You'll need the RG Freedom too to complete the memorable scene.:heh:

How about RG Freedom standing on fantum backpack firing together with justice to the trio druggies? =x

At the full retail price, most are not worth it, they are almost as expensive as MG kits, even if they are qualitywise pretty good figures.

It's in the little things like strike who cannot store it's armor sniders in his sidepockets, arios ascalon who desperately needs a stand but doesn't come with one, cherudim who cannot store his sniper rifle on his shoulder, GN-x who can't store his weapon of his hip, etc...all small things that even the 1/144 HG's can do, so i exspect it in a action figure that's 3 or 4 times more expensive.

If you don't mind the smaller scale HCM Pro fihures are alot better.

Ah yes. I plan on doing that :heh::D.

Or maybe I'll just buy the deactive version since I've wanted that for a long time now. The old 1/100 Freedom Deactive looks like crap:heh:.

The Robot Damashii Duel Gundam has been pushed back August 23rd, rather than releasing on July 28th. Why would Bandai do this? Delay a figure by a month when its release date is two weeks away?

maybe they had a problem with the production of the figure. as long as they dont release an official statement we will probably never know^^

Well, I sure as hell hope the delay isn't to remove the Asault Shroud pieces and re-sell them as webshop exclusives...

THE MOST annoying thing about Robot damashii, half are store exclusives that cost a fortune for non japan collectors! The reason never to start with the line IMO.

Exclusives realy get my blood boiling with rage.

Yeah, the exclusives are annoying, especially when it's an MS that doesn't really have cause to be an exclusive in the first place.

But I have been collecting the Robot Damashii series since it started in 2008. So I just put up with it.

But I figure since the only change to the Duel Gundam is a release date, things should be fine. If Bandai was removing the AS pieces, online stores would start re-listing it as just "Duel Gundam", and not "Duel Gundam with Assault Shroud Armor".

I'm just expecting that possibility, since Bandai has both impressed, and disappointed me in the past.

Yeah, that too.:D Kinda missed that kind of multi-gundam awesome poses in Age.

Do post some photos later.:D Though looking online, the price of the deactive one is almost as much as the HG Raider, Forbidden and Calamity combined.

We should be getting the next RG announcement any minute now...

Come on, Bandai... RG Zeta, you know you want to! :D

is done

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nice^^ what is your final verdict on the duel?

As you mention before , the front skirt of the assault shroud is loose, else everything is ok

I'm still calling either the Shiki or Exia/OO.

Can't see 00, at least if it would come with Raiser. No way in hell that that thing would stand by itself.

Exia huh.... That would be awesome. I'm hoping for X. Fat chance of it getting made ./sarcasm, but it looks good, but hasn't even got a MG

Honestly I'm not hoping for any of the three, well maybe Shiki. If anything I really want to see Wing (EW) so we can finally have a Wing EW Model with Wing's that can seperate.

Can't begin to say how awkward it is to have my Wing Gundam Girl sitting next to Wing Ver Ka MG and have the Girl have better wings.

As for OO, I could very much see Bandai releasing OO as a stand alone and then later releasing the O Raiser that came with a special stand for both.

Haha... more reason to buy Gundam Girls :D.

No decals?

Mine is still in the closet waiting till i finish MG strike noir, hopefully by the end of the month.

Same here dude. Mine is waiting till MG 00 Seven Sword is finished :eyespin:.

most of my mg didnt decal , only for RG:heh:

Make it happen, Bandai.

It's about time to make a RG from UC again and we just had Mk.II. Though I think a fully transforming (thus possibly flimsy) Advanced MS Joint for Zeta will only benefit ~18m transforming zeta-type suits later. On the other hand, Zeta being the 1st partsformer RG will likely increase its cost to near MG prices.

Will Bandai settle for a Hyaku Shiki instead, being a Char suit?

same here. on some of my UC MGs i have used all decals (like the MK-II, the ReZEL and the zeta 2.0) but on most of there there are only a few.

Question:

Has anyone painted the MG Strike Freedom's inner gold frames black before (not the entire kit)?

Doubtful, even with the all custom paint jobs I've seen always see the frame still in gold.
It's kind of a trade mark of the suit really, would be weird to see in any other colour but not to say it wouldn't work in a different colour. Just wouldn't be as cool I'd guess.

Scratch that, I do recall a silver frame one.

Found the link!

Looks decent and thanks for the links :P

I'm just having a hard time appreciating the gold highlights that Strike Freedom has offered. That's why I haven't bought that kit.

Why not? It's beautiful imo :D.

Here's the pic of my SF that I posted here long ago ;).

I got a question for you guys. I'm looking to start making Gundam Models. What would be easy to start as a beginner?

High Grade kit is the one that you're looking for. Choose one that you like and that you consider simple enough for you.

My recommendation would be HG kits from Gundam AGE line like HG AGE-1 Normal and many of its alternate forms. They're new, simple, and looks good. ;)

I started with a Real Grade, you can start with whatever you want.

One word of advice, don't buy in our country. :heh:

Start with the mobile suit you've always dreamed of or see yourself piloting.

Plus checking out online reviews will greatly help when your initial budget is tight.

i started with MG strike freedom full burst mode version: http://gunpla-inochi.com/mg/mg-strik...ll-burst-mode/
building the newer gunpla models really isnt difficult in most cases. its kind of like building with legos, you just need to cut off the pieces from the runners first^^

the 1/144 scale high grade models are a good place to start though if you want to start with something less complicated.

kits that i simply cant recommend for beginners are the MG unicorn/banshee and MG sinanju and the real grade line. these kits have tons of tiny pieces so you might want to build some other kits before you get those^^

Thanks for the advice guys. All I need to do now is too save up for one.

Will probably start with the HG Age models. The anime doesn't really appeal to me but the Suits look good. Then go for Gundam Wing ones. Main problem now is where to buy here in the Philippines.

If you live in Metro Manila, check out Wasabi Toys or Great Toys in Greenhills Shopping Center. The prices are way cheaper compared to the kits being sold in malls.

also starting on the MG 007/G also...

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...ga83/007g1.jpg

didn't fancy the lighting gimmick, so paint the clear parts for the buster sword II

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...ga83/007g0.jpg

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Good call, it's easy, pretty fun to build, modern and great to pose.

I'm not a great fan of the anime but AGE models are quite cool because of their simplistic look and excellent posability.

GundamGuy just uploaded a link to a painted inner frame of MG Strike Freedom.

http://gundamguy.blogspot.com/2012/0...e-freedom.html

That thing is a BEAST. infinite respect for whoever made that.

That was quick...
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