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KFJ posted:As someone who's never seen the show with that Gundam in it, why's a cow inside the Gundam? A gundam is no place for bovines Hollow gundams make excellent delivery vehicles when you can't get a truck.
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Sep 11, 2015 10:40
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KFJ posted:As someone who's never seen the show with that Gundam in it, why's a cow inside the Gundam? A gundam is no place for bovines stabbington posted:You should really watch Turn A Gundam.  Watch Turn-A Gundam. It's by far the best 50-episode Gundam series.
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Sep 11, 2015 11:17
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According to Gundam Guy, the RG Infinite Justice listing was a mistake on Bandai's partquote:In less than 24 hours after we had seen the listing of the RG 1/144 Infinite Justice Gundam as one of the compatible gunpla kit for the reissue of the P-Bandai Exclusive HG 1/144 Meteor Unit; the listing of the RG 1/144 Infinite Justice Gundam has now been removed (see the difference in the listing in the image below). We were told that Bandai made a mistake when typing the compatible gunpla list, and that is the reason why they had it removed. There are currently no announcement about what the next Real Grade release would be, but we were told that there won't be any new Real Grade release until after Feb 2016.
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Sep 11, 2015 13:39
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I wonder what we'll even get for the December MG, I'm having a tough time thinking of anything with wide-ish appeal they can do that would be impressive. They really covered a lot in the past few years. Maybe they'll do a remake of something with PG level engineering now that we're getting no grades with MG frames? Then again the last PG was just a blown up MG so god knows, I guess all the grades and scales are kind of mushing together at this point. I really hope it's gonna be a G-Self or at least something new.
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Sep 11, 2015 14:52
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KFJ posted:As someone who's never seen the show with that Gundam in it, why's a cow inside the Gundam? A gundam is no place for bovines While there is a tremendous amount of engineering to create a gundam there have been very few advances in the areas of milk production and distribution so that a pilot can always have a fresh glass of it on any battlefield on earth or in space. If the pilot is defeated and survives he is much more likely to survive with a supply of milk. While this is the only model that depicts this, ALL gundams are designed and equipped with a cow. Really makes you think about Heero self destructing his suits and the total sacrifice being made.
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Sep 11, 2015 15:30
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And that's why nobody was surprised when the guy said "it looks like hamburger in here" at the end of War in the Pocket. Finally the double door mystery of the Zaku cockpit is solved, one door has a cow behind it.
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Sep 11, 2015 15:48
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Xy Hapu posted:I wonder what we'll even get for the December MG, I'm having a tough time thinking of anything with wide-ish appeal they can do that would be impressive. They really covered a lot in the past few years. Maybe they'll do a remake of something with PG level engineering now that we're getting no grades with MG frames? Then again the last PG was just a blown up MG so god knows, I guess all the grades and scales are kind of mushing together at this point. mg reborns. I'm always gonna say that the next mg is the reborns.
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Sep 11, 2015 16:11
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Mg Virtue for the sheer wtf.
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Sep 11, 2015 18:03
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Zedd posted:Mg Virtue for the sheer wtf. Pleaaaaaaaaase yes.  I wish they'd go back and finish the 00 lineup, at least for S1. I have the old 1/100 HG Dynames, but I want an MG of the whole original lineup to go with my hobo exia.
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Sep 11, 2015 18:13
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Monaghan posted:mg reborns. I'm always gonna say that the next mg is the reborns. Yeah I want that, didn't I hear they did at least the frame years ago? Might have been the Thrones.
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Sep 11, 2015 18:17
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KFJ posted:As someone who's never seen the show with that Gundam in it, why's a cow inside the Gundam? A gundam is no place for bovines The Turn A doesnt have moving mechanisms inside it, it moves by manipulating an i-field that is projected on the outside of the chassis, so theres actually lots of room inside for, say, cows. Or nuclear missiles.
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Sep 11, 2015 20:18
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Basically the Turn A is pretty amazing and you should definitely watch the show. The chest is mostly empty space, which is usually missile launchers, but for an episode it's cow.
