Ladies and gentlemen, feast your eyes upon the glory that is the Neo Zeong! (Spoiler'd due to huge size)
Spoiler:
That thing is a whopping 860mm tall, and yet it's still half the price of a FW Titan!
Also, we have prototype pics of the upcoming releases!
Zeta Plus - I'll buy one.
Schutzrum Gallus - I really like this one. I have to get one.
Gundam Airmaster - no question about it, I need to own one.
Bandai, as usual, knocks these all out of the park. Hopefully the HGUC Zussa prototype will show up soon since I think that one is actually due out before any of these.
Barzam wrote: Ladies and gentlemen, feast your eyes upon the glory that is the Neo Zeong! (Spoiler'd due to huge size)
Spoiler:
That thing is a whopping 860mm tall, and yet it's still half the price of a FW Titan!
Is this real life?
Is this just a variation? Because I'm pretty sure this doesn't happen in Gundam Unicorn. It's like someone took all the best bits from every Zeon MA and glued them to the Sinanju (I wonder if it's removable). It's like the Gundam version of a DreadKnight. This is high-grade baby-carrying.
I need to start saving money now and figure out where to order one of these.
I would love to build that Neo Zeong, but I think I'll have to settle for the Sd version. Unless I leave it at the inlaw's house... I know Keiko's dad likes a lot of my big flashy MG models I've built over the years to sit on display.
Rainyday wrote: It's like the Gundam version of a DreadKnight.
Here I was thinking it's just a Zeon wannabe Dendrobium, but made enormous because they're compensating for not thinking of a MA piloted by a MS first.
This thread also made me buy and assemble a Kotobukiya HMM 1/72 ZOIDS Shadow Fox the other week. I forgot how much I enjoy HMM/Mastergrade models but they take forever to build(5 hours on Monday, 4 hours last night, and another hour this morning to finish it).
Barzam wrote: Ladies and gentlemen, feast your eyes upon the glory that is the Neo Zeong! (Spoiler'd due to huge size)
Spoiler:
That thing is a whopping 860mm tall, and yet it's still half the price of a FW Titan!
Is this real life?
Is this just a variation? Because I'm pretty sure this doesn't happen in Gundam Unicorn. It's like someone took all the best bits from every Zeon MA and glued them to the Sinanju (I wonder if it's removable). It's like the Gundam version of a DreadKnight. This is high-grade baby-carrying.
I need to start saving money now and figure out where to order one of these.
It supposedly happens in Unicorn Episode 7.
And I must have either Zeta Plus, or Airmaster....or.....both......
Barzam wrote: Ladies and gentlemen, feast your eyes upon the glory that is the Neo Zeong! (Spoiler'd due to huge size)
Spoiler:
That thing is a whopping 860mm tall, and yet it's still half the price of a FW Titan!
And yeah, getting at least 3 Airmasters.. I gotta make me some Seekers.
You have beaten me to the punch with your post.
What a miniature, although that's perhaps the wrong word to use! If you imagine it with an excitable Japanese doing a voiceover for the advert it becomes even more impressive.
I don't think they're that rare. They were reissued a couple years back. And I'm sure they'll be reissued again in a few more years. Aoshima likes to do that.
That said, I do kick myself for not grabbing one from the Mandarake near my brother's place. They had a Mazurka, pretty sure it was the reissue. The only reason I didn't get it was because I wasn't sure I'd have room for it in my suitcase for the trip back home.
I thought for a moment you meant the Mandarake that used to be out here that we frequented. They had one too. No telling how brittle that plastic would have been after all these years... remember that Dorvack kit you bought?
I have fond memories of seeing that model in the display case of a hobby shop in the mall of all places when I was young.
Jehan-reznor wrote: OMG these are rare, you have butchered it! Heresy! (PS i never understood why 40K tracks are rusty, wouldn't they have an Alloy that doesn't rust?)
Anyway i want to use mine as a Destroyer Tank Hunter
I looked at the impracticality of the low placed main gun on the hull as it would be for cross country traveling and it getting caught in places and filled with dirt or rocks. Very bad to have that happen. So, I moved the main gun to the turretshort barreled Heavy Bolter in the hull. My next one I will make as the kit has it as TD with support weapons in the turret.
Barzam wrote: I don't think they're that rare. They were reissued a couple years back. And I'm sure they'll be reissued again in a few more years. Aoshima likes to do that.
That said, I do kick myself for not grabbing one from the Mandarake near my brother's place. They had a Mazurka, pretty sure it was the reissue. The only reason I didn't get it was because I wasn't sure I'd have room for it in my suitcase for the trip back home.
Then the one i found in manderake must be old, orange brittle plastic and the building plans all discolored.
They had this one at manderake. maybe i will pick it up next time
Anyway could this be used as a Imperial knight or titan proxy?
Zuul wrote: I'm wondering what colours of paint they use to achieve that skin tone.
Paint? This isn't the 90s when those girly figures were all unpainted garage kits. No sir, those are pre-colored these days. Most of the time, those things are cast in the final colors.
Nice job on both. They're very nice looking tanks. I really like those smooth lines on the Techno Police tanks though. I'm really going to have to track one down someday.
Barzam wrote: Nice job on both. They're very nice looking tanks. I really like those smooth lines on the Techno Police tanks though. I'm really going to have to track one down someday.
Yeah, never did get the MBT-99A, I really want the thing, I am hoping that Hobby Search will get some in so I can order 2 MBT-99A and another MBT-90D as the design as is and make it a TD.
I don't recognize that manufacturer's logo. Anyone familiar with them?
I'm sure some of you have heard the announcement about Bandai's new 1/100 line?
Nightingale, followed by Gundam Mk. III and GP-04.
I've been wanting a proper Gundam Mk. III model for YEARS. Now they're finally going to give in and make one, and it turns out to be a 1/100 kit. Bah! I wanted a 1/144 one. It's interesting though that the Nightingale is using a simpler construction method similar to the 1/48 Gundam kits. Nightingale will go on sale in September and is going to be around 8,000 yen. Surprisingly cheap for something of its size.
There's also finally some pictures of the Zussa from Unicorn. And boy does it look awesome!
I'll be needing one of those.
Something else possibly of interest, a new 1/48 scale kit of the AV-98 Ingram based on the new live-action Patlabor series.
The Ingram itself will be out in September. The new live action series is a tv show.... I think. I'm not entirely sure. It's either a tv show or a straight to video series. It's called patlabor: Next Generation.
Lucky you, that kit also happens to be in scale with 28mm stuff.
Shame the Alphonse isn't actually functional. I seem to recall that they're going to have it fight the Kuratas. I also seem to recall Bandai was at least teasing a diecast toy of the Kuratas. I wonder if they're do a 1/48 kit of it too to go with the Ingram.
For those who don't know what Kuratas is, it's this thing.
The lighting unit is just for making the radiators light up with LEDs. In the game, all tanks have radiators as weakpoints on their rear, which glow a bright blue, as if to say "SHOOT THIS."
The armour plates make it look a lot more "tactical" than the standard GitS spider robots. It has good surface details for painting and probably can be converted pretty easily to add different weapons or arms. There are some option parts included.
I'm a bit disappointed. I found the Kuratas that Bandai had been teasing. It isn't a model and isn't 1/48 scale. It's actually going to be a toy (if it actually happens) in their Chogokin line and it'll be 1/35 scale. I was rather hoping they'd do a 1/48 kit to go with their Patlabor. The idea of converting one into an IG unit is extremely appealing to me.
