Gunpla Review: NG 1/144 JDG-00X Devil Gundam

Good Evening Everyone!

Here I am again presenting a kit that I painted but this time with an airbrush. So pardon the flaws of my work hahaha! I still have a lot to learn, especially in the masking department @_@

This kit has been in my backlog for years now (around 2012) and I reserved it for the time I got my own airbrush. I have another kit that has been stored for a long time and I'll probably do that next.

This MS is one of the most famous Gunpla designs back in the day when things are made simple haha!

Nowadays, we have bigger and badder monstrous MS that can probably match this but this MS is from a show where logic knows no bounds.

Let's get it on!

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Gundam Custom/Review: HG 1/144 RX-79BD-1 Blue Destiny Unit 1 "Exam"

Good Afternoon guys! 

If you have been following me on my instagram (which you should >:D) You probably know that I've been working on something for quite a while. 

As usual, I got this kit from my favorite hobby shop:

http://wasabitoys.com/

They offer really affordable prices and they ship internationally as well! Do check them out!

If you haven't followed me yet, here's my account: https://www.instagram.com/x88x/

Please follow! I'm very active in posting my WIP kits there since making reviews take time because I need to build the kit first LOL and seeing my posts might entertain you while the actual review isn't available yet :D

Let's get it on!

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Blog Update and Christmas update!

What is up everyone? How was Christmas for everybody? I hope you guys got the gifts you wanted! 

Sorry for not posting much, was out for a few days during Christmas time haha! I do have some pics on my instagram on what I've up to!

Gundam News: HGBF Mrs. Loheng-Rinko

Info courtesy of: https://www.gundamkitscollection.com/2017/12/hgbf-mrs-lohengrin-ko-release-info.html

HGBF Mr.s Loheng-Rinko
Release Date: March 2018
Price: 2,700 Yen

Gundam Review: HG IBO 1/144 Mobile suit option set 5 and Tekkadan Mobile worker

A quick follow up to my previous review. If you haven't seen that yet, click here:

https://gunmod88.blogspot.com/2017/12/gundam-review-hg-ibo-1144-gundam.html

Long story short, I had to get this to complete the Barbatos Lupus' look and its really worth getting. I got this from another local hobby store... I actually forgot the name XD But it's cool that they're the only that have it on stock and last piece too!

Let's dive right in!

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Gundam Review: HG IBO 1/144 Gundam Barbatos Lupus

Good evening everyone!

If you've been following me in instagram or twitter, you probably expect this review coming sooner or later.

I had a fun time building this kit despite the similarities it has with my previous kit review. I love the show and characters. It's so gritty and full of raw killing atmosphere.

Then again, compared to other universes, they're kinda left behind in the technology department. Despite that, these Gundam frames are still pieces of war machinery that showcased how powerful they are in their own way.

As I said in my previous review, I was very hesitant in buying the HG IBO 1/144 line due to the gundam kits being sticker dependent and that the grunt suits had better treatment.

I can paint the details but sometimes I'm lazy hahaha! Most of the 1/144 IBO kits try too keep their prices very cheap, hence the minimal color separations.

I got his kit from my local hobby store:

http://wasabitoys.com/

Do check them out, they have good prices for gunpla kits and they deliver locally and internationally!

Let's get it on!

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HG IBO 1/144 Gundam Astaroth

Good afternoon everyone!

It's December! Wow, 2017 went by so fast.... Anyway, here I am with another gunpla review!

It's about time I got a kit from the IBO line. I love the show and the MS designs but I keep holding them off because a Master Grade might appear out of nowhere.

They do have the Full Mechanics 1/100 line but it's still not a Master Grade. It looks good but it still feels like a high end HG kit to me.

Anyway, another reason I keep brushing off IBO kits is because of how sticker heavy the kits are. It's nice that the kits are cheap but with a low price point means less colored parts.

Most of the HG kits look amazing and has awesome poseability but the usage of large foil stickers to cover big pieces is just a no no for me. 

I can paint but I need motivation hahaha!

Also, this MS got my attention because of its asymmetrical design and weapons. 

Let's get it on!

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Gundam Review: HGUC 1/144 RX-78-2 Revive

Good Evening guys!

If you've been following me on instagram or twitter, you'll know how awesome this kit I'm gonna review.

Does it even need an introduction? Well, probably, since not everyone who builds gunpla is familiar with the history or lore associated with it.

Long story short, this guy is the Grand Daddy Gundam, the white devil, the big kahuna, the one where most gundams in the UC timeline are based on.

Also, this is from Bandai's recent HG releases with the tagline "Revive" They pretty much do something every 5th and 10th anniversary of the series. 

This marks Bandai's 35th anniversary in the industry and as usual they release kits to associate this feat. The Revive line, as the name implies, upgrades some kits to today's standards, majority of the kits I saw are from the original MSG and Zeta series then they jumped to Seed/Destiny for some reason.

Anyway, let's discuss more in the review! 

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HG 1/144 RX-0 Unicorn Gundam (Destroy Mode)

Good Morning everyone!

The last kit in my HGUC 1/144 scale, the other white horned devil. The one that always receives a lot of jokes because of its name.

