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signalnoise posted:I like the AGE stuff :/ Eh, the FX is cool if a bit busy, but I mostly see bland 2 colour suits and the dragon aliens I didn't like the aesthetic for. It occurs to me that the success of BF may now lead to more HGs for the line. I hope.
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Oct 17, 2014 18:43
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Zedd posted:Bandai, where is my MG Fenice and Gundam X Maoh. If we aren't getting an MG Qubeley Papillon... ;_;
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Oct 17, 2014 18:49
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I forgot who was working on a MG version of it, but FA Gundam Unicorn Plan B looks pretty cool in this 1/144 form:
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Oct 17, 2014 18:50
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Monaghan posted:the difference being that build fighters stuff has been selling well. If the BF MGs had sold well I don't think they'd have stopped at four. edit: that's two fewer than AGE got. Bimmi fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Oct 17, 2014 |
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Oct 17, 2014 22:26
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They tend to release, at the very least, an MG of the primary mobile suit, right? A MG G-Self might make me consider forgoing my stance of only getting HGs...
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Oct 17, 2014 22:30
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everythingWasBees posted:They tend to release, at the very least, an MG of the primary mobile suit, right? I'm planning on double dipping for the G-Self since I highly doubt the MG is going to have as many expansion packs as the HG will.
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Oct 17, 2014 22:34
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Bimmi posted:If the BF MGs had sold well I don't think they'd have stopped at four. to be fair age got variations of existing kits. There was really only two molds, the age 1 and 2. While this is anecdotal when I was in Japan the star build strike was pretty much sold out everywhere. They could be focusing on the 1/144 line instead I suppose.
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Oct 17, 2014 22:37
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BF is all based on existing kits, though. For whatever reasons, no more MGs from S1 appear to be forthcoming.
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Oct 17, 2014 22:39
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Basically everything I've heard points to the BF MGs selling really well, and for a relatively low cost to boot since so much of it is recycled. Bandai just stopped because they're on all the drugs this year.
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Oct 17, 2014 22:39
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What I assume happened for 2014 is that Neo-Zeong and PG Unicorn took up a great deal of the production bandwidth, UC and BF hottness demanded that the HGs be cranked out apace, and MG by default wound up getting the short end of the stick. It still seems weird that they had three or four very obvious followups they could have gone with but instead just stopped the line cold.
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Oct 17, 2014 22:48
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Zedd posted:I forgot who was working on a MG version of it, but FA Gundam Unicorn Plan B looks pretty cool in this 1/144 form: Oh wow this is awesome. I'm just going to assume that it needs an action base to pose even slightly? Is the 144 worth getting compared to the MG, from all the problems the MG's seem to have?
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Oct 18, 2014 02:19
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You guys weren't kidding about the Flag having some issues. I gave up on posing it and settled for 'standing up on its own legs.' Anyway I made my first robots. Fun to make them, but moving them around afterwards is pretty rough. I wasn't having much luck getting the Turn A to even hold the rifle, because the big back part kept getting in the way of the shoulderpads. I'll mess around with them and see if I can get anything better.  I do love the look of the Flag (dem legs) but man it is not exactly suited for this little model format. Maybe if it had a stand? Something to balance out the back wings, at least.
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Oct 18, 2014 02:38
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i hate transforming high grades unless they use a ton of partswapping like the zeta plus. The fenice rinascita's transformation, simple as it is, is still too annoying to bother with.
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Oct 18, 2014 02:44
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Gils posted:You guys weren't kidding about the Flag having some issues. I gave up on posing it and settled for 'standing up on its own legs.' Go get yourself an Action Base 2 for the Flag. And one for the Zaku Amazing as well while you're at it, because it's not exactly great at ground posing (though you've done a pretty drat good job with yours). Kudos for actually getting the Flag to stand on it's own feet, incidentally. I didn't think that was actually possible. muike posted:i hate transforming high grades unless they use a ton of partswapping like the zeta plus. The fenice rinascita's transformation, simple as it is, is still too annoying to bother with. The Flag's transformation is actually pretty good, it's just direly in need of polycaps on the hips.
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Oct 18, 2014 02:45
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Vahtooch posted:Oh wow this is awesome. I'm just going to assume that it needs an action base to pose even slightly? Is the 144 worth getting compared to the MG, from all the problems the MG's seem to have? HG Unicorn Destroy is actually pretty good, though the back of the head is hilariously lazy. Still waiting on my metallic green to come in before I can assemble my FA Unicorn plan B. 
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Oct 18, 2014 02:49
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The great thing about the Union Flags is that they're so goddamn cheap. Seriously, I have like 20 of those things at home, plus or minus a few
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Oct 18, 2014 04:00
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Seriously, get some teflon tape (available at any hardware store) and wrap the Flag's joint pegs in it. You'll get tighter joints that won't wear them out nearly as quickly. It's pretty much the best way around stupid non-polycap joints.
