-=READ THE GUIDES=-Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General!For those new, please read our guides. We have many resources available to help you in many different aspects of the hobby. They're here for you!For the unclear, "plamo" is short for "plastic model". "Gunpla" is thus short for "Gundam plastic model". Many different kinds of models are built here, ranging from mecha to planes, cars, musume, you name it! If you're new, you're gonna screw up. Don't worry! If you're seasoned, don't make the newbies worry!And don't forget to report shitposting and spam. The mods don't browse /m/ too often, so it's up to YOU to help keep our general clean and civil!>Why won't anyone answer my question?Be more specific, and try to provide clear images if you can.>Why are my pictures sideways?4chan strips EXIF data when images are uploaded, including the orientation tag if it's from your phone. To fix it save out your images separately, or use an app that will rotate and save the images for you.One easy to use app that works well on Android:play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobilephotoresizer-=THE GUIDES=->Gelgoog Guy's gunpla guide:gunpla.buyfags.moe>Funaka's gunpla guides:Building Gunpla: files.catbox.moe/fj5azc.pdfScratchbuilding: files.catbox.moe/2d9ppa.pdf>Falldog's gunpla guide:otakurevolution.com/content/laymans-gunpla-guide>A guide to other types of plamo:mediafire.com/file/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa>Saintism's gunpla photography guide:saint-ism.com/category/gunpla/photography-=OTHER RESOURCES=->Gundam lineart (There's a lot!):pastebin.com/22jyPB6q>Dalong's gunpla reviews and documentation:dalong.net>Schizophonic's gunpla/plamo reviews:schizophonic9-2.com>KenBill Blog's gunpla/plamo reviews:blog.kenbill.com>Past Groupbuilds:flickr.com/photos/197891373@N06>Monthly Restock List (October):old.reddit.com/r/gunpla/1nokuv5Prior thread: >>23593679
-= BIOMECHA GROUPBUILD =-Build a mecha/cyborg with a visibly biological component integrated into the machine. This can include:>Mecha that naturally have some sort of organic component to them (Evangelions, Aura Battlers, etc)>Mecha that have organic elements attached/fused to them, willingly or otherwise>Cyborgs, androids, and human with mechanical attachments/enhancements (Robocop, Kamen Rider, mecha musume, etc)Send your entries to gunplaplamo@gmail.com with at least 5 photos of your finished build along with any WIP photos and a description of your entry.START - 8/12/25END - 11/30/25
Post your WIPs!
>"We're Chinese 3rd party model companies. We take your favorite anime mecha and then make them bigger and 40% more pointy."
>want to buy that Trumpeter 1:350 Midway that came out semi-recently>even on discount it's almost $300 USDI know full well I'll get my money's worth from it, but goddamn that shit's expensive...
>>23599215Bangdoll was by far the most frustrating build experience of any modern FSS kit. I was so defeated by that build that I've yet to paint it.
>>23599296Having opened mine up I can't imagine building it without painting it, too much requires cementing to really go together satisfactorily and I don't wanna deal with that shit taking it apart.
>>23599346I'll get to it eventually. But it's way in the back of the pile.
>>23599296I actually live the light blue color out of the box so I was never going to bother to paint it, Ionly used a silver pen for the runes engraved in the skirt armors The inner frame I'm using metallic black but that is itquestion, can the left arm hold the shield up?
>>23599400>can the left arm hold the shield up?Hahahhaha no, absolutely not.
>>23599408then how are you doing that pose? >>23599296 is there a stand or something behind the shield?also, did you even bother with the stabilizers that come out of the head? the kit even includes 3 thin metal rods for that but that seem like a nightmare to properly attach to the head and not fuck them up
>>23599240Close to finishing this big guy
how bad really are the RG Zaku II's?
>>23599409The arms are fused together, pinned and super glued and the shield is pinned and glued to the arm. And yea those metal rods can go fuck themselves. Good luck. Christ this model really pisses me off.
>>23599429oofffsounds rough, well, tomorrow I plan to at least try to finish the arms, afterwards it will be the shoulder armors and head
>>23599240just about done with this, i can finally work on some stug that's been sitting on my desk for the last 4 months
RG in general are for masochists
>>23599116no, i think koto intentionally leave parts out so you can't build a second full body because sometimes a kit will have everything from alternate head/limbs/chest/etc except one part of the torso or some shit you can get some bootleg susanowo bodies on aliexpress if you really want one.seem kinda expensive now though
>eyeballing a kit on AliExpress waiting for a sale that started today >kit went up by $20 when the sale began CHAAAAAAAANGI SAW IT CHANGYOU CAN'T FOOL ME YOU CONNIVING YELLOW JEW
You told me that Zak was a snapshitter.
>>23599548>90% of the "Scratch built" bits are handfuls of runner superglued togetherI guess it's about time he entered the arena. I've never thought he was awful but he also never came off as practiced either.