I have ordered one. It doesn't launch until September, and I don't have to pay yet as I have an account at HLJ. Depending on circumstances I might order some more. I reckon I can always use one on general principles as an SF model and if I can think of a unit to represent -- perhaps Broadsides -- I could get some more.
Jehan-reznor wrote: OMG these are rare, you have butchered it! Heresy! (PS i never understood why 40K tracks are rusty, wouldn't they have an Alloy that doesn't rust?)
Anyway i want to use mine as a Destroyer Tank Hunter
I looked at the impracticality of the low placed main gun on the hull as it would be for cross country traveling and it getting caught in places and filled with dirt or rocks. Very bad to have that happen. So, I moved the main gun to the turretshort barreled Heavy Bolter in the hull. My next one I will make as the kit has it as TD with support weapons in the turret.
Granted - the barrel is mounted a bit higher, but it demonstrates how a turretless tank can be effective even by modern design standards.
Can't wait till the Patlabor comes out. I will be needing a good half dozen of those for an army I have been wanting to build since...well, pretty much since I saw the Patlabor movie. Hopefully they will be doing matching 1/48 scale Hell Hounds as well.
Fafnir wrote: Reactive armour is typically extra plating that helps to mitigate damage in a specific area by exploding on impact with weaponry.
As for the LED Mirage, 5 Star Stories always had some really badass mech designs (even if it is kind of ripped off from L Gaim), and this is just amazing.
Considering L Gaim is also by Nagano (and the Junchoon is basically L Gaim)... this is unsurprising. Asura Temple FTW
Fafnir wrote: Reactive armour is typically extra plating that helps to mitigate damage in a specific area by exploding on impact with weaponry.
As for the LED Mirage, 5 Star Stories always had some really badass mech designs (even if it is kind of ripped off from L Gaim), and this is just amazing.
Considering L Gaim is also by Nagano (and the Junchoon is basically L Gaim)... this is unsurprising. Asura Temple FTW
That makes a lot of sense. I knew there was a link between the two series, hadn't figured it was that.
Anybody know how tall these 1/100 destroids are? I'm thinking of replacing my missile-sides with non-GW models for giggles. My usual opponent is a giant GW fanboi and it might cause him to have a heart attack.
Count me in as anxiously waiting the arrival of a Gundam Mk III.
Wanted one for years, and Bandai US even teased a deluxe MSIA figure when they still had Gundam in the US. Didn't ever seem to materialize, and I'm in no hurry to track down the super expensive HCM model from the 80s.
Did Nagano design the Mk. III? It always seemed to have the more spindly limbs that he liked to design.
agnosto wrote: Anybody know how tall these 1/100 destroids are?
I got curious too - best I could find was this
Huh that isn't that tall then really. Those knives are pretty common. Work fine as a 28mm large robot, but piloted mecha is a bit of a stretch, and definitely not to it's on "proper" scale (building sized i mean)
Hmm. I used to have some Destroid kits years ago. While I don't own any anymore, I do have a 1/100 Valk. If you guys can wait a couple days, I should be able to get a pic of it next to a Marine or something.
Fafnir wrote: Reactive armour is typically extra plating that helps to mitigate damage in a specific area by exploding on impact with weaponry.
As for the LED Mirage, 5 Star Stories always had some really badass mech designs (even if it is kind of ripped off from L Gaim), and this is just amazing.
Considering L Gaim is also by Nagano (and the Junchoon is basically L Gaim)... this is unsurprising. Asura Temple FTW
That makes a lot of sense. I knew there was a link between the two series, hadn't figured it was that.
He was the Mechanical (and possibly character) visual Designer for L-Gaim, but he didn't really like the way the story went apparently so FSS is sort of 'his' version of the archetypes, but concentrating on the past, with a few changes (Amu in the FSS world is the descendent of nobility, whereas in L-Gaim she was an aspiring actress turned bandit).
The actual L-Gaim characters appear in Five Star Stories? I knew there was an extremely loose connection between the two series beyond just the mecha designs, but I didn't know the characters themselves were in it.
Barzam wrote: The actual L-Gaim characters appear in Five Star Stories? I knew there was an extremely loose connection between the two series beyond just the mecha designs, but I didn't know the characters themselves were in it.
They have equivalents rather than it being the actual character.
Barzam wrote: The actual L-Gaim characters appear in Five Star Stories? I knew there was an extremely loose connection between the two series beyond just the mecha designs, but I didn't know the characters themselves were in it.
I remember a guy who looked like Daba in there at one point.
I was bad and bought the supermarket model kits to build the hideous monstrosity on the left. Haven't seen all the pieces to make the one on the right. Got all the other sentai kits going back a good 8 or 9 years now.
Then I was suckered into buying yet another set of Honehonezaurus. This time it's their samurai Sengoku era castle. It's built out of 4 "kits," and I will use that term quite lightly, but the top, the castle section, and the two dino heads that support the doors are all sold individually and can be built as hideous looking dinosaurs. Plus they all come with tiny little skeleton henchmen. These figures are my super market kryptonite, and I can't help but buy a few every time I see them. My son's got craploads of them now.
A lot of the FSS MH have a direct counterpart with HM, if not a loose link (based on some aesthetic features).
A lot that weren't were designs for L-Gaim that didn't make it into the show, or were drawn afterwards. Blood Temple -> LED Mirage (not to be confused with the FSS Blood Temple, which is different). Proto KOG -> KOG; Emper Temple -> Jagt Mirage.
Barzam wrote: Really? The Bang Doll is based on the Mk.2? Well, that just gives me even more reason to get one. You also left out the Ashura Temple
Ashra temple, despite having the same name and the four hands gimmick, didn't actually look that similar.
Bang Doll was loosely based on the Mk2, though IMO looks a bit similar to the Gayrahm too. I think most people regard it [the Bang Doll] as one of the best looking ones ever made.
So I guess the Tokyo Toy Show is going on right now. Not a whole lot of new stuff has shown up, but there are a few things of interest.
Number 1, somehow Bandai got the license to do Star War merchandise.
Upcoming 1/72 Bandai X-Wing model.
Star Wars Eggs
Movie Realization Samurai Vader (He's 6" tall, same as the Star Wars Black series Hasbro puts out)
Biggest shocker, Star Wars Figuarts
1/12 scale fully poseable model kit
This sort of makes me wonder if Hasbro may be losing the liscense in the near future. I mean, they've guarded Star Wars pretty jealously since they bought Kenner in the 90s and now another company is making action figures in the exact same scale they are and with higher production quality to boot.
Another shot of the upcoming 1/48 Ingram kit
Also, new Gundam Build Fighters series.
And, probably not as interesting to everyone else as it is to me, Kotobukiya just announced an expansion set for the Frame Arms Kagatsuchi-cho kit.
It changes it from a tank-like humanoid, to a centaur-like mobile armor for space combat. Neat!
I like the base robot and would buy it except that I already have too many robots. The add-on kit does a great job ringing the changes and creating a different look.
Interesting about the Star Wars stuff. I will shed no tears for Hasbro after they've killed off far too many things I've enjoyed over the years.
I'll be excited about a new Builders if we get some honest to goodness new SD stuff. I've had a bit of an SD void since the Sangokuden stuff ended. At the very least there's a new update of an old model every few months, like this guy.
After having owned the original for many years, this is a cool figure!
Love the Frame Arms line. The Extend Arms looks interesting, though a bit pricey. At least it looks to be a large number of parts. I don't have the base kit yet, so I guess I'll order both at once.
The reason the Extend Arms 05 is so much more expensive than the previous ones is because it uses a Frame Architect. It's basically a whole new figure.
highlord tamburlaine wrote: Interesting about the Star Wars stuff. I will shed no tears for Hasbro after they've killed off far too many things I've enjoyed over the years.
