Review: Sinanju 1/100 MG
Finally get this thing done… well, actually it was done last weekend, but it took me a hell lot of time to get all those decals in place… it is a whole lot of pain to put on all those tiny decals! But the end result is satisfying of course, as this kit bears the name of Ver. Ka with it.
Overall, this kit is really nice… despite it is a back heavy kit… but we will still fall in love with its design. A unique Gundam like no other. I manage to get the bazooka for it… so there you have it, Sinanju Full Weapon System!! I guess I do not need to tell you the good things, as everyone is talking about it all over the internet… and since this is an “old” kit as well. So I’ll just talk about some of the things that bothers me with this kit.
Hmm… well, actually not much to complain about this kit except the wrist joint is a little loose, and it can’t really hold the weapon tight, things get falling easily. It is a bulky kit, so expect it to be slightly harder to pose along compared to other kits. Well, I guess that’s it that I want to talk about. All in all, I enjoyed building this kit. Slightly different from the usual Gundam, it is fun to build. Now I can finally get my Unicorn Gundam accompanied…
For more pictures, visit the gallery or click here.
Review: 00 Qan[T] 1/100 MG
Completed this kit for a long time, but just able to post the review now. There are many reviews out there which praises this kit so much… indeed I must agree that this is a good MG kit, with all sorts of gimmick, nice details, nice decals, nice design and many more. But, yup, there’s always a “but”… I must say that there are still room of improvement from BANDAI in their future release of Gunpla.
Before talking about those “but”, I must say I really like this kit a lot. Out of all those Setsuna’s MS, I think Exia is still no.1 for me, follow by 00 QanT, then only 00 Gundam. The kit is well balance, and the shield on the left shoulder do not burden the whole kit to slant towards left (most of the time). Other than that, great new joint design on the wrist, making it possible to pose for some great action pose.
Now, here comes the “but”. Too bad LED unit is not included in this kit. A shame I must say. Next, I would like to make a little complain about the leg. A slight movement may cause the kit to tilted forward and “crash down”. Other than that, there are many other joints that are a little loose… I know we can fix them manually, but after paying so much for a MG kit… I do think it is reasonable for me to demand a little more on that. Besides that, I found it hard to remove the two GN Sword Bit in the picture above. they are locked quite tight, and it will risk breaking the joint if I were to remove it by force. So in the end I gave up in removing it…
All in all, nice kit from BANDAI but not the best yet. Feel free to browse the gallery here or under the gallery page.
Review: GN-X 1/100 MG
Finally I have get this review done for this great kit… feel sorry for it as this is really a great kit, and yet I’m just posting a simple review with only a few pictures of the standing pose of it… anyway, a run through of what I think about this kit…
Overall, the balance and proportion for this kit is much better than the HG version which looks bulkier. The posing ability for this kit is awesome! Since it is utilizing the frame of Exia MG, you can surely know how far you can push the limit in stretching and bending the joints. You will get the beam rifle and the beam saber as well with this kit, and the beam saber is molded to keep within the knee armor. LED is not included though, but you can purchase some other LED from the market to fix into this kit to light up the GN Drive.
Seam line is minimal, and not much detail panel line on this kit. Kinda like the simple feel to it, and that’s the reason why I’m putting only a few decals on it to keep it clean. All in all, a very nice and special designed kit to be added into your collection! Browse through the gallery for more pictures.
Review: Char’s Zaku II RG
This will be my second and last review for today… Zaku RG… well, if you can still recall that I have a lot of complain on RG RX78-2 Gundam before this in my previous review… and now, I still have the same old complain on this Zaku RG…
Even worse, this Zaku is virtually unable to stand on it’s own. It is almost impossible to balance this kit properly while posing it… so I guess this is a new marketing strategy from BANDAI in order to sell their display stand? I must admit there are some improvement compared to the previous RG, the build of this kit is slightly better, and it is not that frustrated in building it compared to Gundam RG. However, the rest of it are just disappointment.
And I do found the proportion of this kit is a bit… weird? The head is slightly too big in my opinion… hmm… I wonder… anyway, the reason I bought it is just to complete the lineup with Gundam RG… I think I won’t go for any RG in the future… I rather pay more for a MG instead. So all in all, I do not encourage you to get this kit, unless you are willing to let this kit stand still without any pose on leg… or use a display stand to pose it. Many parts are a bit loose, BANDAI should have done it better than this… Here’s the tiny gallery.
