Mecha Talk

Just saw this while surfing through Twitter. Figured it was worth sharing... Sweet image of the Zaku Mariner: http://twitpic.com/6pawgc No clue what the Japanese says, though. The Japanese actually says Zee Zulu :D Yep, I concur, that's what the Japanese text says. And the presence of the folded up...

yes, i think those are the ones from Bandai Hobby Shop, though looking at this post, it doesn't seem to indicate that you have to buy the MG 00-Raiser Transam mode if you want to buy those red LED units.

We also see the same thing done in F91 by Seabook and Birgit when they fight the Bugs, and I'm pretty sure it's done at some point in Victory as well. Seabook (as Kincaide Nau) does it again with the Crossbone's Beam Zanber to block a VSBR shot from Harrison Martin's F91 in the Crossbone manga (alb...

1. how good are they? worth it to put them in or not? ===> I have the MG Exia Ignition Mode, and based on its reviews and kit description, the MG 00-Raiser uses the same LED unit as the MG Exia. The MG 00-Raiser itself comes with 1 LED unit. (There is another edition of the MG 00-Raiser, China or As...

Awarding's concluded! Here are some links related to the results, as well as videos:

2011 Philippine Gundam Model Kit Contest Results

Mechapinoy Exhibit, Entries @ 2011 Gundam Model Kit Contest (youtube video links)

Pics of the winning entries will be posted soon!

Bandai may not have it now, but it seems like 3rd party recasters/companies have already given some effort to producing conversion kits for this, such as this one.

I just finished "Tongues of Serpents", 6th book in Naomi Novik's Temeraire series. For some reason, this one lacked the epic battles that the previous books had. And Temeraire barely used the Divine Wind... But a good read all in all, lots of character development in this book

I just learned that Warehouse 13 and Eureka resumed new seasons

And now that more RG versions of older HG 1/144 kits are due to come out, I can now use the HG versions for kitbashing

The Gundam Wikia articles also mention the following: Green Frame has a different sensor suite that makes its eyes glow yellow instead of green for the rest of the Astrays. Mirage Frame, as its name implies, can also use Mirage Colloid, and was given by Librarian to Rondo Ghina Sahaku for his reveng...

The submission of entries concluded yesterday, and there were more than 160 entries all in all!! A very successful event all in all, thanks for all those who submitted their entries :D See links below for some related activities containing images of the submission event: Photo Gallery: Gundam Model ...

^ Thank you for the info. I guess I'll have to wait for a while then, look for other books to turn my attention to...

Besides kill the engines, drop decoy chaff/flares, and positioned the fighter and the ailerons to obtain maximum lift???? i don't remember isamu dropping/releasing decoys/chaffs/flares though, but yeah, killing the engine made him "invisible" to the missiles, and manipulating the control surfaces f...

Just started reading GRRM's "A Dance with Dragons", so far, so good. I assume we have a lot of people here starting that book now? Got it today, now to see if it justifies the wait. wow, you are lucky people :) still waiting for A Dance with Dragons to reach our shores... curious though, is it only...

Ban Kee Trading, Inc., the local distributor of Bandai here in the Philippines, will be hosting the Philippines Gundam Model Kit Contest 2011 (informally known as Ban Kee Nationals). The contest will focus on BB Senshi Sangokuden and Gundam 00 kits for entries. The event will be held in the Toy King...

the handle for the GN rifle (where the blade is connected to via a swivel point) can rotate, allowing the Exia to hold it like a normal sword. it has been used a few times, though as far as i can remember from the show, Setsuna probably used more the "katar" mode of wielding the GN Sword probably fo...

@SNT1: yeah HG's are really raising the bar in terms of design and details. and they aren't too draining on the wallet either. got my eyes on the GM Cannon II and GM III myself... GMs FTW!

kayone73 wrote:The only thing I'm planning to preordering is the MG 7SG as soon as it's available.

+1 on this. though i did order an MG Infinite Justice (way waaaay overdue, i know...), but other than that, it's HGUC/HG fest for me

^as far as the scans show, it does seem to have improved poseability, as shown in the 2nd and 3rd panes at the bottom of the scan. the 1st pane also shows it to be taller than the 1st release.

links to the pics posted on MP's main site