I'll be excited about a new Builders if we get some honest to goodness new SD stuff. I've had a bit of an SD void since the Sangokuden stuff ended. At the very least there's a new update of an old model every few months, like this guy.
Spoiler:
After having owned the original for many years, this is a cool figure!
Eh, lots of Gundam SD still coming out and there is this whole SD fighting model game, will check for the name at the Joshin near my company.
You're right Jehan, there is plenty of SD stuff still coming out, but it's back to being a trickle, whereas during their big Sangokuden push it was a steady and constant stream. Hope to go grab the new Sinnaju suit next week if time permits.
I'm also well aware of Danball Senki (which is were my avatar is from), but unfortunately the lines don't seem to mix and match as well as I would like. It seems to have tapered off as well since the last show ended.
One thing I know is that Level-5, the designers, are pretty good at milking a series for all it's worth, and there's two new kits supposed to be coming out towards the end of summer. Maybe it will lead into a new series? Only time (and maybe CoroCoro Comics) will tell!
Well, you could always get some Majin Bone stuff if you want something a little different.
Supposedly, Danball Senki will finally make it to the US sometime soon along with other licensed character kits like that Darth Vader. They'll be part of a line called Spru-Kits. The line will have Danball Senki, Halo, and DC Comics for a start. They said there'd be three classes in the line and that the mid range will be 6", fully poseable figures just like the Darth Vader one. Apparently there's also going to be a Storm Trooper, C-3PO, and R2-D2 kits as well.
Unfortunately, I don't see Danball Senki doing that well in the US. For some reason, Bandai just doesn't know how to market models in the US.
...actually, I did pick up one of the Majin Bone kits. Got the Dragon one, and I'm afraid I'll probably pick up the other two regular ones before I head back home, just so I can have my fake sentai team/ Saint Seiya knock offs.
Actually, the way you build the bodies, I could totally see Saint Seiya figures being done in this fashion.
Anyone build that Nobunaga the Fool kit? I found one pretty cheap the other day. Then I thought about it, and it was probably cheap for a reason. Of course that didn't stop me from grabbing a few more Danball Senki kits I found on clearance!
How are those Valvrave kits? I keep seeing them really cheap, but I'm afraid it's going to be all sorts of crazy frustration.
And if you want a Titan, what you need is this if you want to strike fear into your opponent. Spoilered in case of blinding people with its sheer awesomeness.
highlord tamburlaine wrote: ...actually, I did pick up one of the Majin Bone kits. Got the Dragon one, and I'm afraid I'll probably pick up the other two regular ones before I head back home, just so I can have my fake sentai team/ Saint Seiya knock offs.
Actually, the way you build the bodies, I could totally see Saint Seiya figures being done in this fashion.
Anyone build that Nobunaga the Fool kit? I found one pretty cheap the other day. Then I thought about it, and it was probably cheap for a reason. Of course that didn't stop me from grabbing a few more Danball Senki kits I found on clearance!
How are those Valvrave kits? I keep seeing them really cheap, but I'm afraid it's going to be all sorts of crazy frustration.
And if you want a Titan, what you need is this if you want to strike fear into your opponent. Spoilered in case of blinding people with its sheer awesomeness.
Spoiler:
I'm not surprised that you wound up with a Majin Bone figure. I'm tempted to pick up the Dragon and Wolf ones. How are they? How big are they also? Do they have a lot of decals?
I've got Valvarave I, the red one. It's actually a decent kit. Honestly, my biggest complaint with it is the fact that they didn't include all of the idnividual weapons. Instead they have them all fixed in place on the rifle, something which they do late in the second season. So it's got a bunch of weapons, but you can't use any of them besides the swords, the kamas, and the fully combined gun. Beyond that, the kit was okay. A lot of decals and the scabbards don't like to stay attached to the wing binders. Those wings can get in the way a bit, but they aren't overly fiddly or anything. I can't speak for the other Valvraves though, I do know that they cheaped out a bit on the gimmicks of two of them. The yellow one's large arms would split apart into four smaller ones in the anime, but they left that feature out on the kit. I know they cheaped out on the extra legs on the green one, too. I think they made them unposeable or something. I'm not sure about the blue and purple ones though.
I can't really speak for THE FOOL either. It seems like none of the Japanese sites have bought it. It seems to me that Bandai is doing a one-and-done with Nobunaga The Fool. There's other mechs in the show that IMHO look much better than THE FOOL, but I seriously doubt Bandai is going to make them.
You know, I kind of like the look of the G-Self. It makes some nice departures from the Gundam Standard that make it look interesting. As far as main MS, it pales in comparison to the Turn A, which is the finest in the franchise, but I can see myself getting behind it. Not a fan of the Aile pack, however. That gimmick's been done, and it looks really forced on this one. Tomino's been pretty resentful of toyetic designs, and it's a shame to see Bandai/Sunrise throwing that on him again.
Looking at the press release for the G-Self and some stills from the latest preview, it looks like you're right in that there are various backpacks. Like the Impulse, it looks like its color will change depending on which backpack it has equipped. Artwork in the latest preview shows a much bulkier loadout equipped to this version of the G-Self as well as a very large, red one with cannons over its shoulders and large binder fins on its back. It looks like a space loadout.
From the latest preview, the show looks a LOT like Eureka Seven AO. I get a sense of AO mixed with some Turn A and a dash of King Gainer.
Oh, and this awesome looking guy is going to be the second HG kit. It doesn't look like there's a solid release date just yet, but both are due out before the end of the year. I'm betting they'll probably have an October release.
And There's a very cool looking mystery MS in the shot with that lineart. I captured the image.
Daba wrote: A lot of the FSS MH have a direct counterpart with HM, if not a loose link (based on some aesthetic features).
A lot that weren't were designs for L-Gaim that didn't make it into the show, or were drawn afterwards. Blood Temple -> LED Mirage (not to be confused with the FSS Blood Temple, which is different). Proto KOG -> KOG; Emper Temple -> Jagt Mirage.
I would just like to point out that the Neo Zeong is out. It comes with its own special Neo Zeon bag to carry it in. Upon seeing this thing and the engineering that went into it, I think GW and Forgeworld ought to hang their heads in shame.
Kilkrazy wrote: OT and liable to start a whinefest but GW are going backwards with their plastic models when you look at the monopose character kits.
and the stupid knights are monopose as well. Compared to Japanese makers, GW kits have always been low-detail and low-value; I've gotten stuff for 100yen that looks better than a great deal of what GW produces.
Kilkrazy wrote: OT and liable to start a whinefest but GW are going backwards with their plastic models when you look at the monopose character kits.
and the stupid knights are monopose as well. Compared to Japanese makers, GW kits have always been low-detail and low-value; I've gotten stuff for 100yen that looks better than a great deal of what GW produces.
I bought one of the evangelion robots, it is a toy but fully move-able and lots of 10000yen (about 100$) totally worth it
It's the Calamity Dog from Blue Knight! There's two types. This one and a green one with an actual head. I've got the (rather crappy) action figures of them that CM's Corp made during the big VOTOMS boom in the early 2000s. If I'm remembering correctly, back when Kotobukiya used to be a garage kit company, they made resin kits of both types of Calamity Dog along with just about every other AT from Blue Knight Berserga.
I don't know the dimensions. 1/200 scale is much smaller than 40K but ships tend to be pretty large so it may be big enough to put infantry on top of without them looking too stupid. I mean it might look like a small sky sailing ship.
Another possible use would be the gondola of a large Zeppelin.
