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Lemon Curdistan posted:So out of curiosity, is there any way to get any of the P-Bandai exclusive stuff in Europe? I imagine there are some retailers who will resell them. I ended up getting the Astraea conversion parts from eBay. Paid way over the odds, but it's sooo good.
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Just noticed my order confirmation for my latest package had 11 000 yen rather than 8X00ish, and I discovered I accidentally ordered two Marasai, whoups (something about Hobby Search site makes it way too easy to add to current order when clicking around  ). Too late to cancel.Luckily the Marasai is loving sweet, so sorry wallet, you'll have to take one for the team.
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Mar 20, 2015 17:47
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Beware when buying off Hobbylocus from hong kong. He ships in paper and bubblewrap. I had a Scopedog Turbo arrive today and the box was squashed. The runners are all fine thankfully.
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Mar 20, 2015 18:02
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I don't know what I was expecting, but god drat the PG FA Unicorn tanks are huge.
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Mar 20, 2015 18:13
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Oh hey, somebody uploaded a clean version of the MC Xi Gundoom's boxart. I really wish more people would do this. The words are nice and all, but I like the clean images more.
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Mar 20, 2015 21:51
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Not Gundam related, but still robot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCnGxXpIR3I&t=71s A dude found a 3D render of a character from a video game, broke it down into parts, used a 3D printer to create those parts, then wired up LED's to basically create his own custom model kit.
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Mar 21, 2015 02:43
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everythingWasBees posted:Please get it. poo poo, I'm gonna get it as soon as it pops on GK. Probably not an MG DX, though. Because my Nu ver. Ka funnel expansion needs a buddy. ...I really need to get a Nu ver. Ka one of these days.... ...and an MG X and DX....
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I picked up what I thought was a standard 1/144 NG of Duel Gundam and holy poo poo this kit has all of six polycaps. It doesn't even have elbow or knee joints. Like this was a 2002 kit apparently what was going on with this.
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everythingWasBees posted:I picked up what I thought was a standard 1/144 NG of Duel Gundam and holy poo poo this kit has all of six polycaps. It doesn't even have elbow or knee joints. Yeeeeeeeah... The 1/144 NGs were garbage even by their standards. There were No Grades that cost all of 5 bucks in a store like the Advance Grades and then the High Grades which are about as good as Wing era NGs.
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TARDISman posted:Yeeeeeeeah... The 1/144 NGs were garbage even by their standards. There were No Grades that cost all of 5 bucks in a store like the Advance Grades and then the High Grades which are about as good as Wing era NGs. How easy would it be to get something like whatever grade of god gundam was released over here when G was airing? I'm kinda curious to rebuild one as a memento sort of deal since I think that was the first I ever built as a kid.
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Mar 21, 2015 06:33
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Sharkopath posted:How easy would it be to get something like whatever grade of god gundam was released over here when G was airing? I'm kinda curious to rebuild one as a memento sort of deal since I think that was the first I ever built as a kid. They seem to reprint very occasionally, but I know the Shining Gundam got a restock recently so you might have luck?  Is this the boxart?
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I mean I'm sure you can find one if you can figure out what model it was, especially if you're willing to look at japanese sites.
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Mar 21, 2015 06:46
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I just put together an NG GunEZ today and already hate NGs as a whole, even if they advanced since the 90's. I really want to make GBFT's Gunblastor Custom but it's going to be barely posable and probably look like crap anyway. Hell, I looked at the Gunblastor I have and the red cockpit is a sticker.
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dogsicle posted:I just put together an NG GunEZ today and already hate NGs as a whole, even if they advanced since the 90's. I really want to make GBFT's Gunblastor Custom but it's going to be barely posable and probably look like crap anyway. They're cheap and they have a lot of weird poo poo that never got a proper model, but they are vastly inferior to HGs. Like, ridiculously so for a lot of them.
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everythingWasBees posted:They seem to reprint very occasionally, but I know the Shining Gundam got a restock recently so you might have luck? I don't even remember, it's been so long but I think it was definitely from that period where they were putting them in regular store shelves with new art and everything. It might have even just been a toy but I definitely remember building the feet and stuff, and how easy they would fall apart sometimes. On the other hand I found what I think was an imported sd kit I got from a baseball card shop around the same time.  Neato.
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Mar 21, 2015 06:51
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Also neato: I guess they're doing a new HG release of whatever that robot is supposed to be. Hmm.
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Sharkopath posted:Also neato: I guess they're doing a new HG release of whatever that robot is supposed to be. Hmm. V-Dash. And yeah it looks real cool.
