QUOTE(nazrul90 @ May 16 2016, 05:24 PM)
Yes, thats why I mentioned "era", the day where they are still a crappy bootleg maker and keep changing name because of lawsuit haha, nowadays crappy kit are now lesser that good one, its a good thing for newbie who want to testing build gunpla
My vote go for MC Model for originality, in their early release they just simply copy from resin kit e.g. SD Nightingale, but now their release are mostly original design, just look at Nu Ground Type, Qubeley, Xi and Penelope, too bad they seem now make HG only and very slow release compared to DM and Daban
Mechanicore(brand name?) is good and so original too but the price is expensive and often have limited stock, so it is like premium class for 3rd party and bootleg lol
Despite people saying Momoko is good and 'original', they are actually dont totally make as their own design..
MG Akatsuki inner frame recycled from MG Strike Remastered, Destiny was based on Metal Build Destiny, PG Unicorn is just a bit details work on exterior armor, other are mostly recycled from resin kit, detailed kit yes but original is nope, I still dont own any DM kit..
DM seem like to spam Seed kit
correction on your statement there that mc model is actually dm just like gaogao is actually daban and you are correct on the name change to avoid lawsuit but that only for tthongli to gaogao and change to daban case and there another hong kong maker previously known as ghd which lost in the competition
also where most people dont realize that dm also copycat but all from resin. reason dm spam seed kits were they kept reuse strike inner frame (strike lineups, akatsuki and now strike noir)
currently the 2 major player daban n dm in terms of materials quality are the most aggressive compare to previous brand like ghd.
mechanicore are more to p bandai market, other brand would be elyn.
the recent originality maker would be magic toys now... also there are other metal build makers making their own design too...
i do agree that most dont have original designs but quality alone does provide a good choice for us to avoid bandai squeezing our balls...