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Sep 11, 2015 20:34
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Best part is that according to the novels, the Turn-A is supposed to work in tandem with a mobile base that is capable of instantly teleporting various modular systems into and out of its chest. It was also designed to be piloted by a newtype to meet its maximum potential. This means the anime only scratched the surface of its tactical livestock capability, and had Loran been a newtype, he could have utilized the Turn-A's full 650 hectacre agricultural output instead of being limited to a single projectile bovine. Combined with the moonlight butterfly system's ability to near-instantly create large swaths of tilled, fertilized land, the Turn-A was pretty much the end-all be-all of farming mecha, capable of cultivating an area stretching from Earth to Jupiter. It's really a shame all Loran did with it was stab things with the beam plows, to the Turn-A's creators it would have been like watching an elephant trying to operate an electron microscope.
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Sep 12, 2015 00:54
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Xy Hapu posted:It's really a shame all Loran did with it was
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Sep 12, 2015 01:18
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Stepping away from cow chat for a moment, do folks in thread have any recommendations for display shelves or cabinets? Looking for something that'd fit a roughly 12-18" x 48" space I created rearranging my den, and preferably under 200 USD.
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Sep 12, 2015 04:58
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Unless you want to go full DIY, Ikea Detolfs are the usual choice. Personally I just pepper my entire room with models, though.
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Sep 12, 2015 05:05
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Xy Hapu posted:I wonder what we'll even get for the December MG, I'm having a tough time thinking of anything with wide-ish appeal they can do that would be impressive. They really covered a lot in the past few years. Maybe they'll do a remake of something with PG level engineering now that we're getting no grades with MG frames? Then again the last PG was just a blown up MG so god knows, I guess all the grades and scales are kind of mushing together at this point. One day they'll do MG V2 Assault Buster. One day.
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Sep 12, 2015 06:10
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We'll probably find out in October. Still pulling for MG ZZ 2.0 so drat hard. Come on Bandai, you even just released Hyaku Shiki 2.0! Make the Gundam Team a reality!
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Sep 12, 2015 06:16
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 Almost done. Almost done. Almost done. Almost. Done. And then I'll display it for a few months before beginning the hellish job of mirroring the Xi's decals onto it. 
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Sep 12, 2015 06:49
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BlitzBlast posted:We'll probably find out in October. gently caress that; I want GP01 and GP02 2.0 so I can get the RE/100 GP04 and not feel like buying ancient (by Gundam standards) models.
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Sep 12, 2015 07:34
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I'm hoping that the Barbatos gets an MG somewhere down the line, but they're releasing a 1/100 version with an inner frame already, so I don't know if they'll bother with an MG version. Just depends how the other kits sell, I guess, since the last two series never got protagonist MGs for some weird reason  .
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Sep 12, 2015 08:46
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BlitzBlast posted:Unless you want to go full DIY, Ikea Detolfs are the usual choice. The bonus is that "Detolf" honestly sounds like the sort of name Zeon might have hung on an overpowered superweapon.
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Sep 12, 2015 10:05
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Red Bones posted:I'm hoping that the Barbatos gets an MG somewhere down the line, but they're releasing a 1/100 version with an inner frame already, so I don't know if they'll bother with an MG version. Just depends how the other kits sell, I guess, since the last two series never got protagonist MGs for some weird reason The whole premise is it customizes itself with looted gear, so probably not.
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Sep 12, 2015 10:09
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Maybe the December MG is a surprise double release of MG Try Burning and G-Self Perfect Pack. 
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Sep 12, 2015 10:26
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Neddy Seagoon posted:The whole premise is it customizes itself with looted gear, so probably not. We still got a handful of Build Fighters MGs, even though they didn't release enough to really take advantage of the build fighters swappable backpacks/equipment gimmick. I know making build fighters variants of existing kits is obviously a hell of a lot cheaper, but it shows that when it comes down to it, if there's a significant profit to be made Bandai will go ahead anyway, gimmick be damned.
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Sep 12, 2015 12:50
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Red Bones posted:We still got a handful of Build Fighters MGs, even though they didn't release enough to really take advantage of the build fighters swappable backpacks/equipment gimmick. I know making build fighters variants of existing kits is obviously a hell of a lot cheaper, but it shows that when it comes down to it, if there's a significant profit to be made Bandai will go ahead anyway, gimmick be damned. Different gimmick. They've said all the Gundams in IBO have the same/similar inner frame for complete pick-and-mixing of parts.
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Sep 12, 2015 13:06
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Different gimmick. They've said all the Gundams in IBO have the same/similar inner frame for complete pick-and-mixing of parts. I know that, I'm saying that despite the IBO gimmick lending itself to only making a 1/100 line or an HG line for all the suits in the show and not bothering with an MG, if they see profit in making that MG anyway they'd go ahead and do it, and there's precedent for them doing that.