No more loots and therefore I will gone hiatus again for some time with my Gunpla work… hope to be able to pick up some time and kick start my next custom made project…
Review: Gouf Custom HGUC
After a long hiatus… finally I’m back posting 2 reviews in a row… here’s the first one for Gouf Custom HGUC which has been done for weeks but I was too busy to post the review for it…
Generally, this is a very nice HG kit. Consider the price, the build, the quality and etc, I would highly recommend people to go for it if you do not plan to spend for the MG version. You will get almost everything you can imagine for this kit, from the sword to the gatling gun to the shield and etc.
In my opinion, this kit looks well balance, even better than the RG Zaku… just that it lacks of the joints with high posing ability. Anyway, there’s a gimmick which assist you in posing with the heavy arms held high… Shoulder is very close to the body, so by any chance if you paint this kit, please be careful when you pose it as it may scratch the paint away easily.
In the end, I just scratch built this kit without even weathering it… argh… I’m too busy with my current job… All in all, another nice kit from BANDAI, and this kit should look fantastic if you are willing to spend some time in modeling it. Not much pictures were taken, but here’s the small gallery for it.
Review: Gundam Astray Red Frame 1/100 MG
Yup… here comes my review on the MG Astray Red Frame! First I must apologize for the “dull” picture as I didn’t really go and enhance the color through photoshop before posting as I’m too lazy… XD the actual kit is much more tastier in color. Anyway, here goes!
You will get Two Katana included besides the Tactical Arms II L! Well, this is something good, although the gold part is given in an ugly yellowish plastic, but with the help of Gundam Marker Gold, the whole Katana turns into a master piece instead. Anyway, since I’d already owned the Astray Red Frame PG, so two katana is not really a big hit for me. So let’s go on to the main dish…
Right, this is the thing that I spent my money for! I don’t like the Delta Form of it so you will never see any pictures from me with this kit posing that pose… the whole Astray is very well built, although I still think the leg is a little too skinny to my liking… the other thing will be the fingers… they are plain red while it should have been red and white! BANDAI should have done better in this… the last thing I would like to complain would be the strength of the joint… the shoulder joint is the weakest, and yet it still need to hold such a gigantic weapon… but BANDAI cleverly shut our mouth by providing us the stand for posing…
Too good to be true… an archer Gundam… yes, this is the one and only reason why I go for this kit instead of Blue Frame… well, Blue Frame maybe will join in the family next time, but not now. Haha… anyway, need not to worry about the posing ability of this kit. But do be careful with the V fin on it’s head… it feels like very fragile and easily broken…
Before I forget… there’s one last complain that I would like to address here. The manual of this kit is lacking of a lot of information. Why? This kit can pose this Giant Pincer mode but the way to transform your tactical arms into this form is not shown in the manual at all! A little ridiculous in my point of view for BANDAI to miss out things like this… All in all, great sticker marking as well for this kit, it will be something nice to be included into your collection if you are planning to get an Astray! For more pictures please visit my gallery. Thank you 🙂
Review: Gundam Exia Avalanche 1/144 HG
Finally get it done in a sweep of time… so expect to see a lot of untidy painting all around this kit… haha… Just kinda tired and want to get this scratch build done as soon as possible. Anyway, I had been trying my best to replicate the color scheme as original as possible.
This kit give you everything you expect from Exia HG box. Other than that, you get to convert this kit between usual Avalanche and Avalanche Dash. I’d chosen to assemble the Avalanche Dash instead. I don’t think you can switch freely among the two different version as it is not an easy task at all. Anyway, overall the kit is very well build, but I would like to comment on the stickers provided. I would say this is the worst sticker ever provided by BANDAI in recent production. Most of the stickers are not size accurately. Well, I’m not really a fan of using stickers, so it’s not really a big deal for me.
Besides that, I think it would have been kind if BANDAI include at least a Celestial Being Logo decal for the shoulder thrusters… as it looks so empty now. Overall a lot of tedious painting job need to be done as not all plastics came in the correct color scheme.
