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Post by Ginrai on Apr 27, 2006 19:12:28 GMT -5
So I posted about this at a certain other site and got raw hate. Hopefully that will not be the case here. I finally got the last 2 Gundams I needed to complete my (modern) DX Gundam collection, the Wing Zero Custom and God Gundam. They're both pretty cool toys. WZC certainly wows with its finish and the presence those big ass wings give it. I really love my Arch Enemy RX-78 and wish they upscaled that one, too. Despite being a great, awesome chunk of plastic love, there's a bit of weirdness. The weathering looks great, but it makes it kind of look odd when compared with the other DXes, but that's not a big deal. It's also kind of difficult to get it to hold a gun one-handed, but other than that, I'm pretty happy. Damn are those wings big. God Gundam is great. It's an older design than WZC (early 90's), which shows in its engineering, but it's still really good. Quite poseable, the skirt doesn't limit the leg articulation, and it looks great. The mecha design of God Gundam is a little more cluttered than Shining Gundam, so the poseability of the toy suffers a slightly from this (mostly talking about the huge shoulders here), but it's still way more poseable than most of the DX line and quite good. Shining still wins for poseability, but God is close. Really the only thing God has over Shining is the face. Shining's super mode gimmick means the normal mode face is a little ugly because it has a mouth plate the swings open to reveal the angry baboon red face in the inside, as people have said to me. I don't mind the bright red face, but your mileage may vary. Anyway, that's not an issue at all on God Gundam since the face doesn't do that. Essentially the same weapons as Shining, which is not a big deal, since they ruled on Shining. If you wanted a gun, sorry, God is all martial arts bot. Well, I guess it -does- have shoulder vulcans, but no huge beam rifle. Anyhow, I'm really happy with both, and so here's my final tally of DX Gundams: DX Wing Gundam DX GP-01fb DX GP-02A DX Sazabi DX Nu Gundam DX Shining Gundam DX Dragon Gundam DX God Gundam DX Gundam Wing Zero Custom Also lumped in with these guys are my 1/60 Big Scale Model Kit Gundam F91 (it's not really a model kit, more half-toy half-model like most of the DX line, and a similar size -- just slightly taller than GP-02A) and my hideous bootleg Gundam Airmaster, which is apparently upscaled from the model kit and just the right size to fit in with the DXes. There's a bootleg of the blue Airmaster and the Gundam X that are the same deal, but I don't have them. In other similar stuff, I've got a Thinkway Zaku on the way which is apparently about that magic 12" size, so I'll let you know if they fit in.
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Post by mannyD on Apr 28, 2006 1:55:05 GMT -5
dude i had MSIA DX edition gp-01fb, gp-02, Nu gundam, and sazabi. but i sold them all, wish i hadn't though. the plastic is a lot better than arch enemies, i wonder why bandai no longer issue gundam under this DX line. they are big, high quality, and affordable. ah yes i remember now, i sold them because i hated those screw holes on their backs. i was heavy with MG kits at that time. but now i also collect diecast robots, they have more screw holes in their backs hehe, and it does not bother me anymore. i missed my DX gundams
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Post by Ben-Ohki on Apr 28, 2006 8:26:28 GMT -5
Congratulations: always nice to have a complete collection of anything! I only have 2 DXs (and they're American releases at that)... but I still like them (Wing and Shining). I just like their immense size. Plus their cheapness - I did custom panel-lining and whatnot without worrying about "devaluating" them. Err hmm... nope, I can't get my DX to hold a gun right either. BTW, G Gundam was only season before Wing Gundam.... so it's not *that* old. Hey, why doesn't anyone ever mention the 1/60 Strike kit that Bandai made for Gundam Seed last year (or was it 2004)? Am I the only one who has one?
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Post by Omni Existence on Apr 28, 2006 10:43:35 GMT -5
Anyhow, I'm really happy with both, and so here's my final tally of DX Gundams: DX Wing Gundam DX GP-01fb DX GP-02A DX Sazabi DX Nu Gundam DX Shining Gundam DX Dragon Gundam DX God Gundam DX Gundam Wing Zero Custom Cool! I wanted to complete my DX line as well, but I just had to streamline! Too many toy lines in my collection! By the way, don't you have the DX Dendrobium in your collection?
