If you want to know. That's about 900,000~1,000,000 yen, more than enough to get the whole lines of HG, MG and PG.

Before I die I have to find the right person that deeply understand the true values of my collections then dedicate or sell. Some rare or old items have high values in terms of efforts not prices to acquire them.

I have only one 1/144 scale model of Wing Gundam from Gundam Wing (ironic titles).

I've had it for around 3 years, and it's still not complete... i want to sand down the rough edges and paint it... i just haven't gotten around to it.

I believe that any model paint available would do a good job. Just take a look in a hobby shop, and they will have paints and brushes. I think there are actual paints for Gundam Models, but normal model paint works great as well (i've seen painted models in those hobby shops)

Good luck with the painting!

Or you can resort to eBay like the chap who had opened an auction for his games collection. :joke:

I've pretty much given up on models. No time or energy left; I still have an unopened "Gundam SEED Astray - Blue Frame Second L" that I'd like to get to by 2006 and a kit that will change Calamity into a Sword Calamity to complete.

I stopped building them due to the fact that i gain no benefit from them or money or time. Most of mine are broken :-P

It'll be nice if you show us some pictures of your rare collection of soft figures~ :)
We would love to see some of it! :D

Right, how about some painted model and some paints if you had painted. I want to paint, but I need some recommendation such as tools and paints (is that ok just using some regular art course paints? and where can I buy?) I live in USA.

1/100 Wing Gundam
1/100 Strike Gundam
1/144 Hydra Gundam
1/144 Wing Gundam
1/144 Sandrock
1/144 HeavyArms Custom
1/144 Wing Zero Gundam


Most of them were gifts... I don't really buy models.

ANY modelling paint is fine, anything usually. They usually come in very small containers, and you can buy them at a hobby shop. Buy Testors or Tamiya paints they sell them anywhere. I recommend the sprays too for coloring stems neatly all at once.
And don't ever use art course paint. :twitch:

Do I need some or specific tools for using Testors or Tamiya paints? If so, where....

As you know I am leaving Japan, I am packing my stuff everyday. All non-gashapon models are almost completely packed. When I pack gashapon models maybe I can pile them up to create a mountain of 3,300+ gashapon models for taking a shot. The shipment of my stuff will cost 300,000~400,000 yen and that is a big hit I have to hold off the purchase of new releases.

Early releases of MS Selection Series and SD Gundam Full Color are rare (in terms of production numbers they are not rare but they are rare to find in present days) and cost a lot of money to get them. Early releases of Ultraman and Masked Rider are rare too and I love the monsters so much. I have no time and ability to paint things to that level. If you love collecting soft figures and you want to collect gashapons and trading figures you are bound to investing a lot of money to finish a set of them. I usually have 30-50 pieces of 100-yen coins ready for gashapon dispensers. There is slim chance to know which figure I will get from a dispenser (depending on the dispenser model and the number of gashapons left in that dispenser) and I have to wander around several dispensers at different stores to see whether a particular figure I want is about to be dispensed or at least the next or next next one and that needs efforts, patience, and money too. There are shops that sell some complete sets of gashapon figures at their face prices plus additional VAT but their choices of set are limited and in that case I can save some money and use it to get others sets that are available only from the dispensers.

As for Gundam trading figures (e.g. Hyper Gundam, Gashapon EX Series, Gundam Mini Figure Selection, Gundam Collection 1/400 Image Scale, G Sight 1/350 Scale, Gundam Swing, SEED Heroines, SEED Chara Puchi, Haro Kore, Gundam Sharpener Collection, SEED Sharpener EX Collection, Gundam/Zeta Gundam/SEED/SEED DESTINY Chess Piece Collection, etc.) they are in boxes or metallic coated plastic bags (Gundam Mini Figure Collection). Only sense of your hands can roughly differentiate them by weighing or groping them. To defeat this I used to carrying a digital balance around to weigh them. Some stores do not allow me to weigh and what the problem it is my money and is up to me to get the boxs or bags I want :mad:. They are close-minded. See, it needs efforts to get a particular trading figure to complete a set with little money possible. Another way to complete a set of particular trading figures is to buy a big box and in that case I will get mostly two sets of them or merely two sets with a secret (e.g. Hyper Gundam, Gashapon EX Series, SEED Heroines) or a complete set with an additional set of variation figures (e.g. G Sight 1/350 Scale, Gundam Head) or partial set (e.g. Gundam Collection 1/400 Image Scale, Gundam Sharpener Collection, SEED Sharpener EX Collection, Gundam Mini Figure Selection) or a complete set or almost a complet set with a secret item (e.g. Haro Kore, Gundam Swing, Haro Cap). Some hobby shops sell each complete set of trading figures at high price.

