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Daban PG Gundam Unleashed RX-78-3 G-3 Gundam Model Kit [Comment]

Jan 27, 2024

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rico soul: So the Daban PGU G-3 has been out in China but reviews are limited. Here's the little information I was able to dig up.

- Colors are.....not great, but we can kind of tell with the images already. The white is a bit too bright and the blue is a bit too purple and also a bit too bright. It's not quite the sick G-3 G-Rework PGU colors that everyone dreams of. Since it's purely a recolor of the runners with no different parts layout, all red parts are not this purplish blue, including the pistons. Also the LED beam saber is still the old colors so it no longer matches the G-3 grey

- Build is maybe a bit weaker than the first batch of Daban PGUs. Daban is on their 3rd batch of PGU prints and it's suspected the first batch of G-3 is roughly where that is. There already appears to be some mold degradation and the overall build is just a bit floppier than the initial prints

Overall though, for people that don't paint, this is still an alright option I guess. Personally I'd consider buying it at around $100-120, but not $150.

Hemoxian 1/10 Over Zero Tastier Model Kit Set of 3 [Comment]

Feb 11, 2024

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rico soul: The special bonus has been announced as a coat. Similar to the Thor cloak, this bonus has a wire embedded inside to allow for shaping and poses. The coat comes with removable sleeve and gun holsters.

Hemoxian said that due to the overwhelming positive reception to this Tastier announcement, they will be adding an additional bonus to be announced after Chinese New Years.

The other thing I forgot to mention before what they this model kit will be utilizing some TPE parts instead of just the traditional ABS and PS plastic. The goal here is to produce more realistic biomechanical articulation as this is intended to be more of a cyborg than a mecha so some more flexibility is needed. Will be interesting to see how that turns out. It will be a soft plastic material so I know gunpla folks probably have some skepticism.

Scale: 1/10
Size: Tastier: 19.5 cm, dog: 8cm, storage base: 3cm
Material: ABS, PS, TPE
Contents: Main body (partially painted), 2x rifles, 2x handguns, 2x swords

comes with head LED unit, photoetch detail parts, and waterslide decals

Combo package set of 3 with tastier, mechanical dog, and storage platform: 188rmb
Tastier main body only: 99 rmb
mechanical dog only: 59 rmb
storage platform only: 39 rmb

Q2 2024 release

Dadao Model 1/100 MG Gundam Akatsuki Model Kit [Comment]

Mar 28, 2024

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rico soul: Ok, this is actually pretty sick. This is a KO/reprint of the Dragon Momoko MG Akatsuki which is pretty much a grail among bootleg gundam model kits since Dragon Momoko god raided by Bandai years ago.

The original is very sought after because Bandai never made a MG Akatsuki. What Dragon Momoko did was actually take the Bandai MG Strike Gundam RM, and recreate the Akatsuki around that frame. The end result is pretty what we would have expected from a Bandai MG Akatsuki, just with the subpar build and poor fitment or bootlegs like Daban.

Still, this is one of the most sought after kit among all of Dragon Momoko kits, so it is fantastic to see someone reuse this mold and rerelease the kit.

Now this is releasing with a pretty plain cardboard box to keep things low key, but the runners themselves appears to be of decent quality. The price tag here of msrp of $54 translates relatively well from the msrp of 165RMB.

Note, the resale price on this has already started to climb a bit in the Chinese market so I wouldn't be surprised to see gundamit jack up the price on this too. Again, expect the fit and finish to be similar to Daban quality and significantly inferior to Bandai, but this may be the best shot at getting a MG Akatsuki Gundam

Special Forces Industry 1/100 Sentinel Alloy Skeleton Model Kit [Comment]

Apr 21, 2024

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rico soul: hmm....kind of odd that gundamit is putting a $5 preorder deposit with no double deposit discount on this. Hoping that doesn't mean they're going to overcharge for this kit.

Anyways, there is a decent amount of excitement over this kit since it's the first time that a third party pseudo gundam-like design was made for a grunt suit. The resemblance here that jumps out immediately is the GM Sniper II but it feels like there's a bit of Gundam Mk-II, GM Quel, and that Jegan shield in there too.

Gundamit already has all the pictures from the announcement so I'll just add the side by side pic of the visor

- retail price: 168RMB
- release date: before the end of may 2025
- preassembled alloy frame
- poseable hands
- 702 parts total including the preassembled frame, 582 parts used in the actual build
- colored parts are prepainted (blue, red, and green sensor parts)
- pistols are part of the sniper rifle
- display base has a storage compartment
- additional details to be announced later

This is a new brand and the price if pretty decent. The kit looks solid to me and should be nice for fans of grunt suits.

Eastern Red 1/144 HG Gundam Rising Freedom Fighter Enlarged Version Model Kit [Comment]

Aug 09, 2024

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rico soul: Gundamit didn't copy the image from 998's weibo that actually matters for this kit so now people are confused about it being 1/144 and enlarged. The simple answer is this isn't 1/144. It was never announced as 1/144. It's just an slightly scaled up HG Rising Freedom bootleg.

You can see from the pics that this is going to be the size of a HG Banshee rather than being closer to the size of the HG Zaku normally.

