Loots & Purchases 14

Another long MIA from me, been real lazy to blog recently, lol

BUT, today(or actually yesterday), 19/11/2011, is a very special date for me. It's so special, that I have to blog it no matter what. The reason it's not because Malaysia's Gundam Builders World Cup(GBWC) Open Category is being held in Sungei Wang Plaza from 18th to 23rd November, nor because the Junior Category is being held in MIECC from 18th to 28th November.

It's because I finally bought my dream gundam kit, MG 1/100 MSA-0011[Ext] Ex-S Gundam!!!!!! *cheering*

Finally made up my mind to buy it after holding back for so long. There was a small warehouse sale during the GBWC, and the MG Ex-S was on sale at a price of RM265. Not a very big discount from the usual price of RM280, or RM272 of Gamers Arena's price. However, I thought, since I'm going to buy it sooner or later(the only kit I would die for), why not buy now at this cheaper price? So I went ahead and bought it ^^

Before this I wanted to buy the HG Hyaku Shiki GPB Color (Byaku Shiki), but my friend, Nicholas Chua aka ascentic advised me not to do so, for now, as the price of RM68 is overpriced.

I took his advise, and went to look for another worthy kit, if any, to purchase. Had my eye on the MG RX-178 Super Gundam, since it was rare, and the good thing is I can mount the G-defender on MG RX-178 MkII v2.0 when I buy it in the future. But then I thought when will that be? Moreover I'm not really loving RX-178. Then I saw workers bringing in new batches of stock, so I went and checked out what new items were brought in. That's when I saw MG Ex-S Gundam and the rest are history~

I'm definitely broke now, trying to salvage some cash for the upcoming Mcmodel Nu Gundoom HWS, still surveying for a good price. But this purchase today is not the only reason I'm broke, but also due to I've ordered ALOT of bootleg gundam kits from Taobao. It's not convenient for me to tell the price here, but all I can say it's BIG =X. I ordered a total of 7 kits, that's right, 7!!! Here's the the stuffs I've ordered:

List:

HG 1/144 Gaplant TR-5

HG 1/144 Psycho Gundam

NG 1/100 Akatsuki Gundam

MG 1/100 Sinanju

MG 1/100 Deathscythe Gundam EW

MG 1/100 Deathscythe Hell Custom

MG 1/100 Zaku II J-Type

*I'm not really sure which version of this Zaku II is. It's either the normal version, or the MS Igloo version. They are suppose to be of different shade of green, but I can't differentiate it by using photos from web.

Now that's alooooooot of kits to build, adding up to the large number of backlogs I already had.

Other than Mcmodel Nu Gundoom HWS, no more purchases for me until next year, the most until Chinese New Year, lol. I hope I'm not tempted to buy the upcoming TT/GG release of MG Wing Zero Custom, or worse, the TT/GG MG Hi-Nu Gundam Kai! >_<

That's it for this post, I'm currently working on my MG Strike E + IWSP, hope I'm not too lazy to post up a WIP, lol.

P/S: I'm starting to number my 'Loots & Purchases' posts, it's head cracking task to think up a different title everytime, lol.

Loot & News

As what I mentioned earlier in my previous post, I went to Midvalley today to COD a MG Lukas Strike E + IWSP today, and here it is! XD

If you haven't read my earlier post, I got this at RM130, much lower than usual price =D.

Some updates in the gunpla world(Namely bootleg gunpla =P), the Mcmodel Ex-S Gundoom is finally released in China on July 22! I've already pre-ordered a unit from Nicholas Chua, and the stocks are expected to arrive sometime next week XD. He's unable to confirm the price yet, but other sellers are setting the price around RM50-60. The price range is very very good, and hopefully Nic's price will be in that range, or better, less =P.
Here are pictures of the SD Ex-S Gundoom in colours from the web, as previously I've only shown the uncoloured prototype.








*A LED unit will included in the kit, which is used to light up the eyes. It is said the LED will only be included as a premium item for the first production batch only, much like as in Hi-Nu Gundoom

There's another soon to be released special edition version which comes in orange-red colour scheme with hot rod style fire decals pre-painted.