Each volume of Gundam Collection 1/400 image scale (volume 1-9 and DX) has up to three rare items, some variations, and sometimes two premiere items. Each set of Gundam Mini Figure Selection has two rare color items, a secret item, and a super rare color item. My succesful rate to get super rare color item is by far only 0.0060 %.

I usually do not drink soft drink. In this year prior to the release of Pepsi 25th Anniversary Memorial Gundam Bottle Cap Collection in August I remembered drinking only 1.5 liters of cola but playing with this collection I ended up buying 70 bottles of 500 ml Pepsi (35 liters). Finishing 35 liters of cola was painful to my stomach though :heh:. This year I got 8 secret items after searching through hundreds of bottles :). Spending xx minutes or an hour searching through several dozens of bottles to get some items was a kind of adventure. Last year I bought 73 bottles but got zero secret item :mad:. I only bought 19 bottles (available for only 1 liter bottle) in 2002.

Banpresto Gundam products are prize items not for sales and principlely available for game machines such as UFO Catchers (you control a claw to catch them) but some hobby shops sell them at their own determined prices. Getting Banpresto Gundam items needs a lot of money and efforts. Some game centers set the claws too weak too get an item regardless of how hard and how many times you try. Blindly playing them will drain your 100-yen coins away.

:bow:

This needs to be backed up by photos...I'm willing to wait a few months for you to unpack and setup :D

Not really just use a brush that is small enough. You can airbrush with those paints but you need an airbrush set and a thinner(google if you want more info). I use only spray paint on mine.

:topicoff: :eek: Your company isn't paying for the shipping of your household stuff to your new location? Oi; that's rough. :p

Yup, the dispensers are tough to look into to see what would come out next if the one you're trying to use is even somewhat full. The capsules' bottom half, being colored, makes it tougher since you have to move around to try and see what's actually inside. :heh:

What do you do, BTW, with the extra copies of figures and gashapons? Keep them, give them away, or sell them to the stores? Someone must provide them to the stores so people (like me for example) can buy them.

Still need to find the last two "Mai HiME" gashapons for my collection also...

:eek: You have actually calculated your success rate?! :bow:

Great collection there!! Really hope to see more once you settle down~ ;) I do collect the heroine series XD

Perfect Grade Strike Anyone Got It Yet ?
 

http://img115.exs.cx/img115/7242/strike.jpg

http://img114.exs.cx/img114/5966/bandai-001397L.jpg
Check out the Chrome !

HLJ already has stocks flown in.
So what are the rich fan boys waiting for ?

Bandai gonna pwnz you guys by releasing a PG Aile,Sword,Launcher and IWSP Pack next !

I'm waiting for the Perfect Grade version of the Astray mecha that can be turned into Red, Blue, or Gold. :o

Oh, wait. There doesn't seem to be one planned... :sad:

The Perfect Grade GP01 mecha, though, is on my wishlist. What a monster!

That Thing Is Bad Ass

That and the Freedom are both on my wishlist...soon...very soon... (but way behind in homework this semester and I'll likely wait because the moment I get those I'm gonna be building em :heh: )

Oh shit, all those panels can expand/open...and I like that badass blade more than any beam saber. :love:

Nah, I don't like it. Really, what would you prefer, a beam sword or a metal sword when swinging at a big hunk of junk? :P

The rest of it is nice, great level of detail (well, it's a PG...) and it looks as though it's based on the Akutsu design right before Okawara's animation clean-up.

I'm not too keen on the shield though, what's the point of having a broken shield? :P

I never said I'd want to use it...I simply think it looks badass. :D

My favorite beam saber, though, is Kampfer/Nu's beam katana. :love:

Broken shield? :confused: You mean that yellow spike that is in the middle and the gaps to its sides? Those tips look like they're meant to be planted into the ground to let the suit use it during ground combat. The slot in the top is for it to use to see out of; that is a silly design, IMHO.

