The Bonkurasu Brigade

I have been posting news about gunpla last week of every month, or early in the month, so let’s keep it a Bonkurasu monthly segment. I’ll only blog on gunpla/news that interests me. First up, is news on the latest 00V ‘mod’.

The variation for Seravee Gundam, by and large, have 2 extra ‘bots’ to utilize. Reminds me of Gundam X’s ‘AI’ bots. The bots are mounted onto the main bot, Seraphim, of which its shoulder armors have connecting holes.

Of course, this design is Bandai’s scheme to pro-modellers to buy more 1/144 Seraphims for this mod. Grrr. Well, I’m not one of them. =P
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Next up; Gunpla news:

Universal Century:
Master Grade Guntank; September release, 5,040 Yen

For almost 3 years, Bandai has been elusive of their release of the Master Grade Guntank. At long last, this rendition of the good’ol Guntank is as good, if not better, than the Master Grade Gundam 2.0. Details of the kit raised another bar for the Master Grade series, but the tracks will be a pain to sand off all the nubs though.
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HG 1/144 Full Armor Gundam (7th Unit); September release, 1575 yen

The color scheme made it look too much like a toy. Don’t get me wrong; I love the design, just that I hate the official color scheme. I’d love to paint it into Prototype Gundam colors, or even G-3 colors.

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HG 1/144 Kshatriya; October release, 4725 yen

This humongous beast of a Mobile Suit finally has a kit rendition. Despite being scaled at 1/144, it’s the next kit after HGUC 1/144 Psycho Gundam to hit over the 18cm mark (that’s the size for most 1/100 Gundam kits). With its height at 20cm, and perhaps more width-wise, this kit totally puts the cost smack right in the same league as the usual Master Grade kits. Heck, it’s more expensive than the Master Grade Gundam Exia!

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Alternate Century:

HG 1/144 Reborns Gundam – September release, 1,890 Yen

HG 1/144 Gaddess – August release, 1,680 Yen

I was all hyped up and really to purchase the Reborns Gundam when it releases, but after a few months, my interest level waned, and I didn’t feel like building the kit anymore, not when the upcoming release date is on September.

Gaddess was kind of cool, with the the parts of the effects of 1/144 Cherudium’s bits doing its final attack mode on Gaddess bundled inside. Good diorama gimmick there, Bandai.

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Others:

Custom Decals (Klan Klang/ Ranka) for VF-25

Honestly speaking, after building those…. ‘kits’, I’d very much rather use the decals onto my cellphone/laptop/anything else but buidling another kit just for this.

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Soul of Chogokin Shin Mazinger Z (w/God Scrander); October release, 9240 yen

Soul of Chogokin Energer Z; August release, 6615 yen

Both S.O.Cs looking really spiffy, and Energer Z’s design was weird to me at first, but it started to grow on me…. gradually. Heheheh.