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Welp, my very first Gunpla is here. Guess that'll be the project for the weekend, then.
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Behold, my very first Gunpla:   Filing down the nubs from the sprues wasn't quite as effective as I'd hoped, but everything else seems to have worked out pretty well. Even panel-lined it with a mechanical pencil, though it's quite faint.
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Nov 9, 2014 16:07
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Are there actually any good, solid transformable kits, or does 'transformable' automatically equal 'floppy, fragile piece of crap'?
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Nov 10, 2014 01:01
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Dang, that MG Exia Dark Matter looks so much better than the HG. Its in-show appearance trod this careful line between 'goofy, tryhard mass of spiky plastic' and 'genuinely intimidating', and the MG pushes it way further towards the latter end of the scale. I've now received Patrick's Enact, the Throne Zwei, and an Action Base in the mail, so that's my weekend set up. Here's to seeing just how floppy the Enact actually is - the Base should at least give me an acceptable Plan B if the answer is 'too floppy'. I also want to give the Arche a go, and if my Enact build goes well, Ali's custom version is a very sexy-looking piece of kit. Just wish 00 had more good-looking hero suits to set them off with. Maybe the Dynames or Cherudim? Ah, well, at least Reconguista in G seems to have learned its lesson and given the badass Zeonesque designs to the good guys.
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Nov 27, 2014 19:12
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So for future Gunpla-ordering plans, how are the HG Dynames and Cherudim? Any red flags I need to know about, or are they solid kits?
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Nov 29, 2014 14:06
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The Ver.ka ZZ looks pretty good and show-accurate, from a quick GIS. Anything obviously terrible about it I'm missing? On a related note, how are the Zeta MGs? I like all the main suit designs in that show - the Hyaku-Shiki, the Qubeley, the The O, and the Gundams - and was thinking of using them as my introduction to Master Grades.
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Nov 30, 2014 19:15
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poo poo, I got confused and was looking at a fanmade conversion. Never mind.
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Nov 30, 2014 21:30
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:So I'm making my gunpla shelf into something of a diorama. My plan is to have MG RX-78-2 vs MG Zaku II and HG Unicorn vs HG Sinanju. Cherudim versus Arche? 00 S2 wasn't great, but the kits are solid by all reports, and there's something special about gun-kata versus laser-foot breakdancing.
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Dec 1, 2014 22:10
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I really wish SEED had less of a monopoly on the good kits. Its mechanical designs are just so ugly and... well... plasticky (yes, I know everything in this thread is a plastic toy, but I prefer my plastic toys to look like they're representing something more realistic or more interestingly futuristic and alien, not another, fictional plastic toy). Suits that are good to build are one thing, but you need the end result to be visually pleasing as well.
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Dec 2, 2014 02:03
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Kibner posted:Just getting into this hobby after a recent vacation to Japan and buying $100 worth of Acguy kits (Jaburo combo pack, MG kit, and social edition gold HG kit). Because he is just adorable. Juagg centrepiece, of course?
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Dec 4, 2014 00:30
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everythingWasBees posted:The Kapool! The best mobile suit ever designed! He asked for Zeon suits. The Kapool is a proud Amerian design, just like how the Borjarnon has nothing to do with those weird Zaku things. 
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Dec 4, 2014 01:35
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ActionZero posted:Behold the glory of the Agguguy. Haman thought it was worth fighting in. You ain't going to dispute Haman's taste, are you?
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Dec 4, 2014 03:10
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muike posted:Do you even know how to neg? ... Are you hitting on me? Anyway; gonna give my new kits a try tomorrow. See what I learned from the GN-X.
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Dec 4, 2014 03:39
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Done the Enact. Why the hell did you guys tell me it was floppy? If anything, its articulation's slightly on the stiff side, though not enough to be a problem. The stickers were fiddly and kept flaking off (yes, I took the proper precautions, it was just those weird angles you're supposed to wrap them across), the small feet make it difficult to balance, the sonic blade looks nothing like the in-show version, and it can't hold its gun all that well, but it's still a beautiful suit that recaptures that sense of awe I felt when I watched the opening few minutes of 00 and watched this fresh, sleek, alien design dance through that ludicrously difficult training course... before some dumb, recycled blue-and-white thing shanked it a few seconds later. Glamour shots tomorrow, and maybe I'll give the Throne Zwei a go as well. After that, it's time to order the Arche and Ali's Enact - hopefully I can learn from my mistakes and make that one a prettier build.
