My recent hauls:



Oh, more expensive (cause it's an issue for one, LOL)

I'd like to see some photos of that Trans-am GN-X IV. And do the best poses you can with it. :D

Is it strange that the more I see of the new Strike mg the more I dislike it? Its head is just really bugging me for some reason. I've honestly no idea why though, and I'm still going to get it. :heh:

I’d say the head is actually an improvement over the older one. The old head is quite ugly. The eyes are not quite well-placed and the v-fin is to straight-forward imo. Still, I do have a problem with the HD Strike and that is the Aile wings which become less smooth than the older ones due to some additional flaps they applied on them. That’s too bad really. I know they wanted to make it more “real” that way, but the previous smooth-wings are better-looking imo.

I really want to do that, but I'm still searching for a tamashii stage. Damn, it can do good poses, I just lack a stand.

Oh joy, oh laughter, oh mirth!
I finally managed to get all the blade bits off my Qan[T]
I ended up using a small metal file to file away at the piece that held the bits. After some time I finally got it loose. One of the connectors does have a small crack in it, over which I poured some superglue. Here's to hoping it holds up...

@Maknaedik: Awesome. Do post pictures when you're done. One day, I'll get a red frame too....

That's something I'm concerned about. But I have 2 MG 00 Qan[t] so I should be ok. I got 2 because I wanted to display one in like "standby" mode and another in Quantum Burst Mode.

Wish granted even before you wished for it. As usual and I'm excited but I still have some free commish works to finish, haha..

I just had a thought about the upcoming RG GP01-kits: The GP01 has a pretty big Core Fighter that makes a big chunk of its upper body. I don't know if I would like them to integrate the transformed Core Fighter into the chest. Poseability might suffer from this, and the torso could be more fragile. What do you guys think about this. I would like to have just a Core Fighter that can transform and just the Gundam by itself without the need of a coreblock

They can just do what they did for the RX 78, make a piece and a separate core fighter.

The Coreblock is very big and makes a big part of the torso of the GP01. But as someome on Facebook said: They pulled of the Zeta. So they will probably pull that off as well^^

Question: What were the GSD Gunpla sales like during its original broadcast? Based on rumors, they didn't sell well compared to the Seed Gunpla, with the exception of the Strike Freedom.

And given that Bandai's view is that the show is a "failure" (regardless of their performance and reception) if the show's Gunpla sell below expectations...

How sales did in japan (the only place that matters for bandai) is not always visible for us non japanese persons.
From what i've seen then, it sold quite well, first wave of all 1/144 hg and 1/100 hg were always sold out in a couple of days. But if that meets exspectations is unshure. You can set exspectations so high that it will always be a failure in your eyes.

Also gundam has so much merchandise (not only gunpla, but books, art, figures, statues, bags, etc......) that it's hard to judge it just by the gunpla.

Also when something is succesful companies tend to imagine that any successor will always do better, they never anticipate any downfall, let alone they take into account economic crisis. But sales are not a standard to which one should judge quality.

Personaly i'm a big fan of seed destiny even if it's a failure to some.

I don't think Seed and Seed Destiny were a "failure" per say. Why else would Bandai be doing those Remastered version releases/MG releases for ones we never got?

As well as, Sunrise doing the HD Remaster TV series for Seed and now Seed Destiny?

It's just Bandai trying to milk the franchise, and they're doing a pretty damn good job milking it..LOL

Personally, I would've loved to see them do a Remastered version of Gundam Wing w/ HD visuals followed by a Remastered version of Endless Waltz. Then we could get like RM Ver for Wing EW, Wing Zero EW, and then release the rest of the movie suits from Wing (Nataku, Heavyarms Custom, Sandrock Custom, Tallgeese III)...

I guess we'll have to wait on that though.

But I mean look at how popular Kira is from Seed and Seed Destiny.

Got me some spare cash, so decided to get me a couple of HGs and so thought I'd take my dive into AGE.
Atm decided on the AGe-1+razor parts and G-Exes but not sure what to get as a 3rd.
I want G-Bouncer but it's outta stock, Legilis also wanted but also out of stock, Spallow took my fancy as well but figure I'd leave that for a sale I think.
So looking at whats available, Ghirarga looks pretty cool, whats that like?

And also why in the hell don't we have a HG Khronos?:confused::mad:

........

Kinda quiet in here. Let me lighten things up a bit.

I’ll share some pics of my kit then. Since I hate to put the decals on my MG Deathscythe Hell (I think it will ruin the aesthetic), I decided to put them on my 1/100 instead. So, here it is, my 1/100 Deathcythe with the MG’s decals :D (beware of the size):

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And to celebrate Destiny Remaster, here’s some pics of my Chaos (again :heh:):

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Shop around a bit.
A lot of retailers actually combine all 3 variations of the Age-1 HG's as well as the Age-1 MG's into 1 savings bundle these days.