>>23599296Oh you still post here? Have you considered grabbing those new VSMS kits by any chance.
>>23599694I'm not as active anymore, 15 years on this website seems long enough for me. And I'm not a fan of the Gothic Maid designs so no, I'm passing on them. I'm trying to get my hands on Rune Masque, Galient, and Wares Blade resin kits
>>23598943commercially successful MGs didnt win the poll because they already get reprinted every year, they didn’t need to windeep striker won the poll because it never gets reprinted, because it floppedwhy can’t you seem to wrap your head around this? its simple
Don't care.I will NEVER buy a gbitch kit.I will NEVER buy a gcucks kit.I WILL buy more Wing kits.I WILL buy more Seed kits.I WILL buy more IBO kits.I WILL buy X kits (when I'm in the mood for it).
>FAZZ already sold out and scalpedLOOOOOOOOL
What sort of bug finds this shit cool?
FAZZ floppedFull armour ZZ will flopSaggy tits Zeta ver ka floppedThunderbolt Ver kas floppedMaster grade ver ka line will die
>Newtype restocked Omegamon XNice, I didn't think I would get him for a long time.
Went to a Con yesterday and got the SMP Daltanious, what's up with the candy inside?
>>23599782For legal reasons, you're buying an expensive piece of candy that comes with part of a model kit.
>>23599742>make up your own reality with bullshit facts just to hate on KatokiI love how he makes people seeeeethe
>>23599552If you actually watched his video, you would know he's going to cover up those sections with putty. He even includes a tutorial on how to use putty for snapsharters like you.
Should I pre order it or wait for them to do Full Armor revive?
>>23599783>>23599782What's up with The Shokugan Modeling Project line anyway? These are just extremely limited and expensive High Grades. Couldn't Bandai just release these as normal non Gundam HGs and not include candy or the pre painted parts? Most of the Robots in this line are stuck in Chogokin hell and never get kits. Same guy I bought picrel from was selling the Trider SMP for over 200€.Anyway, I might try to detail this one up and make this one look like the Chogokin.
>>23599805I wouldn't bet anything on a new FA 7th coming.
>>23599807they're slightly lower quality than HGs for what it's worth
>>23599409I went with super glue for the stabilisers too; initially I tried drilling for deeper holes and adding cement but only one remained stable on both ends. I'm sure there are better ways to do it though, I mishandled it a lot due to parts falling off every time I tried to fix something else.
>>23599807Candy Toys department is separate from Bandai Hobby and have no access to their super-optimized factories or special plastic blends. They still have to go through the old route of contracting chinese factories, making them more expensive yet not as well made. The candy/gum is an old japanese trick for paying less taxes (it's food not toys). Honestly I feel that SMP is them overreaching and stopped getting them a long time ago.
>Xis Chang long GaoGao MGEX unicorn, check>Changhands 3.0, check>Razer glass file, check>Hobby mio knife, check>Kosmos pride flag LEDs, checkyep its snapgodding time
>>23599716Just know you're missed.
>>23599548I actually kinda wish he didn't cover up the extensions with putty. They look cool on their own, like hydraulics.
Ekdromoi model when?
>intense heatwave right now>insane humidity on top>can't paint outsideDo I just snap my kits and one day plan on painting it, or do I leave it boxed?
>>23599891You could paint indoors
>>23599893I don't have an indoors set up with the lacquers I'm using.
>>23599895You can huff a little bit of paint as a treat
>>23599240Working on the sazabi. There's a pretty nasty paint error on the right skirt. I'm sure it'll polish out.Leveling thinner is some magical shit. I will almost miss the gloss once I topcoat it.
>>23599726aiyeeeeeeee I WILL KILL YOU my estrogen makes me emotional!!!!!
>>23599921
>>23599548This is what I imagine when people try to defend idea of kitbashing.
>>23599420I built one last weekend. It was fine build wise, but will get floppy eventually due to the pre molded arms/leg frame. Looked good without the marking stickers. Also if you don't like greebles it isn't as covered as newer RGs.
>>23599940Something that looks decent? Yes!
>>23599234Brave Cod did nothing wrong.
>>23599941very cool dioarama, let me share mine
>>23599420It's okay. It has the normal MS frame issues but overall it's okay. The heat pipes are miserable to build because you have to cut, clean and order a bunch of very similar but different parts for them. I would say it's similar, but strictly worse than the 2.0 MG.
>>23599946I was told I autism posed and I took it personally.
>>23599945i've been wanting to read sentinel but those stupid japs never made a digital jp release of i
Lol I won
>>23599955Congratulations
>>23599955lol
>>23599955saw your post on r*ddit. nice work
>>23599419What kit?
>>23599940Surprised you could post this with all those dicks in your mouth.
>>23599955Hello fellow hobby town contest winner.