Another big news is from the bootleg king company, TT Hongli. It is said that they hired designers from VP, a conversion kit producer in Korea to design their new MG 1/100 Hi-Nu. TT is following Mcmodel's footstep in taking resin conversion kits' design and making them into plastic kits.
Here are some pics of the supposedly their new Hi-Nu(Named Hi-Nu VP for now).



It is said that TT is going to use back the inner frame of the original MG Hi-Nu inner frame, with the outer armour being the new desgin.
I've seen people mentioned on web that TT also copy-righted this design, though would it render Bandai unable to file a lawsuit against them is questionable.

Lastly, the news on TT's next bootleg kit of Bandai's, is to be a HG ORX-005 Gaplant TR-5. Good news as the Bandai kit of it is very rare and costly.

That's it for updates!

News on Mcmodel's next gunpla kit!

There's news stating that the next gunpla kit to be produced by the China company, Mcmodel possibly could be a SD MSA-0011（EXT）Ex-S Gundoom!

Pictures of the prototype:




I'm usually not a fan of SD kit and I didn't buy Mcmodel's previous SD, Nightingale. However I'm a great fan of S Gundam and it's variants, especially (Ext) Ex-S variant, I'm definitely looking forward to this kit! What's more is it's said to come with Deep Striker variant parts too!!! Awesome news if it's true!!!

Source of news is from a chinese forum:
http://www.xiaot.com/vbbs/viewthread.php?tid=94589&extra=&page=1
You can check out Mcmodel's website, http://mcmodel.cn/ too, but I advise against it as the pages take ages to load and it's a problem to navigate if you do not know mandarin.

Mcmodel RX-93 Nu Gundoom - Unboxing

This is the first model kit released by Mcmodel: HG 1/144 RX-93 Nu Gundoom.

Front/top/bottom/side view:




*Sorry for unable to show a prefect look of the box due to it being dented during courier, but you can still see how nice is the boxart. Nu Gundoom looks very menacing and it looks like it just destroyed an enemy behind with the explosion.

The contents:

*There are a total of 15 runners in this kit, one runner short of Hi-Nu Gundoom. I think the reason for the number of runners is the funnels.
I haven't mentioned that this kit comes with 12 funnels in total!
As seen at the pictures on the box, you can equip Nu Gundoom with 12 funnels to look like wings, kinda Gundam Wing craze, huh?
Not to mention you get 2 bazookas in this kit also.

There's a drawing that looks like a launch bay hangar inside of the box

*I think this is pretty neat and it can be used to display Nu Gundoom preparing for launch, though I don't think I'm gonna use it due to the box is badly dented and it's very space consuming.

Box size comparison with Hi-Nu Gundoom:


*The Hi-Nu Gundoom's box totally dwarfs the Nu Gundoom's box, LOL
You can almost fit 2 boxes of Nu Gundoom inside it!

That's it for this post and there won't be a WIP for Nu Gundoom because I'm doing speed building on it, which I snap fit it first only paint and panel line.

Mcmodel RX-93 Hi-Nu Gundoom - WIP Part 1

I started work on the funnels first as it is the most tedious and time consuming part of the whole assembly.
Imagine have to repeat the steps 6 times(with some steps 12 times), you'll be bored to death in no time =_=

The funnels fully assembled and panel lined:

*The joints holding the funnels together were white originally, I've painted them black.
Notice how much details the funnels have? That's the reason for my slow progress of panel lining them =_=
Unlike original design where the funnels are pretty flat and simple.

Funnel in attack mode:


I've also painted all the thrusters in this kit with silver on the outside and gold on the inside.
Currently having gold and silver bling fetish XD


The upper torso, head and waist assembly are pretty straight forward, not much painting needed and panel linings are a breeze =D

*I've painted the chest air intakes with silver(again =P), which are originally dull gray.

The head's design made the eyes barely visible, lol.
You can't see from the photo, but I painted the eyes with gold instead of using the foil sticker given.
The V-fin and side skirt armors falls off easily at the slightest touch =_=
So I had them fixed in placed with Mr. Cement.
The front skirt armor are pretty loose, not loose in terms of easy to come off(which is not possible anyway based on the mount design), but loose like it tends to flap around unnecessary.
Still thinking of a way to make the joints tighter.

