Steel Legend Metal Build 1/100 Kshatriya Review
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Steel Legend Metal Build 1/100 Kshatriya Review

The Steel Legend Metal Build Kshatriya is a third party/bootleg figure. At 1/100 scale it’ll look fantastic with all your MG kits (MG or RE Kshatriya when?!). Who would’ve known that a Metal Build kit out of China would be, not only the best third party piece of Gundam merchandise, but better than any Unicorn official merchandise from Bandai/Banpresto?

As you should already know by now, I’m a sucker for all things Gundam Unicorn (even though the Jesta Schezarr Type Team B & C is stupid is fuck – why the fuck are you using your mechanical eyes to look at a flip down mechanical eye which is pointed at an even larger mechanical eye?). When I see a 1/100 Kshatriya, I jump. Even if it’s a bucket of mess like the Elyn Hobby version. When I saw that someone was making a MG sized figure I had to have it, even if getting a pre built metal frame toy from third party folks in China is a questionable concept. Shout out to my crack dealer Samuel Decal where I picked this up for roughly $200 plus shipping. read more

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Nillson Works – PG Astray Grayscale Review
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Nillson Works – PG Astray Grayscale Review

The Nillson Works “PG Astray with Backpack” isn’t exactly the fanciest name, but it’s clear someone wants to avoid the International Bandai Banhammer (IBB for short). I’m going to refer to it as the Astray Grayscale on account that the kit is 99% gray and white, with only a bit of silver and clear green accent pieces. I picked mine up from Sameul Decal for roughly $90 plus shipping.

The Astray is 1/60 scale, and called PG by Nillson, but a lot of the build is more like an upscaled MG than a direct copy of the official PG. It’s an interesting mix from both builds, along with a good helping of new design elements that help set it apart. As mentioned the kit is pretty much all shades of gray, and surprisingly, it works really well. Despite the lack of pizzazz it looks really nicely and there’s just enough shad separation to make it look nifty out of the box. The gray and general simplicity of the build will make it an easy go-to for folks looking to paint it up in custom colours. Personally I think it’ll look stellar with just some gold accents here and there. read more

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Max Factory PLAMAX 1/20 Macross VF-1 Super/Strike Gerwalk Valkyrie – Dry Fit Review
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Max Factory PLAMAX 1/20 Macross VF-1 Super/Strike Gerwalk Valkyrie – Dry Fit Review

Welcome to my dry fit review of the Max Factory minimum factory 1/20 PLAMAX MF-25 VF-1 Super/Strike Gerwalk Valkyrie. Just rolls off the tongue doesn’t it?

In simpler language, this is a 1/20 scale Macross VF-1 kit from Max Factory. It comes with the Super Strike package and is limited to Gerwalk mode. No transforming here. Oh, and it’s fucking huge. It’s about 20″ tall, amost 28″ deep, and up to 28.5″ wide when the wings are extended.

This is a dry fit review, as in everything is put together without glue. And, subsequently, held together with tape. Now unlike Mecanicore’s Deep Striker kit, the tape isn’t a bad thing. The kit is designed to require glue to hold everything in place. It’s in the manual over and over again. Thus I can’t really complain about bits being loose. I do have plans to eventually glue and paint this kit… but the goal is to -dramatic drum roll please- wire her up with custom LEDs. Seeing as I’ve never done that before, I’m going to get a practice kit or two under my belt first. But I digress. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 130 – Year End English Dub Review V

I know nobody gives a crap about my dumb sprite padding material, most especially because if you hadn’t ever read my comic strips, there’s about zero context, and you can’t even read them anymore, except the sparse amount I put up on my DeviantArt gallery. The whole “storyline” bullshit? It’s for me. It’s basically just for me to work out story ideas I had that I never got to in my strips. Hopefully it provides some kind of atmosphere, regardless of context. But that aside, while I am committed to doing *less* of it in 2019, you’ll still see it. It’s not like I get any more or less views in videos that have it. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 129 – Sailor Moon S: The Movie