A stand is provided, thumbs up! The stand allows two different angle of posing, standing and slanting. For the slanting one, it’s a bit hard to secure the Gunpla on the stand as there will be some blockage by the “standing pose stand”… you’ll get what I mean if you have this kit in hand. Anyway, all in all, a nice HG kit, but still “it is just another Exia kit”… this is what people says. Check out the gallery for more pictures.
Review: RX78-2 Gundam 1/144 RG
Finally completed my RG… well, I wonder is it I’m putting too high expectation on this kit, I must say I’m actually feeling a little disappointment on this kit rather than the great “WOW” I expect in the beginning… and I’m probably the first person to express disappointment towards this kit, Haha… I will tell you the reason slowly as I review this kit.
In order to feel this kit truly… I decided to go for scratch build. Indeed the idea of having different tone of color plastics to snap together is brilliant, the shinning stickers are awesome too. The inner frame is a master piece and the possibility for putting a core fighter into the kit is mind blowing. So what exactly I would like to complain about?
Well, first, serious nub. Doesn’t matter what the hell BANDAI tell you about the new gate system they introduce, in the end, serious nub marks are everywhere all over the kit and they are so visible. Can we consider this REAL? So do you mean that the 1/1 Gundam in Shizuoka now has nub mark on it too? BANDAI had put a step forward in creating a HG kit with great posing ability, but they had yet forgotten the very simple needs that every Gunpla builders searching for… the reduction in obvious nub marks.
Hmm, I’m a littler surprise that there isn’t any “caution” words in the instruction manual as there are many “fragile” pieces and without handling with extreme care, the whole kit can gone within a second. The detail stickers… well, I didn’t see any difference with the usual one. Yet, I prefer dry transfer decals rather than the sticker provided… it doesn’t look good. Although most of the stickers are precisely cut and sized accordingly, but there are still some where you need to trim them before applying or it will not look nice at all.
My other concerns is towards the inner frame on how long can it last… before you hear the first “cracking” or “snapping” sound… they are so delicate that I don’t think I will dare to pose it often… besides that, the shoulder armor… BANDAI should have done better on the movability of the shoulder armor. This is the only part that is not “MG” at all, the rest is ok.
Hope that the coming Char’s Zaku RG will be better than this RX78-2. Anyway, congratulations to BANDAI for successfully starting a new product line. Expect to see all those famous MS like Freedom, Impulse, Destiny, Wing Gundam and etc to get a RG treatment in coming future. I’m reviewing my RG with the special base by Dengeki Hobby magazine September issue… it’s a very nice stand!
All in all, it’s a reasonable kit and a good job done by BANDAI. Maybe I’m just expecting too much, therefore getting a big disappointment here. But BANDAI really can do better than that… obviously… I think maybe they just want to take care of their other products as well as nub-less will greatly reduce the sales of the sand paper and etc 🙂 Till then, enjoy the gallery and for those who just grabbed this kit, good luck and don’t spoil it!
Review: 1.5 Gundam 1/144 HG
Completed last week but now only I have time to post the review here… overall, it is the same kit as Reborns Gundam, but certain parts are replaced by new design, such as the arms, some joints and etc. The posing ability of this kit is considered good. The color scheme is nice, and the whole model is closely build according to the exact color scheme. Certain parts need to be painted in gray, light yellow and black.
You can choose to convert between 1 Gundam and 1.5 Gundam for this kit. However, even though they provide you the sticker for conversion, but still it is impossible for you to peel out the sticker and change another one when you want to convert between the two Gundam. So, still you have to decide which sticker (red eye for 1 Gundam and blue eye for 1.5 Gundam) to use. Anyway, you can choose to assemble the GN Drive without the extra backpack armament for 1 Gundam.
Overall, nice kit from BANDAI. I know people might start saying this is just another kit made from the existing runners and just to cheat money from us, but still, you can see some efforts from BANDAI for producing this kit out from the factory. The only down side for this kit… I would say is the rifle. I remember that Reborns Gundam manage to hold the rifle firmly and securely, while this kit doesn’t really hold the rifle tight. A little bit of shaky feeling on that part. All in all, it is worth a buy!
Check out the gallery for more pictures. Thank you.
Review: ReZEL (Commander Type) 1/144 HGUC
Complete transformation from MS to MA mode… detail stickers provided… what else do you expect from this HG kit? The only complain I can think about is this kit need to use the Gundam Action Base which is used by 1/100 scaled model… those HG type Gundam Action Base cannot be use to pose this model as this is a rather huge HG kit.