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Sep 12, 2015 14:15
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BlitzBlast posted:Maybe the December MG is a surprise double release of MG Try Burning and G-Self Perfect Pack.
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Sep 12, 2015 23:20
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So, someone on the Gunpla subreddit linked this Japanese TV show where they make all sorts of models/gunpla and the videos are actually kinda neat, especially with some of the techniques they go into. Here's a playlist if anyone's interested! I especially like the bit in episode 5 where he used a drill and some sandpaper to remove a nub mark from those helmet tube parts. None of them are subbed, sadly.
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Sep 13, 2015 01:00
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And it is finished. Hallelujah.  (Poor tiny sad hobo exia  )Overall, the build went a lot better than the Xi. There were certainly a lot less molding errors in the build, so they at least shaped up on that front, but I think a lot of it came from just knowing in advance that I needed to sand/shave down pieces before test fitting. The wiring was a special hell, but I did learn a lot about soldering during all the times I had to lengthen/fix their wires. And of course, it is disturbingly imposing compared to any other 1/100, which is a plus. I do wish they had done remolds for the shoulder armor, kneepads, and the fixed flight leg parts, just to stay closer to the original design, but I don't hate what they did. Now I just need to get started on the one thousand decals. Oh boy. TARDISman posted:Right after the double release of Airmaster/Leopard. Don't forget the teaser images of MG Serpent/Leo. ACES CURE PLANES fucked around with this message at 01:58 on Sep 13, 2015 |
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Sep 13, 2015 01:51
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MG Qubeley 2.0. I thirst.
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Sep 13, 2015 02:23
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Latest word on the rumor vine is that the lack of MGs has actually been because Bandai has been going full stop on the Star Wars kits. Supposedly the December MG is going to be the last regular release for a while until that craze tapers off. Seems reasonable enough.
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Sep 13, 2015 05:01
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Hopefully Bandai not being able to sell Star Wars kits in America anymore means they'll be diverting less resources to them
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Sep 13, 2015 05:10
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Oh and for those of you wondering, the next big hobby show starts on the 25th. start your bets
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Sep 13, 2015 05:21
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Geze and Kapool kits.
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Sep 13, 2015 05:23
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Finally tracked down a Grimoire kit. I think the order I'll tackle things for the next month or so is: 1)Grimoire. Looks cool, love it. 2)HG Gouf 35. Gonna practice some detail work on it, just to try the techniques out. 3)MG Tallgeese. My last stop before kickass town in... 4)"Glorious Grade" Gouf. I will cherish it like a son.
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Sep 13, 2015 05:28
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BlitzBlast posted:Latest word on the rumor vine is that the lack of MGs has actually been because Bandai has been going full stop on the Star Wars kits. Supposedly the December MG is going to be the last regular release for a while until that craze tapers off. Oh man I hope that's not true, if the Star Wars stuff does well that could mean 5+ years of spotty/weak MG releases EDIT: I always thought they had a dedicated Gunpla division . . . kind of weird to imagine a bunch of dudes in Federation uniforms sitting at their desk designing TIE fighters Xy Hapu fucked around with this message at 05:35 on Sep 13, 2015 |
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Sep 13, 2015 05:32
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Xy Hapu posted:Oh man I hope that's not true, if the Star Wars stuff does well that could mean 5+ years of spotty/weak MG releases Don't worry bro. Bandai isn't allowed to sell Star Wars kits in America anymore. Not even to import shops like HLJ. They're selling off the last of their stock right now https://www.hlj.com/2015-bandai-star-wars-kits-campaign
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boom boom boom posted:Don't worry bro. Bandai isn't allowed to sell Star Wars kits in America anymore. Not even to import shops like HLJ. They're selling off the last of their stock right now Is there an actual news article or blogpost somewhere on this? At the very least is it explicitly only America? BlitzBlast posted:Latest word on the rumor vine is that the lack of MGs has actually been because Bandai has been going full stop on the Star Wars kits. Supposedly the December MG is going to be the last regular release for a while until that craze tapers off. It's not as bad as it sounds when you consider the 1/100 IBO line's kicking off alongside the 1/144. Neddy Seagoon fucked around with this message at 06:30 on Sep 13, 2015 |
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