The Cosmo Fleet toys from Megahouse are not going to scale well with most games. I think they're going to be too big for BFG or Firestorm Armada. They look good though.
I believe this is a new tooling or at least revised as it is snap fit. I remember the one I had in the late 80s being a standard kind of model that you have to cement together. It is a fairly large model in 1/72. The pilot sits in the head.
This model was used for the original unseen "Wolverine" in Battletech though they made it a medium mech.
It is very hard to remember but I vaguely recall it being much chunkier in 1/72 than the Griffin (Roundfacer) and Shadowhawk models that were also 1/72 and used in the game as 55 ton medium mechs.
With all these models being re-issued I am very tempted to buy a load and run mega scale Battletech games in Marsh Meadows in Henley.
My kits bought in the late 80s to early 90s were a mixture of Japanese Dougram and Macross, and US Robotech.
For example I had various Roundfacer, Blockhead, etc. and Battlemaster, Variable Fighter and alien kits (Pod Glaug), as well as Crusher Joe (the Locust).
It was a mess but a beautiful mess. I sold most of them in the mid to late 90s. I should say I regret it, which I do in a way, but on the other hand I would probably have collapsed my house with the number of such kits if I kept them.
At least I have the Ral Partha metal models for the tabletop game.
Happy days!
Maybe I could persuade people to cosplay various mecha for a giant size game?!?!?
Man, I used to have the old metal Battletech figures of the Iron Foot, and the Big Foot. I think I may have even had the Blockhead. My dad had painted them all up in winter camo. Brings back memories.
If it were a bit cheaper, like 3-4 thousand yen, I would probably consider getting that. It actually looks pretty good. Manages to not only look better than the old model, but it looks better than it did in the show and the lineart, too.
I had a few Macross (Robotech) models, aura battler dunbine, 6 feet walker from dougram and one of the toys i bought from Transformer Jetfire was really a valkery from Macross.
I still have all the original "unseen" Battletech models in metal.
Back in the mid-80s, the Japanese models kits of these robots, from Macross, Dougram and Crusher Joe, were exotic and interesting imports in the local model shops that still were common at the time. I remember often taking the tube down to Turnham Green in west London to visit my favourite shop and invest in another couple of kits.
At one stage I had enough 1/72 scale models to play scenarios in the garden with up to 24 mechs. This unfortunately had to be put away and I sold everything off years ago.
I wouldn't mind a 1/72 Locust. It was always my favorite of the unseen. In the first Mechwarrior back in the 8 bit days I could finish the game with just one Locust.
Back in the day I had two bi-metal 72 scale kits from the Dougram line. As unseen they were the Griffin and the Nighthawk, in the anime I believe they were the Roundfacer and the Dougram. The kits had plasic exterior armor and a metal frame. I don't know what I did with those, but man I wish I still had them. Lol they were $25 a piece back in the 80's and I thought they were so damn expensive!!
I had kits of the Locust (Ostall) and "Skateboy" from Crusher Joe. They are still available on eBay. The scale is supposedly 1/32 and 1/20, but I remember the models being really fairly small. About three inches high.
Back in the day I had two bi-metal 72 scale kits from the Dougram line. As unseen they were the Griffin and the Nighthawk, in the anime I believe they were the Roundfacer and the Dougram. The kits had plasic exterior armor and a metal frame. I don't know what I did with those, but man I wish I still had them. Lol they were $25 a piece back in the 80's and I thought they were so damn expensive!!
Those weren't model kits. They were part of Takara's Dual Model series of die-cast toys. As I recall, Dougram formed half of the line while the other half was VOTOMS stuff. There was actually a larger deluxe Dougram Dual Model that used magnets. There was also a Blockhead in the Dual Model line. It had clear armor along with the colored armor.
Back in the day I had two bi-metal 72 scale kits from the Dougram line. As unseen they were the Griffin and the Nighthawk, in the anime I believe they were the Roundfacer and the Dougram. The kits had plasic exterior armor and a metal frame. I don't know what I did with those, but man I wish I still had them. Lol they were $25 a piece back in the 80's and I thought they were so damn expensive!!
Those weren't model kits. They were part of Takara's Dual Model series of die-cast toys. As I recall, Dougram formed half of the line while the other half was VOTOMS stuff. There was actually a larger deluxe Dougram Dual Model that used magnets. There was also a Blockhead in the Dual Model line. It had clear armor along with the colored armor.
I know they weren't model kits, but they were 72 scale, At least the Dougram side of the line was. At the time me and a neighbor friend of mine used to build 72 scale diaramas (and charmingly nerdy enough - do 72 scale fighter combat). We were so thrilled that we could add Dougram to the line up because they were the correct size.
One the things I thought was the best about those guys (besides having a metal inner frame) was their legs had spring loaded shocks in them. So cool, especially for the 80's. The bar was set pretty damn high ever since.
I've still got a dual model Soltic that I picked up from Pegasus Hobbies when they were still in Whittier.
That really is a cool toy. Then again, any of those cloth style toys with removable armor were awesome.
I'd forgotten about those little spring loaded shock absorbers. The packaging was pretty swanky too, what with the slipcase cover, foam trays, box inserts... they just don't make toy packaging like that any more!
This seems the right place so I'm gonna give this guy honorable mention. I got this kit and its pretty rad, very very pretty! I'm going to build it up sometime before the end of summer. Maybe I'll proxy it in as a knight. I wish I could bring myself to paint it in Dark Angel colors, but dammit that's not happening!
Automatically Appended Next Post: Anyone (besides me) try out the Muv Luv line from Kotobukiya. I would recommend the Non Scale line versus their 1/144 line. Non Scale is about 1/100 scale and are usually about a 500 piece build. Supremely articulated and a lot of extras!! Back in November I got into a model robot renaissance because my kid (remembering the Gundam Wing models I built for him one Christmas) wanted to build a Gundam. I wanted to see what kind of non Gundam robots were out there when I came across these. Overall I'm very happy with the Non Scale line. They retail for $60 a piece, but with a little looking you can find them cheaper, hell one time I won an auction for 3 of them for $100.
Oh my, those wings are gorgeous. I saw a similar set recently, and it made me want to make a space mecha harness for my Wraithknight. I might even use those wings.
I can guarantee that it's plastic. If it's anything like the Yamato Cosmo Fleet stuff I've got, I'd wager about 5" - 6" in length. But, since this one isn't blind boxed like the others, and it's a bit more expensive, it's possible that it may not be in scale with the rest and as such, it could be bigger. Possibly 7" - 8" at most would be my guess.
I have picked up a couple of the Kotobukiya Muv-Luv 1/144 kits. They aren't anything to turn your nose up over. They're actually pretty nice. And, if you're like me and space tends to be an issue, the smaller scale is just fine. There's actually a new kit coming out fairly soon. It'll be the Active Eagle, but it'll only be in 1/144 scale.
Also, my usual sources seem to be slipping. Bandai revealed a whole bunch of new Gundam kits recently.
Story info about the new Gundam Build Fighters series was released. The new show is set seven years after the previous one. The Gunpla Battles have come back, but they're now being done as three person team battles. The three main characters are all new. The male lead is Kamiki Sekai, a Gunpla Battle newbie as well as a transfer student/martial artist who looks suspiciously like Reiji. He'll be using the Build Burning Gundam, which appears to be based on several G Gundam Mobile Suits
The second male lead is Kosaka Yuuma (Kosaka China's younger brother) who uses the Lightning Gundam, which appears to be based on the Re-GZ and the REZEL
Lastly, there's the female lead and Gunpla Battle Club's President, Hoshino Fumina, who uses an original SD Gundam, the Winning Gundam
And yes, models have been shown already for all three, plus a BWS for the Lightning Gundam as well as a fourth kit, a variant of the Powered GM, the Powered GM Cardigan (or it could be Guardian, I'm not quite sure). The Powered GM also is already slated to have a weapon upgrade set, too.