In terms of build… overall this is a very nice model with extremely accurate color scheme… you only need to do some minor painting of gray, black and white. However, the nubs are quite visible at most of the place… so by just scratch build it, it will not look good 😦 Anyway, I’m too lazy to work any harder on it, so just leave it as it is 🙂
To sum things up, nice kit with great articulation and the transformation of it is simple. It looks great in both MS and MA mode. A very well balance kit in terms of design. However, the joints around the knee is a little weak, so make sure it is steadily pose, if not the heavy back pack may cause the kit to tremble backwards.
Review: 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G 1/144 HG
Completed this kit finally… a pretty “BIG HIT” when it was released back then… finally I got a chance to own it and get it done. Well, to be honest, I’m one of those who can’t wait for it to be release, but in the end, I must say this kit didn’t really meet what I have expect from it. It’s not to say this kit is poorly build, but there are rooms of improvement which BANDAI should really look into.
Generally you’ll get the 00 Gundam with only a different knee armor. Next, you’ll get two new GN Sword II, two GN Katar, the GN Sword II Blaster and GN Buster Sword II. There’s nothing much to coplain about the 00 Gundam as it is the same with the previous kit, so expect the same part needed to be colored in yellow, clear red and gray. The posing ability is no doubt one of the best in HG models, so let’s move on to the new parts.
Weapons alone, they are nicely build with pretty much details. However, there are a few problems which I’m facing. First, the GN Sword II Buster is kind of loose when attach to the GN Drive. Next, the shorter GN Sword II is a bit weird on the joint between the two pieces of blade… I wonder you get what I mean or not… because the blade can extend out with the wire, so it is made of two parts. But there isn’t any physical joint or parts which attach them together. You just “put” the blade together and that’s it… it can easily “deform” from it’s sword form… and finally, the GN Buster Sword II and GN Katar… their handles are too thin, ended up a loose grip of weapon when holding them. The worst is for GN Katar as the weapon will slide as it like due to the loose grip… BANDAI should have design the handle to be identical with the size of the gap on the hand so that weapons can be hold firmly…
Well, all in all, this is a nice kit. But the problems addressed had added some disappointment to it. I don’t think that it should be blame to the reason where it is a HG kit… BANDAI should really look into issues like these as it really annoys us.
Review: Mobile Pod Ball Ver.Ka 1/100 MG
Well, I’d been wanted to buy this kit for such a long time but since it is such an old kit… it’s really hard to find it. Recently due to the clear parts campaign… Yup, I manage to get it into my collection, finally! Looking at the clear parts… finally I decided to make full use of them to show off the inner frame of Ball.
As you can see, gold and silver are everywhere on the inner frame… been trying so hard to imagine how will it turn out and start painting those hydraulic pipes, evaporator and etc. The cockpit hatch I decided to use the clear part and pain it with clear red instead… the outcome is quite ok in my opinion… the some parts such as those originally in clear green plastics, I decided to remain using them instead of the colorless clear part provided in the clear part campaign runner. Same goes to those parts in white color as well.
So… this is how it looks like overall… well, I think that if the whole model is from clear parts it will look better… anyway, I still feel that it is acceptable although not to say perfect. So, to sum things up, this kit is really well made by BANDAI. The realistic metal part on the claw is given as chrome silver part from BANDAI, not forgetting the cable on the jaw as well which is also provided in exact color and making it look more realistic. Decals are generous and you can really fill your whole Ball up with them.
Since it’s just a Ball… so don’t argue on the posing ability and join flexibility… a stand is provided for posing… so what else to complain about this kit? Hmm… nothing much. Only the seam line is quite visible on the claws… that’s all. Apart from that, this is indeed a great model to add into your collection!
Review: Unicorn Gundam Head Display 1/48
Yup… I know… this is an OLD stuff… but I only manage to grab it and fix it now… anyway, this is really something cool from Dengeki Hobby magazine… January release “free gift” along with the magazine. It’s hard to get the magazine now, so you may choose to buy the Unicorn Gundam HG special box set with this base included. Anyway, let’s take a look of this boy here…
The overall view of the head
Well, the assembly process is rather simple due to the big size of it. But if you want your stand to look nice, some painting job is needed. Basically I painted the “horn of Unicorn” in gold using Gundam Marker, then grey for the neck and cheek, black and clear green for the eyes. The grey color is painted using Gundam Marker and because it is running out soon, you can spot some obvious marking all over. I guess I’ll paint it again some other day. But I like the gold color I used…
A closer look…
Well, as you can see the clear green is not really appealing at all… will probably switch to light green later on. Then panel line it… and it is already looking smart!
