Alright I'm Joining the Dark Side

Back when Gundam Build Fighters was nearing the end of it's run the Exia Dark Matter made it's appearance and I found myself quite underwhelmed (by the design not the action). Then the first prototypes surfaced and I became slightly interested. Then the colored version surfaced and I raised an eyebrow (the left one) slightly.

Over the weeks leading up to the release of this kit folks like Gundam Guy have bombarded my eye-holes with images and gradually caused my interest to percolate more severely. Well folks, thanks to Syd at HobbyLink TV I'm all! Straight up this thing is bad@ss! It looks menacing and strangely heavy, which is appropriate since the kit is loaded with sharp pointy weapons! Of course you don't have to take my word for it, have a look at the shiny video below and become a believer.

So yeah I'll soon be buying yet another kit I don't have the time to build, oh well Dark Matter will have plenty of company in the Gundam closet while it waits for me to complete my Geara Doga painted build. 

Kawaii! Pt.2

While most SD/BB kits elicit little more than a "meh" from this blogger, there's something about those kits with the extra big heads that speaks to me. I'm reminded of children who decided their Halloween costume was semi-regular attire, those kids who wore their Superman, Football player or Cowboy costumes as often and as long as possible. This big-headed Guncannon has all the charms of a costumed child lost in backyard glory and mischief! Shout out to Ymsc66 and Modelers-g for triggering some nostalgia!

GN-X

While my Master Grade Sazabi is unquestionably my most enjoyed build to date, many of you may be surprised to learn that my MG GN-X was my second most enjoyed build. It was also the first MG kit I painted and the only kit I lust to paint a second time. While the 00 anime consigned the GN-X to the role of punching bag, I simply love this model kit, as it is a blank canvas simply begging to have it's drab grey paint job spruced up by a custom paint job. Apparently Danny de Ocampo thought the same and posted these lovely pics of his multi-colored grunt suit on Gundam Kits Collection.

More Grunt suits please!

As is my want I've posted but a few pictures, so click the link above to check out the full gallery. Till next post peeps!

Sometimes I Worry About Japan

Perhaps I'm missing something but isn't Fumina Hoshino a high-school aged student, under the care of her mother and still harboring childish crushes? She is right? I knew it! Surely I am not the only one who finds it odd that this PVC statue of high school aged Fumina features a more seductive pose than that of old enough to be married with kid, Rinko Iori?

SMDH

I rather like this statue.

Megahouse is on one here. I mean wouldn't it be infinitely more appropriate for the sexy mother of one to be thrusting forth her lady bits, while the child observes the more chaste pose? Oh and for those wondering if this post is sarcasm, no. No it is not.

The full Gundam Guy galleries can be found here and here. Also here's a bikini shot of the lady Iori to help wash the pedophilia from your eyes.

Early Returns Are...

Very good in my humble opinion. Thanks to Gundam Guy we now know what Master Grade Hyaku Shiki ver. 2.0 is going to look like on our collective shelves. I'm simply loving this color choice! While the gold of the original Hyaku Shiki was lovely, it was also a bit too flamboyant and its magnetic attraction to finger prints quickly ruined it's luminscence. Meanwhile the Ballute System version was a spoiled mustard eye-sore. Here Bandai has found a successful middle-ground and remedied both of these shortcomings by adorning this version of Quattro Bajeena's Mobile Suit with a lovely soft gold that should prove finger print resistant.

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By the Brightest Moon Doth Come Thine Doom!

We got box art people! MG Gundam Double X box art to be specific. I think I like it but I'd have liked something more dynamic. Given the spectacular design of the DX there was real opportunity to create some classic box art. As such, simply having the DX centered on the tiny box in what is essentially the same pose from the promo material just seems lazy. This is made all the worse when you consider that this same image is going to be plastered not only on the side of the box, but most likely on the manual as well. Why not adorn the box with a more dynamic scene, something worthy of the excitement that greeted this unexpected gunpla? Where are the explosions and particle effects you love so much, Bandai? Sigh I guess that horse is sufficiently dead now so I'll leave my rant at that and let you, dear readers, enjoy the pretty picture.

Follow the break for my plastic sexy courtesy of Hobby Search

Bare-chested Bad@ssery

Now here's something you don't see everyday, the Gundam Maxter in model kit form. Anyone putting together a kit this obscure must have a love of the source material and predictably this kit rocks. G-Gundam is the second Gundam anime I ever watched (right after Gundam Wing, my all time favorite) and while the show is notorious for it's creative laziness and cultural ignorance it holds a special place in my heart. To that end I'd really like to see a little more love shown to the less offensive mobile suits regardless of line. Anyways that's enough banter outta me, I'll leave you to the pretty now and for those of you who'd like a bit more info on G-Gundam's nonsense check the YouTube video after the break.

It's Like Vampire Hunter D the Mecha!

It's not often that I get excited about High Grade kits the upcoming Gundam The End certainly has my attention. While it may be professional modeler magic, the detail on this 1/144 scale kit is absolutely delightful. I do have questions about pose-ability and structural integrity that can't really be answered by promotional images. Unless something changes for the worse I very much expect to pick this kit up when it releases in May of this year. What's your opinion intrepid web surfers, any of you plan on picking this up?

All images courtesy of Gundam Kits Collection. 

Destroy the Darn Castle!

The midget triumpherant from Gundam Build Fighters Try makes it's way to the Build Fighters line in a cool SD triple pack. According to these images scanned from GunJap, these brothers green can even combine to form Snibal + Drabo + Gira. This is a cute little set but I have a concern, I've seen a few different images of this mobile suit pack and none of them have had very many quality images of it's dragon form. This fact makes me wonder about the stability of that form, will it be able to stand? Will the three SD Gundams stay connected? Maybe it's nothing and I'm simply over-analyzing things but here's hoping all turns out well for those into the Build Fighters and SD lines.

Caw Caw!!!

I realize that while I regularly profess my love for the Master Grade line, I very rarely show love to the HG line beloved as it is by many a modeler. I'd apologize but I don't wanna. Instead I'll simply treat you to a super sexy custom Gundam Fenice Rinascita dubbed "Apollo" by it's creator, modeler Nerav.

 
Additonal HG sexiness can be witnesses at Gundam Kits Collection.