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Post by Ginrai on Apr 28, 2006 11:59:12 GMT -5
Congratulations: always nice to have a complete collection of anything! Thanks! I only have 2 DXs (and they're American releases at that)... but I still like them (Wing and Shining). I just like their immense size. Plus their cheapness - I did custom panel-lining and whatnot without worrying about "devaluating" them. Err hmm... nope, I can't get my DX to hold a gun right either. I don't like to panel line my robots, and I usually don't even like to put stickers on. I like them looking clean. BTW, G Gundam was only season before Wing Gundam.... so it's not *that* old. Uhm, yeah, G Gundam is what, 1994? While Wing followed pretty quickly after, the Wing Zero Custom Arch Enemy toy and the DX that is based on it did not come out until the early 2000's (I want to say 2002, but I'm not positive). So God Gundam is like 8 years? older than WZC. That's a pretty big difference in toy engineering terms. Hey, why doesn't anyone ever mention the 1/60 Strike kit that Bandai made for Gundam Seed last year (or was it 2004)? Am I the only one who has one? Are you talking about the Metal Material one or a model kit or something?
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Post by Ginrai on Apr 28, 2006 12:04:49 GMT -5
I wanted to complete my DX line as well, but I just had to streamline! Too many toy lines in my collection! By the way, don't you have the DX Dendrobium in your collection? Well, I've been drastically cutting back and selling off lots of things. My DX Gundams were one of the things I've decided to keep. I don't have the Dendrobium and don't really want it. Like Psyco Gundam, they're not really DXes. They're on regular MSIA scale. The Dendrobium is that huge compared to regular Gundams, as is the Psyco. So for my collection I really want robots around 12", which always makes me reconsider the Psyco, but... The Dendrobium seems cool enough, but it doesn't really appeal to me. I mean, it's a normal little MISA Gundam in a huge chair with rockets on it, not a huge robot. That's the distinction for me.
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Post by Ben-Ohki on Apr 28, 2006 14:39:46 GMT -5
Uhm, yeah, G Gundam is what, 1994? While Wing followed pretty quickly after, the Wing Zero Custom Arch Enemy toy and the DX that is based on it did not come out until the early 2000's (I want to say 2002, but I'm not positive). So God Gundam is like 8 years? older than WZC. That's a pretty big difference in toy engineering terms. Ah - I see - I thought you meant design-wise (G Gundam was only 1 series prior to Wing Gundam), and Endless Waltz which spawned the "custom" series mecha was late 1995 (or early 96). Are you talking about the Metal Material one or a model kit or something? I happen to have a large gunpla model kit of Gundam Strike that looks to be about 1/60 scale (I'm not sure about the official scale off the top of my head). I feel like I'm the only person on the planet that has one. It's kinda half-way between an old UC kit and a MG kit ...not particularly well detailed, but it does look pretty cool.
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Post by jwm on Apr 28, 2006 18:26:09 GMT -5
Jeez Louise, how can you hate these things? I have the Wing, the Sazabi, and the RX 93. Love my DX's! I just wish I had room to display them.
JWM
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Post by zephyranthes on Apr 29, 2006 14:32:07 GMT -5
Your quest to obtain all of the DX Gundams may not be over yet. There's still the 1/48 scale Victory Gundam. It does transform (but not as perfectly as Banpresto's Perfect Transformation V Gundam). It comes in a very big box and is labeled as a DX figure. This was my very first DX Gundam and the only DX gundam from this series. There are also the smaller 1/72 non-DX V Gundams if you're interested.
I wish I had the DX Wing Zero Custom. I was never able to get a hold of that one since it was released only in Asia. At least I have the Arch Enemy version of that one.
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Post by Ginrai on Apr 30, 2006 14:58:41 GMT -5
I happen to have a large gunpla model kit of Gundam Strike that looks to be about 1/60 scale (I'm not sure about the official scale off the top of my head). I feel like I'm the only person on the planet that has one. It's kinda half-way between an old UC kit and a MG kit ...not particularly well detailed, but it does look pretty cool. Well, the F91 barely counts for me, and the only reason it does is like 75% of it is prebuilt. You kind of put together arms, put on the head, and put on the skirts and such, but it's largely preassembled, and made of thicker, tougher plastic than most models. It feels like a precursor to the proper modern DX line. Is this Strike like that, or just a full model kit? I'm not really into model kits.
