Anime
HGUC Guntank Review
By Loran oor Guntank. This guy has to be one of the most neglected designs in Gundam’s fiction. While it had a pretty prominent role in the original TV series, it was replaced by a […]
Gunpla
Anime
Weapons of the One Year War part 2-Zeon
By Loran Now that the Federation weapons have all been covered, it’s time to dive into the Zeon weapons. Early on, the Zeon weapons were very abstract-looking, but as time went on, they gained the […]
Anime
Weapons of the One Year War part 1-Earth
By Loran Welcome to part one of two of a special on what I think is one of the most important parts of any mobile suit: the weapons. Some suits are known for their distinctive […]
Anime
Review: 1/100th Scale HGGW Epyon
By Loran For today’s article I’m gonna do something special. Originally I was going to do a two-parter but I haven’t had much drive or energy to put the other kit together. Anyway, a few […]
Anime
Top 5: Favorite Gunpla Kits (part 2)
By Christopher Troy By now, most of you have died due to suffering from anxiety attacks related to what 3 Gunplas I would pick to round out the top 3. To those who have survived, […]
Anime
HGUC Guncannon Review
By Loran When they HGUC line got started in the summer of 1999, it began with stuff people didn’t really expect. The 08th MS Team line gave fans a chance to get designs from the […]
Anime
Top 5: Favorite Gunpla Kits (part 1)
by Christopher Troy Heya readers! Been slow to update as of late, with the upcoming summer anime convention starting up! Loran’s been nice enough to cover for me as I prep for my events for […]
Anime
Review: 08th MS Team Zaku II
By Loran Over the years, I’ve built a lot of robot kits. I’ve never really stopped and counted, but the total might be somewhere in the hundreds. Now, sure, a lot have broken and been […]
Gundam
Gelgoog Week Part 3: Classic Gelgoog Double Feature!
By Loran The time has come for the last part of Gelgoog week, and we’re finishing it off with the last type of Gelgoog released in the HGUC line-the classic MS-14 from the original TV […]
Anime
Gelgoog Week Part 2: Gelgoog Jaeger
By Loran Time for part 2 of 3 of Gelgoog week! This time, we’re going to take a look at the HGUC incarnation of the Gelgoog Jaeger from Gundam 0080. This kit got hardly any […]
Anime
Gelgoog Week Part 1: Gelgoog Marine Double Feature!
By Loran Loran here again, back on my “week” schedule again, but this time with a bonus-three articles instead of two! This time around, I’m covering more Zeon stuff, since I’ve kinda neglected them outside […]
Anime
Now and Then: Custom Zakus part 2
Since the first part of this series examined one of the “newer” Custom Zakus, it’s only fair that the “Then” portion examines the O.G. of Custom Zakus-The MS-06S “Zakue II”:Principality of Zeon Char’s Customize Mobile Suit from the Original Mobile Suit Gundam series. Of course we won’t be looking at the first release of this kit, but we’ll be dealing with 1/144th scale HGUC “remake” released back in 2002. […]
Anime
A Guide to Scales and Grades
I’m taking a little break from my two-review weeks and talking about a much more general subject-scale and grades. I’m sure a lot of first-time buyers look at the kits they want online and wonder, “How big is it? How hard is this to build? How nice will the finished product be?” Well, I’m hoping this guide here will help you decide what you want and what to expect. […]
Anime
Now and then: Custom Zakus part 1
By Christopher Troy C-C-C-C-C-C-C-combo Breaker! As I said last week, the 4th Meister’s gunpla should be in my hand in a few weeks, so we’re gonna take a break and focus on something not particularly […]
Anime
Titans Week part 2: HGUC GM Quel
By Loran Welcome to part two of two of Titans week! I’d like to make this “event” go on longer but I don’t have enough stuff to continue this much longer. For the second part […]
Anime
Titans Week part 1: The HGUC Gundam Mark II
Welcome to part one of two of Titans week! I’m going to start doing reviews with themes for the next few weeks, so you’ll see two reviews from me each week with something connecting the two together. This week I’m going to cover two mobile suits from everyone’s favorite fascist Federation police force with a really snazzy custom color scheme-the Titans! […]
Anime
Gundam Double-OH YEAH!: The 4 meisters Gundam review part 3
Welcome back to Part 3 of my look at the Gundam 00 Mesiter Gundams. Head’s up for the two of you who care; we’re currently out of stock of any of pilot Allelujah Haptism’s Gundams on the 1/144th scale, so they will probably be a delay of some sort between parts 3 and 4. I apologize, but the 00 kits are some of the hottest Gunplas selling at Forbidden Planet, and we all prefer the customer getting first dibs on our stock than Loran and I. Worse cause scnario, we’ll concluded this in 2 weeks with a 1/100th scale kit for Allelujah. […]
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HGUC Mass Production Guncannon Review
When the original Gundam 0080 model kit line came out in 1989, it really changed things for Gunpla. While they may seem really outdated by today’s standards, they were the first fully-snap together Gundam kits, not needing any glue like the Sentinel kits, or screws like the Char’s Counterattack kits. While they may have had issues like hip joints that popped out easily or ugly yellow polycaps like on the Zaku FZ, they were actually released as a part of the High Grade line when Bandai America released Gundam kits in the early 2000’s. […]
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Gundam Double-OH YEAH!: The 4 meisters Gundam review part 2
By Christopher Troy Running a little late, what with the Iron Man 2 release and Mother’s Day (don’t even ask me about my progress in Final Fantasy 13) , but here’s the 2nd installment of […]
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Gundam Astray Review
By Loran When Gundam SEED came out in 2002, one hell of a merchandising push came with it. Several new model kit lines were introduced like the new and unposeable take on the No Grade […]