Personally I think it's kind of an odd product to make since it's not enough of an upscale to be interesting like the FangDaJing 1/72 stuff. It's likely somewhere in between 1/144 and 1/100 now.

As far as HG bootlegs goes, no one really knows if the quality on this will even be decent. The XingFeng bootleg of the Rising Freedom is alright (but arguably not worth the $7 you save vs getting the widely available original Bandai release). Just to note, GaoGao also has a HG Rising Freedom bootleg but GaoGao quality is pretty bad and definitely worse than XFS. Gundamit doesn't even carry the GaoGao bootleg (yet) so that's an easy one to stay away from.

This one is just kind of weird. I guess if you're the unique individual looking to a rising freedom to be similar sized to a 1/144 unicorn, this is good?

Hemoxian 1/10 NBD-009 Over Zero Lone Shadow Single Unit Version Model Kit [Comment]

Oct 23, 2024

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rico soul: So this should be the individual main body model kit of the Lone Shadow. On the one hand, yay for Gundamit carrying this so the option exists to build the full ninja squad. On the other hand, the price is a bit too high.

This goes for 99RMB msrp and should be probably roughly half the size for the full set kit so the built in shipping and logistics should be cheaper too. This price is probably about 40-50% higher than what I would feel comfortable paying for it but it's still a nice option for the ones interested.

I'll attach the image that breaks down the different packages again. The full set includes everything in the image, including the effect parts 16 and 17 as bonuses.

This individual main body should only include what's boxed in orange, which does include the cape, giant shuriken weapon, and the alternate color armor pieces. You will need the full set or the expansion pack (which I kind of doubt gundamit will carry but who knows) to get the weapons and face masks for the grunt suits.

Daban 1/100 8829 MG Mighty Strike MB Style Model Kit [Comment]

Nov 15, 2024

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rico soul: This is quite the interesting bootleg. It's the metal build Strike gundam but without the aile striker pack. The original metal build design actually doesn't allow the perfect strike configuration so maybe that's why aile striker wasn't included. There are parts for it on the runners so obviously daban did bootleg it, just not include it with is a bummer.

On the plus side though, the paint quality on this is some of the best we've ever seen from daban and so it ends up looking pretty decent. The head is still typical daban mess but overall the kit looks pretty good. Unfortunately, this is achieved with a lot of part separation of small parts without properly secure attachments so you really need to glue a lot of things to keep it solid. It should be an interesting build for people since it's really a recast of a figure and the inner frame is that of a metal build figure, not a model kit so the assembly experience is a bit unique.

For the price, I would have liked to see the aile striker get included and/or maybe another weapon stand and atleast some spare battery units that could be built. But it's a good product for people that are fans of metal build bootlegs and the metal build strike. It's not often I get to say good things about daban lol.

Iron Toys 1/100 TC-004 Star Abyss Model Kit Nightfall Version [Comment]

Jan 27, 2025

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rico soul: This is heavily based on the Harute final battle from Gundam 00. It's actually kind of funny, this looks to be heavily based on the Haoyu resin kit (photos attached) but Iron Toys is claiming this is their original design and they did not copy anyone.

Regardless, I'm excited to get a Harute model kit and Iron Toys have been really stepping their game up in quality. Hard to say if the final price on this will still remain at a low 199RMB but we'll see. Probably doesn't matter too much for what gundamit ends up pricing this at.

I'm definitely keeping an eye on this one.

[Pre-Order] Iron Toys 1/100 TC-006 Star Hell Model Kit [Comment]

Jan 27, 2025

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rico soul: Pretty sweet to see Iron Toys reveal three projects at once. The Star Abyss Harute is getting all the hype but these silhouettes teasers are interesting as well.

So far, we have:
- Star Destroyer: based YJL Amazing Exia
- Star Eternal: original body with backpack based on the GNR-000 GN Sefer
- Star Fall: based on various elements from Astraea and 00

- Star Abyss (announced): Harute final battle, looks to be based on the Haoyu resin kit deluxe edition
- Star Create: Seems to be partially based on Kyrios

And this, the Star Hell. People are theorizing that this is based on the Virtue Physical, which I believe is from the 00P prequel manga similar to Astraea. I'm not sure if the legs are quite thick enough but Iron Toys don't really do direct Bandai design copies so it is still a valid theory. Here's some pictures for the Virtue Physical for you to decide.

[Coming Soon] Comet Technology 1/100 MSN-06S The Red Comet Model Kit [Comment]

Feb 10, 2025

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rico soul: This is essentially the Takumi Sinanju conversion kit, bootlegged and converted into a 1/100 alloy frame model kit for 199RMB. So it should hopefully be under $70 here. Q2 2025 release.

That's a solid price if they can do a decent job copying Takumi.

Now the Takuymi conversion kit is often scalped in the US market for over $100 so this may be the best opportunity for someone to get this design. Like many of the resin kit bootleg to plastic model kits that are being announced lately, this should be interesting to keep an eye on.

This one is kind of a unique situation since Takumi was originally a resin kit priced plastic conversion kit, and IronToys already released a good quality metal frame that is compatible with Takumi and eliminates most of the need to get a MG Sinanju as a base kit.

Either way though, this kit should be more affordable. With the msro already announced at 199RMB, lets hope the final price is fair on gundamit and not compared to Takumi scalper prices.

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