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Oct 18, 2014 06:17
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Get an action base for the flag like someone else said. Its pretty much was always a flying suit also. Once I put the flag on an base and never touched him other to change it's pose, its not that bad. Also you have the shield on the wrong arm. The other flags Graham lead in season one had their shields and main weapon arm inverted to look like yours. HAHAHA, I just noticed from the picture what happened to yours. You can't get him out of flight mode can you. Ok, the torso is locked when the head is pushed down. So you have to pull the head up without pulling it apart and you can move the torso again. It took me like a day to figure that out. I love the X wing look of the flight mode. What is up with no MG 00 suits other then 00 raiser? Tenzarin fucked around with this message at 08:00 on Oct 18, 2014 |
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Oct 18, 2014 07:56
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00 kits didn't sell, so the only MGs were Setsuna's and the GN-X. If you're wondering why the GN-X got a MG, there's a story that a Bandai executive was asked what his favorite design was and he picked that.
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Oct 18, 2014 08:02
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iirc the big moneymaker with 00 was the DVDs/blurays and other non-kit merch, which is why it still got a movie even though it didn't move large volumes of plastic crack.
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Oct 18, 2014 08:04
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drat, I want a MG Cherudim, MG Arios, and MG Masurao. I have build a HG Cherudim and just finished a HG Masurao, but I want something bigger and better. I never realized how big the Masurao is over the 00.
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Oct 18, 2014 08:06
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There are 1/100s of all the main Gundams. They're not all that bad, the S2 ones in particular. You're out of luck for villain suits though, there's just the S1 grunts.
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Oct 18, 2014 08:08
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Honestly I think part of what hurt 00 so bad was how, when otaku whined so loudly about the gundams not looking "right" and didn't buy as much, it led to the series' design aesthetic being compromised on and everything getting crowbarred to fit the mid-2000's Sunrise aesthetic of pastel polygon robots that nobody was really interested in buying.
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Oct 18, 2014 08:45
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My love for Gunpla is burning hot! like 6 beam cannons, sorry for lovely phone capture 
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Oct 18, 2014 09:06
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The 00 kit lineup is nearly 100 strong, that's not really indicative of a failure to me. I think only SEED, original MSG and the legacy lines are larger.
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Oct 18, 2014 09:08
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HairSlut posted:My love for Gunpla is burning hot! What up, double-Booster-Buddy  . Though I see an empty hand that could be holding one of the spare SMG's.
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Bimmi posted:The 00 kit lineup is nearly 100 strong, that's not really indicative of a failure to me. I think only SEED, original MSG and the legacy lines are larger. Yeah, I'm surprised to hear the line did badly, I thought 00 was pretty popular? Maybe it was only the Celestial Being suits that did well?
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Oct 18, 2014 10:39
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Well that's the thing, I don't think a kit series that gets to that size can be assumed to have done badly. The S2 waves are a bit less robust and got bogged down in Trans-Am nonsense but the sheer number and diversity of subjects in the lineup suggest it performed to expectations, at least. The MGs may be a different story. The GN-X was a cool but weird choice and I haven't run across too many buildups of it out in the wild. Does anyone here even have one?
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Oct 18, 2014 11:24
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Yo. It owns. It's surprisingly bulky for such a light looking suit. The fins get in the way / fall off all the bloody time though.
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Oct 18, 2014 14:38
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Ignimbrite posted:Yo. It owns. It's surprisingly bulky for such a light looking suit. I can confirm all of this. Also, good luck ever getting the GN Drive Tau back out. It also has an articulating crotch cockpit.
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Oct 18, 2014 15:54
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I apparently need to wash the plastic more recently before spraypainting. Oh well, it's a test kit!
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Bimmi posted:Well that's the thing, I don't think a kit series that gets to that size can be assumed to have done badly. The S2 waves are a bit less robust and got bogged down in Trans-Am nonsense but the sheer number and diversity of subjects in the lineup suggest it performed to expectations, at least. I have one I haven't built yet. One of the guys in my modeling group put one together and had problems with the fins coming off.
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Oct 18, 2014 17:30
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Spraypaint color scheme is working
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Oct 18, 2014 19:41
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Just ordered MG 00 Raiser and a couple action bases. Want one for posing and one for holding mans while I build them instead of just putting them in a box. Should be here Thursday. Good times.
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Oct 18, 2014 20:59
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You know, Bandai really missed an opportunity by not making the backpacks for the build fighters MGs match the backpack design for the 00 Gundam. And where's the Amazing Pack for the MG Exia?
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Oct 18, 2014 21:38
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Gents, I'm looking for something in a Macross Valkyrie. Preferrably VF-1 of some flavor. Are there any good kits, or are they all very old and very dodgy?
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Oct 19, 2014 20:29
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BlitzBlast posted:For those of you with the regular MG Destiny, there's a pretty decent 3rd party WoL on eBay for $14. You can message them whether you want a red or purple-blue one.
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Oct 19, 2014 20:31
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Yes, but what's the quality of the kit like? I'm looking at the dalong page and it looks ok, but if anyone has built it I'd like to know their thoughts.
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Transformation is a hassle but if you didn't see that coming I don't know what to tell you. Other than that it's fine, if decal heavy.
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