Hobby Magazine August Issue Featuring MG 1/100 XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero Custom

Upcoming Gunpla in September

MG 1/100 GN-0000GNHW7SG Gundam 00 Seven Sword/G

 

 This kit comes with 

- GN Sword II Blaster, GN Buster Sword II, GN Sword II Short, GN Qatar x2, GN Sword II Long & GN Beam Saber x2, pilot (standing/sitting)
- GN Sword II Blaster with clear parts, expandable grip & joint part to attach to the binder
- GN Buster Sword II can be transform between sword and shield modes
- GN Sword II Long has expanded grip
- GN Sword II Short can reproduce the grappling tip connected with lead wires
- GN Qatar includes joint parts to attach to the body
- Foil Seal, Decals, Wire, Instruction Manual

Price: 5,500 Yen

HGFC 1/144 GF13-050NSW Nobel Gundam Berserker Mode

 Price: 1,575 Yen

HG 1/144 Gundam AGE-1 Normal

 Price: 1,200 Yen

 

MG 1/100 MSN-001A1 Delta Plus

Release date: August 2011

Price: 4725 Yen 

Hobby Magazine August Issue

Upcoming Gundam series: Mobile Suit Gundam AGE

Release date: Fall 2011

  

High Grade 1/144 Gundam Age-1 Normal

Release date: September 2011

Price: 1,200 Yen

Images and source from: GUNDAM GUY

Upcoming High Grade in August

It is not new kits that make the news instead of the kits that we already knew which are the High Grade Shining Gundam and Master Gundam. Going back to the Future Century, the High Grade Shining Gundam is looking fantastic and I’m glad Bandai decides to stick with the Future Century line and perhaps After War Gundam X will have the chance to join the High Grade kits after this.

Looking at the Shining Gundam, it will come with 2 sets of head which are normal mode and super mode, a Shining Finger Sword and an incredible over-sized Shining Finger, hopefully it doesn’t cause any weight issue to the kit for posing. So far I’m not sure whether Bandai will include the gold part inside the shoulder or it will be grey part as shown in the prototype.

 

Another Future Century kits will be joining Shining Gundam in August is the Master Gundam with Fuun Saiki which I think it is awesome to have a High Grade horse. The Master Gundam is looking great as it can have its Darkness Finger come from the cloak and the cloak goes around it properly, a master cloth and also an over-sized Darkness Finger. The fact that Master Gundam comes together with Fuun Saiki, I think it makes a guarantee purchase for the old school G Gundam fans.

 Images : Gunjap

ELS 00 Qan[T]

Gundam 00 The Movie: ELS 00 Qan[T] Charity Auction by Kanetake

Found an illustration of ELS 00 Qan[T] in gunjap website. First impression is the author tries to make Qanta looks like more human-ish mobile suit similar to Nirvash type Zero from Eureka Seven.

Nirvash Type Zero Spec 3

Gunpla

I guess everyone who knew Gundam will probably quite familiar with the word Gunpla and so do I. Gunpla came from combination of the words Gundam Plastic model and I have to say that Gunpla is the coolest model kit ever!

Despite Gunpla had been existed for decades but due to the popularity of Gundam especially in North America and Europe as Gundam Wing being aired through television, thus indirectly making Gunpla becomes famous. Besides that, as Bandai keeps on improving the mechanical design by the brilliant designer, Mr. Katoki Hajime, that makes Gundam fans like me feel worth for buying it.

My very first Gunpla, Gundam Virsago. Back to 12 years ago, this is the best quality of Gunpla i ever have 

In terms of quality, Bandai had made the best evolution of Gunpla from Non Grade, High Grade, Master Grade, Perfect Grade and finally Real Grade. Well the category that I most crazy about is Master Grade due to its detail design, inner frame, nice dry transfer and water decals and I’m really looking forward for the new coming Master Grade, Gundam Epyon from Gundam Wing. 

My greatest interest is collecting Gunpla, although I have only 15 Master Grade Gunplas in my collection, yet I’m looking forward for my collection to grow. Last but not least, happy 30^th anniversary to Gunpla and thank you very much Bandai~

How did I get into Gundam?

Despite there are a whole bunch of animes coming out from Japan and the only anime that really catch my attention was Mobile Suit Gundam. At the same time I want to thank a friend who had leaded me into the world of Gundam. Here is my story which is pretty simple. 

Back to 1998, during that time I had no internet, no vcd and no computer, so the only entertainment at the mean time was watching tv and video tapes. One day, my friend had given me a video tape that had Kido Butoden G Gundam written on it (hopefully I pronounce it correctly), but at that time I literally knew nothing about Gundam except the fact that they were giant robots similar to those super robots like Mazinger Z and had a V fin on their forehead.  After I had watched the first two episodes, I think it was great.

I’m quite embarrassed to say that Gundam means a lot to me as it had accompanied me ever since I was at the age of 10. I started to listen to Gundam’s opening and ending themes which later on my father knew I like it so much and he purposely bought me a collection of Gundam soundtrack. From the soundtrack I realized that G Gundam was just one of the Gundam series and there are huge bunch of other Gundam universe that I wanted to find out more about which lead me to watch most of the Gundam series. 

That wraps out for how I get into Gundam, so why don’t you leave a comment down below and stay tuned for lots more articles about Gundam. Enjoy the first opening theme from G Gundam and thank you very much.