And here's the kits of the Build Burning Gundam, Lightning Gundam, and the Lightning's BWS
There's also be reveals of several kits from G in Reconguista. Apparently it has been confirmed that the new show is indeed set within the same universe as the UC stuff. It is just set way far into the UC timeline's future after a new calendar has been adopted.. for whatever reason. I do hope that there's an actual reason for them deciding to set it in the UC universe.
Anyway, new kits, yeah?
Not the biggest pic, but from left to right are the G-Self, the Grimoire (which has a separating gimmick for some reason), the Montero (which is a character specific custom unit), and lastly, the red one is the G-Arcane, which apparently is classed as a Gundam and appears to have an L-Gaim Mk.II style transformation. If you click the pics, you can zoom in a bit.
I was worried when I saw the line art of the Build Burning Gundam, hearing it was compared to the MS from G Gundam. Then I saw a picture of the actual model, and was greatly relieved. The problem had nothing to do with the MS, it's just that whoever is responsible for that lineart is a horrible artist.
I have picked up a couple of the Kotobukiya Muv-Luv 1/144 kits. They aren't anything to turn your nose up over. They're actually pretty nice. And, if you're like me and space tends to be an issue, the smaller scale is just fine. There's actually a new kit coming out fairly soon. It'll be the Active Eagle, but it'll only be in 1/144 scale.
My Muv Luv brother!! I am not alone!! The last one I did was a non scale raptor. My kid bought me a 1/144 scale Berkut that I need to build and bring to the office! Koto's efforts in the Muv Luv line are really great. They're or just have release a new version of the non scale Takamikazuchi with better articulation in the shoulders. As the first attempt really could use some improvement. Looking forward to it.
Stormonu wrote: I don't know if anyone has mentioned it, but I have picked up some of the Pacific Rim figures for use in 40K ...
Kaiju = Tyranid Tervigons, Tyrants, the Swarmlord or a Tyrannofex (with a little work)
...
I gotta get my buddy to use kaiju for Tyranids. I don't know why I've never thought about that!!!
Stormonu wrote: I don't know if anyone has mentioned it, but I have picked up some of the Pacific Rim figures for use in 40K ...
Kaiju = Tyranid Tervigons, Tyrants, the Swarmlord or a Tyrannofex (with a little work)
...
I gotta get my buddy to use kaiju for Tyranids. I don't know why I've never thought about that!!!
Last year at the tournament in Nagoya my opponent used Ultraman and Pokomon figures for the large tyranids
In my Local Volks shop they had a showcase of the new Five star story 1/100 L.E.D.MIRAGE V3 model.
Beautiful model
See more pics here
http://www.volks.co.jp/fss/ims006/
I'm sure you can get a loner army. Or go to the grocery store and stock up on Honehonezaurus- they're my go to proxies!
You should totally go pick up a game next time you're out there visiting our brother.
I could probably field an entire Tyranid army made entirely out of kaiju. That's pretty sad. Got plenty of little super market ones to use as warriors, SD ones to use as gaunts, and of course all the giant stuff.
Barzam wrote: So Nagoya has a decent wargaming community? I didn't know that. Lol maybe I should haul an army with me next time I visit my brother over there.
I recently watched the Anime movie "Blue Gender: The Warrior" and absolutely loved the mech designs. I feel like most gundam designs look a bit too leggy and lithe for the aesthetic of my other sci-fi miniatures, I feel like the armored shrikes, blue eyes, and grappler from Blue Gender struck a great balance between looking cool and looking like they belong on a gritty battlefield.
I tried to find some models or kits, but with no success, so I figured I would ask you fine folk if anybody knew if any kits had been released. Are there any obscure manufacturers out there that did any kits based on Blue Gender mecha?
To my knowledge nothing ever got made, at least by any of the bigger kit companies.
There might have been some kits made by the really tiny companies that you find at places like Wonder Fest, but that stuff becomes next to impossible to find later on.
Scale is 1/24 so a GW figure is probably half the height of the manga figures that come with the vehicle. That would make it quite a nice medium sized armoured car.
highlord tamburlaine wrote: To my knowledge nothing ever got made, at least by any of the bigger kit companies.
There might have been some kits made by the really tiny companies that you find at places like Wonder Fest, but that stuff becomes next to impossible to find later on.
OK, thanks for the info! That is too bad, I'll have to try and find something similar.
Scale is 1/24 so a GW figure is probably half the height of the manga figures that come with the vehicle. That would make it quite a nice medium sized armoured car.
Damn that is so cool.. I loved that bit of the movie!
Not strictly SF and not a scale that readily fits with any normal wargame except WW1 up to modern naval, but I thought this Tokyo Building set was worth mentioning.
Yep, thanks Cyporiean some paint and a few eagles and skulls and it would be perfect, special rule off course that it transforms into a imperial knight
Hey, I was wondering if anyone knows of any cheap walker models similar to an AT-ST from Star Wars that I could use for a conversion. I would have used an actual AT-ST, but the legs are way too skinny.
I'm not sure if anyone here is aware, but it seems that Bandai's 1/48 Ingram from the live action Patlabor series is out now. I know Pacific will be very interested in getting his hands on one.
Comparing the pics of it against how some of Bandai's other one-off kits are, this one actually looks halfway decent (unlike you, Mars Daybreak with you half-assed piece of crap Round Buckler kit).
I was curious as to how they were going to do the cloth joint covers this time around. I know the old 1/60 kits used rubber and I think the 1/35 Master Grades did too. This time around, it looks like they use some sort of crumpled plastic sleeve.
Very interesting.
If I can find out when I go in December, I might just pick it up. I think it'll be a fine replacement for an Imperial Knight if one were so inclined.
These are generally useful for upgrading mecha type models or converting 40K and historical vehicles and aircraft with current/near futuristic heavy weapons.
One example.
I have the Kenbishi kit but I haven't had a go at building it yet.
Has anyone put together a Gundam Assault Kingdom figure? I'd like to know how it looks compared to an Infinity TAG. By this picture they look very close in size.
Pros: The nearest thing to Napoleon out of Dominion Tank Police available. Comes assembled and painted.
Cons: Very expensive. Looks more toylike than Napoleon.
I wish they had done it as a polystyrene kit, which would have been cheaper and make conversion seem less of a desecration.
The Chinese actually have you covered on that. They not only made a plastic Metal Slug kit, but they made several kits! All unofficial of course, but they look pretty decent from what I've seen of them.
@Space Ranger - The Assault Kingdom figures are just straight action figures. No building involved and aside from the Neo Zeong, they're pretty cheap, too.
My main problem with the AC models, regardless of generation, is that they don't release individual parts. I want to have my AC from in game on my desk, god dammit!
They did start out with that concept in mind. If you recall, they did release arm and head sets, but they haven't done that in a good long time and I think they're all out of production now. At the very least, the kits are still modular.
Loving this thread. Some fantastic models that break away from European norm.
I have been playing Firestorm Armada and I have pre-ordered Planetfall and then an idea popped into my head. Some great Narritive gameplay could be had.
Firestorm Armada with Boarding action leading to Spacehulk and then planetary invasion leading to Planetfall.
I am lucky in the fact that I get to play these boardgames with my sons so we don't worry to much about the fluff and we just go with what is cool.