>>23599721>People want more of this kit because it flopped, okay?!Retard
Zakuaurelius gaslit me. I bought it and gotta admit, Gyobu's design works as modelkit.
Alright it's time to start on my group build entry.
>>23600113I was about to buy it, but then when the video came out I decided not to.
>>23600120Yeah it feels like what Bandai would churn out 10 years ago instead of a modern Chinese kit. The lack of closed fists, unstable innerframe and poorly designed shield adapter. Luckily i like the design enough to tolerate those things.
>>23600124Isn't that thing only supposed to be 1-2m taller than a Jegan? It looks like it's as tall as a Sazabi
>>23600130Yeah seriously what the fuck I thought that was an HG Jegan for comparison but its the MG. What the hell were they thinking?
>>23600132nippon is shit
>>23600130It seems like the chinese aren't very good at into scale.
>>23600132The studio obviously knows about Jeda's spec and lore. They simply made it super tall just for the sake of it.
>flying swordsNow THIS is wuxiakino.
>>23600145Not Wuxia kino until they give him a giant eagle, bigger sword and make his right arm amputated.
>>23600124HIEIEEEEIEIEEEEE!!!!YAMERO!!!! DAME!!!!!!!Don't serr my designu!!!!!TASKITTEKUREEE BANDAI SAMA!!!!
>>23600168It is always hillarious to me that he literally claim Jeda is his OC and dismiss Gyobu completely. Gotta admire the audacity.
>>23599963People here don't post on reddit, please don't spook me like that.
sorry chinks https://x.com/chihou_min/status/1984476984538513687
>>23600197Oh no this one specific tiny store in Japan only takes black cards ahhhh what will we ever do
>>23600197>1 box per person only due to the low quanity of stockThe conspiracy theory of 30Minutes eating up the resources for Gunpla is getting more feasible each passing day.
https://x.com/syaooo8787/status/1984427422578852267
The fuck is happening to gunpla in Japan? It seems like Bandai has been printing so little of them and it is making the Nips mad.
>>23600219>tfw it's easier to get a Vandread, Mechander Robo or Ordian kit these days than a fucking Gundam
>>23600219I blame 30MM for this.
30 minute kinos is a successful line.
AAAAAH I HATE 30 MINUTES, GIRLPLA, THE STUPID FUCKING FANTASY ROBOTS, SHITPLA, POKEMON, AND ALL THE OTHER STUPID GIMMICK LINES. Star wars, digimon, and figure rise can stay but otherwise Bandai should be required to only stick to giant anime robots.
>>23600145I liked the other kits they've done, but this has crossed the line into too chink for me.
>>23600139this is AI levels of mistranslation
>>23600249Looks like standard bootleg English
>>23600219bandai would unironically rather print out 1000 poop +kyoukai senki kits that will get discounted to 50 yen than print one master grade
>Hurry up with the $2 base jabbers you fucking chink
This could have been avoided if we gatekept gunpla harder.
Salutations /gpg/, how is everyone proceeding with their entries for the Biomecha Groupbuild?
>>23600293I was going to work on mine, but all motivation left my body as soon as I finished jacking off to some girlpla
>>23600293I'm just waiting for some good weather on Monday to finish mine up.
>>23600293I already finished the Lost Lagoon Gundam a while ago and haven't really done anything since except for snapping a Sheik Mainland ZabolI was going to try to do a second organic build to see if I could apply what I learned but seeing that one anon's gouf shield+sword just completely demotivated me
>>23600293Gotta do a little more sculpting on the fleshy parts and then I am ready to start painting. Have you gotten any submissions yet?
>>23600293I think i'm done, I'm sick of working on itGona have to take pics whic I don't look forward to
>>23599240I tried making a sliding mechanism but it was too lose, so this will have to do. Wings could've been bigger, maybe next time
CHINKS! SELL ME CHEAP AC:VI PCA MODELS, AND MY MONEY IS YOURS!
what are some large but cheap chink kinos
>>23600285Those damn charlies need to make some knockoff Armored Core 6 gunpla. The only PCA model kits available are these 3D prints made by some redditor and a a couple limited run garage kits (me thinks) made by Japanese guy who probably will charge me a another Benjamin to ship it to burgerland.
Anyone knows if the standalone Frame Arms Girl exosuit gets reprinted often?
He’s so cool…
He’s a big guy
>>23600197I don’t know what that means and don’t care, if I have to buy a chink model kit for the PCA mecha and paint it myself so be it
>>23600390Beside SNAA and Sheik Mainland, most of Chang kits are large due to how much color separation they have and they are usually around 25 to 50 dollars.
you could have just learned modeling and printed one yourself by now
>>23600425When I can afford a printer maybe
>$300>limited run>jp exclusive Fugg
>>23599873That's genuinely the kindest thing I've ever seen here. Thank you.
