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So I've been out of model building for about five months and looking to get back into it. What's the general consensus of the MG Qubeley/Qubeley Mk-II? Haman was one of my favorite characters from Zeta and ZZ, but I really like the color for Ple/Puru/Pull 2's Qubeley.
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 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=623968567631647&set=a.620897637938740.1073741873.527152043979967&type=3&theater So Regulation Center wants to make a comeback after that failure of a 1/100 Nightingale with a MG Gerbera Tetra. Looks solid from the pictures, but then again so did their Nightingale.
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Apr 30, 2013 20:38
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It's here! And wow is it ever a big box, that's a DVD for scale. The parts are so intricately detailed, no matter how small. Now I need to finish my Hind Kind build before I start on this. I officially have a backlog! What's the deal with Regulation Center? Is it a company like Bandai or Kotobukiya, but with less success?
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May 2, 2013 17:57
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ACanofPepsi posted:What's the deal with Regulation Center? Is it a company like Bandai or Kotobukiya, but with less success? Regulation Center is a third-party group that mostly specializes in resin conversion kits but recently started trying to do plastic models based off of resin kits. Their first attempt at this was a 1/100 scale Nightingale, which looked promising because of images like this:  Sadly, the final product did NOT match its promotion pictures and we got something more like this: http://gundamph.com/gundam-news-updates/rc-1100-nightingale-potential-flaws-defect-and-problems/ Now they're trying again with a 1/100 MG Gerbera Tetra, which people are cautiously more optimistic about since it looks like RC have fixed the errors which plagued Nightingale. Enjoy your MG Red Frame. It's a great kit. 
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May 2, 2013 18:44
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So I sent out an email to Bandai like two weeks ago to try and get a replacement part for my Scopedog. They actually emailed me back. Holy gently caress. Let's see if it actually works out, because one of the things they requested was an image of the export sticker, but I don't have that on this kit...
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May 2, 2013 18:58
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Current WIP on Nu Gundam ver ka: So far i'm very impressed with the build. And here's another pic showing off my current lead collection(in show order, of course): 
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May 2, 2013 21:53
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ACanofPepsi posted:It's here! Now just make sure you orient the scabbards properly  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utVY9QqThDk
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May 3, 2013 21:23
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So what's the opinion on PG GP01fb? I want to have a go at a PG and reviews of it on the net seem promising, but I want a goon opinion if anyone here even owns one.
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May 3, 2013 23:35
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TaurusOxford posted:So what's the opinion on PG GP01fb? I want to have a go at a PG and reviews of it on the net seem promising, but I want a goon opinion if anyone here even owns one. I own one! It's pretty awesome-looking and fun to build. My only complaints are that some of the joints are kind of weak; the right elbow won't stay bent, and one of the joints that supports one of the backpack boosters on the FB version occasionally sags. It was one of my earlier builds, though, so maybe the above is due to minor goofs on my part.
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May 4, 2013 14:44
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Having finally gotten around to watching Unicorn, I now desperately need more plastic on my desk. My question is, which Sinanju do I want? Is this one the best or is it this one? Similarly, is the Unicorn ver. Ka better or is the one that came several years later better? My experience with ver. Ka's is that they come with 8 billion tiny clear stickers that I won't use, and from the kits I've built it seems newer kits are generally better. Is this the case with these two mechs? I want the version that's superior mechanically; I don't care about tons of dumb little stickers.
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May 4, 2013 17:48
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Oblique Angle posted:Having finally gotten around to watching Unicorn, I now desperately need more plastic on my desk. My question is, which Sinanju do I want? Is this one the best or is it this one? Similarly, is the Unicorn ver. Ka better or is the one that came several years later better? My experience with ver. Ka's is that they come with 8 billion tiny clear stickers that I won't use, and from the kits I've built it seems newer kits are generally better. Is this the case with these two mechs? I want the version that's superior mechanically; I don't care about tons of dumb little stickers. Both kits are the exact same in terms of the assembly and the parts. The big difference between them is that the newer kit comes with a bazooka and the red is SLIGHTLY different. Here's a comparison pic, with Ver ka on the left, OVA on the right: .jpg)
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May 4, 2013 17:57
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The joints on the ver ka are also a little bit tighter, and in some cases, almost dangerously slow, like on the waist joint peg.
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May 4, 2013 18:03
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Oblique Angle posted:Similarly, is the Unicorn ver. Ka better or is the one that came several years later better? I hear the OVA version fixed some of the issues with the joints, so probably that one. But if you really want a Unicorn, unless you're opposed to the color green you should probably snag the FA. It's the best engineered, though that doesn't mean it can stand up straight with all of the weapons attached.
