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boom boom boom posted:You're both terrible Says the guy who links a webstore that's "SOLD OUT".
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TaurusOxford posted:Says the guy who links a webstore that's "SOLD OUT". It's a used toy shop, inventory comes and goes. Unless you're in a hurry, checking there and Mandarake occasionally is better than paying ebay prices. And it's certainly better than resorting to a shady bootleg knock-off.
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May 26, 2015 04:36
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do the magazines with kits usually go up for preorder on hlj and such?
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May 26, 2015 04:40
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dogsicle posted:do the magazines with kits usually go up for preorder on hlj and such? Yeah. Hell, they're still trying to get rid of the Age-1 Razor parts https://www.hlj.com/product/HBJMAG1210EX/Gun
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May 26, 2015 04:44
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Not the honoo kit I was looking for but thanks anyway.
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May 26, 2015 04:46
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boom boom boom posted:Yeah. Hell, they're still trying to get rid of the Age-1 Razor parts good. with the Razor parts being so old i wasn't 100% sure, but looking again they had the Honoo and Lev parts recently. i think the Lev were even with the specific magazine I'm waiting for (Gundam ACE).
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May 26, 2015 04:56
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Late UC (F91/Xbone/V) mobile suits are the best mobile suits and I am forever plagued by the fact that we'll never get HGs or MGs for stuff like the Den'an Zon 
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May 26, 2015 09:06
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I finished the MG Zaku II J 2.0. and holy poo poo is he awesome. He is way, way more flexible and solid than the HGs I've built and the old Johnny Ridden Zaku II 1.0 MG I built back in 2003. The engineering on him is genius, he's fun to build, and the whole kit comes together so well. Even the pipes aren't that much of a pain to actually make (denubbing them though  ). After building this, going back to HGs is going to be a little hard. There are a lot more HGs than there are MGs, but man the flexibility and solid engineering in the Zaku II J 2.0 makes the HGs I've built look downright unimpressive. I haven't built the weapons yet, but he's so fun to pose that I don't really care to do so at the moment.
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May 26, 2015 12:30
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Going back to HGs after MGs and especially RGs is hard. Then you notice the price difference.
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May 26, 2015 15:05
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:Then you notice the price difference. It's not that huge. Unrelated: has there ever been an MG (or even HGUC) Nero? Because holy poo poo that's sexy:  It's both RD and P-Bandai exclusive, though. 
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May 26, 2015 15:18
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:Going back to HGs after MGs and especially RGs is hard. True. Another issue is the kit diversity MGs have compared to HGs. The HGUC line alone has a lot more to offer compared to the MG series. Add the HG SEED, 00, AGE, and Build Fighters lines to the mix and you have kits for pretty much anything you want. As a grunt fan, HG has way more for me than the MG line does. The MG line is best for getting high-quality models of suits you like, but nothing can beat the sheer amount of diversity the HG line has.
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May 26, 2015 15:43
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They really aren't kidding about it being a Giant Gatling Gun  . Apparently there's also an alternate handle for MG kits too.I'm probably gonna buy at least two to mount on a Leopard Da Vinci for as much Dakka as I can muster.
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May 26, 2015 16:06
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Dre2Dee2 posted:So... you finish the whole kit, and prime the whole thing in one shot? Wouldn't that stick the joints, or I guess you just tape that up? yep. I generally fiddle around with the poses that I want to do before I decide to prime it. I prime it when it's in that pose. Light spraying of primer prevents prevents it from sticking the joints.
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May 26, 2015 18:36
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Lemon Curdistan posted:Unrelated: has there ever been an MG (or even HGUC) Nero? Because holy poo poo that's sexy: Bandai has never kitted this one in any form, alas. I'm hoping that will change someday, but... Hijo Del Helmsley posted:Going back to HGs after MGs and especially RGs is hard. You get what you pay for. I've bought a lot of HGs over the years, and there are still a lot I'd very much like to have, but I've grown tired of their limitations.
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Bimmi posted:Bandai has never kitted this one in any form, alas. I'm hoping that will change someday, but... Yeah, fingers crossed. I'd honestly be willing to overlook my dislike of RD to get it but since it's a loving P-Bandai exclusive due out this month, the preorders closed in December and it's impossible to get.
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So speaking of MGs, I wanna get a bunch of OYW MGs. I've already got the 2.0 RX78 and 2.0 Zaku II. Are the 2.0 Gouf, Gelgoog and GM of comparable quality? (Oh my god I just realized now I have an excuse to buy MG Ball) Gyro Zeppeli fucked around with this message at 22:29 on May 26, 2015 |
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May 26, 2015 22:23
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RD is actually pretty great overall, but the non-scale nature of the line messes with my 'tism and ffffuuuuck building a large collection at those prices.