Chinks… please
plamo news....pls
And there is my last PCA glaze post of the day, I ran out of real models and aren’t gonna start posting screenshots or artwork
>>23600458Why not? Spam is a spam
Kitbashes are so neat
Did bandai always upload their manuals online?https://manual.bandai-hobby.net/pdf/2314.pdf
>>23600466gundam with bellbottom jeans kinda sauced up with it
>>23600481It started about two years ago.
>>23600461YOU ARE A NIGGER
>>23600481For P-Bandai? I think it only pops up every weekends so long as it's Gunpla and 30ML. 30ML crossover series (probably not Ronin Warriors) and pre-2023 SDs are not given online instructions straight from Bandai.
>>23600466god GMs are so fuckin BLAND
Browsed some Chink kits on Ali. Nothing that really caught my eye.I now understand why this thing looks the way it does though.
Hey! Guy that did one of the old lineart megas, super stoked to still see it in the pastebin in the masterpost; that mega ran out of space so here's an updated version with some more stuff!https://mega.nz/folder/T9xAQIbC#yGSn8dKIcSryfaQu-hMAZg
>>23600547Should I spam the customer service contact page of these plamo chinks begging them for PCA models?
>>23600553Very nice. I'll update the pastebin with it.
>>23600635
>>23599240All I could get through tonight. What a fun build so far. It's chonky in all the right places. We'll see how the legs are tomorrow. Got the Jager and Schneider on deck as well, plus the Panzer when that drops.
>>23600671HMM is basically a Master Grade for 1/72 scale Zoids. Realize Model, which happens to be 1/100 to match scale with most Gunpla, is easier and fun to build like High Grades of the olden days. To think the first Liger Zero to be made is the LZ Falcon Mass Production Type, which is ironically even rarer than the Blox-CAS version due to being a Wonder Festival garage kit...
>>23599429>>23599433goddamn, the arms assembly was indeed one of the most miserable experiences I've ever had with a model kit these shit fall off by merely blinking at them and I'm not looking forward to how fucked up the shoulder armors assembly will be
>>23600400>>23600402>>23600404>>23600421>MUH HEAVY CAVALRY>dies to the pilebunker chad in 1 hitget fucked idiot
>>23600707Just because the PCA are jobbers doesn’t mean they aren’t cool.
>>23600704
>>23600734I know but I am baffled at how much the design compromises the integrity of the connectors
>>23599955omedetou
>>23600671Why does this liger look so much like a motorcycle?
>>23600293My boy's all puttied up and waiting for paint.
>>23600734Agh, fuck. Halloween is over, don't jumpscare me with reminders of my past like that.
Bandai used to defeat lego 2 times and killed Bionicle and Hero factory, the competitors of gunpla decade ago, but how can bandai fall so soon and get mogged by Chinese bootlegs even in Japan while lego doesn't? Bandai's sale fall due to Chinese bootlegs dominating Japanese plamodel market while lego never gets mogged by bootlegs.When bandai mogged lego twice, but bandai's sale falls due to Chinese bootlegs being black ships, while lego's sale rise.Lego never does anti consumer habits like shitty QC, not making PCA series of model kits, controlling stock to cause stock crisis, making disastrous kit like shitpla for being Westerners being superior. Lego won't get mogged by Chinese bootlegs as no Chinese bootleg lego is superior than actual lego, for Lego has better technology, QC and never looks consumers down so they never gets mogged by Chinese bootlegs, like final warriors.While Japanese plamodel market has been dominated by Chinese bootleg,but lego won't suffer this fate. No way that Chinese bootlegs better than actual lego exists aside from military theme.While Bandai's sale declines so hard due to Japanese modellers hating bandai's plamodels which are for scalpers, not for modellers and wanting more Chinese kits.But Lego won't suffer like this as Lego knows that they must respect customers, so they never suppress stock, never welcome scalpers, never ruin QC, never makes garbages like unko and kkanbu.
The pre molded arm joint on my Shining Gundam just broke after top coating it. Trying plastic glue first since my super glue has glued the cap on. I hate ABS.
>>23600787Why did you topcoat the MS joint?
>>23600796I tried avoiding it and did lighter coats on the shoulder pieces. I had the arm positioned so that the joint was mostly inside the shoulder.
>100k yen/$650 USD for them bothYOWZAS!
>>23600685Honestly, I enjoy my HMM more than a lot of bandai kits, though they far from flawless. I haven't gotten any RM yet because while cheaper, they're still just pricy enough to give me pause. I have my eye on Raven's Genosaur, though. >>23600756Because it ain't got no legs and the shoulders really bulk out the profile.
>>23600787ham handsamhands
>>23600801I meant to get the Fuhrer a while ago but something always kept me from doing so. I wonder if it's still available.
>>23600785I buy this post solely on the basis that it reads a bit like machine translated japanese
>>23600797Next time spray a light coat first, let it dry and then you can go ham. You just need something between the plastic and the high amount of solvent in the topcoat.