Then again, it became one of the most iconic designs in Gundam history. Piloted by Banagher Links, a kid born from a rich bloodline but sadly he's illegitimate. His father still approves of him though and even entrusted the MS to him to protect the Laplaces box.

I can go on with the story but I'd recommend that you watch the ova series instead (It's has a 7 part mini movie series or the televised 25 eps format, just choose which one you can manage.)

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Gundam Review: HGUC 1/144 MSZ-010 ZZ Gundam

Good afternoon guys!

After my Zeta Gundam review, I went onto its successor. Piloted by Judau Ashta, claimed to be the strongest newtype in the UC era.

You can check out the Zeta Gundam review here:

https://gunmod88.blogspot.com/2017/11/gundam-review-hguc-1144-msz-006-zeta.html

Directly continues where Zeta Gundam left off, Judau takes the spotlight after Kamille succumbs to a a delusional state, an effect from Scirrocos newtype abilites.

Judau initially started with the Zeta Gundam at the beginning of the show and tends to get in all sorts of troubles with it. There was one episode where he used a Zaku head as a replacement for the damaged one and he was mistaken as an enemy lol.

Since Kamille's Zeta was a huge success, Anaheim Electronics continued developing it further and I came up with this beast, The ZZ Gundam.

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Gundam review: HGUC 1/144 MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam

Good Afternoon guys!

A very hot afternoon here in the Philippines and despite the blazing glare of the sun, I still managed to make this post.

One electric fan isn't enough to lessen the rooms humidity... Well, what to do.

Anyway! What I have for you today is one of the first MS Gundam to ever have a transforming mechanism. Designed by Kamille Bidan (Yes, that's a mans name.) using an old Gundam RX-179 MK.II as his base frame. 

Kamille is very talented individual for his young age both in written and practical aspects. He's also Newtype, a rare type of individual with heightened senses compared to an ordinary human being. A Newtype is basically the next step in human evolution and often occurs in beings living in space. 

Let's get on with the review!

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Gundam Review: MG 1/100 Mobile Suit RX-79 [G] Ez-8

Good Afternoon everyone!

It's been a while since I built an MG kit out of the box that's why it took a while to make this post. It's a kit that has a special place in my heart because it's my top most favorite series in Gundam Universe. 

I love the Universal Century for how close it is to our timeline and the realistic aspects it has in the battlefield.

This particular mobile suit comes from a time during the One Year War. While Amuro and the gang in the White base are busy doing their stuff in space, these group is dealing with another issue back on earth.

I'm talking about the 08th MS Team, a ground team that carries out skirmishes and gathering intel for the Fedaration.

This team is headed by Shiro Amada, one of the most underrated pilots in my opinion. He's not a Newtype like Amuro but he does have natural talents to carry out their missions effectively.

I got this kit from one of my go to stores, Wasabi Toys, they have a lot of kits for a fair price so do check out their site if you wanna avail good prices! Membership is free so go now!

http://wasabitoys.com/

This kit is my comeback kit to the gunpla scene. I've been away for almost 3 years and I don't know what kit to get actually. Then I saw this kit in the shelves.. Just waiting there. 

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Gundam Review: NG 1/144 XXXG-01H Heavy Arms Gundam

Good Evening Everyone!

Surprised that another review is up? Well, to keep up with the theme "Throwback Thursday", I decided to post a follow up from my previous review about the Wing Gundam which you can view here:

https://gunmod88.blogspot.com/2017/10/gundam-review-ng-1144-xxxg-01w-wing.html

What we have next is the Gundam who has a lot of stuff packed in its load out. Being Piloted by the silent but calm trow Barton which is the opposite of what his Gundam can do. 

I present to you the Heavy Arms Gundam!

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SD Gundam Review: BB Sangokuden #18 Shin Ryuso Ryubi

Good Evening everyone!

If haven't seen my previous review, click here:

https://gunmod88.blogspot.com/2017/10/sd-gundam-review-bb-sangokuden-19-zhang.html

Moving on! 

I present to you the kindhearted virtuous leader of the Shu army, Liu Bei!

He' the main character of the show Brave Battle warriors. He's a simple man who values respect and kindness more than anything. Liu Bei is widely known as an ideal benevolent, humane ruler who cared for his people and selected good advisers for his government.

He also shows skills in combat and was good enough to get the loyalty of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, his oath brothers. 

Here he is in the Dynasty Warriors series. He's depicted a bit younger here unlike in previous games where he looks a little older.

On with the review!

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You can see Cao Cao at the back.. Maybe plotting something haha!

Gundam Review: MG 1/100 Gundam Astray Red Frame

Hey guys!

It's been like forever since my last post eh?

Well, sorry bout that. As usual I'm busy with work, making money so I can buy more stuff to review for you guys reading my blog.

I'm amazed how my blog is still racking up some views haha!!

So for now, I have a lot of backlog of figures to review.. As in A LOT!! I'll really find time to show all of them to you guys :3

For now, Let's take a look on one of the most bad ass MS in the Gundam universe. It's none other than the Red Frame Astray from the SEED/Destiny universe.

