Bimmi posted:

Would hit it like a runaway train.

I'm trying to wrap my head around the idea of HG 2.0. What would that even entail?

BlitzBlast posted:

Also you can totally just stack backpacks on the Build Strike. I'm waiting for the inevitable All Of The Backpacks custom.

ManSeriesBrofist posted:

Hey for those looking to pre-order the MG X, Amazon has it available for pre-order for 49.99 with Prime shipping.

http://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Hobby-GX-9800-Gundam-After/dp/B00GNNG2NC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389761610&sr=8-1&keywords=MG+Gundam+X

ManSeriesBrofist posted:

So today on a whim, I got the HG Jesta Cannon. It is now my favorite HG and the fact it comes with so many different customization options and stuff to personalize it is pretty sweet.

BlitzBlast posted:

GG's comment sections are hilarious. It's like a microcosm of the entire Gundam fanbase: you aren't allowed to enjoy things, everything you don't like is terrible, Bandai should be making my dream toy, etc.

Also I should totally be working on that guide but . Part 5 just needs a revise and some pictures, and part 6 is mostly done, but eeeeeeeeh. Too busy working on my 3.0.

Blackchamber posted:

Zedd posted:

Gold paint markers are like 4 bucks even where I live so you can always just go that route?

ManSeriesBrofist posted:

So I know it's not exactly Gunpla, but I did pick up a new Super Robot Chogokin today.

Midjack posted:

Also Nina Purpleton.

Neddy Seagoon posted:

Gundamguy's got review pictures of the HG Strike Gundam version No.3,295

http://gundamguy.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/hgce-1144-aile-strike-gundam-review-by.html

I'm surprised they cheaped out on stickers for the Aile's main wings, considering everything else red on it is actual plastic parts. Also, what's the quality like on the Union FLAG 00 kits? Specifically the Graham custom one.

Neddy Seagoon posted:

Nothing else wrong aside from awkward limb posing?

Blackchamber posted:

I bought some top coats to try out locally, but I wanted to try Mr Color flat spray. I went online and most places were out of stock except robots4less so I gave them a try.

My order was over week ago, and I live about 500 miles from them so I knew shipping shouldn't take that long. I emailed them and got no reply. Yesterday I called them and they told me their website crashed and when they got it back up the store put everything as 'in stock'. Rather than taking it down again to fix that or disabling the shopping cart until they inventoried they decided to just keep accepting orders and payment and if they had it they shipped it.
If you were like me and ordered something that was really out of stock, instead of informing you they couldn't fulfill the order they elected to just say nothing and hope you didn't notice until they did get stock. In my case the kid on the phone said it'd be two weeks... maybe (remember I'd already waited over a week before calling). There's the chance it won't be in that shipment.

So yeah, R4L not recommended. I ended up just ordering it from Hobbywave.

BlitzBlast posted:

There'll be a HG... right?

BlitzBlast posted:

Anyways getting back on the subject of the upcoming HG, I'm really interested in seeing how it connects on to the Turn A. If its just a peg (and it probably will be) I can easily put it on anything I want.

Why yes, I think the Destiny needs another pair of wings. And hey, the Perfect Star Build Strike Full Package Plavsky Wing [Speed Mode] could always use something else on the back.

_{poo poo, I actually want to try making that last one now.}

BlitzBlast posted:

I'm wondering what other related things I could throw on that. The IWSP from the old 1/144 Strike Rouge? The Gunbarrel from the 1/144 Dagger 105? Maybe work in the other Build Custom parts?

I'd need like six action bases to keep the thing up, and it'd be glorious. Maybe I'll pitch the idea to my club some day and see if they spring for it.

ManSeriesBrofist posted:

We're getting a model kit from Koto in September.

Neddy Seagoon posted:

You know, I picked up a Jesta Cannon because I thought it'd be too much trouble to hunt down an Overflag.

And then I found one sitting on a shelf plain-as-day as part of the latest shipment at one of my local stores .



It's really not a bad kit, but it could've seriously used some of those soft polycaps considering Bandai got three kits out of the one design. Whoever it was that brought up theirs a while ago, mine has the same weird flaw in the hands - the right one holds either gun comfortably, but it flops out of the left. Just seems weird, as the deflector/shield/spinning-thingy can be slotted onto either arm .

Neddy Seagoon posted:

I think it's the esoteric hands. They're only designed to hold the Flag weapons and nothing else.

Bimmi posted:

Every time another person has touched my models they immediately do something stupid, like they start removing pieces or try to make it do the splits or take it off a shelf and plop it back down, only for it to immediately crash to the floor.

And no one EVER asks first. I've actually had to get shirty with people who've refused to keep their hands off, it's fuckin' ridiculous.