>>23600810I have a autistic obsession with PCA equipment, I can’t have it in game and have to jump through burning hoops for a real model. It’s maddening when those things look cool.
>>23600802I've literally never broken a part not due to chemical issues. Only other breakage was due to Psychoframe not reacting well to super glue un-cure.>>23600812That's what I tried doing, but I guess I should have done an explicit light coat and wait 10-15 min. Literally just finished snapping a God, so I guess I get to try again once those decals are done.
>>23600825It'll take like 15 minutes, minimum, to dry enough for a follow up coat. The issue is that the topcoat is getting into recesses and pooling where it causes a ton of damage. This can be avoided by using water based topcoat. Mr hobby aqueous topcoat is great.
Anyone that wants a MG RX-79[G] Ground Gundam, Gunpla Style has them. There's some discount code on reddit to get 10% off. This is the first time since 2022 the kit has gotten a reprint and it's one of the cheaper kits to get.
>>23600830I saw one for sale new last year. It's not exactly a rare kit.
>>23600803It's a fantastic kit, honestly. Big fucking laser T-rex. Very posable. I particularly like how the tail is double jointed so each segment can move up/down and /left/right. He can also get real tall despite him just squatting in all my pics for space. Definitely no regrets. One day I'll get the Sturm Tyran that comes with parts for a red Fuhrer
>>23600829Eh I use Mr Hobby GX clear as I don't want to bother with another thinner... Pretty sure Aqueous is alcohol based like Tamiya also. Maybe I'll give it a try sometime.
>>23600833it's JUST rare enough that it's annoying to get your hands on but not rare enough to be a grail
>>23600841That might be the single worst thing you could put on ABS. It's not just lacquer, it's incredibly strong lacquer.
>>23600850Yes... Hence why I tried to avoid the ABS and went light on the PS next to it. It's also why I know it wasn't hamhands the second it happened. I'll probably just mask the part entirely on my RG God that has the same pieces, as well as do a light coat before I do the real one on the arms.
Some anon told me that I can apply a second layer of laquer as soon as the first is dry to the touch (usually within the hour), and so far that worked.Is it also safe to begin masking within that time frame? I'm worried that it might still be curing from the inside and it might peel off along with the tape.
>>23600865You probably just shouldn't be using GX over unprimed and unpainted plastic to begin with.
>>23600871It works just fine on PS. There isn't much of a difference between a surfacer cut with the same thinner and a clear coat. Or are you next going to say Mr Surfacer isn't good on bare plastic?
>>23600881Do you slop primer on so heavily that it causes joints to crumble?
>>23600886Probably enough to crumble ABS, but I paint parts individually, so they get an appropriate primer.Still doesn't have anything to do with GX Clear being an inappropriate topcoat of a longsnap.
>>23599447and done (minus the weapons)
>>23600896It causing that joint to break is a pretty solid argument
>>23600909I see you just want to argue then.
>>23600204>>23600219You're both retards. The issue is that due to the weak yen, people are buying internationally or Japanese people are buying from stores then listing them online. This is why you're starting to see more stores have limits to how many you can buy and why more and more Japanese stores refuse to ship to known forwarding addresses. Source: me, I work from Japan for 6 months out of the year at a major financial institution.
I could be retarded but I would not recommend this action base for the bigger heavier MGs like the MK V.
Why does this look so much better than any Bandai kit?
>>23600934Because it's a fixed posed model so they don't have to compromise on detail. And more importantly it's a duplicate of an old resin kit that was scanned and remade into plastic.
>>23600915AB-1 for Heavy MGs. If you can find an old ABS AB-1 even better.
Anyway, plastic glue seems to have worked and I can still move the joint. Other arm seems fine so I'll just have to baby the right arm.So for the RG God, it was oddly less satisfying satisfying to build after the Shining. I get they share a lot of parts, but the Shining 's Hyper mode was a lot more interesting parts wise. The beam saber effects being Katanas instead of the usual sabers was a nice touch. Also holy shit so many hands, 3 effect hands even. I think this is where all the HG hands went.
my mom says i can only have one chink kino, which one will it be /m/? Also i know there are like 5 other toronto anons also here, RIP
>>23600993The right as it's in a normal scale and not 1/80.
>>23600993Right. I already pre-ordered.
>>23600993Left is the best God Gundam you can buy right now.
>>23600993I'd go god gundam and the one on the right has shitty chink knees like the chink ez8 and it would piss me off on my shelf.
>>23601017I mean I'm pretty hard on the HiRM side, but the Fat Cat is fucking great. G Gundam fans eating good right now
>>23600814>he didn't get the unreleased PCA DLC by downloading and saving the latest depots before they were made privateHow sad.
Ever since my AIDS diagnosis my whole life has fallen apart so hoping for a PCA kit is all I really have left. Sorry for making you guys put up with me.