Highly recommend one of the AGE-2 kits, they're great

If you're going to get he Age HG kits, I would suggest you stick with the leads since they've now all been release (almost).

i've built 6 1/144 HG AGE models this far, they are all very good! I have 15 in the closet waiting till i retire to get built :D.

Least good, but still a nice model was the shadoll custom.
I really love the adel, even if it's a retool mass production age-1.
I'm also a big fan of the genoace, if you like MP suits.

AGE-1 is a good choice it's a great, easy model, very well posable. G-exes is also cool, but G-boucer is a beter model.

Overall AGE doesn not have any bad models, just pick the design you like and that's available :)

Just finished this quick little project last night. Here's a quick picture

http://gamerabaenre.com/images/efree...om 008_JPG.jpg

Blog post discussing the final week of progress: http://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=275

Complete progress: http://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2740

Thanks for the replies.

I think I will go for the Genoace Custom as 3rd:)
I really like the Adele as well, it's very nice but both are outta stock.
And I really quite like the Shaldoll Rogue as well but also outta stock....
So I'm left with the Genoace custom for time being.

Hopefully next sale has a number of AGE kits included so I can get some more.

Can't say I'm huge a fan of the AGE-2 and AGE-3, they never tickled my fancy in terms of looks.
Altho I'm not against getting the AGE-2 but I think I would be against getting the AGE-3.

Goddamn this is so fucking beautiful...http://www.gunjap.net/site/?p=126597

Now how come those couldn't be included with the default figure? Why did all those awesome goodies need to be exclusives?

Ah well...doesn't matter. I must have them. 2 sets, maybe 3.

I want a HG of that........

I was hoping Bandai would make Unicorn Desert colors. It looks like they did of the GM II and GM III. But they are exclusives. :heh:

Any info on the HGUC Zogok?

Splendid job as usual :).

The Force Freedom is strong in this one :heh:.

The HG Extreme Gundam's proportion is awful (just like SEED HGs). So, if they decide to make a decent kit out of it, there's only one option: MG.

THIS IS FREAKING AWESOME

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6sV1OzDuRq...M-02280_03.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WP1g0mw4vg...DM-2198_03.jpg

The first thing people are gonna do is strap the backpack to the HG Destroy Mode Unicorn^^ I'm sure we are gonna see Destroy Mode FA Unicorns and Banshees the day this kit gets released! XD

This is my one gripe about the box art. They go to such lengths to make stunning artwork, and then they release none of it without the text all over it. I want those as wallpapers! :T_T:

Either way those covers are absolutely amazing. Especially the Unicorn, I absolutely love that Unicorn art. It makes me want to go out and buy the mg kit.

So with you on that

BOSS!

Have you been absent for a while? This have been up already for about 1-2 weeks O.o

I find the boxart a bit lacking compared to some of the other AGE boxarts so far

It very much is so :D I wonder how it's going to do with respect to balance issues once it gets up in the air: if it works, I'm SO going to purchase this one.

This thing looks awesome just standing there. :D I'm going to wait for Destroy mode!

My recent haul videos...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQg5sMMjfBc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3Gl6mxGHOk

Had to separate into 2 parts because the order came incomplete the first time.
>_<

Anyway, I decided not to get into the Seed/Seed Destiny line of MG's. I spent the last few weeks watching through Seed and Seed Destiny and I realized I didn't like it much at all.

So I'll be sticking to 00, Wing EW, and Age for my MG needs.

But people have been telling me to try UC Master Grades. I don't get what's so great about UC and the MG's in the UC line..

>_<

"But people have been telling me to try AGE Master Grades. I don't get what's so great about UC and the MG's in the AGE line.."

See how that works? You are so very fixated on collecting boxes of your favored series, downright obsessed at times. And that is the thing people recommend you take a step back from; Expand a bit.
Try out the Rx-78-2 2.0 and tell me that isn't an objectively amazing MG model, just like the MG Exia was a very solid kit.
The series it stems from has less to do with the quality of the kit then you think.

Anyone here built the following kits from Destiny?

-1/100 NG Gunner Zaku
-1/100 Blaze Zaku Phantom
-1/144 HG Gaia

Thoughts on these kits? Considering picking one of the Zakus up and maybe the Gaia (AW colors of course)

The Zakus are great. Articulation and detail are pretty good for the grade. Gaia is also good, but because it can transform, some parts are a bit loose. Mainly on the shoulders on mine. Hope that helps :)

Zakus are great! Articulation wise, they're not bad. Good for its time of course. Detail wise, there are some seals that you can opt to paint instead, but there are parts that I thought that are going to be stickers, but they weren't.

The reason why I'm "obsessed" about collecting MG leads from a certain series is:

a. I don't want to over-purchase and get MG's everywhere
b. I tend to create a massive backlog as it is for things I enjoy doing
c. I don't want to buy an MG based on a non-thought out suggestion and not like it

It's all about trying to minimize the money and time that I spend. So I set "rules" that I try to stick to when buying things.