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Mar 21, 2015 06:54
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everythingWasBees posted:V-Dash. And yeah it looks real cool. It looks like those big huge ugly mobile armor type of gundams but pared down into a size and shape that's actually manageable and cool looking.
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Mar 21, 2015 06:55
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Sharkopath posted:It looks like those big huge ugly mobile armor type of gundams but pared down into a size and shape that's actually manageable and cool looking. I'm pretty sure it's also ridiculously tiny, since it's a Late UC suit.
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Mar 21, 2015 06:57
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They're doing V-Dash in a little under a month I believe and V2 Assault (that SD) in either April or May.
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everythingWasBees posted:I picked up what I thought was a standard 1/144 NG of Duel Gundam and holy poo poo this kit has all of six polycaps. It doesn't even have elbow or knee joints. The NG SEED line are literally the worst NGs ever made. They are terrible. And that is saying something considering the 1980's NGs exist. They make the NG 1/144 G Gundam kits look like works of loving art. Sharkopath posted:How easy would it be to get something like whatever grade of god gundam was released over here when G was airing? I'm kinda curious to rebuild one as a memento sort of deal since I think that was the first I ever built as a kid. It'll be a little rough, but it looks like HLJ will be restocking it in a month or so. You're still better off with the HGFC, though. The NG has ALL THE SEAM LINES in ALL THE PLACES. I'd link my painted one, but flickr is being a dick.
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TARDISman posted:They're doing V-Dash in a little under a month I believe and V2 Assault (that SD) in either April or May. All the V-suits look the same to me. In that they all kinda merge into a really fast looking gundam with a yellow chest v and it's really cool looking.
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Mar 21, 2015 07:05
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V-Dash is already out. I think it's around 4 inches tall?
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dogsicle posted:V-Dash is already out actually. I think it's around 4 inches tall? I think the Miss Sazabi has ruined me on what I perceive the scales of most HGs to be.
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V Dash is out, and V2 Assault Buster is what's coming out soon. Which is what that SD is, so yeah.
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Mar 21, 2015 07:08
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Wait apparently the one I thought was the v-dash is actually the v2 so I guess the right gundam but I called it the wrong name. Those names should be switched.
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everythingWasBees posted:I think the Miss Sazabi has ruined me on what I perceive the scales of most HGs to be. I'm still at the point where I have yet to realize all HGs are "small" compared to what I expect/want. I haven't built anything bigger scale and usually don't check in-universe heights so that's probably part of it.
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Imagine trying to build an HG with the articulate hands of an MG. Maximum horror.
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I spent more time figuring out the proper technique to keep all the fingers together before snapping the hand than anything else when building that Turn A.
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Pictures from AnimeJapan 2015 confirm: The HG Tryon 3 is a combiner     You're welcome. e: Moved the images over to imgur; dread to think what GundamGuy is like with hotlinks. DigitalRaven fucked around with this message at 12:02 on Mar 21, 2015 |
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You might want to rehost those yourself, DigitalRaven.
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Allow me to fix exactly how you should have posted those pictures: Sora Tryon!  Umi Tryon!  Riku Tryon!  Let's Try On!  Tryon 3!
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Neddy Seagoon posted:For what it's worth, one of my local stores in Australia gets in some of the webshop stuff. Last time I visited they even had the Seraph Feathers for the RG Wing Custom, so its not impossible to get. Which store is this? The p-bandai parts for the wrong honoo are pretty sick.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:You might want to rehost those yourself, DigitalRaven. Good point. Moved them to imgur.
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Vahtooch posted:Which store is this? The p-bandai parts for the wrong honoo are pretty sick. It's a little store in Melbourne called One Stop Anime. Last time I went they had the Stark Jegan, RG Build Strike and Seraph Feathers. They were about $70AU each though. Pretty sure they get the magazines in with the bonus parts in too.
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I was being smart and responsible a few weeks back and waited until I knew how much my tax rebate would be, I know that now. The Euro has been in a downfall lately and I get 20% less plastic robots for my money now. 
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No new Master Grade at this latest event, which means that we've got just two MGs – one of them a variant – to show for the first 6 months of 2015. Not a very encouraging sign.
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Bimmi posted:No new Master Grade at this latest event, which means that we've got just two MGs – one of them a variant – to show for the first 6 months of 2015. What about the Grey Wolf and Red Snake Zetas?
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OLEs and special-finish items don't generally count as regular releases. Fact is, if you count the DX there've only been 6 new MGs in the last 12 months, including two variants and one that's not even a robot.
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To be fair, there's 3, Dark Matter, Double X and Hyaku Shiki 2.0. Also, they're sharing with RE-1/100 right now, which has the Gundam Mk-III and GP-04 in the first six months.
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