>>23601054
>>23600914I don't know what tweet he is talking about.But i have seen people angry toward panic buyer making things harder people to buy because the retail put the same restriction as Switch 2 sale. Like in Yotobashi CameraThis and chink scalper has been causing problem for both retail shops and other buyer
i hate the pca because i am a bitch who got raped and gaped by the helicopter also i like dxm and darling in the franxx
https://x.com/tonHEXton/status/1984846267420459082
What are some good kits to get if you're lonely
>>23601191Volks 1/72 Zarathustra Apterbringer Panzer Kampf Roboter
>>23601195Is this name ai-generated?
>>23601195Too expensive, and too pointy to hug
Can I wash gloss topcoated pla in water and dishwashing soap like I would bare plastic?I left my bits out for a few days while waiting for my decals in the mail, and they got a few dust particles on them.
>just spent 3 hours doing water decalsI'M ADDICTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED
>>23600388I really, really want a Not Metal Gear REX
>>23600914>Source: me, I work from Japan for 6 months out of the year at a major financial institution.The sign literally said it is due to rare and low quantity item, you fucking faggot.
>We have heard about stock shortage of gunpla>Here are 10 more 30 Minutes Label product we are about to print
>>23601347Release. More. Digipla.
>>23601347If anything the announcement for Gunpla and FRS will be soon
>FAZZ & MGEX Strike Freedom that just got reprinted already sold out in every gundam baselol.I just hope Turn X won't end up like this... I really want that weird looking nigga
>>23601358I'm glad Barbatos Repair isn't MG.
>>23601360I think its getting boththe one that shown on Hobby show seems to be MG
>>23601358This shit literally has no hype because its actual final form shit the bed so hard. What were they thinking when they concluded the protagonist's story in such pathetic way?
>>23601362P-Bandai?well it's possible since all Barbatos look almost identical and they already made MG Barbatos and Lups.
>>23601365P-Bandai.
>>23601358That's a standalone Pbandai announcement. You can see online hobby shop on the left corner.
>>23601368>left corner
>Shitpla>Even more Pbandai>Twelve more 30 Minutes goyslopAm i supposed to wait for the Changs to make what i want now?
>>23601349They teased Susanomon a few months ago.
>>23601380Less of Susanoomon but MagnaGarurumon instead
>>23601382That's very far away. No prototype got made yet, only Susanoomon so far.
>>23601384The thing is Susanoomon is actually combiner of KeiserGreymon with MagnaGarurumon. meaning if they already made a prototype for Susanoomon it mean they already have Magna aswellpic related you can actually see the what missing to make Susanoomon
>>23601394It will be a standalone kit like Omnimon. They are not gonna ask you to remove Magnagarumon's legs and compromise entire Kaisergreymon for it.
>>23601402True but I think what he's saying is that it will reuse the same parts/runners. This is Bandai we're talking about
>>23601404Probably Kaisergreymon getting reused since it makes up most of the body. But i don't see Magnagarumon taking its part in because it is just the feet and crotch.
>>23601402If its like Old Keiser and Magna toys(which the model kit is based on) the only leftover will be naked Magnagarurumon body
>>23601407Zero Arms Orochi is mostly using Magna weapons and its armor
>>23601347I predict 30MP Yellow Bocchi and either Asuka or Homura
>>23601347Announce him Bandai...
>>23601418Based on teaser tweet>30MM-New Byron mass production model and its option parts>AC6-Arquebus [VP-4xx] series-Milktooth weapon set>30MS-Idolmaster-New Sisters-New kind of option part>30MF-Darkness themed class-MonsterNo word for MP thou, but apparently 30MS site got updated with FGO section while Castoria is still month away, so more FGO i guess.
>>23601425monster is dire goblin robot, comes in 2 with simple articulation, and classups double up with goblin slayer classes I fuckin wish
>>23601382
Is GM III not popular enough to warrant a MG kit?
>>23601432I would buy FRS/30MS kits of the Yasuda Digigirls
>>23601437it is kinda shit, the Gundam Sentinel version, the Nouvell GM III however is pure sex
>>23601431i mean you can already do that
How good are the hobby mio portable compressor? Looking at HM01 it has replaceable battery, HM02 doesnt have replaceable battery, idk whats the difference with HM02 pro?
>>23601443nonon I want actual goblin robotsbandai and coooooooooooomers are too focused on good guys, that they forget they can make the goodguys look gooder by having beat up badguys or viceversa
>>23601437It will probably end up as a P-Bandai kit eventually, in the far future
Should I build my Titans or AEUG MkII HG first
>>23601449Oh i thought you were talking about Slayer, but i agree with humanoid monsters>too focused on good guysEhh, pretty sure Rozan side design scream villain to me
>>23601437There's literally no good reason an MG doesn't exist yet. Bandai is just an enigma sometimes.