This is my chosen Spacehulk Space Ship Yamato 2199. Never seen the show unfortunately! This is in the post somewhere at the moment:-
I am a big fan of the alt ww2 look so this is perfect. I plan on splitting the back plates over the engines to look like damage that would have lead it to be stranded in the warp for eons.
baritowned wrote: Idk, how big is the robogear walker? Because I was planning on making walking IG tanks that sit on a Riptide base.
Here's a comparison. The one in the middle is mostly stock, the one on the left is a heavily modded, but still about the same height as stock. The one on the right is a 1/72 Macross model.
The bases for the robogear mechs are the lids for frozen juice concentrate (about 65mm IIRC, but it's been a while) and the base for the macross mech is a standard CD. (about 120mm)
The robogear mecha are really more like oversized sentinels. If you want a walking tank, maybe something like the Macross 1/200 scale monster is more what you're looking for.
not my models (though I do have one in a box that will be built with out the shoulder guns) more about them here:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/521317.page
I do hope I don't upset too many Macross fans when mine has rocket pods or sensor gear on top in stead of 4 ginormous cannons.
I kept those on mine, but added a chin mounted quad missile launcher! I also drill sunk rivet spots as well!
Sounds better than the giant hands it had in Macross Zero.
Lemme add a little edit here. Some new Mobile Suits for Reconguista in G have been revealed along with a bit of info.
Hecate - Appears to belong to Ameria- which is a new superpower formed from the US and Canada
Jahanam - Another Amerian MS.
Elf Bull - This is a Capital Army transformable MS - Of note, the Capital Territory, where the story is at least going to start out is the location of the Orbital Elevator. The Capital Territory appears to be a combination of Columbia and Venezuela
Elf Brook - Another Capital Army MS
These things ought to yield some interesting model kits if nothing else.
Well, that's the Jahanam confirmed as getting not one, but TWO models.
Spoiler:
Was it really necessary to make two different kits when the only difference appears to be the head? At the very least, they'd better do the officer one in red.
Also, apparently Monster Hunter is getting something funky.... MECHA HUNTERS!
This is actually a chogokin action figure. As far as I can tell, this is a Hajime Katoki redesign of the Rathalos armor set from Monster Hunter, done up as a robot. It even transforms!
Suddenly, I really want one. Rathalos Hunter is due in Feb. 2015 for 10,000 yen. If I can afford it, I may try and actually get one.
This new design of the R-Jaja for the new Build Fighters line also got revealed.
Sorry for the size. I've always liked the R-Jaja's design. It felt to me like what the Gyan should've been, and this redesign takes it to the next level. Damn, that just looks amazing. This also means we'll probably see the regular Double Zeta version in the HGUC line, too.
Barzam wrote: This new design of the R-Jaja for the new Build Fighters line also got revealed.
Sorry for the size. I've always liked the R-Jaja's design. It felt to me like what the Gyan should've been, and this redesign takes it to the next level. Damn, that just looks amazing. This also means we'll probably see the regular Double Zeta version in the HGUC line, too.
I get the e-mails from Hobbylink Japan, I dare say that model looks very,,,,,,,Knightly!
Interestingly, I think that R-Gyagya is actually being used by the guy who used the Gyan variants in the first series. It's actualy using the Gyan's swords and shields and the vulcans are mounted on the shoulder binders.
Barzam wrote: Interestingly, I think that R-Gyagya is actually being used by the guy who used the Gyan variants in the first series. It's actualy using the Gyan's swords and shields and the vulcans are mounted on the shoulder binders.
Here is an interesting model. Not strictly applicable for 40K but could be used as scenery in Battlefleet Gothic or other fleet scale space warship games.
Kilkrazy wrote: Here is an interesting model. Not strictly applicable for 40K but could be used as scenery in Battlefleet Gothic or other fleet scale space warship games.
Hard to say. I could say that it's because they are ridiculous and over the top, but at the end of the day I'm still gaming with giant, stompy, physics-defying robots.
I guess it's just the degree of ridiculous. I guess I prefer incredulity-inducing but draw the line at over-the-top.
shasolenzabi wrote: Nah, the Monster fits right in with GWapoc stuff, with the ovesized weapons of destruction
That it does. It's got just the right amount (by which I mean buckets) of over-the-top. I'm actually using my mech kits for a large scale battletech'ish (but much simpler) game using the Mech Attack rules. Even by battletech standards, the cannons are just a touch over-the top.
Kilkrazy wrote: Here is an interesting model. Not strictly applicable for 40K but could be used as scenery in Battlefleet Gothic or other fleet scale space warship games.
I need one of the for Jovian Chronicles! Now, it likely may sit in my closet unbuilt for the next 10 years just like the rest of my JC stuff, but I still need it!
For those watching Gundam Build Fighters, you may be interested in knowing that Bandai will indeed be making kits of the knock off Gunpla seen at the end of the first series and being used as training targets in the Build Fighters Try.
The Machine is being called the High Mock.
Equally of interest, they're releasing an add-on set for it called the Mock Army. It has extra weapons as well as an alternate head piece to make it into an even more generic High Mock. The High Mock itself is being released in January with a price tag of under 1000 yen.
Also of interest, we have our first look at the Mega Shiki model, based on the Hyaku Shiki from Zeta Gundam.
What makes it the Mega Shiki is that the weapon system on it's back is apparently a modified Mega Launcher from ZZ Gundam!
That's both random and pretty cool. This will be the first time that that particular vehicle is being made into a model.
We also have some pictures of what the final model of the Jahanam is going to look like. No surprise, Reconguista's equivalent of a Zaku is in fact green.
Actually, according to the blurb, what I can make out, it actually does seem to be using components from the Delta. Those wings mounted on the sides of the Mega Rider thing are from the Delta. I suspect some elements of its legs are as well.
And it may just be me, but the standard Jahanam reminds me a lot of sime of the mook enemy MSs from G-Savior.
I kind of suspect that the Jahanam may possibly wind up being a good guy MS. It seems like the show is playing up the Capital to be the bad guys and the Amerians as the good guys since the pirates all have ties with the Amerian military and government
highlord tamburlaine wrote: I predict Barzam will return from Japan this winter with more than a few High Mocks.
I like the Zaku inspired suit. Not that I don't own enough Zaku inspired suits as it stands.
I await the inevitable SD versions though.
Sadly, you predict wrongly. I'm going in the beginning of December. High Mock comes out in January. With luck, the Jehanam will come out while I'm there though.
highlord tamburlaine wrote: I predict Barzam will return from Japan this winter with more than a few High Mocks.
I like the Zaku inspired suit. Not that I don't own enough Zaku inspired suits as it stands.
I await the inevitable SD versions though.
Sadly, you predict wrongly. I'm going in the beginning of December. High Mock comes out in January. With luck, the Jehanam will come out while I'm there though.
Where will you be in Japan, kantou or kansai area? I could always send you one.
astro_nomicon wrote: whoops my ignorance is showing. 1/144 for a riptide seems small. . . but you probably know better
Here is a size comparison riptide is 6"-6.5" so 1/100 is maybe better.
Can is about 4.5"
I think you are overestimating the size of a Riptide. An Imperial Knight is 6.5" tall, and Riptides are definitely smaller than that. Here's a pic of some of my own models for comparison:
The taller Gundams are MG 1/100 scale.
The smaller Gundams are HG 1/144 scale.
Also note the 15mm Dreamforge Leviathan in there too, lol.
The HG 1/44 scale is perfect (if even a little too big) for a Riptide and you're friend should be looking for one of those.
