http://www.gundambase.com/community/news_v...=1&news_idx=511
More Helmet dude if anyone is interested.

http://www.gundambase.com/community/news_v...=1&news_idx=512
NUKE' EM!!!

0300078: There doesn't seem to be any mods done, just painting of the skulls..

Well it's just a matter of using the Titans mould and pouring in the same plastic, so there shouldn't be a problem with the AEUG version.

Anyway, good job by BANDAI here to release an improved version of the MKII. At least they are improving on design flaws.

CE lover loathes Astrays? The red, blue, and gold frames are so good-looking it could pwn most of GSD's uninspiring designs. Just to make things clear, Dreadnought is also an Astray according to Lowe (Astray X) while Delta Astray is a total joke.

Anyway, from a gunpla point of view, the 1/100 Astrays have MG-like articulations although the joints are quite loose and fragile. Especially for the blue frame where the backpack is too bulky to be posed. My blue frame had too many freak accidents due to posing - Broke the right arm, broke the pegs of the palms, broke the orange part which holds the dagger...

One last thing about Astrays... The torso is too small compared to the fat thighs. Not that it affects the articulation though. Oh yeah, the hole at the back of the torso for the backpack is too small and weak to support gigantic backpacks, hence affecting the model's ability to stand on it's own (unless you bend it slightly forward like a hunchback)... these are problems faced by my blue frame and my friend's Amatu.

Will the release of an GFF indicate an iminent MG? I certainly hope so. Judging from the GFF version it seems that the X does have a lot of movable parts and gimmicks, especially the weapons.

BANDAI... release some good MGs... stop milking the Strike designs

Hm... I used to see that color scheme of the crossbone around in hkml.net's forum... maybe that one is yours?

Here's the one I saved from the above mentioned forum


Good job anyway

OUCH... what a pile of mess the MGs are lying in!!

I see several HGs in it too

Well unless you really love Bling Bling so much, then grab the Akatsuki But I'd rather get the original Bling which is the MG Hyaku Shiki... Looks nicer IMO.

MG IJ = http://f7.aaa.livedoor.jp/~mesarion/gallery/jusm/jusm.htm

I meant 1/100s since they are supposed to be larger sized HGs... Coz I saw the Aegis's arm there.
Limited Edition Blue Frame... extra finish version, no? Don't get extra finish versions, the parts scratch easily and there is no way to sand the extra plastic bits.

MG HAMBRABI.... Complete with transformation

MG THE-O !!!!!

Well, you could bank in all your money into my account so that you won't have any to spend on gundams

PG... it's not as easy as finding MGs or other grades of models since it is expensive and attracts less buyers. But then why get PGs? Limited choices, large and bulky, and not forgetting older designs. Of course older designs doesn't mean the articulation is any worse than MGs, but then newer restyled designs tend to be better in proportions. Eg Zeta ver2.0 which has a longer body and slimmer head (although I have to say I prefer ver1.0's head )

On the subject of PGs, I still feel that an MG would suffice most modelling needs unless you tend to be a enthusiastic collector. 20K yen for a PG Zeta, and for that price you could get MG MKII AEUG + Titans, Zeta, Nemo, and Hyaku Shiki with a bit of spare change left. 5 MGs to keep you busy for probably 3, 4 months?

for pricing, dalong.net has most of them... check the PGs there for the price.

If this is the final prototype before it's release, then I suppose it's not really that impressive. For a 4K+ yen kit, it looks as if it only comes with fixed palms instead of the movable fingers like the MKII's or the F91's. I might be wrong though and I hope I am since a 4K yen deserves much better.

The price is quite high too for such as basic kit. It's not any larger than the Freedom which costs 3800yen, but there might be newer gimmicks that the parang backpack is able to do. However IMO it's not really justified to see prices of MG-Strike based designs soaring higher and higher.

Unless a transformable MG Aegis comes along then we probably will jump in joy.

Ez8 doesn't have V-fins either, yet it's quite popular with gundam fans. Turn A was really hideous when it first came out, but now I feel that the design was quite innovative for a protagonist. But then, antagonist mechas had always appeared in weird designs, don't they?

Regarding the case of SRW, I personally don't like them for their cheesy designs. It's a personal bias, but I simply cannot fathom the thought of having giant drills and nails on the arms as weapons. Gundams, especially those of the UC era, had more realistic designs and arsenal (although it is fictional too).

Cool-ness is very subjective. I actually prefer the DX although I have to say I loved the single bazooka of the X more than the double barrels of DX. X-Divider is quite ugly IMO due to the removal of the ultra cool X-wings at the back, and the replacement boosters are simply too conventional.

And Beam Harmonica? Too cheesy, just like Peacock Smasher... but then, everything has their own set of fans right?

Upcoming MGs are looking good, especially with HiNu and Zaku ver2.0. Strike Noir should be quite boring since it is yet another re-hash of the Strike Frame.

That's why sometimes it's good to have a protagonist mecha which doesn't follow the exact colours of the traditional gundam

And it also explains why Char's crimson mechas are so much badass looking than Amuro's

To be specific, gundams usually have the characteristic V-fin, moustache piece, mainly white body parts with a red-white-yellow and blue and probably tinges of black as well. Meh... I'd take a flaming red MS anyday!!