This is the rear view…
Oh ya, just a reminder. because the “horn” doesn’t close tight enough… therefore I decided to pose the destroy mode rather than the unicorn mode… ^^ and sorry that I’m a bit lazy to switch the mode back for some pictures… haha… maybe when I put it in the gallery I’ll include it as well. Currently still using my mobile phone camera to take the pics… that’s why it looks… ugly and noisy…
This is it when the stand is on… I prefer without stand though…
Haven’t decide whether to use it as a stand or just as a head display. Anyway, will busy tidying my room and once it is done… I’ll start my Exia Custom project… sorry to keep everyone waiting… oh boy, getting nervous now…
Review: Wing Gundam 1/100 MG
Well, not planning to get this kit yet. Maybe in future I will, but not now. Anyway, it is finally released today and I must say the model is very well made. But a little disappointment about it is the lack of details inner frame… kinda miss those inner frame with great details which is so popular last time around. Nowadays BANDAI seems to have given less attention to it and more towards the posing ability and etc. Anyway, judging from all the scratch build pictures, runners and booklet… I can say this kit score 9 out of 10… haha… should have been 10 out of 10, but the 1 point deducted due to the reason that I don’t really like the box art ^^ check out the box in the Box Preview column, and here are some links to the review of scratch build taken from Ngee Khiong.
http://ngeekhiong.blogspot.com/2010/04/mg-wing-gundam-new-images-inner-frame.html
http://ngeekhiong.blogspot.com/2010/04/mg-wing-gundam-inner-frame-new-images.html
Review: Gundam Astraea Type-F 1/144 HG
Well, the much anticipated model had finally arrived… not planning to buy this kit, but I will review it from the pictures of runners and the booklet. Overall, the color is matching reasonably well… only certain parts such at parts with light brown around the waist, shoulder and etc need to be painted or treated with the foil sticker provided. The new weapon series seems decently made, the GN Hammer (is it? well, I’m talking about the ball shaped weapon here) is given in clear green parts too.
Same with the 1/100 model, you have to select which “face” you want to use, either the Gundam face or the Masked face. I believe the mask is given as clear green parts from my observation… if it really comes in clear green parts then you’ll need to paint it to clear black instead. The Gundam face need some painting job too for the yellow parts, however foil sticker is included too. Same goes to the mouth area. For 1/100 model the part is readily in clear black part. Anyway, the GN power cable will all be foil stickers… yes, no more soft rubber extra parts from BANDAI this time… this is a bit of a down side for this kit as the foil sticker definitely won’t look as realistic as the rubber parts.
Another good thing about this kit is the beam saber is provided in the clear parts. Yup, this is something missing in Exia HG. Besides that, since it use most of the runners from Exia HG… I believe you will get those GN Sword and other parts from Exia as well… so you can really play around with those extra parts with your Astraea to do something different. So… by just judging from the runners and the booklet I read… I think this kit worth… hmm… maybe 8.5 out of 10? Since I got the 1/100 version, so this HG is nothing much special for me. But for those who don’t have this kit yet, I will recommend you to get this into your collection ^^
Review: Gundam X 1/144 HGAW
The highly anticipated Gundam X has finally released today… well, I personally not planning to get this kit yet. Don’t really have enough feeling and emotion in it yet to include it in my collection… haha… anyway, it doesn’t mean that I won’t get it in the future, as this kit really is amazing in many aspects. The posing ability… the wide moving angle of joints… the variety of gadgets and armaments included just made this a great model to kick start the whole new HG series for BANDAI. In terms of articulation, runners, color parts distribution… I must say that this kit is really very well made and I’m sure you guys will enjoy it very much! Judging from the pictures available and some quick review online… I would say this kit rates 9/10… well, not sure how will I rate it if I manage to get hold on the real thing but from all the sources available it seems promising for this kit to be the big hit.
