Gunpla

I'm wondering that too. And maybe one or two R Gs too.

I would go nuts for a RG version of the Graze Ein.

Heck the 1/100 no grades they made for IBO were already half way to MG quality already. Maybe 1 or 2 tweaks to the kits to add more color separation and details and they could still use like 2/3s of the parts of the no grade kits.

edited 16th Mar '18 5:41:19 PM by Unlikelyauthor2

I wonder if anyone got that special Barbatos from LE of IBO S1

I mean, part of the thing with IBO's innate gimmick results in the HG kits needing internal frames anyway.

So I noticed a Gunpla at my nearby Barnes n Nobles, a Gundam Justice that has a really big box & costs around 50 dollars.

Is that a High Grade model?

It's probably the Master Grade Justice. It's one of the newer M Gs (came out in 2017, I think) and supposed to be a pretty great kit.

It's 1/100 scale so it's... 8 inches tall or so? Bigger than a High Grade, which are 1/144 scale.

There's a chance it's the Real Grade Justice, but that's less likely since it's older (thus less likely to be at B&N), comes in a regular size box, and should not be $50.

FYI, the basic tiers of grades are:

• No-Grade: Generally no-frills, cheaper versions of kits. Don't expect inner frames, gimmicks, or extra accessories. Generally 1/144 or 1/100 scale, though 1/100 are often roughly on par in terms of quality with High Grade.
• High Grade: Generally 1/144 kits, it's basically the lines' bread and butter. Usually have gimmicks, but often with "cheats" using alternate parts instead of working parts (so for example, rather than being able to transform, you can disassemble the Zeta and reassemble it using some extra parts to make it into Waverider form).
• Real Grade: Basically 1/144 Master Grade kits. They have an innovating inner frame that makes them quite posable.
• Master Grade: Detailed 1/100 kits with an inner frame. Generally have all of a suit's key gimmicks intact, like opening armor, weapon storage, Core Fighter, transformation, etc. Generally considered the definitive versions of most suits that have an MG.
• Perfect Grade: 1/60 scale, super detailed kits. Often have lights, they're giant, detailed, and expensive.

edited 19th Mar '18 11:15:27 AM by Larkmarn

It's the first one. That was what was there.

Ah so I ordered the 144 version of the Gundam Bael then.

edited 19th Mar '18 11:12:10 AM by slimcoder

@Vicarious: I have the metallic Barbatos from IBO LE, but haven't touched it yet and won't until I'm more experienced with gunpla. Same with my P-Bandai Orga Shiden.

Cool

Gotta set some time to set up my Lupus Rex

Okay I am seriously considering buying that Tekkadan pack containing the Barbatos Lupus Rex, the Gusion Rebake Full City, the Flauros, & the Landman Rodi for somewhere over a hundred bucks.

I just want to verify a few things, the four Gunpla being sold are the smaller ones as in the High Grade 144 models correct, & is there any other way to get the weapons the pack contains like the Flauros' super galaxy cannon, the Gusion's four guns & axe, & the Barbatos' lance?

edited 21st Mar '18 3:17:01 PM by slimcoder

They're definitely the 1/144 scale, but I'll have to let someone else field the exclusivity of the weapons question.

Where do you guys get your Gunpla news?

gundamkitscollection.com is a good one.

Does anyone have the G-Armor for HGUC? Is it compatible with the Revive Gundam?

Can't imagine it is. Doesn't have any of the tabs or internal detailing for the Core Block system. Could probably wedge the Revive version in there, but I doubt it'd be terribly stable in G-Armor mode.

This is the most amazing idea. Though again, it brings me back to the weird 00 focus of Build Fighters, considering a White Base (or hell, even a Musai) would sell like hotcakes. Really hoping they continue this path and make a White Base, Albion, or some Pegasus-class version. I'd even take an Archangel version.

edited 26th Mar '18 8:56:30 AM by Larkmarn

Alright lasted Friday I bought a Master Grade of the Gundam Wing & just last night I ordered the Tekkadan four pack.

Man I got my work cut out for me there.

I'm still sitting on my MG ZZ Ver. Ka.

I am not so patiently awaiting the arrival of one Kshatriya Repaired

edited 26th Mar '18 3:25:16 PM by TheAirman

I'm hoping that someday they do an HGUC of more of the mobile armors. I'd like a Biggro.

And darn, that's a shame about the G-Armor. At some point I want to try and do that scene in Thunderbolt with the GM and the Armor.

I mean, you could probably do the G-Sky easily enough. Pretty sure you'd have to pop the feet off, though. Looks like the Gundam in the G-Armor set has additional foot folding articulation.

It's not like the full G-Armor mode would let you see the GM inside.

I think I'm going to get a GM/GM and paint all the red a nice blue to make it vaguely like the White Dingo's GM Sniper II (or the Dixen from Tech Romancer, for that matter). Tempted to paint the white gray while I'm at it, but the WD GM Sniper's blue-on-white colorscheme is just so crisp. Actually, maybe I'll get a Ground GM and do they dark blue on gray colorscheme on that one. I want the Ground GM but never cared for its color-scheme. I don't dislike it, and appreciate it for being a bit different, but I won't feel bad changing it.

Actually, that's why I haven't yet bit the bullet and done any full repaints yet. I keep buying mobile suits that I really like, in color schemes I really like. I can't repaint them or really truly customize them because I wind up liking them so much once I build them. So I need to get a suit I like in a color scheme I don't care for.

... hrm. Need to get a GM Striker. Hate that color scheme. But a melee GM with extra armor and a double beam javelin, plus a stabby shield? Yes please.

Uh. Yes. Incredibly awesome.

edited 27th Mar '18 7:48:24 AM by Larkmarn

I'm getting me a HG Gusion! As in the original, big boi Gusion, the green Krogan looking thing. Best design right there.

Also I've been thinking, if I get another HG Turn A, would it be awesome-as-fuck if I painted it to be a mecha Waluigi?

That Waluigi repaint has promise.

And Yeah, I probably did just want the G-Sky mode.

Also a thing I found in customization. The Origin Guncannon Iron Cavalry type has a removable backpack so one can add a cannon to any other comparable suit by attaching it. I've made the GM Cannon with the GM/GM and GM Ground Type. One can make it two cannons if they purchase a second kit. The Revive Guncannon can't do this as far as I can tell, unless one wants to go more invasive.

I think part of the Gunpla Evolution Project is making figures more compatible with each other, standardizing backpack mounts (it's two holes roughly 3.5mm in diameter, right?) and also hands (they've moved away from dedicated trigger fingers to handles that can just slide in and out when possible).

I think that's the measurements. I welcome this change, but again, the Revive Guncannon is the one that's incapable of the swap because its cannons are part of the torso rather than the backpack.

Just ordered the Revive RX-78. Estimated delivery date is April 6-11. Can't wait.