This was my birthday gift from my wife. ^_^ (i managed to tricker into buying me one. hehehe). Just kidding, anyway, of all the gunpla I have, she liked my master grade red frame so much, i manage to convince her that the master grade blue frame will be a perfect display shelf partner to him. And the rest is history. She didn’t know what to get me for my birthday, so I used the inception method (yes, the movie) and lead her to believe that this is what “she wants” to give me, but we all know that, it is what “I want” her to give me.

Head is very detailed. Unlike the red frame, his V-fin is inside his head armor (or helmet). which means it wont fall of very easily (like the red frame does). I almost resembles the helmet of a dirt bike rider.

Arms are exactly like the MG red frame (its just blue instead of red). that means it comes with all is awesome articulation, details and glory (if there are any).

Legs are also the same. With a few exemptions. like a retracting blades on the feet and daggers on its hips. Other that that (and the blue color), its molded the same way.

He is the blue frame side by side with the red rame. even thought its obvious that they are suppose to be the same. I still don’t feel like they are. small details make a big difference. tactical arms, shoulder armor, helmet, etc.

I was looking for this kit for a while now. And The moment I saw it on the hobby store near my home, I bought it immediately.

On most of the 1st part of this post, you will see an unpainted version of this kit. Built straight out of the box. As expected, like most SD kits, most colors are wrong and you have to paint it to make it look just right.

Like all other SD, this kit was very very easy to build. Its a good practice for me to practice my brush painting skills. (i still suck by the way). Hopefully with a little patience and alot of time, i’ll be better.

After adding some paint. here is my SD strike gundam.

Trying a few more poses, to show some articulation of this kit.

The moment I got this kit, i was so excited to build it. I did a lot of googling on how this would look like during and after building. Hmmm, just to get it right. No mistakes ^_^. And the moment I start building and cutting away from the tree, i forgot to start to document and take photographs. hehe. anyway, as you can see I started the gallery with the body and arms already built.

Im not sure If you would notice. I disassembled the head 2 times. why? the sticker where the headcamera (just on top of the v-fin), keeps on shifting the moment i put the head all together. and after 3 tries, it still wont stay in place. in the end I just gave up and will paint this instead. >_<

and I love the this kit’s inner leg frame. its so awesome. I do hope i you can notice it. I did a couple of macro shots for you to see. Its basically built from the tree, all you need to do is to cut it off and basically move some parts around.

Now for the waist/skirt area. like all master grades. this is the last to be constructed (based from the manual). and I must say, this must be the most cool front skirts i have ever seen. It has that shrimp like joints (i just wish they did the same on the back skirts). But hey, its still awesome.

I was trying to cut some pieces, and i cut my self bad. well not THAT bad, but it was bad enough for me to curse this kit for a couple of seconds. But after taking a look at it again. My anger went away and felt peace once again ^_^.

I still need to add some paint on the boosters to make it more metallic. It very plastic looking from behind.

time to work on the weapons and display base.

just after constructing it, i displayed it right where our new LCD TV. And it looked good. ^_^. Next I will try to add some panel lines and paint some minor details on the pumps, hydraulics and boosters. to make it more awesome than it already is.

This is my 1st 1/144 scale gundams. I normally prefer 1/100 NG (no grades) over the 1/144 HG (high grades). I seems to me that Bandai have no plans of making a bigger scale for these 3 amazing kits.

They as basically very easy to build. especially if you build them all at the same day. Except for the head, color scheme and weapons, these three basically have the same mold. Even so, they are still fun to build.

Since my Eins is a resin kit. i experienced some problems with it. loose joints and pegs that dont fit. Fortunately its something that a little super glue can fix. I may consider getting a bandai one for this model.

As for Zwei. Even though its a bandai brand, I still have some small complains for this kit. Whenever you want to make a pose of him holding his sword, you have to disassemble his hand 1st, so that you can have him pose like that i did below.

