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GreenBuckanneer posted:I agree, there's tons of models out there but I don't know most of them. This lancelot: https://www.gundamplanet.com/hg-1-35-lancelot-albion.html is from Bandai. Built it a few months ago it's a nice kit with a good amount of accessories.
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Waffleman_ posted:Today's G-Witch episode gave me a premonition of a Premium Bandai expansion kit for the Aerial Gundam Front exclusive.
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There are a bunch of video game related mecha kits out there but it's really a matter of digging into the net to find something you like and then digging even deeper to find a reasonable way to buy it if it's still available  If you want to throw away an hour or two looking at things then give this a try. Tin Tim fucked around with this message at 23:19 on Dec 4, 2022 |
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wdarkk posted:There are a few, but I feel like they're much more expensive. Recently, Bandai's put out Super Robot Wars kits and Sakura Wars kits, and yeah. They're typically double what Gundams cost. Licensing fees and chunkier designs mean higher prices.
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Just watch all of Gundam so you can buy the Gundam kits, duh.
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boz posted:This lancelot: it's in stock, $50 is a bit more than I was hoping for but I might bite the bullet next month But then I see these too... https://www.ebay.com/itm/324448626386 https://www.ebay.com/itm/144621250972 https://www.ebay.com/itm/195112533015 https://www.ebay.com/itm/134173001670 https://www.ebay.com/itm/185279176589 https://www.ebay.com/itm/123749359709 (!) They of course seemingly have the cooler ones as figures, like Shinkiro, Gekka, and such but not as interested in those over build it kits it would be cool if they made kits of the mecha from Xenosaga/gears but I've never seen any :\ edit: I see this that I want: https://www.gundamplanet.com/plaiobot-super-galaxy-gurren-lagann.html and there's the DitFranxx two robots which are cool, the Xenoblade 2 Siren kit which I want too, (oh my god all the other gurren ones are like $350 wtf?) GreenBuckanneer fucked around with this message at 00:11 on Dec 5, 2022 |
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It's too bad the Guren and the others with the same base frame just look unpleasantly wide. Edit: P-Bandai released a metal build Guren Type-Special, so that's why it's super expensive. Probably.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:it's in stock, $50 is a bit more than I was hoping for but I might bite the bullet next month There are Mecha kits from Xenogears and Front Mission, but Square Enix sells them directly through their website
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I only recently discovered the existence of the Front Mission kits and I want all of them 
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Suzaku posted:There are Mecha kits from Xenogears and Front Mission, but Square Enix sells them directly through their website Looks like $85+s&h for four of them, not bad, but they're out of stock
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My brother is going to Japan and offered to pick me up some stuff at Gundam Base. What are the hot exclusives? I know I want a RG Perfectibility.
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Lemon-Lime posted:Just watch all of Gundam so you can buy the Gundam kits, duh.
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Lemon-Lime posted:Just watch all of Gundam so you can buy the Gundam kits, duh. I did this and it increased my spending 10 fold
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boz posted:I did this and it increased my spending 10 fold Oddly enough, it's done a lot to lower my spending. Shows like Build Divers do a lot to get me less interested in even cool designs.
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Suzaku posted:There are Mecha kits from Xenogears and Front Mission, but Square Enix sells them directly through their website I think they're unpainted too
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GreenBuckanneer posted:I agree, there's tons of models out there but I don't know most of them. Good Smile put out some Gurren Lagann kits a few years ago under the Moderoid line. Bandai did Code Geass a while back too and reprints them occasionally.
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 The Epyon on the left was built maybe 15-20 years ago, when I first was picking up kits at Barnes and Nobel or w/e. The 30 Minute Mission Rabbit in the middle came from me deciding on a whim to enter the hobby shop next to my barber's shop. It rekindled my interest and I dig it. The Wing Gundam on the right came from an unfinished kit that I had bought at the same time as the Epyon, I had just never really cracked into it. It was a nice distraction since this is the worst time of year to try and indulge an expensive hobby. The two Gundam figures feel kind of rinky-dink, and whatever I build next I'd like to be a little hardier. Soon, I want to build this guy    so I can prepare myself to build this guy    I don't know anything about painting or airbrushing models, so I'm sticking to projects that don't require much post-construction detailing where possible. The Front Mission wanzer set might be something that pushes me to learn a new skill, though.