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May 26, 2015 22:42
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:So speaking of MGs, I wanna get a bunch of OYW MGs. I've already got the 2.0 RX78 and 2.0 Zaku II. Are the 2.0 Gouf, Gelgoog and GM of comparable quality? You forgot about the Zaku I.  As the resident Zaku I fan, I say gently caress you rear end in a top hat. Actually, the HGUC one is better in nearly every way, so just get that and have him sit on top of your Zaku II 2.0's shoulders. That's still not going to stop me from getting MG Ral's Zaku I soonish because drat do the colors on that kit look nice. 
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May 26, 2015 22:48
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Bimmi posted:RD is actually pretty great overall, but the non-scale nature of the line messes with my 'tism and ffffuuuuck building a large collection at those prices. The only RD I have is a Zaku II and it's okay, but I'm not a fan of the ultra-plasticky-toy look or the silly attachment hardpoints. I much prefer actual model kits.
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:So speaking of MGs, I wanna get a bunch of OYW MGs. I've already got the 2.0 RX78 and 2.0 Zaku II. Are the 2.0 Gouf, Gelgoog and GM of comparable quality? 2.0 gelgoog was a drat good kit.
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Monaghan posted:2.0 gelgoog was a drat good kit. I'm seriously torn between getting a Gelgoog 2.0 and pre-ordering the RE/100 Dijeh. Both are really cool in their own special ways, but I really want to support the RE/100 line so it takes off.
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RD are vaguely 1/144 ish with some obvious exceptions. Kshatriya is a little smaller than it should be and like 3 times the price but it has a million effect parts and poo poo. Personally I love 'em, especially for things to mess with compared to kits, but Bandai own me. Some stuff also doesn't have kits and I'm a Super Robot Wars guy. I just used the Tamiya panel lining pre watered enamel stuff and its good as hell, I'm awful at mixing things and can't deal with the mess so it's perfect for idiots like me. Hopefully it lasts as long as I hope. I have the black and either the grey or brown so I guess I need the third one, especially if it's the brown because that should be good on the Red Frame Astrays???? Get the RE! The Gelgoog will always exist but who knows with the RE line!
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EthanSteele posted:RD are vaguely 1/144 ish with some obvious exceptions. Kshatriya is a little smaller than it should be and like 3 times the price but it has a million effect parts and poo poo. Personally I love 'em, especially for things to mess with compared to kits, but Bandai own me. Some stuff also doesn't have kits and I'm a Super Robot Wars guy. Sorry if it's a dumb question but what's the difference between RE and MG?
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peeNamaste posted:Sorry if it's a dumb question but what's the difference between RE and MG? RE are HG-level detail, in 1/100, and it's a line meant for stuff that's so obscure it wouldn't get represented in other lines. Like the Nightingale and the Dijeh.
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EthanSteele posted:I just used the Tamiya panel lining pre watered enamel stuff and its good as hell, I'm awful at mixing things and can't deal with the mess so it's perfect for idiots like me. Hopefully it lasts as long as I hope. I have the black and either the grey or brown so I guess I need the third one, especially if it's the brown because that should be good on the Red Frame Astrays???? Be careful with this stuff on bare plastic, the solvent is apparently quite aggressive and i've heard some horror stories.
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:RE are HG-level detail, in 1/100, and it's a line meant for stuff that's so obscure it wouldn't get represented in other lines. Like the Nightingale and the Dijeh. RE/100s are meant to have MG-level outer-detail, but lack the inner-frame to cut down on costs. The Nightingale didn't really show that off, but the GP04 and Dijeh have the MG-quality outer details the line promised. Plus, it seems to unofficially be about featuring the best-of obscure suits, with things like the Nightingale, GP04, and Dijeh.
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RE/100 may have a good level of surface detail, but they definitely fall short of "MG minus the frame" and what's toylike at 1/144 scale becomes somewhat obnoxious at 1/100. Really not too impressed with the line so far, I'm hoping they'll ease up on the corner-cutting as things progress.
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:So speaking of MGs, I wanna get a bunch of OYW MGs. I've already got the 2.0 RX78 and 2.0 Zaku II. Are the 2.0 Gouf, Gelgoog and GM of comparable quality? You don't need an excuse to buy an MG Ball ever. There are 3 kits everyone should own. MG Gundam X, MG Ball, and depending on who you ask, MG Double X, MG Gundam Mk-II, or a second Gundam X.