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Dec 5, 2014 03:35
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BizarroAzrael posted:You know what? I'm coming around on a few of the AGE designs, the Farsia looks like it might be neat, I quite like the back/shoulder armour. Shame that girl = pink. The Fawn Farsia has its perks as a suit, but the Farsia itself is literally an immobile, remote-controlled weapons silo into which a girl is stuffed so that she might be fridged to fuel the main character's angst (hence the weird fused-together legs). No matter how nice the suit looks, it's hard to get over that once you've seen it in context. Most of the G1 and G2 Vagan suits are pretty good-looking, though, and all of Woolf's machines (the Genoace Custom, G-Exes, and G-Bouncer) are quite lovely.
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Dec 8, 2014 17:14
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Got the Arche, Exia, Cherudim, Dynames, and Ali's Enact on the way. Still need to build my Throne Zwei, but I should be able to get that done soon.
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Dec 28, 2014 01:18
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Any idea what's next on the G-Reco release calendar? Because the designs are a mishmash of 0079, Victory, and Turn A with modern Gunpla technology, it is my catnip, and the only thing keeping me from blowing my whole budget on everything in the range right now is the tiny pool of available designs (nothing from the Capital Army, the first half's main antagonists? Really, guys?).
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Dec 29, 2014 03:42
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John Carstairs posted:The Elf Bullock's coming in February, I believe, and the Mack Knife's being released in March, if it's Capital Army suits you want. Honestly, I want them all, but it especially seems like a shame to only have hero suits without some villains to balance them out. Mask's machines are a good start, but in addition to the neat Towasangan stuff, I could definitely go for some Wuxias and Caitsiths.
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Dec 29, 2014 04:10
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Finally got the Throne Zwei done. Behold, my first three HGs. 
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Dec 30, 2014 22:59
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Do any of the Tierens come with commander variant pieces? Because I wouldn't mind putting together one of Sergei's S1 machines.
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Dec 31, 2014 02:15
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BlitzBlast posted:The Val Varo was half-finished during the OYW, but then that ended and it was left incomplete. Crazy one arm dude just spent 4 years finishing it. Not really. It's just an upgraded Bigro with extra weapons from the Adzam, nothing drastic.
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Jan 4, 2015 16:04
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BlitzBlast posted:The Val Varo is something like five times faster than the Bigro, and yet entirely controllable by an Oldtype with one arm. That is kind of sort of bullshit. Nah, the Bigro was pretty goddamned fast (fast enough to make Amuro almost black out with the G-forces when it grabbed him), and was also controllable by a single Oldtype pilot. That was its primary selling point, being big, tough, and faster than anything a mobile suit could manage. The VV just upped the agility a little and stuck on more guns.
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Jan 4, 2015 16:57
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Did the Gundam 00 line not do well? It seems pretty light on MGs.
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Jan 11, 2015 03:53
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Is the Over Flag just Graham's Custom Flag with the upgraded gun, or are there any other differences?
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Jan 12, 2015 19:48
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BlitzBlast posted:It's a rightie instead of a leftie. Otherwise, exact same thing. I don't see how that's a function of the kit and its parts, though. Surely you can just have it hold the gun its other hand and attach the defence rod to its other arm? They're pretty symmetrical, aren't they? Or does the Custom Flag have an extra open-hand part on its right?
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Jan 12, 2015 20:00
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BlitzBlast posted:...You asked for what the difference was, and I told you. Yeah, I was talking in pure kit terms. I know the in-show differences, I was just wondering how they were represented by the actual Gunpla. Basically, if I bought an OF to represent Graham's custom machine, would I be missing anything except the older gun? Darth Walrus fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Jan 12, 2015 |
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Jan 12, 2015 22:08
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Neddy Seagoon posted:The HG kit actually comes with both the upgraded and original guns. It's also very floppy if you don't position the limbs juuuust right, because it has no polycaps. The transformation gimmick's nice and simple though. See, everyone says this, but I've now put two Enacts together and they're stiff as hell (FYI, I recommend Ali's machine - it's got less stickers and holds its weapon better than the Enact Test Type). I would assume that Flags, given their similar designs, would work pretty much the same way. And the Custom comes with the upgraded gun as well? Sweet.