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May 5, 2013 02:25
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Is the basic mobile suit part improved, or is it just all the poo poo tacked on to it that makes it better? The only real thing I'd want from the FA version is the katoki'd space launch you can make from the unicorn's fuel tanks
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May 5, 2013 02:40
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The OVA Unicorn kit has a couple of modifications that make it better, like a big lump of plastic that blocked the waist rotation that's on the Ka. being removed. I don't know what version the FA is.
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May 5, 2013 04:42
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I'm pretty sure it's the OVA version. I kinda want to grab the MS cage one. Was the Ver. Ka able to put the bazooka on its waist or just the backpack?
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May 5, 2013 05:05
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muike posted:Is the basic mobile suit part improved, or is it just all the poo poo tacked on to it that makes it better? The only real thing I'd want from the FA version is the katoki'd space launch you can make from the unicorn's fuel tanks Yeah, the joints are better and the legs were thickened a bit. This review does a brief comparison between FA and ver Ka. I'm not sure how the ver OVA and FA compare though, but FA was made later so it's probably better engineered. I doubt you could slap on all of those weapons on the OVA version and still have it stay standing. EDIT: V Your wallet is probably thanking you then. BlitzBlast fucked around with this message at 05:15 on May 5, 2013 |
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May 5, 2013 05:11
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I'm not a fan of destroy mode, so I generally just pick whatever ends up looking and working best in Unicorn mode. The MS cage version is probably good enough for me unless I absolutely gotta have that subflight boogie board for my dumb unicorn robot.
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May 5, 2013 05:13
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Well, I finally got around to putting stickers on my RG Freedom Gundam and I think it looks a lot better with them. I didn't add every  little sticker, just the major ones and a few tiny ones to fill in noticeably-blank areas. There's one or two that're slightly askew, but I'm happy with how it turned out.Taken without flash or auto focus, just because it was the only drat way I could to get the silver decals on the wings to show up.  And with proper flash and focus 
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May 5, 2013 14:17
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Currently working through the MG FAZZ, and drat this thing is a relic. No inner frame (not even on the legs, where a lot of other early MGs had one), barely any decals, the instructions are just 60 sequential steps, and from the feel of things it's not even made out of ABS plastic. So on that note, I'm somewhat curious as to when MGs started to resemble their modern forms.
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May 5, 2013 18:48
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BlitzBlast posted:Currently working through the MG FAZZ, and drat this thing is a relic. No inner frame (not even on the legs, where a lot of other early MGs had one), barely any decals, the instructions are just 60 sequential steps, and from the feel of things it's not even made out of ABS plastic. I'd hazard a guess of around 2003 with seed? There's a list of all the MGs released here, and some of the kits before that are listed as not having an inner frame. I have a MK-II 2.0 and its pretty solid, maybe not as fiddly as some modern kits but all the things that make it an MG are there, and that came out in 2005.
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May 5, 2013 22:27
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BlitzBlast posted:Currently working through the MG FAZZ, and drat this thing is a relic. No inner frame (not even on the legs, where a lot of other early MGs had one), barely any decals, the instructions are just 60 sequential steps, and from the feel of things it's not even made out of ABS plastic. I'm currently building MG ZZ now, and you aren't kidding about this thing being a relic. I'm building this right after my MG Nu ver ka, and it feels like i've gone from building a PG to a 1/100 NG build.
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May 7, 2013 00:43
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TaurusOxford posted:I'm currently building MG ZZ now, and you aren't kidding about this thing being a relic. I'm building this right after my MG Nu ver ka, and it feels like i've gone from building a PG to a 1/100 NG build. Wait, was he talking about the MG ZZ, the MG Full Armor ZZ, or the MG FAZZ?
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May 7, 2013 03:12
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I was talking about the Full Armor ZZ. The FAZZ is pretty much just a recolor + slight edit to the original FA isn't it? Also I just noticed there is a Blitz Gundam. I feel kind of obligated to get it (...someday, and it'll probably be the first kit I try to paint because I'm not a fan of the standard colors), so does anyone have any experience with it? And is there a Blast Gundam?