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Bimmi posted:RE/100 may have a good level of surface detail, but they definitely fall short of "MG minus the frame" and what's toylike at 1/144 scale becomes somewhat obnoxious at 1/100. I like the RE/100 series because of the suits featured, not the gimmicks of the line. I love finally having a Nightingale period that isn't a resin or a bootleg and a modern Dijeh kit.
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Bimmi posted:Be careful with this stuff on bare plastic, the solvent is apparently quite aggressive and i've heard some horror stories. drat really? Yowza. I'm doing it over 2 coats of the Humbrol gloss stuff which is basically future supposedly. This is all on my painting testbed kit of a poor GM Sniper II. Good to know about the aggressive solvent. Might step it up to 3 coats of gloss, which is the recommended amount I just wanted to try the dang stuff out.
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May 27, 2015 01:12
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closeted republican posted:I like the RE/100 series because of the suits featured, not the gimmicks of the line. I love finally having a Nightingale period that isn't a resin or a bootleg and a modern Dijeh kit. I want to like the line too, but when even some HGs have better features they need to step it up a bit IMO. Budget line or not, they're still not cheap, and I'd rather pay a bit more for something with more parts and less reliance on stickers than what they're charging for the current product. I'm also smarting some from the Mk.III, which was a long-time Most Wanted for me but is a sufficiently underwhelming effort to drop right off the list.
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Beware, fellow mobile suits, for the time of reckoning has come! After months of waiting, the Great Masterpiece Tallgeese has finally arrived! It comes to lead its Leo children to victory, alongside all of their fellow proletariat grunt suit brethren! Prepare yourselves, decadent one-off designs, for we shall destroy you and all other bourgeois designs who are not part of a great grunt lineage! Death to the boondoggles! Long live the Tallgeese!
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The RE/100 line definitely has MG level surface detail, it's just not as dense as that line. And they don't feel chintzy or like the HG line, they feel right on the money. Given the option, I'd take an MG any day, but seeing as the line exists solely so we can get some obscure kits in a decent size class, I'm okay with it. Now bring on the Advance of Zeta suits already.
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I feel weird for liking HGs because 1/144 scale makes it easier to get/make kits that are in scale with my super robots. edit: That and Build Fighters, of course.
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TARDISman posted:You don't need an excuse to buy an MG Ball ever. There are 3 kits everyone should own. MG Gundam X, MG Ball, and depending on who you ask, MG Double X, MG Gundam Mk-II, or a second Gundam X. Is the MG Gundam MK-II good? That's one of a handful of Gundams I actually like. Also I really really wish they made an MG Captain Gundam.
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everythingWasBees posted:Is the MG Gundam MK-II good? That's one of a handful of Gundams I actually like. The Mk-II 2.0 is a really good kit.
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It's pretty hard to go wrong with any MG produced in the last ten years, though lord knows it ain't impossible.
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ACES CURE PLANES posted:The RE/100 line definitely has MG level surface detail, it's just not as dense as that line. And they don't feel chintzy or like the HG line, they feel right on the money. Given the option, I'd take an MG any day, but seeing as the line exists solely so we can get some obscure kits in a decent size class, I'm okay with it. That's how I feel about the RE/100 line as well. Yeah, I'd love full-fledged MGs for the suits featured in the RE/100 line, but there was no way things like the Nightingale and Dijeh would ever get an MG kit. I'll eat having to apply stickers if it means a cool-looking kit of an obscure MS.
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closeted republican posted:That's how I feel about the RE/100 line as well. Yeah, I'd love full-fledged MGs for the suits featured in the RE/100 line, but there was no way things like the Nightingale and Dijeh would ever get an MG kit. I'll eat having to apply stickers if it means a cool-looking kit of an obscure MS. It is what it is, but that doesn't stop me from wanting a bit more. The original MGs were kind of cheeze too so I'm hoping the line will grow out of it eventually.
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An Angry Bug posted:Beware, fellow mobile suits, for the time of reckoning has come! After months of waiting, the Great Masterpiece Tallgeese has finally arrived! It comes to lead its Leo children to victory, alongside all of their fellow proletariat grunt suit brethren! Prepare yourselves, decadent one-off designs, for we shall destroy you and all other bourgeois designs who are not part of a great grunt lineage! Death to the boondoggles! Long live the Tallgeese! I share your love of Tallgeese, as all right thinking and virtuous people do, but it's still kind of a boondoggle what with piloting it causing enough strain to kill you and all.
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