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Jan 13, 2015 04:39
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Yosuke posted:Ali's custom one. I don't know if there's a real difference between loadouts of the model though (he has a normal Custom and of course the Agrissa compatible one). Ali's Enact has a different head design, redesigned pelvic armour, that neat gun/sword with the slide-out bayonet, and a holster for its sonic blade. The Agrissa version is just a recolour. For the record, while you will have to repaint it, the Test Type has the standard non-officer head as well (two horns, not three), so you can build it as a regular mook as well as Patrick's souped-up version. Got the Dynames in the mail today, and it doesn't have the pistols or beam sabers, meaning it's GN Sniper Rifle or nothing. Bah. On the other hand, it can do the eye thing. Not sure why you guys said it couldn't. Darth Walrus fucked around with this message at 13:56 on Jan 13, 2015 |
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Jan 13, 2015 13:53
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Basically every suit Woolf flies looks great, if we're talking AGE designs.
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Jan 17, 2015 15:47
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Maybe the Zaku Amazing first? Your first kit won't be your best kit, so it might be good to get som practice in before the glory that is the Kampfer, the ZA shows up earlier in the show, and you mentioned that your kid likes Zakus.
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Jan 19, 2015 02:56
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:That kit is a complete brick though. Presumably the kid actually wants to do stuff with it beyond "place it in one pose and never approach it again, lest it explode into a million bits". Ah, fair enough. Wasn't familiar with the horror stories.
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Jan 19, 2015 02:59
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Do the HGs after 00 get better at providing appropriately-coloured blades for their beam weapons? Because the only kit I've got so far with a proper transparent beam sabre is the GN-X. You would have thought it would be pretty straightforward for the Exia, Dynames, and Arche, too. Fortunately, they have enough weapon options that I can just ignore that stuff, but it is mildly annoying.
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Jan 23, 2015 19:52
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BlitzBlast posted:Yes, beam saber effect parts became standard after 00 S1. After S2, you mean? Because the Arche doesn't have them on its beam feet, for one. I must say, though, looking at GIS, I am impressed by how they resolved the modelling nightmare of the Garazzo's weapons.
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Jan 23, 2015 20:50
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Cao Ni Ma posted:
Is it just me, or does the HG form have the Zeong thing going on? As in, no legs?
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Jan 31, 2015 00:24
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Gearhead posted:Blows things the gently caress up, basically. Basically, the Virtue and its descendants were the 'siege Gundams', designed to obliterate enormous hard targets. In practice, they were kind of redundant because beam weapons were so powerful, and the Dynames series offered good enough firepower with far fewer drawbacks. Tieria got around this with the Seravee by giving it six arms and strapping guns and beam sabers on all of them, and then strapping on more guns because there was free space on his Gundam and gently caress that noise.
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Feb 5, 2015 12:15
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:To be fair, goon favourite Gundam X has a completely impractical massive gun too. Then the Double X happened and just said "gently caress IT STRAP ANOTHER ONE ON" The X series were decently agile all-rounders that just happened to have giant fuckoff doomcannons in addition to the standard swords and rifles. The Virtue, meanwhile, had three options - 'stand still and fire my big, slow beam cannon', 'stand still and fire my slightly less big and slow beam cannons', and 'oh poo poo guess I need to disassemble my entire suit now'. I imagine a great deal of angry yelling at Celestial Being's engineers happened during the development of Tieria's replacement machine.
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Feb 5, 2015 14:53
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Neddy Seagoon posted:The Virtue's design was sound because it was mostly up against conventional weaponry that couldn't do jack to its condensed GN-Particle field, and the Seravee addressed the issues it had with close combat pretty well. For those that haven't seen 00, the shoulder and knee cannons fold out into beam saber-wielding arms for a total of six along with the ones stored in the wrists of the actual arms. The kit, sadly, can't replicate this as it only has two "beam cannon hands" and those are for the Seraphim Gundam on its back (the shoulder cannons are its arms). Oh yeah, the Seravee fixed just about everything, but it's hard to argue that it had a lot to fix. I mean, the Virtue got punked by Tierens and (repeatedly) by Patrick Colasour. That's just embarrassing.
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Feb 5, 2015 15:50
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I was thinking of getting a HG RX-78 and Zaku (or Gelgoog). What are the good, recent kits for those, if any?
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Feb 16, 2015 22:08
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On closer inspection, it looks like everything showed up in the 2007 HGUC line. That decent?
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Feb 16, 2015 22:34
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BizarroAzrael posted:I really hope they ramp up on G-Reco kits soon, want a Hecate pretty bad. There are very, very few G-Reco kits that I do not want.
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