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Post by Ginrai on Apr 30, 2006 15:04:12 GMT -5
Your quest to obtain all of the DX Gundams may not be over yet. There's still the 1/48 scale Victory Gundam. It does transform (but not as perfectly as Banpresto's Perfect Transformation V Gundam). It comes in a very big box and is labeled as a DX figure. This was my very first DX Gundam and the only DX gundam from this series. There are also the smaller 1/72 non-DX V Gundams if you're interested. Yeah, people have told me about the 1/48 V Gundam, but I'm not sure if I want to get it or not. Maybe if I could find it fairly cheap I'd buy it. I really like the Mushacloth Gundams, but they're too small and too old school really to qualify for my modern DX line. Also they cost a lot. I'm definitely not interested in the smaller 1/72s, but if I could find a decently priced V Gundam, I'd probably out on a limb for it. I wish I had the DX Wing Zero Custom. I was never able to get a hold of that one since it was released only in Asia. At least I have the Arch Enemy version of that one. Yeah, it was kind of a b*tch to get it. When it first came out it was on eBay a lot but it was always in HK or Korea and they wanted a -ton- of money for it. The one I got recently I got from a guy on Macross World. Still more expensive than any of my other DXes (including the F91), but I got the HK one and not the Korean one so it has the weathering and such. The reason it's so hard to find is not that it was only released in Asia, it's that it was only released in HK and Korea and not in Japan! If it was released in Japan we'd actually be able to get it. Sigh. I mean, it'd be nice if it came out in the US, but God Gundam didn't come out here either and is pretty easy to find.
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Post by Ben-Ohki on Apr 30, 2006 22:14:39 GMT -5
I happen to have a large gunpla model kit of Gundam Strike that looks to be about 1/60 scale (I'm not sure about the official scale off the top of my head). I feel like I'm the only person on the planet that has one. It's kinda half-way between an old UC kit and a MG kit ...not particularly well detailed, but it does look pretty cool. Well, the F91 barely counts for me, and the only reason it does is like 75% of it is prebuilt. You kind of put together arms, put on the head, and put on the skirts and such, but it's largely preassembled, and made of thicker, tougher plastic than most models. It feels like a precursor to the proper modern DX line. Is this Strike like that, or just a full model kit? I'm not really into model kits. In that case you'd absolutely hate the Strike. I brought it up because whenever people talk about the DX line someone else is bound to bring up the V-Gundam and the F91 offshoots but NOBODY ever talks about the 1/60 scale Strike (which I guess is probably too new). Anyway, yeah - it's a kit all the way. I call is a semi-MG because you do build kind of a skeleton structure like the MG kits, but not the whole thing - some of it is empty armour, etc... but you definitely build the WHOLE thing; it's not at all like the F91 in that respect.
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Post by Ginrai on May 1, 2006 1:03:45 GMT -5
Haha, okay, probably not something I want then. Thanks anyway!
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Post by Watari on May 8, 2006 22:16:52 GMT -5
Hehe, finally gave in, this thread has made me purchase a long overdue DX God Gundam. About time too, these have been on the bargain bin for years.
Have a question though, was there a Japan-made version of this toy? All of em here in Manila are stamped "made in china".
Side note, just remembered a friend who showed me the all gold color version of this toy, it was so cool. Too bad I didn't have my camera with me that time.
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Post by Ginrai on May 10, 2006 14:35:56 GMT -5
Mine is in a Japanese box, but I dunno what is stamped on the toy. I'll check it out when I get home. If I can remember...
The gold one is that vacuum metallized stuff. Looks good, but can't touch it!
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Post by Watari on May 10, 2006 19:42:12 GMT -5
The gold one is that vacuum metallized stuff. Looks good, but can't touch it! Yeah, he didn't even bother to take it out of the box, he just opened the lid and watched as I go "oooh, aaahh..." ;D
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Post by Ginrai on May 11, 2006 18:11:32 GMT -5
Gah, yeah, I don't want a toy I can't even touch. That's no fun at all.
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Post by roanstalker on May 11, 2006 18:41:26 GMT -5
I've got Banpresto's perfect transformation V Gundam but the head seems malformed. Is that a problem of all of them (sorry for being a bit off-topic but someone brought it up)?
Also, awesome Wing Zero Custom and G Gundam. My only problem with G is the chrome really. I really hate chrome on my mechas. But it doesn't look like over-kill on G so it's fine. How big are these?
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Post by zephyranthes on May 13, 2006 2:42:46 GMT -5
The perfect transformation V Gundams that I have (standard and Hexa) feature decent looking heads. Chrome is a pain if you handle the toys much. The coating can rub off over time if you're not careful.
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Post by roanstalker on May 13, 2006 9:51:22 GMT -5
Are we talking about the same toys? I don't remember any chrome on mine. How big are they? I am certain they are by Banpresto and the box (which I don't have anymore) says Perfect tranformation V Gundam. The box had a decent sculpted head but the toy's head looked different.
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