Barzam wrote: I kind of suspect that the Jahanam may possibly wind up being a good guy MS. It seems like the show is playing up the Capital to be the bad guys and the Amerians as the good guys since the pirates all have ties with the Amerian military and government
Possible, but I suspect it's going to be a bit more complicated than that. The Gundam appears to have literally come out of nowhere, and it's unclear where Monday came from. On another note, the art style for the mecha reminds me of AGE...
Jehan-reznor wrote:you are right here is another side by side comparison
That's why I recommended using a 1/144. Back when they first came out, someone posted a pic of one next to an old Endless Waltz 1/144 and they were the same size.
Eumerin wrote:
Barzam wrote: I kind of suspect that the Jahanam may possibly wind up being a good guy MS. It seems like the show is playing up the Capital to be the bad guys and the Amerians as the good guys since the pirates all have ties with the Amerian military and government
Possible, but I suspect it's going to be a bit more complicated than that. The Gundam appears to have literally come out of nowhere, and it's unclear where Monday came from. On another note, the art style for the mecha reminds me of AGE...
>.<
The previous episode seemed to hint at the Gundam and Raraiya possibly coming from the colonies. They haven't come up yet and it wouldn't surprise me if the colonies still maintain a higher tech level than the Earth.
Jehan-reznor wrote:you are right here is another side by side comparison
That's why I recommended using a 1/144. Back when they first came out, someone posted a pic of one next to an old Endless Waltz 1/144 and they were the same size.
Eumerin wrote:
Barzam wrote: I kind of suspect that the Jahanam may possibly wind up being a good guy MS. It seems like the show is playing up the Capital to be the bad guys and the Amerians as the good guys since the pirates all have ties with the Amerian military and government
Possible, but I suspect it's going to be a bit more complicated than that. The Gundam appears to have literally come out of nowhere, and it's unclear where Monday came from. On another note, the art style for the mecha reminds me of AGE...
>.<
The previous episode seemed to hint at the Gundam and Raraiya possibly coming from the colonies. They haven't come up yet and it wouldn't surprise me if the colonies still maintain a higher tech level than the Earth.
Thanks for the info! Also what is that Zaku-esque looking thing up there? It's dope! The massive chainsaw thing works really well for being a knight too
It's from Assault Suits Leynos, a pair of sidescrolling action games. Only the original came out in the US as Target Earth for the Genesis. The sequel was on the Saturn. Assault Suits Valken/Cybernator on the SNES was somehow related to it as well. Plum made models of both Valken and the Leynos.
Thanks for the info! Also what is that Zaku-esque looking thing up there? It's dope! The massive chainsaw thing works really well for being a knight too
That is the Leynos AS 5E3 battle suit it is listed as 1/35 scale with an added on Kotobukiya Chainsaw weapon and it winds up and actually spins!
The set includes three versions of Snake (standing, running, and crouching), Skull Face, Chico, and normal and poncho-wearing Marines. Additional pieces include three AM MRS-4 rifles, two AM Type 69 rifles, Skull Face’s gun, night vision goggles, an iDROID, and a cassette player. The models and accessories can be combined in various ways to reenact scenes from the game; for example, the game’s opening can be created by putting the night vision goggles on the crouching Snake model.
The plastic model set retails for 3,200 yen, plus tax. It will be released in January 2015.
I have that set. It isn't that good. That's the standard HGUC Zaku, whose sculpt was based on the original anime design. The model kind of sucks. As far as standard Zaku HG kits go, the F2 from 0083 is a MUCH better kit.
Anyway, I measured one of the tanks. Not counting the guns, the tank's body is about 2.5" long. Does that help?
Also, it doesn't show it, but there's two of those tanks in that set, plus little Zeon "hover bikes" and infantry.
Bandai produces so many different SKUs that it cycles what kits it produces every few months. So barring something being reaaaaaaaaally old, it will be restocked in a few weeks~months.
there are minor differences between them and the mass production version, mostly with weapons and other bits included. (and also Shin's is a HIgh-MObility version)
Automatically Appended Next Post: New stuff from the recent GunPla Expo:
MG Double X
Looks like it scales well enough with 40k tanks, has many, many weapon options, and though it may be a little simplistic, a good lick of paint would get it battle ready. I have one on order because, at £5 including shipping, if it turns out to be as good as it seems, there is a metric ton of potential for cheap IG tanks.
I was in the same boat, having take an interest in the models until I watched Unicorn (the latest one irrc) and I had fun with it, some of the giant stompy robot combat is a lot of fun!
Alpharius wrote: Slightly off topic here but...
...I've never watched a Gundam series.
Which one should I watch?
Wing and Seed are good starting places, they're both stand alone series.
0079 shows its age, but is still a good series, and is really where you want to start with the Universal Century continuity. Followed by Zeta Gundam.. you can pretty much skip ZZ Gundam, and then watch Char's Counter attack. That wraps up the Char vs Ammuro storyline.
Alternately, Gundam: The Origin starts up next year, which is a retelling of the original series.. and should be good if it follows the books.
Other good watches are the 08th MS Team, 0080 and 0083 OVA series and the F91 Movie. These are all UC timeline, but are self contained. F91 is fantastic.
Other good stuff:
Turn-A Gundam, if you enjoy victorian era stories with giant robots.
G-Gundam, if you want HOT BLOOD, COURAGE, AND GUTS with your giant robots.
Gundam Build Fighters, set in 'za real worldo' is about kids building gundam model kits and using them to play a kind of tabletop game. It features a lot of little references to almost all of the previous Gundam series, but you can enjoy it without having to know them all. Its second season just started running.
Gundam Build Fighters is currently airing (3rd season, I think?), as is a brand new self-contained series called Gundam Reconquista G. Reconquista G has absolutely no connection to G Gundam, and should not be confused with it in any way, shape, or form. Tomino, the original creator of Gundam, is involved with it.
A series called 'Gundam Age' aired a few years back, and should be avoided like the plague.
Reconguista in G isn't a standalone storyline. It's part of the UC timeline. If you want a self contained series to watch, my rather biased opinion would be to check out X. If you want the main universe/timeline, check out 08th MS Team, follow up with 0080 and if you're still interested, start watching the tv shows.
I'm going to recommend just the first season of Gundam 00. With subtitles as the English voice actors often don't get the tone right and that really matters for that series.
Personally, I wouldn't recommend Wing or many of the other newer series since then outside of 08th MS Team, but I'm an outlier in that I HATE HATE HATE super-suits in Gundam. Wing is the most egregious example, as the main suits are untouchable gods until PLOT and suddenly they're taken out by a single lucky shot.
I much prefer the main suits that actually take damage and need repairs. Something that always stuck with me was that Amaro and Char were what were special, not their actual suits(which take some beatings in some episodes) bar some of ther later suits that were built specially for them(and even then, those weren't untouched by the end), and I was glad that that was mantained when they did 08th nearly 20 years later.
Jehan-reznor wrote: Yep the tank is slightly less than 2 and half inch long talking about scale 1:144.
i bought these votom miniatures a while ago
Spoiler:
Where did you get those, do they still make them? And who will sell them to me?
Bought them at the Japanese Toys are us, at a discount, i think they were a limited release as i don't see them anymore.
Talking about gundam
The 8th ms team ova is very good as well as gundam 00 (it is like gundam wing but without the over the top gundam designs)
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory is also very good.
Barzam wrote: Reconguista in G isn't a standalone storyline. It's part of the UC timeline.
Yes, technically Reconquista is part of the UC timeline. But it's part of the UC timeline in the same way that Turn-A Gundam was part of the UC timeline (as well as all of the other timelines that had existed up until then). It's set so far into UC's future that the connections (so far, at least) are merely window dressing.