>>23601462Just looking at bandai's latest offerings and things off the top of my head on their exclusive, cut out the middleman pure profits store>reprint Turn A but not Turn X to accompany it (and get double dippers)>reprint the GM Command Space type but not the colony type to get double dippers>acrylic keychains of model kits>a fucking handkerchiefThe only logical explanation I can come up with on why bandai does anything is video related. Does bandai even keep the F90 base type up for purchase each time they put up a DLC pack?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia7fUQXskvA
taking pics fucking gapes meit's probably my phone but plamo is too small for focus to work well and still too big for macro
>>23601437>MGs of anything exciting in 2025+Keep dreaming
>>23601477clean the lens of the phonedid wonders for me
>>23601477Get a better lighting setup.
>>23601462Even a well known MS like Hygogg doesn't have MG and its HG is super outdated as well. Bandai has many easy win buttons but they keep refusing them.
>>23601469Mission packs usually get reprinted with the base F90 but not always. F90s go up a few times a year so it really doesn't matter though.
>>23601488Multiple Doven wolf and Silver bullet HG variants, but no HG MK-V, MG MK-V exist but no MG Silver bullet or Doven wolf. i wonder why?
>>23601488>well known MS like HygoggAquatic Zeon suits are a small niche, anon, your perception is warped by /gpg/
>>23601495If you own MG MKV, you will understand why. It doesn't have a detailed and intact innerframe, only some structure parts. The armor is entirely original and unique to MKV. Very little amount of parts Doven Wolf can use.
>>23601488Hygogg would pretty much be a single use mold through and through so I can understand with stuff like that. GM III is a pretty easy derivation of the 2.0 Gundam/GM II kits though which is what makes it a real head scratcher. It's basically a 2 runner addition to the GM II at most, maybe just one.>>23601495I don't think that's all that strange. The HG Dovens don't really make an HG Mark V any easier, it's got to be nearly entirely new from any iteration of those kits. Sentinel also has a technical prestige to it and all its designs that encourage a bigger, more intricate model. In general this is why Sentinel has more MGs than HGs, and otherwise tends to get higher cost designer figures (Ka Signature RDs) than the norm.
>>23601498>your perception is warped by /gpg/Yeah Hygogg is niche, yet Gogg and Acguy aren't?
>>23601502nta and I think popularity arguments are kinda dumb when outside of some major obvious ones we don't have access to sales data or popularity rankings at all for a mega corporation selling internationally to millions of people, but it can't be denied that Gogg and Acguy get the Original Gundam baddie boost. Everything but the Zock has an MG.
>>23601502Gogg and Acguy are part of the original series which puts em pretty high in the pecking order, plus they were made in the soulful bandai times
>>23601494>doesn't matter thoughAnon, do you understand marketing 101? You have 26 DLCs for one kit but you refuse to put up that kit at all times. That will result in the potential loss of countless double, triple, and more dippers who want to have the base kit to use the DLC with, possibly want to have additional base kits for all the DLC they want, or want to take advantage of being able to combine shipping. Having to pay 10 dollars shipping now + DLC, then 10 dollars shipping later plus another add on pack or for the base kit is very unattractive to people.
>>23601462>>23601437This but a MG Zaku III
>>23601515Did you know Gunpla's had its most profitable years in the past couple? Just food for thought after you get out of your Econ 101 class.
>>23601517>literally arguing against making more profit and making customers happyConfirmed bandai employee lmao.
>>23601506We need more Ver. Ob kits
>>23601508I don't think being the original show give them that much boost. Zakrello and Zock are small enough to get MG and Elmeth, Big Zam should atleast get a HG, but so far, nothing. And keep in mind, niche or popular doesn't matter to Bandai because they company makes shitpla.
>>23601553Zock would be a huge MG for a design that is almost 100% reliant on "Collector" appeal. Zakrello would be even bigger, I don't know why you think it'd ever be considered. I suspect an HG Big Zam's in internal prototypes with all the huge HGs they've done lately.
>>23601565>Zock would be a huge MG for a design that is almost 100% reliant on "Collector" appeal. Zakrello would be even biggerZock is 23 meters tall while Zakrello is 25 meters long. They are feasible for MG and they would totally successful in the current landscape of Gunpla. Hell, just let Katoki make them, easy money. >HG Big ZamNot gonna happen.
>>23601569Height is not the only metric. They are both incredibly voluminous designs, especially Zakrello, but both really. Zock would be more massive than Sazabi, for how many people buying it? Zakrello even more so. You're underestimating their size. This would be even worse than The O. At least it had main antagonist appeal.
>>23601569How many mobile armor MGs we have currently?
>>23601575Ex s, Psycho zaku(?), deep striker?
>>23601575The Deep Striker might count, but it's also more of a RE/100 since it lacks a inner frame
>>23601573>They are both incredibly voluminous designsNot at all. Both of them have very compact design, Zock has extremely short limbs and Zakrello is just a spaceship with arms. Meanwhile Sazabi is a whole package.
