!!
*runs...   

looks like there is no need to repaint it anyway    thank you bandai