The tail stabilizer, one word: HUGE

*This tail stabilizer's design is waaaaaay cooler and more menacing looking than the original Hi-Hu's!

'Blinged' up thrusters XP


Legs, arms, funnels backpack and propellant tanks currently in progress, much more painting needed compare to the other parts.
I have assembled the weapons and shield but haven't panel lined them yet.
To be continued in part 2 =D.

What I got today at my doorstep...

Today I got this package delivered to me:


Inside is......
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Tada~!

Mcmodel RX-93 Nu Gundoom! =D
Though unsatisfied a bit due to darn Skynet for denting the box so much >:(

As my earlier post said, i paid RM80 to buy this Nu Gundoom and had it posted to my house.
I missed the first delivery attempt on Monday so I requested them to deliver it again today.

Yesterday went Berjaya Times Square and had a double movie with my best buddy.
Watched Thor and Fast 5 =D
I also bought a few more stuffs:

Gundam Marker GM01 Black (RM8)
Gundam Marker GM02 Gray (RM8)
Gundam Decal 31 - MG 1/100 ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam (RM18)

Don't know when I can apply the decals for my MG Strike Freedom as I haven't even finish panel lining it,
and I'm still in a very slow progress of completing my Hi-Nu Gundoom =.=

Mcmodel RX-93 Hi-Nu Gundoom - Unboxing

Model Comprehend Model, or Mcmodel in short, is a China company that make their own Gundam kits designs.
Unlike TT Hongli or GaoGao, where they copy exactly Bandai's parts and design.
Though their kits are still count as bootleg because they don't have the license to produce and distribute Gundam products, lol

This Mcmodel HG 1/144 RX-93 Hi-Nu Gundoom is their 3rd product to be released.
Their first was HG 1/144 RX-93 Nu Gundoom, and the 2nd was SD Nightingale.

My first impression of the Mcmodel RX-93 Hi-Nu Gundoom's box: BIG
According to Mcmodel's grading it's only HG and 1/144 scale, but the box's size was way much bigger than most Bandai's MG boxes

Front view and back view:


*The box art is very nice in my opinion, much nicer than Bandai's MG Hi-Nu. And the back of the box, EPIC beautiful!!! This is a plus for China makers, unlike Bandai giving boring plain back. Thinking of cutting the back out and use it as a wallpaper =P.
Just too bad with the word "Gundoom" makes it awkward XD

Top/bottom/side view:



*Top and bottom view are the same, so I'm showing 1 only

Size comparison with Bandai MG ReZEL Commander-Type box:


*As you can see, in terms of height they are almost the same, with the Hi-Nu box higher by a cm! The width of the ReZEL box is slightly wider than Hi-Nu's, but the depth/thickness of the Hi-Nu is way more than the ReZEL, lol!

The Hi-Nu's box opens at the sides with flap covers, unlike standard Bandai boxes where the boxart is the top cover and is taken out whole.


The inner box:

*Beats me how they translate the chinese words into "Special Collectible for The First Time", it doesn't sound right to me, and they couldn't have used google translate cause google translate gave "First Edition Premiere", lol

The cover of the inner box contains the special parts provided in the first batch production of this kit



View of inside of inner box and the contents:


*The box contents feels empty. The runners and manual aren't many enough to fill up the box, so I'm guessing the purpose of them using such a big box is as a marketing gimmick only.
There are a total of 16 runners including the special beams runner. That's alot for a HG!

The special parts given for first batch production includes a set of special beams for beam saber, a set of water decals, and the main attraction, wing effects parts and booster effects parts.

*The wings effects parts are damn awesome! In the manual there's pics of Hi-Nu posing with the wings effects and the result is darn cool!!! Can't wait to assemble it and see the results with my own eyes XD

That's all for the unboxing of Mcmodel RX-93 Hi-Nu Gundoom. Most likely will post some Work-in-progress(WIP) posts on this, stay tune!

P/S: All pics are taken with Nikon D5000 using Sigma 50mm f/1.4 with Nikon SB900