I don't know much about the Astray stuff but I do know that it happened in the SEED/Destiny Universe haha!

So let's get it on! It's gonna be lengthy one since it's a master grade :D

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Sneak Peek Reviews!

Here's a pic of my figures that I will review next:

I'm taking a break from gunpla since I really don't have time to assemble so these got my attention XD also, there's another figure but it's a surprise hahaha!

Gundam Review: MG 1/100 ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam

Hey Guys!

Sorry for the procrastinating delay of this review XD I have that habit where I purposely don't do something because once I do it, I have nothing else to do :))

So yeah, Here's the much awaited review but a little recap about this kit.

*Recap*

I got this kit loooooooong ago even before I did my internship in malaysia. It so happens that I didn't have enough time to build it so I left it untouched. I got this kit 2 days after I got my MG Force Impulse, I was suppose to get them at the same time but there some misunderstandings with the shipment of my Freedom gundam. That's why you guys saw F.I. first :D

When I got back here in the Philippines, I was suppose to build him right away but things got in the way like discovering an HG 1/144 Sazabi, my friend bought me an SD Juo Gia and mostly because of my lazyness haha!! 

*End of Recap*

So......... We all know that I only like Freedom because of the design not because of Kira. Truth be told, Gundam SEED?Destiny has a lot of awesome suits, unfortunately the characters and story ruined the show. 

Let's get on with the review.

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SD Gundam Review: BB Sangokuden Oath set

Good evening everyone!

Today I present you the BB Sangokuden Oath set. This set contains Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang fei in clear color. It's very beautiful in person, the pictures somewhat made them look metallic XD

For those who don't know, BB Sangokuden is a series based on the Chinese epic "Romance of The Three Kingdoms". To sum it up, China was divided into three kingdoms: Shu, Wu and Wei. Each Kingdom is ruled by an emperor namely: Liu Bei, Sun Jian (Technically his son Sun Ce started the army) and Cao Cao respectively. 

What's great about this series is that they tell you how the Three Kingdom war unfolded using gundams XD It's quite a nice combination if you ask me. Each character is modeled after a specific gundam, mostly the main characters in a series.

It's called the oath set because this represents the time when the three individuals: Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhan Fei made an oath to each other that they will only die by each others side. If you wanna find out more, there's a lot in the internet that have accurate data concerning the Three Kingdom War. If reading is not your thing, just play any Dynasty Warriors game hahaha!! They're pretty accurate in re-telling the said epic story.

For this review, I'm only gonna show how I build Liu Bei because it's pretty redundant if I showed it to you three times. They all have the same body construction, they just differ in detail, armor and weapons.

on with the review!

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Sneak peek review: BB Sangokuden Oath set

Good afternoon guys :D

As stated from my previous post, I'm pretty much going crazy over SD kits XD I got this today, as usual, it's always a debate what to get whenever I enter the store! I chose this over the HG AGE-2, that's how crazy I am for SD kits hahaha!!

But this is not just any SD kit, it's a BB sangokuden set, the "Oath set" to be exact. It's the clear versions of Liu bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's first forms in the series. They don't have upgrades yet, so they only have basic armor and stuff. 

It's called the oath set because this is the time when these three individuals made an oath to die by each others side. Read up on the Three kingdoms, it's pretty epic :)

I was surprised how cheap this is considering that it's clear version set with 3 characters. Usually, the clear kits cost more than p1k and that only uncludes 2 characters. I got this for a really cheap price since I have a membership discount already :3 Permanent 10% discount all the way XD

I'll probably build Liu Bei first :3 Stay tuned!

Gundam Review: HG 1/144 Hyaku Shiki

Hello guys! posting this just now means I got lazy yesterday haha!! But here it is, the original gold mobile suit, the Hyaku Shiki. 

Time for another history lesson, well, I'll summarize most of it XD

Hyaku shiki means "Type 100" in japan. This was seen in the show Gundam Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, one of the AEUG's front liners in combat along with the Zeta Gundam, RX-178, Methuss and the Rick Dias. This mobile suit is piloted by Quattro Bajeena (A.K.A. Char Aznable).

During the production of this suit, it was originally called the Delta Gundam and was supposed to be a transforming mobile suit just like the Zeta Gundam. During the time, the mechanics aren't able to make the transformation possible thus scrapping the idea and then modified instead to make the Hyaku Shiki. Some time later, they managed to make that system work, thus creating the Delta Plus. Anyway, the Hyaku Shiki has a gold color because of it anti-beam coating. At the time, giving a suit anti-beam cotaing is very expensive but not for Char. So I guess he wanted the extra protection haha!

This was last seen fighting Haman Karn in her Quebley and was destroyed in battle.

Screw it, like you'll read all of that hahaha!! 

Let's start with the review :D

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Since it's from the UC era, it will have that generic black box and the mobile suit in front of it. Aside from that, I love how detailed these boxes are nowadays. Oh yeah, this kit comes in 2 forms, this one and the one packed with mega bazooka launcher. The difference is asside from the bazooka is that the suit has a dull yellow-ish gold instead of the shining shimmering gold :D