As for the drei. i dont have complain (so far). i like the color scheme, like its cool poses and i like how its head look alot like from that alien movie. But im pretty sure this would even look better if i painted some details into it. Hopefully on my next post, (if i find the time to work on them).

Now i guess your asking why would i buy a resin kit of eins, when i have the other 2 (zwei and drei) from bandai. Its simple reason actually, I couldn’t find any Eins, on my local stores. Plus, I guess i also want to try experiencing on how to make HG 1/144 TT Hongli brands. And for the record, the bandai ones are far far superior especially on how accurately one mold fits into the other. For the TTHongli brand, 50% of the time, I have to either add super glue to thicken a part or shave of some parts with my hobby knife to make a part fit to one another.

I started working on the head. i just made it as is, i haven’t done any filing and painting yet. Actually for the head, i’ll just add panel lines and a touch or ‘top coat’ only. it looks good as it is anyway.

next will be the arms and hands. i noticed how big the hands are compared to the strike gundam. but i dont mind. its suppose to be a giant robot anyway. more gripping action (i guess).

After combining the head, arms and body together. i really like how the gold paint came out. looks good when its properly lighten. The only fall back is how stiff the joint become. But hey, im not complaining. Its just a ‘warning’ for those who want to make the inner frame of this kit look more gold.

as for the legs. i started working on them, but i noticed how late it was, and my wife’s making that ‘face’ again. you know, that face. anyway, took some photos before i went to bed.

as i woke up the next day, i started adding the armors and feet.

up next would be the weapons and accessories

i haven’t done any significant panel lining yet (just did some parts on the head and inner frame). will try to continue that some other day. Plus i’ll also add the decals next. (right after i panel lined it).

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Have you ever seen a real lifesize of a gundam robot (or for any robot for that matter). Check the link below for more.

Source URL: http://punynari.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/assembled-rx78-gundam-part-2/

When: May 30, 2009
Where: Atrium, Bldg A, SM Megamall

Cybertron Philippines will kick off the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen promotions by launching the TF:ROTF toys on May 30, 2009 (Saturday) at the Atrium, Building A, SM Megamall.

1) There will be no price increase for Deluxes and Leader Class. Deluxes will stay at P699 at Leader Class still remains at P2999
2) There will be a wide assortment of ROTF toys during the launch.
3) Gifts with purchase will still be present.
4) Three (3) chances to get major TFs and ROTF prizes.
5) Winners of the Customized Transformers Toy Contest will be announced during the event. The entries will be put on display. Exclusive Items and Official Hasbro Trophies will be up for grabs.

Reference URL: http://toykingdom.ph/toykingdom/transformers

I stumbled into this video from myspace.

great job on this animation. check the video below.

Bruce Lee vs Iron Man

At looooong last… after months and months of convincing myself… i finally decided to buy myself a mudhafakin MP-04… if incase you dont know what I’m talking about… its actually the largest Optimus Prime Toyi (to date) out there… try searching in google or youtube (it all over the place). I’ve already uploaded some of my own photos to my multiply account (trying to save some space on my local web server). And when I have the time to finish my gallery page here in wordpress, I will upload them here aswell.

Back to the topic, the one i bought is actually made by Takara (which I prefer over Hasbro by the way). Even though it has some small paint chips (i guess its normal for a die-cast type of toy). And the chrome painted smoke stack (on the left side) have faded a bit (especially on the edges). But based from some review I found, its normal for this toy. I’m so happy, i feel like a total geek gone haywire…

Bottomline, I am very pleased with this toy, I had to really search for any cons at all (for both robot and vehicle mode). I highly recommend it to anyone who does not have MP-01. If you do have MP-01 then your choice is a bit more complex, I’m not sure I would dish out the extra cash if I just wanted the trailer. :-/

mental note: I’m not a collector, I just buy selected toys simply because I like them (alot). Also, I dont resell and I dont try to complete any “sets.”