Alpharius wrote: Barzam - I'm confused - should I be buying a different Zaku kit that the one previously linked?
Please also keep in mind that I know almost next to nothing about Gundam.
My Giant Robot knowledge sadly ends a few years before it started!
First off, avoid Seed and 00. Seed is only decent for the first 25 episodes, than the last 25 and its second season are just awful. Similarly, 00 manages a strong first half, but gets pretty bad after that, and the movie is abysmal.
Wing is an good starting point, and Treize is an amazing villain, but there are honestly better series to watch out there (the complaints about the gundams not taking any damage in the series is actually a fault of the animation budget, rather than actual plot invulnerability, for what it's worth). Similarly, G Gundam is good if you want some super robot action, but it's also a very far cry from everything else "Gundam."
Turn A Gundam is probably the best series in the entire franchise, but it really helps to have a bit of background before watching it.
With that in mind, I'd suggest just sticking to the Universal Century. 8th MS Team, 0080: War in the Pocket, and 0083: Stardust Memory are all fantastic standalone series set in the UC timeline that don't require a huge amount of background knowledge to fully enjoy. Additionally, you can always watch the First Gundam movies if you don't feel like watching the entire 50 episode series.
Zeta Gundam is a classic, and the New Translation movies are pretty good alternatives as well (although they have a different, less horrifically sad ending). If you get around to watching first gundam and Zeta in one iteration or another, Char's Counterattack is a fantastic movie (it's also pretty good on its own, but knowing the relationship between Amuro and Char goes a long way).
Lastly, Gundam Unicorn is absolutely fantastic, even if the main character is a bit annoying and the ending is a bit weird, although I'd suggest not watching it until after seeing Char's Counterattack.
As far as breaking the UC timeline down, here they all are in chronological order of events within the timeline. Bolded titles are ones that are considered major parts of the continuity, best seen with at least some introduction to previous materials. The rest can be viewed as standalone titles.
UC 0079: Mobile Suit Gundam ("First Gundam")/Gundam Movie trilogy UC 0079: 8th MS Team
UC 0080: War in the Pocket
UC 0083: Stardust Memory
UC 0087: Zeta Gundam/Zeta Gundam: A New Translation trilogy UC 0088: Gundam ZZ
UC 0093: Char's Counterattack UC 0096: Gundam Unicorn UC 0123: Gundam F91
UC 0153: Victory Gundam
Lastly, I'd say that, overall, your best standalone introduction to Gundam would be 0080: War in the Pocket. It's short, well written, and emotionally devestating. Everything you'd expect from a good Gundam series.
The thing about 00 is that each season is self contained. You don't have to watch the second season or the movie to have a complete experience of the show.
Lol. It seems that G Savior is universally not talked about. Shame it sucked, it had some neat designs.
I really didn't mind the second season of 00. It really wasn't that bad. It just wasn't as good as the first season.
Also, I prefer Zeta to have that "sad" ending. Kamille was a terrible main character. I hated him the entire way through and he didn't deserve the happy ending he got in ZZ. Judau on the other hand, he's a much more enjoyable main character.
Barzam wrote: I really didn't mind the second season of 00. It really wasn't that bad. It just wasn't as good as the first season.
I enjoyed it as well. It's just best viewed as it's own thing rather than as the completion of the first season. The mech designs in 00 are excellent in both seasons.
The second season started out really well, but got pretty silly later on. It still had its good moments, and the final final battle between Setsuna and Ribbons in their original MS was great. That said, it's not a series I'd prioritize.
I'd go easier on the series as a whole if the movie wasn't so god damn awful. It's easily one of the worst things I've managed to dedicate my time to watching all the way through, and that ending was just completely unforgivable. I'd go as far as to say that the movie ended up ruining the entire 00 universe for me.
As for the mechanical designs, they feel a bit hit and miss for me. The gundams themselves were pretty good (although the Nadleeh transformation was just dumb), but then you got a bunch of real stinkers like the Ahead, the Thrones series, the Gadessa series, Reborns Gundam, and everything that Graham pilots in season two.
In the case of the movie, all of the new gundams look pretty awful, with the Rapheal being painfully stupid. But at least the Brave series looked amazing.
Bronzefists42 wrote: 08th MS team and 0080 are the only ones I actually finished.
Both really amazing.
Also saw G Gundam.
Who thought THAT was a good idea?!
For what it's worth, G Gundam pays homage to the oldschool super robot cartoons that were the norm before Gundam really made its impact. It's a very different style from any other Gundam series for a reason. Yes, things are ridiculously over the top and nonsensical, that's the point.
Fafnir wrote: For what it's worth, G Gundam pays homage to the oldschool super robot cartoons that were the norm before Gundam really made its impact. It's a very different style from any other Gundam series for a reason. Yes, things are ridiculously over the top and nonsensical, that's the point.
Sounds like I might have to give it a try. I grew up watching FORCE 5. (Grandizer, Danguard Ace, Spaceketeers, Starvengers, etc..)
The only Gundam Series I ever watched was Gundam Wing. The heroes have absolute script immunity based powers, but the Wing Zero concept, of making the pilots fearless combat junkie killing machines was very cool, and stuck with me.
Bronzefists42 wrote: 08th MS team and 0080 are the only ones I actually finished.
Both really amazing.
Also saw G Gundam.
Who thought THAT was a good idea?!
For what it's worth, G Gundam pays homage to the oldschool super robot cartoons that were the norm before Gundam really made its impact. It's a very different style from any other Gundam series for a reason. Yes, things are ridiculously over the top and nonsensical, that's the point.
That's strange because the whole Gundam premise is that it shows "realistic" warfare with all the consequences. But they made other strange choices i didn't like the Gundam Wing designs they looked too much like a computer street fighting game designs
The funny thing about G Gundam is that despite everything it does different compared to other Gundam series, it still manages to hit on a lot of the tropes and despite being totally nuts at points, it plays everything up straight. Even the giant skull shaped robot and the windmill robot.
Also, we're WAY off topic. So, to bring us back on topic, Volks is adding two new kits to their plastic Five Star Stories line.
First, the 1/100 Terror Mirage (something I never thought I'd see a plastic kit of)
I should point out, it will include its big-ass boomerang blades and that the 1/100 line includes full internal skeletons, are fully poseable, and require no paint.
The other kit is in the 1/144 scale line, the A-Toll!
That'd make one hell of a stand in for the Eldar Wraith Knight. The 1/144 kits don't feature internal skeletons and do require a bit of painting, but they're still fully poseable upon completion and are at a pricepoint that still manages to be cheaper than GW.
There's also the new series currently airing, Gundam Reconguista in G. Obviously it hasn't finished yet, but it is more along the same lines as the older sites and Turn A, having the same director.
Frozen Ocean wrote: The A-Toll actually looks like it could be a Retribution of Scyrah Warjack. Colossal, obviously.
Back when the Retribution was first being released, I showed a friend an appropriately-sized Qubeley (specifically, Haman's - it was one of the pencil sharpeners that I got with my Z Gundam discs), and told him it was a Retribution jack.
That'd make one hell of a stand in for the Eldar Wraith Knight
Agreed. Most of Mamoru Nagano's designs are too slender to pass as Imperial equipment. But they do a decent job as Eldar wargear.
Five Star Stories mechs are always so beautifully designed, shame there always so expensive.
The Terror Mirage colour scheme really reminds me of the old Z-Knights toys, which could potentially be used for mecha conversion parts
if anybody can track them down for cheap.
**Edit**
Speaking of which, just looked up Z-Knights and it seems two new modern plastic kits are being released by Kotobukiya, and they're pretty neat looking.
Have to go to Osaka.