I mean realistic, as in military realistic... rifles, guns, missiles, bombs; not drills, nails, spinning discs, or super duper hadouken stuff

Oh well, you gotta admire the Japs for their vivacity and colourful imagination.

Well thanks for the information about the different types of Super Robots I think I will still stick to Gundams anyway.

And "traditional" models sell well because they are piloted by main characters and they are well engineered, not because of their color scheme. Destiny and SF didn't sell well for their 1/100s as well as their GSD counterparts.

This has more details than a PG !!



http://www.hkml.net/Discuz/viewthread.php?...&extra=page%3D1

I think you mean nu VS sazabi and HiNu vs Nightingale...

If those twin packs do get released, imagine the price for them...

1/100 Destiny is quite well built and the proportions are so much better than the horrible SF's. However, since it is not the second generation 1/100s ala IJ and Legend, the articulations are not as elaborate.

Twin packs... I think it might be another stagnant product for BANDAI since it is the same price as buying two seperate 1/100s. Maybe BANDAI just took back those unsold ones and packed them together

Meanwhile, the HiNu box does look very cheesy and cartoonish, but the contents are superb, much more worth the cash than the bling bling SF FB.

More great stuff from hkml forum... sorry for those who don't have an account, there are so many masters in there
http://www.hkml.net/Discuz/viewthread.php?...&extra=page%3D1



no.100 MG? BALL GUNDAM !!!

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Feb 15 2007, 07:37 AM


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HGUC Blue Destiny... any one interested to spend angpau money?

^ well Keita is already a legend in online gunpla communities, so yeah.

http://dalong.net/review/mg/m99/m99_p.htm
Sneak peeks of the HiNu.

Guys, get your angpow money ready

^ It's not supposed to be red, the glowing crimson eyes you saw at gundambase were probably painted. Gundambase always paint their mecha for visual enhancement.

Look at the runners that come with the package in dalong.net and you will see their are stickers for the eyes. However the picture isn't really clear and it seems like it might get the same green stickers as the other MGs.

Cheers.

Cool stuff, absolutely superb. It seems that newer MGs now come with movable shoulder armors which permit 180-degree upward rotation of the arms, hence making it easier to pose sabre slashing stances with both arms.

However, I was hoping that the thighs would have movable parts similar to the MKII. Not the HiNu's thigh armor affects the articulation, but at least it would not make the knee part so naked when the knees are bent to the max.

Wings have wide range of motion too, hence making it probable to pose it in a WZC or Freedom manner... Superb.

7K yen... this is the only deterrence
Why buy SFFB when there's the HiNU?

well, this is the 1/60 kit right?
An MG would be nice... feb=HiNu, mar=Noir; we still have april to dec to wait for the release of V2 Hopefully, before the end of 07...

meanwhile, dalong's review of HiNu is complete.... 99 marks... superb stuff. However I think some fans might be disappointed with the size of the HiNu as it looks quite small and slim beside the bulky Nu.

Keep up the good work BANDAI...

http://modelworksma.web.fc2.com/DELTAGUNDAM1.html
Hyaku Zeta... maybe this is the original form of Hyaku Shiki which was supposed to be transformable?

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Feb 21 2007, 07:11 AM

Send those uncompleted ones over to me

I'm not sure whether (in the novel Belthorchika's Children) HiNu is built and refined on the Nu's basic frame, or rather built on a brand new frame. If it was based on the Nu, how can the frame be shrunk that much? It should be the same size then. If it were the latter, then it's easier to accept the shrinkage.

But then, who cares as long as it looks so damn good...

1. See dalong.net for picture reviews
2. You can, but it's not a requirement. MG's colors are good enough, maybe just a few touchups here and there.
3. YES YES YES YES YES.... but NO for the Full Burst
4. price... ask around the shops lah, or convert from yen loh
5. Lowyat.net Or modelling shops all over Klang Valley
6. Get a couple of ice cream boxes with bubble wrap and they should be ok. I shifted mine this way from KL back to JB without any damage to the parts.
7. BUY MORE !!! Welcome to the abyss.
8. MG UC... HGUC... Once you play with MGs, you'd never want to touch 1/100s or 1/144s again... at least for me. Good thing that PGs are still way out of my budget.
9. Erm... don't drop them or you WILL cry...

Another addict in the making

Found something interesting from keita... MG Aries?
http://f20.aaa.livedoor.jp/~keita/wingfest...i/kotonashi.htm
Come on BANDAI... MG TALLGEESE !!! Roman gladiator FTW !!!

Just for interest's sake... I found one modelling shop in Chinatown in Melbourne over the weekend, and I almost cringed in agony at the price... AUD55 for 1/100 Saviour which costs 2600yen...

I'm abstaining from buying gunpla for a year till I get back to Msia, prices here are crazy...

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Feb 21 2007, 02:03 PM

Eh? New MG Zeta? What is unit 3? Green Divers? Or the custom coloured ones?

Zeta just came out with the ver2.0 so any new releases should be a re-colored one Maybe it's the same case with the 2 F91s which were released within a narrow time period.

Zaku ver2.0 should be damn sexy with loads of improvements over the predecessor...

Holy... 3 units... Why? Custom color them? One for green, one for Char, another for Black Tristar !!

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/3494/11...ip448146xd0.jpg