This year’s Christmas episode, subtitled A Hastily Prepared Otaku Evolution Christmas, is well-named, because I didn’t get the chance to do a lot of the wrap-around atmosphere-setting like in the past years. The best I could do was the usual zoom into Penguinopolis. But I did create a whole new background, a comfy, Christmas-tinged setting from which to anchor my sprite avatar between clips, and I’m deeply satisfied with how it turned out. Yeah, I probably could have gone through the trouble of animating the fire in the fireplace, but it’s such a small detail (just pretend it was a fake fire, a light bulb shaped like a fire for the set… besides which, Penguinopolis probably wouldn’t have chimneys) and if you’re eagle-eyed, you’ll notice how appropriate that painting is for the decor. read more

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HiRM 1/100 Gundam Astray Red Frame Review
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HiRM 1/100 Gundam Astray Red Frame Review

Allow me cut to the chase. The Hi-Resolution Model Astray is an astounding “meh.”

The Hi-Resolution Gundam Astray Red Frame (first in what may be 1000x variants if they sell well enough) is my first from the HiRM lineup. I didn’t pay much attention to the first two HiRM models due to a general disinterest in the design and avoidance (at the time) of After Colony kits. At some point I forgot that HiRM kits come with a pre assembled inner frame which Kotobukiya started, not very successfully at least at first, nearly a decade ago. It wasn’t until I opened the box that I realized the Astray was in the same vein. Thankfully nothing is wrong with the inner frame, or the rest of the kit for that matter. For the most part it’s a pretty stout, and posable, release. The very thing you’d want out of an Astray kit. What dampens my enjoyment is the design of the kit itself. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 128 – Redline

As the year starts to wind down, I wanted to do a quick and easy review, so that means covering the Takeshi Koike visual feast that is Redline!

So… yeah, that’s all I need to say. It’s fucking Redline, folks. Wacky Races to the nth degree.

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Otaku Evolution Episode 127 – Azumanga Daioh

I thought I’d take on an anime comedy, which I don’t normally review. This one, Azumanga Daioh is based on a four panel comic, so naturally it’s very episodic even within individual episodes, adapting little jokes into larger pictures. In other words, the basic plot is kind of basic (mostly just high school girls and their daily lives). However, it’s anime comfort food. It makes you feel warm and lightens your spirit for a bit, like a fresh oatmeal cookie. It also helps that  English dub is reasonably good, not their best, but better than the average. read more

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Dimension Studio & Eastern Model 1/6 Ultraman Review
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Dimension Studio & Eastern Model 1/6 Ultraman Review

I’m going to start off this review by saying I don’t know who exactly made this kit. I got this kit from Samuel Decal (I don’t always buy third party kits, but when I do it’s usually through him). He’s referred to it as being from E-Model and Model Principle. The product itself says it’s the result of a collaboration between Dimension Studio and Eastern Model. There’s also “Kokoro Link” mentioned all over the place… based on context maybe that’s something to do with this version of Ultraman specifically? I’m also unsure whether this is official or not. I’ve seen sites selling them as officially licensed, and there’s copyright marks for Eiichi Shimizu, Tomohiro Shimoguchi, and Tsubaraya Productions all over the place… but that the same time this came out of China, the manual is in English and Chinese, and isn’t one any of the 100% legit sites (eg HLJ, AmiAmi). Assuming it is unofficial, it’s one hell of a nice original kit. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 126 – Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy

So, yeah, Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy is a noteworthy feature. A single, long-formed OVA, basically a movie, it follows the Lupin gang’s scramble to get to a family’s hidden treasure before a group of ninjas do, all while Zenigata pursues them. Not very unlike your average Lupin feature in that regard, but very well constructed in terms of production values, settings, the chase scenes, and some of the action and comedy. I call it a spiritual successor to Castle of Cagliostro, because it shares a few of the same visual and emotional touchstones. Too bad the English dub is substandard, but I’ll get into that at the end of the year. Just enjoy a short rundown and some highlights that illustrate why I think so highly of this title. read more

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