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May 7, 2013 03:15
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Son Ryo posted:Wait, was he talking about the MG ZZ, the MG Full Armor ZZ, or the MG FAZZ? Aren't they all basically the same kit? I'm assuming "Full Armor ZZ" refers to Judau's suit while "FAZZ" refers to the Gundam Sentinel version, but aren't both kits just the original MG ZZ Gundam with new armor pieces and a new gun? BlitzBlast posted:Also I just noticed there is a Blitz Gundam. I feel kind of obligated to get it (...someday, and it'll probably be the first kit I try to paint because I'm not a fan of the standard colors), so does anyone have any experience with it? And is there a Blast Gundam? There's Blast Impulse Gundam, but don't hold your breath for a Master Grade of that any time soon. TaurusOxford fucked around with this message at 03:20 on May 7, 2013 |
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May 7, 2013 03:18
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BlitzBlast posted:I was talking about the Full Armor ZZ. The FAZZ is pretty much just a recolor + slight edit to the original FA isn't it? Its great. Pretty much all the MG SEED remakes are excellent. Inner frames, able to stand unsupported, well modeled weapons. I built Blitz, Buster and Duel in sequence and I didnt feel like too many parts were shared.
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TaurusOxford posted:Aren't they all basically the same kit? I'm assuming "Full Armor ZZ" refers to Judau's suit while "FAZZ" refers to the Gundam Sentinel version, but aren't both kits just the original MG ZZ Gundam with new armor pieces and a new gun? If the kit is accurate to canon, the Full Armor pieces on the FAZZ are part of the body and not extra armor, and thus it can't transform.
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Son Ryo posted:If the kit is accurate to canon, the Full Armor pieces on the FAZZ are part of the body and not extra armor, and thus it can't transform. http://www.dalong.net/review/mg/m42/m42_p.htm Guess what isn't accurate to canon?
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May 7, 2013 03:21
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its so fat and sad looking. It must be one of those suits for space combat only
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May 7, 2013 03:25
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TaurusOxford posted:http://www.dalong.net/review/mg/m42/m42_p.htm Well that's pretty drat depressing. I probably wouldn't have bought it anyway since I'm really wary of all those older kits, but the FAZZ is one of my favorite suits (and not the ZZ or Full Armor). Fauxtool posted:its so fat and sad looking. It must be one of those suits for space combat only It was never really supposed to see combat in the first place-- it was just a test for the Full Armor parts for the ZZ.
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Four excruciatingly tiny screws (and a trip to the hardware store to buy a smaller screwdriver) later, and I'm pretty sure I never want to get an old MG again. I really love the Full Armor ZZ, but god drat building this model makes me want to throw something. And at the end, all I'll get is a brick that can't do anything but stand there.  EDIT: I actually have welts on my hand from pressing down on that screwdriver so hard. Should've worn gloves I guess. BlitzBlast fucked around with this message at 01:22 on May 10, 2013 |
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May 10, 2013 01:19
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Is there a list somewhere of pre-2003 Master Grades that aren't exceedingly terrible? Many of my favorite UC suits came out before that but I've heard so many horror stories about old MGs that I've been pretty wary.
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May 10, 2013 01:26
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I wouldn't be too worried about it, depending on what you want, it's either a good kit in its own right, or it has a 2.0 version.
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muike posted:I wouldn't be too worried about it, depending on what you want, it's either a good kit in its own right, or it has a 2.0 version. I'm mostly interested in the Alex, the Kampfer, the Ez8, the GP-02, the Super Gundam, the Gelgoog Cannon, all the Zeta Pluses, the God Gundam and both Superiour Gundams. Post 2003, about the only stuff I'm interested in is stuff I know is supposed to be terrible like F91, Crossbone and Victory, or exceedingly expensive like the Destiny Extreme Blast and G-Armor Real Color.
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May 10, 2013 01:58
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Avoid the Kampfer and GP-02. The rest are passable-to-good.
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May 10, 2013 02:04
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The S Gundam kits and the Zeta Pluses are pretty solid, along with the Super Gundam being a really nicely designed kit too. The God Gundam was pretty impressive at the time it came out. The others aren't terrible kits, but they definitely show their age. I'm the guy that's not really picky about how posable my kits are, so my problems usually come down to proportions, details, and construction.
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May 10, 2013 02:04
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How does the original Mk-II from the Super Gundam compare with the 2.0?
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May 10, 2013 02:08
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The 2.0 is definitely better and is compatible with the super armor.
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muike posted:The 2.0 is definitely better and is compatible with the super armor. That's not really what I meant... I'd prefer to not have to essentially buy the same kit twice, if I can help it.
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The 2.0 is better in every possible way. Scroll down to see a comparison between the two. If you want the G-Defenser, consider combing through the manual of the Super and ordering the appropriate parts individually. EDIT: Or not. I decided to count the number of pieces you'd need, and it'd be cheaper to just get the Super Gundam. 
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