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Bandai’s Master Grade Wishlist Poll

In what could be the most important Gunpla event of the year, Bandai has started an official poll to see which suits have the most demand for a MG release.

You can vote multiple times, with three choices per vote.

Click here to vote… now!

Can’t understand Japanese? The choices on the list are as follows…

1. The O — “Gundam Zeta”
2. Psycho Gundam (O_O) — “Gundam Zeta”
3 Baund Doc — “Gundam Zeta”
4 Marasai — “Gundam Zeta”
5 Doven Wolf — “Gundam Double Zeta”
6 Dreissen — “Gundam Double Zeta”
7 Turn X — “Turn A Gundam”
8 V2 Gundam — “Victory Gundam”
9 Gundam Double X — “Gundam X”
10 Gundam Virsago — “Gundam X”
11 Nobel Gundam — “G Gundam”
12 Gundam Deathscythe — “Gundam W”
13 Gundam Heavyarms — “Gundam W”
14 Gundam Sandrock — “Gundam W”
15 Shenlong Gundam — “Gundam W”
16 Gundam Epyon — “Gundam W”
17 Tallgeese — “Gundam W”
18 Legend Gundam — “Gundam SEED Destiny”
19 Akatsuki Gundam — “Gundam SEED Destiny”
20 00 Raiser — “Gundam Double O”
21 Cherudim Gundam — “Gundam Double O”
22 Arios Gundam — “Gundam Double O”
23 Seravee Gundam — “Gundam Double O”
24 Reborns Gundam — “Gundam Double O”
25 Susanowo — “Gundam Double O”
26 Arche Gundam — “Gundam Double O”
27 Kshatriya — “Gundam UC”
28 ReZEL — “Gundam UC”
29 Stark Jegan — “Gundam UC”
30 Geara Zulu — “Gundam UC”
31 Others read more

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MG Unicorn Ver Ka v.s. OVA Comparison

Welcome to my rough, yet fairly thorough review of the differences between the new MG Unicorn OVA version and the previously released Ver Ka edition.


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Design Changes

In from a design prospective there aren’t a whole lot of differences between the Ver Ka release and the new OVA. Surprisingly the OVA release comes with the exactly same runners as the Ver Ka. The new parts come on two small additional runners. Apparently it was cheaper for Bandai to keep the same molds and include the extra runners. read more

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Banshee WIP: Day 3

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Some more progress today.

Lessons learned so far? Resin fucking sucks. Despite a good cleaning my primer acted completely different to resin than it does normal plastic. It also has the tendency to randomly break, as you’ll see when I post close up shots.

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Banshee WIP: Day 1

Behold, the first work in progress shot of my MG Banshee.

So far things are going okay. Although the paint I’m using does a good job of exposing all the little flaws from failed sanding attempts. Plus I’m almost out. Already.

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1/48 ‘Mega Size Model’ Gundam RX-78-2 Review


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What we have here is Bandai’s 1/48 scale Mega Size Model Gundam RX-78-2. As far as I know it’s Bandai’s largest general release kit. At 15″ tall it dwarfs even Perfect Grade kits.


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In general the kit is very simple. No internal frame, no special gadgets or gizmos. All the joints are done with poly caps which feature a unique toothed design. With these little notches the kit does a fantastic job at staying in place. Even the arm has no difficulty holding the large shield in place. read more