2012-04-02, 09:59 | Link #25261 |
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I'm pretty sure that image has a 99% chance of being Pixiv mecha fanart, given its general design and theme (its transformation is very reminescent of the Gundam Beast's style for one). I wouldn't call it an April Fool's joke, just a very good looking fanart.
Not to mention it breaks the usual manner in which new mecha designs from the show are revealed: we'd have seen it in hobby magazines if it was real. It reminds me of that "Seraphim 2" image that people thought was real and official, despite all the signs pointing that it wasn't. Only this time, the image is even more obvious about its origins. In the first place, what is the source of that particular image anyway?
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2012-04-02, 15:02 | Link #25263 |
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I for one don’t mind if it is a fake. Yes, all the knifes & daggers are cool, but the knife-wielding-toes does not. It’s ridiculous even for a super-robot series, let alone a real-robot series. It’d be a lot less ridiculous if the designer just mount the knifes directly onto its feet like Chaos Gundam. That knife-wielding-toes rivals the “Nataku-destroying-MSs-with-just-a-burst-from-a-flamethrower” and "the-Knightmares'-ability-to-slide-freely-on-different-terrains-with-only-a-pair-of-wheels (in Code Geass)" for silliness.
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2012-04-03, 00:16 | Link #25265 |
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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o1Mk6UXCf4...I/s1600/51.jpg
So MG Spallow's niche is that it has MORE set of swappable manipulators. The effect looks cool, now he looks more ninja-ish.
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2012-04-03, 09:19 | Link #25271 |
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Mk. II boxarts...
I thought Bandai would just change the colors for the boxes. Unexpectedly for a RG (and after building the Skygrasper tiny parts), that "headphone" camera is a foil sticker. A better gallery at GG -> http://gundamguy.blogspot.com/2012/0...ew-images.html
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2012-04-03, 09:46 | Link #25273 |
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Join Date: Jul 2011
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Of course they wouldn't change the boxart that much.
1. Costs more money for them. 2. The 2 mecha are the same, with slight variations here and there as well as a palette swap. Now if they did a MG Exia R2, I wouldn't be surprised to see similar parts, boxart, etc reused. If we got a RG Exia, I would be surprised to see them reuse the same pose. I mean it'd be a new line.
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2012-04-03, 10:13 | Link #25279 | |
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Standardizing the boxart is actually what I want and I hope it'll continue for the rest
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