Review: Gundam Exia Trans-Am Mode
This is not my review, it is from dalong.net and these pictures really showed a good comparison for you the difference between the Gundam Exia Trans-Am Mode EXF 1/100 (on the left) and Gundam Exia Trans-Am Mode Gloss Injection MG (on the right).
Oh boy… wondering which one should I include into my collection now… I don’t like the grey color of EXF… but the coating is nice. I don’t like the gloss effect on the gloss injection… wonder is it because it is a MG and that’s why it looks nicer than the EXF… haha… really have to think properly on this… headache!!
Review: Strike Gundam 1/60 PG
This is my very first PG kit. I’d dream of owning this kit for such a long time, and finally I manage to save enough money to buy it. Strike Gundam, pilot by Kira Yamato, was one of the main Gundam featured in the early stages of Gundam SEED series.
This kit contains Strike Gundam, beam rifle, shield, grand slam and armor-Schneider. If you are looking for the aile striker, please purchase the Skygrasper + Aile Striker PG kit. This kit contains the total of 569 parts and it is extremely detail. To describe the assembly of this kit, I should say: the construction from bone to nerves and from flesh to skin. Yes, it is a perfect grade; of course this should be the reason for BANDAI to create such a kit. You’ll find a lot of joint in this Gundam, and it is all out of your expectation. After I assemble this kit, I make me feel that: actually MG kit isn’t really that detail after all! It’s hard for me to tell the whole assembling process here, so I’ll just write a short review about this kit, that’s all.
There are 3 die-cast parts in this kit, two on the knees, and one in the waist. Die cast part actually are slightly heavier than plastic, so they’ll give extra stability to your Gundam when you pose it. A CR1220 battery is needed to light up Strike Gundam’s eyes, and it’s not included. No stand provided in this kit though, so if you need any of it, please purchase the Skygrasper + Aile Striker PG kit. This is how they do business here. Overall this kit really “WOW” me… and I believe it will do the same to every Gundam lovers out there. Don’t save any of your ink to draw out the detail line for this kit, there’s really awful lot detail lines needed to be drawn. But please be patient and it will surely pay out after this kit is done.
Besides a whole lot of great things in this kit, there are still some minor problems which I would like to critic. The first one is about the thrusters. You’ll need to paint the inner part of the back thrusters in red! Since it is a PG kit, so I do feel disappointed that they didn’t made a red part for you instead. Next, most of the stickers are too large to fit in the small space which they ask you to stick it. So I got to cut them into smaller pieces in order to stick them up. It’s troublesome. Another thing that really bothers me is the color of the white part. I wonder is it really should be like that or it shouldn’t be like that. There are a few white parts in this kit, and they came in different frame. But the problem is different white parts from different frame actually have slight color mismatch. Some of the white color parts are slightly grayish, and some are extremely white. So when I assemble them together, it is really obvious and irritating. So I do recommend you guys to spray all the white part again yourself so that it will look nicer. Lastly, every parts in this kit has inner frame, but only the shield doesn’t have any. I do hope BANDAI actually do a inner grey color part for the shield, it would look a lot nicer.
Review: Sword Impulse Gundam 1/100 MG
From the animation series Gundam SEED Destiny, this kit was released right after the release of Force Impulse Gundam MG. Honestly, I like Sword Impulse very much… that’s why I’d bought this kit and not the Force Impulse… yet… hehe… Anyway, it’s a MG kit, so basically what you would expect to have in a MG kit, you’ll get it here. This box doesn’t include any stand, but you stil can pose them with a special “stand” that they provide to you… you’ll know it when you see the box detail… you’ll get another palm which can hold the gigantic and rather heavy sword nicely… but still… you can’t fight against gravity… this is a down side of BANDAI kit which features big weapon… but the problem is still unsolved until now…
The main painting work is on the core splendor… where white, blue,yellow and red are needed to paint the whole thing into the correct scheme. There are other tiny bid of things that need painting works too… but all in all, this kit do takes me some time to finish… but the result was satisfying… All in all, great kit with still rooms for improvement!
Review: Susanowo 1/144 HG
Well, this is the final Mobilesuit pilot by Mr Bushido in the showdown against 00 Gundam. Many people didn’t notice that there’s another Mobilesuit pilot by Mr Bushido called Masarowo, which is more or less same with Susanowo, but that MS is painted in red and black, and this is white and black. I personally prefer the Masarowo more… but I think BANDAI is not going to release it… so I put my hand on this instead.