It looks broken, that was what I meant :P

Sort of like the GM shield in 0080/0083, it had these "spikes" on the side but nothing like that - it looks like a chunk of the shield got blown off!

The legs look different from MG or origin

This is NOT worth buying. My friend bought it and i took a look at it.
I prefer the MG Aile Strike.

Also, Bandai will be releasing these soon:
1. MG Justice 1/100
2. MG Providence 1/100
3. MG Duel, Buster, Blitz and Aegis (however, this will NOT be very soon. around feb/march 2005)
3. Gundam seed Destiny Models.
(also, many people are saying they will be releasing 1/100 models of raider, Calamity and Forbbidden, but it may NOT be true)
They did not release any announcements of releasing any more PG for Seed.

How much it cost??

$130(US) + shipping and handling.

If you're visiting Japan, pick up the models locally, if that is at all possible. This PG one was on sale for 20% for about 12,000 yen (or less), and the PG Zeta Gundam model goes for less than 15,000 yen. Still expensive, but when you see that HLJ.com sells Zeta for 20,000 yen, picking one up, especially if you want [to give] one while you're here already isn't a bad deal, IMHO.

And the shield is not broken in the sense that there's pre-made battle damage. :) It is like a GM-type of a shield, however.

The sword is also made of some metal of sorts - aluminum most likely. Articulation looks excellent on the display model that I saw; I didn't notice any visible screws or bolts that keep everything in place for the pose.

Grandslam (the sword) can double as a letter opener then.

http://img79.exs.cx/img79/3654/10039685a2.jpg

Scans of the assembly booklet :-
http://img79.exs.cx/img79/2144/10039685t2.jpg

To make things sound more tempting, this set will comes with a DVD of Gundam Evolve 8 featuring Strike.

As much as I orgasm at the thought of perfect grade models....

$50+ bucks for one is not allowable by my budget

I wouldn't bother buying one until they release the weapon packs like they did with the other 1/60 scale Strike Gundam.

So, is the sword made of metal? I'm guessing it's plastic.

Soon. Some of of those proposed models are not that popular even counting on Seed's popularity. I could see a MG Justice or a Providence. Aegis maybe too complex for them to make a MG. Blitz isn't that popular. The 1/100th version was released very late during Seed's run. That doesn't bode well for a MG release. The Buster wasn't really that popular. The MG line doesn't really have a complete run on the mecha. They at one time proposed to have the gundams from G Gundam, but those plans were scrapped. I wouldn't count on Bandai releasing the Druggie's Gundam in 1/100th scale, since they would have by now. Bandai most likely has directed their attention to Destiny. We probably won't hear about a new PG until Fall of 2005.

A message from a fan girl next to me...
 

Right now a Fan-girl returned from japan has a few words she wants to say. Here it goes... (sits back and lets her have it...)

Got one~~!!! ^___________^ At a great price too -- 30% off the RRP -- which means I got it somewhere around US$100. And people who love maneouverability in their gundam models should love this!! The leg action on this thing is damn impressive!!

(Returns to the keyboard...) That's all for the public announcement. You should all now pelt rotten tomatoes at her because she's now sitting back and laughing at all you people who have to pay more plus shipping. Remember, this is not me who is doing this!!

Gundam Seed Models
 

Hey,

I am just wondering if any of you guys have bought any Gundam Seed models?

I recently got some High Grade models off the internet.

I thought MG Providence was out already? I saw the box art for it.

Who wants to bet that they'll release a PG Sky Grasper with all 3 Strike Packs later on ?

I'm willing to bet my soul on this.

And thereafter, a PG Strike Rouge with the final IWSP Pack.

Meh, I don't like PG Strike's small redesign they did. Though if they just left it normal, there'd be nothing to really seperate it from the already existing 1/60 Strike. :(

Local Gapla Competiton.....

http://img27.exs.cx/img27/5822/SG_Asia_Comp04_64.jpg

http://img27.exs.cx/img27/1350/SG_Asia_Comp04_20.jpg

http://img27.exs.cx/img27/4259/SG_Asia_Comp04_29.jpg

Rest of the stuffs here

Those look pretty awesome.

Anyone know of any good online shops that ship to Europe? I was thinking of having my parents give me an MG for Christmas but Gundamshop.com seems to be down.