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chiasaur11 posted:Oddly enough, it's done a lot to lower my spending. See, I messed up and watched 0079, Zeta, and ZZ in a row
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JoeGlassJAw posted:not really to speak much for complexity, but Kotobukiya may have some stuff you'd be interested in. video game wise they have both Metal Gear Rex and Ray Koto also did a whole bunch of Armored Core kits. I spent a lot of time plunking together Cores in the garage in AC1 so I wish they'd done more from the PSX games, but at least the one of those that they did do was NINEBALL.
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 Three more done, now I only have HGAC Shenlong and RG Tallgeese EW to do, and then I'll have no more gundam backlog. (except when I come back to paint/weather them) I have to say I'm getting kind of tired of HG quality gundams, and on some of these later runners the various bits are reused from the similar kits, which I get but is kind of a bummer, they just go in a bag for now while I throw out the runners I know I'll want to get some action bases but god drat I'm going to have to spend $10 each for 8 gundams 
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GreenBuckanneer posted:
I'm excited to see what you think of the RG Tallgeese. It was my first RG and I had a blast, though the parts get super tiny. And yeah, HGs can get samey after a while, especially in the same series.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:I agree, there's tons of models out there but I don't know most of them. I haven’t tried them, and they’re a little spendy, but there’s a variety of Morstorm 1/9 scale Iron Man suit kits that should probably count as mecha, and they look gorgeous from the store display models I’ve seen. CommunityEdition fucked around with this message at 07:24 on Dec 5, 2022 |
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Phy posted:Koto also did a whole bunch of Armored Core kits. I spent a lot of time plunking together Cores in the garage in AC1 so I wish they'd done more from the PSX games, but at least the one of those that they did do was NINEBALL. Nineball Seraph, no less. The ultimate form of the unstoppable number 1 Raven. His fight in Another Age is still something else. I won on my first real go-round... but by the end, I had no ammo, no decoys, and one point of armor. Got to love a fight like that, you know?
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GreenBuckanneer posted:I know I'll want to get some action bases but god drat I'm going to have to spend $10 each for 8 gundams If aesthetics and height are of no concern, Action Base 5 comes with the ability to mount two Gundams per base. And when there's more budget for extra bases it'll still be an Action Base...
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Too funny. These are the first models I built, when I uncovered them in my junk late last year. Yours are a step or two up the quality ladder, but seeing the three of them tickled me. 
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GreenBuckanneer posted:I know I'll want to get some action bases but god drat I'm going to have to spend $10 each for 8 gundams Get a good 3mm wire and you can use one action base for as many gundams as will fit.
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It looks like an angry butterfly wearing a captains hat.
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I always liked that peaked cap look, I really kinda want this even if it's probably based on the ancient Geara Doga kit. So there's a lottery and then it's be on P-Bandai? Probably not much use to westerners for a while unless I visit Japan and Gundam Base.
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More progress on the pg wing zero. Maybe should change the white back panel to grey, I dunno
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Finally got the Gouf painted and put back together. As usual, I learned a lot. I definitely need to do thinner coats when spraying clear. Here I think I got away with it because at first glance the issues look like deliberate shading. I also had that arm piece in the do-not-paint pile and may go back and correct that at some point.  
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I like it. If someone chromed up their mobile suit like a sportscar.
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Arc Hammer posted:I like it. If someone chromed up their mobile suit like a sportscar. Totally, Ramba Ral had a Pontiac Firebird back on Zeon.
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I like it. The pilot just plays this while he's out fighting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KopKyWz8b-g
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LawfulWaffle posted:I recently revived a long-dormant interest in model-making and find myself kind of at the same problem I was at two decades ago: I love giant robots but I have no affinity to any of the figures there are models of. I watched some Gundam on Toonami ages ago, that’s about it. I like that the 30 Minute Mission models are property agonistic and I like their style, but they aren’t very complex. I’m sure I’ll find cool kits, I just wish there were more video game robot kits to match all the anime ones. Have you considered a Tau army?
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BizarroAzrael posted:So there's a lottery and then it's be on P-Bandai? Probably not much use to westerners for a while unless I visit Japan and Gundam Base. Lottery for sale in the Fukuoka locations, then PB and regular Gundam Base locations later, date unconfirmed.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:
You can always go with the Chinese knock offs from AliExpress. I bought five of those for $15. I can't speak to their quality vs actual action bases since I've never used one, but they're working alright for me.
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Prof. Banks posted:You can always go with the Chinese knock offs from AliExpress. I bought five of those for $15. I can't speak to their quality vs actual action bases since I've never used one, but they're working alright for me. An actual action base 5 is only around 5 bucks, so that's not much savings unless you're buying a ton of action bases.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:
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