It is a joy in making this kit… it’s totally different from any other kit in terms of design and the way to build it. The posing ability is quite good and only little painting works of orange, gray, black and white is needed. You’ll get everything you need from the box, even a standard HG stand is included. All in all, yet another well made kit from BANDAI!
Review: Z’gok 1/144 HGUC
Well, been thinking of getting a Z’gok for a long time… there are MG kit, Amphibious Set and also this HGUC kit. Actually been waiting to buy this HGUC kit for long time but can’t find it anywhere at all… by the time I’m thinking of giving up HGUC and go for MG instead… miracle strikes! I bought this kit from a shop with the price of RM40. A rather small box actually, very few parts inside… the assemble process should be able to be done in no time…
All plastics are in their respective colour, just the pink colour seems slightly too pinkish… the rest are just fine. If you don’t want to use the sticker, you may need to paint the cockpit in white colour. Although the movement of this kit is not as great as the MG kit… but for the price you paid this is rather a worth-value kit to own… overall, nice kit from BANDAI…
Review: Unicorn Gundam 1/100 MG
This is the first MG kit that I built since I’m back for my holiday… a nice kit that I wanted to grab it so much since the day it was released… but during that time it is way too expensive, now it is slightly cheaper, just slightly… but I can’t hold it anymore… At the very first when I saw the advertisement about BANDAI announcing this kit, it really amazed me, but it makes me wonder is it really possible to “transform” the Gundam totally? But once again, those BANDAI engineers and designer had proved their great ability… no wonder BANDAI can earn so much…
Well, back to the topic. Unicorn Gundam is currently a series in the UC calendar, under the novel series “Gundam UC”. The pilot able to release the full potential of the Gundam using the brain wave for a couple of seconds… something like “Trans-Am Mode” in the Gundam 00 series… the design and colour are really eye catching… first, ordinary Gundam will have “two horn” normally, but this one only has “one horn” on the head before transformation. From a plain white tiny Unicorn Gundam, this kit is able to transform to a gigantic (well, not really differ that much in size…) & energy bursting-look Gundam… a successful project from BANDAI indeed.
Since it is a MG kit, there’s nothing much I can say about all those almost perfect assembling process and parts. All parts are in their respective colour except for the “horn” must be in yellow… there are sticker provided, but it is in gold rather than yellow, so I paint it myself into yellow. Do take your time to enjoy a whole lot of suffer when putting the decals on, I suggest you read through the sticker page and assembly page together before every appropriate part is being snap on. This is kind of troublesome, but it will be a whole lot easier if you put the stickers and decal right before the whole part is completely assemble. Take your time to cut the stickers smaller, if not it will be impossible to be paste on the kit. All in all, I like this kit very much. A one of the kind master piece.
Review: Gundam Virtue 1/144 HG
A very well made and nice HG kit, if only you have the patient to paint all the appropriate parts (haha…) Anyway, the assembling process is simple, just the painting process is a bit tricky and troublesome. You’ll need yellow (GN bazooka, GN field), gray (GN bazooka & almost everywhere around the model) and white (GN Drive). Spend some time to read the instruction carefully before assemble, make sure the painting is done before you assemble it, if not you’ll face some trouble in painting them after they are snapped together.
Overall, I didn’t see any great difference between the 1/100 scale Gundam Virtue and this HG kit, besides the size and the ability to transform to Gundam Nadleeh… well, I don’t really mind that because I want to pose Nadleeh and Virtue out the same time, so I get this 2 HG kits instead of the Virtue + Nadleeh 1/100 scale model. Nice work from BANDAI for creating such a nice model.
Review: Nu Gundam 1/144 HGUC
I’d been thinking for some time about this kit, whether to buy the MG version or this HGUC version. In the end I decided to get this HGUC box instead. Although it is just 1/144 in scale, but this kit is actually very well made, as if a 1/144 scale MG kit.
All the weapons and armaments featured in the MG box were included inside. With just the price of RM85, I do think that this kit is worth a buy. There are some parts which should be in yellow colour, so paint them accordingly. The bazooka should have some parts in dark blue. No stand included, but you’ll get a variety of different design of hand to grip the weapons nicely. All in all, yet another very well made HGUC kit from BANDAI.
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