My Gunpla Break Is At An End

So after my previous work on the HG Stark Jegan, Transformer Sideswipe Remaster, and HG 0 Gundam, which were all finish within weeks of each other, I was pretty burnt.  So I took a month long break to focus on other areas in life. But now I am ready to get back into the gunpla fray.

But right off the bat, I got myself locked in a few other projects aside from gunplas.  There are a couple of transformers that I need to repaint / fix for a couple of customers.  And I also have a remaster job for a Robot Damashii (Side AS) Savage that I would need to finish as well.  I am going to try to slip in my 1/48 Mega Size Gundam into things, will see how it goes.  Then there are other ones that I want to work on like the HG 1.5 Gundam & MG Musha Mk-II..... argh, the story of a gunplar's life.

Wii - SD Gundam Gashapon Wars - Release Update

Fans of SD Gundams will be happy to know that Wii's SD Gundam Gashapon Wars will be released in just 2 more days on June 24th.  The game is a updated port of GameCube's SD Gundam Gashapon Wars, which was originally released on Dec. 2005.  The game lets players take control over 150 mobile suits for strategy-based combat (similiar to SRPG) over 40 battle firelds.  The lineup of mobile suits spans from the Gundam 0079 all the way to Gundam Seed Destiny.

Game modes includes a single player campaign, a survival mode, a mission mode, a RPG Dungeon mode, and a 4 players battle mode.  The game will also support classic controllers. 

Without any news of other Gundam titles for this year.  This game may quench your thirst until we hear more about the new Gundam game that is in development for the DS 3DS.

Wii's SD Gundam Gashapon Wars will be sold in two versions:

Wii's SD Gundam Gashapon Wars (Regular Ver.) - $4,280 Yen (US Release is about $49.99 USD)

Wii's SD Gundam Gashapon Wars Pro (Including a classic GameCube controller) - $5,775 Yen (US Release is about $69.99 USD)

Images from Amazon.jp

川口克己のお気楽な日々 Blog - RG 1/144 RX-78-2 Build Progress

Continuing from my previous post about gunpla master Kawaguchi's build progress for the RG 1/144 RX-78-2 Gundam.  Here is Update 4.  This update talks about the various white colors he used to paint the kit.

Previous updates can be found HERE.

Images from http://pikachiu.txt-nifty.com/wotaku_life

Robot Damashii (Side MS) Turn A Gundam (Nano Skin Finish Ver.) - Updated Images

Quite a number of new images for the Robot Damashii (Side MS) Turn A Gundam (Nano Skin Finish Ver.)

(Release Date: July 2010, Price: 4,725 Yen)

Images from GA Graphic

HG 1/144 Gundam RX-78-2 Ver.G30th RG 1/1 Gundam Project - Updated Images

An updated image for the HG 1/144 Gundam RX-78-2 Ver.G30th RG 1/1 Gundam Project

(Release Date: July 24th 2010, Price:TBA)

Thats the second 1/144 Amuro Ray figure I saw this week, the other one is from RG 1/144 Gundam RX-78-2 with a Amuro Ray in pilot suit.  Loving it!

Images from http://www.gundam-shizuoka.jp/goods.html

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HG 1/144 ZZ Gundam - More Reviews

Some more reviews for the already released HG 1/144 ZZ Gundam:

Review by プラ★ビューブログさん (view link HERE)

Review by GUNPLA ReVeNGeさん (view link HERE)

Review by なんかいろいろ語り場さん (view link HERE)

川口克己のお気楽な日々 Blog - RG 1/144 RX-78-2 Build Progress

For those eager to see the build process for the upcoming RG 1/144 RX-78-2 Gundam, check out gunpla master Kawaguchi's blog (川口克己のお気楽な日々).  Text are in japanese, but you can also use web translator to read the text.

Update 1 - ＲＧガンダムを塗装して仕上げる その１

Update 2 - ＲＧガンダムを塗装して仕上げる その２

Update 3 - ＲＧガンダムを塗装して仕上げる その３

Images from 川口克己のお気楽な日々Blog

MG 1/100 FA-78-1 Full Armor Gundam - Review by Dalong

A review for the MG 1/100 FA-78-1 Full Armor Gundam from Dalong.net.  (View link HERE)

(Already Released , Price: 5,000 Yen)

Images from Dalong.net

RG 1/144 RX-78-2 Gundam - Updated Images

Official promotional images for the RG 1/144 RX-78-2 Gundam

(Release Date: July 2010 , Price: 2,500 Yen)

Very Nice.  A MG in the size of a HG = RG.  From the look of the images, the frame is very detailed and does not require a lot much assembly.  The exterior of the kit is represented in fine detail to match the actual 1:1 scale RX-78-2 Gundam.  What impresses me the most is the Core Fighter being able to transform and be assembled to the frame of the kit (this is optional, since there is a substitute frame part for the Core Fighter.)  Much of the parts on the runners will be under gated, and the kit comes with both foil sticker & decals.  What more do you want?

Images from CyberGundam