OH MY GOD IT JUST KEEPS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE
>>23601579Having small legs doesn't prevent it from being all around huge, same with the Zakrello.
https://youtu.be/3nLrkkl6mtU?si=mZxsse6TwzbxUiRn
>>23600453Wouldn't it be funny if they download the 3D model and reverse engineer it into a plastic kit
>>23601587That looks small as hell.
>>23601597>de-dekai da!
>>23601580Jesus christ, we don't care about your shopping activity.
>>23601587>he has a missile on the top of his headHow have I never noticed!?
>>23601596I hope they do since the Ekdromoi are some of the only reverse joint mecha I like
>>23601605It's actually a phonon maser
>>23601601I have seen much larger abomination than that. If Nightinghale can have a 1/100 ( arguably just a giant HG ), then Zock can have similar thing. Just make it simple and barebones without too much plastic in it.
>>23601609>Why don't they just make MG Zock? Are they stupid? They could make RE100 Zock.
>>23601610It is not that necessary to make it a literall RE 1/100. Just the same quality as MG Gogg would be fine. No innerframe, just big.
>>23601612>why don't they just make a large, minimal effort MG with a high pricetag to offset the low demand for this unpopular design? What could go wrong?
>>23601614>low demandoh nice, so a kit that can be p bandai?
>>23601616No sweaty. That's a retail release and it'll be 11000 yen.
>>23601614>>why don't they just make a large, minimal effort MG with a high pricetag to offset the low demand for this unpopular design? What could go wrong?I dunno, The O sold out but these things stick around until now.
>>23601614>Bandai should make cheap and small kits. That would be more realistic as a business descision.
>>23601610>Why does Bandai keep making Gunpla? They should make more Shitpla instead.
>>23601621If The O sold out in 2010 maybe we would've gotten the Zock, but instead it took 10 years of denial play.
>>23601621>>23601624I'm starting to get really tired that this is what these threads are every single day now. A suggestion that bandai should make X kit and then a bandai employee (probably) doing Olympic level hoop jumps on why it can't and shouldn't happen.
>>23601614>>why don't they just make a large, minimal effort MG with a high pricetag to offset the low demand for this unpopular design? What could go wrong?But enough about 30MM
>>23601606I like my reverse joint AC from AC2. I hope someone can make a model kit of it.
>>23601629Gunpla people are just too oblivious to Bandai's irrational business descision. They have been making expensive toys for tertiary Kamen Rider no one likes for 15+ years now. They don't give a shit.
I'm trying to integrate warhammer 40k painting techniques with my plas without swerving to different toolsets.What do I use to thin out panel liners? Would the same mineral oil that I use to clean it up also do the job?
>>23600866No, let the paint fully cure before masking.
>>23601614Doesn't the O sell out constantly? It was being scalped to ridiculous prices before the reprint.
>>23601569No HG Big Zam is infuriating, I know so many people who want the Big Zam.
>>23601661Robot damashii released recently, it's in-scale with HGs and it's fucking huge
>>23601661Unironically. Big Zam would make a great display piece along with RX78-2. The closest we ever had to a Big Zam kit were Forbidden Gundam and Destroy Gundam. It is frustrating how the homages get kits but the original doesn't.
>>23600908Absolute kino. What paints did you use?
>>23601666Who the fuck even bought this ugly piece of shit
>>23601665>it's in-scale with HGsHypothetically, it would be a few milimeters taller than HG Destroy Gundam. 56m tall - 59.6m tall.
>>23601676That Japanese guy with infinite storage space and 100 GNX kits.
bros.. what's your go-to for recasting clear parts?
>>23601380gib Chaosdramon X
So I put this kit together and saw that there's a leg-handed trigger hand. It's my understanding that it's for the secondary grip on the gun, but I was wondering: are there any left-handed kits that I could also use that hand for?
>>23601707>are there any left-handed kitssmoke less weed bro
>>23601669mix of vallejo mecha color and mr hobby aqueous/tamiya acrylics
wtf ZakuAurelius is married...
>>23601711No he has a point. There are some asymetrical designs with their right hand being abnormal like Michaelis and Seltsam.
>>23601707huh? Any... kit can be left handed or right handed, or multi handed, or have 20 hands, you customize it yourself.
>>23601707Any fucking GM offshoot?
>>23601711Left-handed trigger hand. Wanted to know if there's a kit that has a gun that can utilize it
>>23601626>posting the 200 yen and not the 30 yen price
>>23601717>>23600908Very nice paintjob although why in gods name you're using mecha and styrenz primer if you can spray Aqueous acrylics.Aqueous surfacer 1000 blasts those two (especially the mecha one) out of the window from personal experience.
>try weathering>it just looks like i smeared paint on the kitfuck me
>>23601742Bandai should print 1 million of these cancel the MG MSA-120 if necessary
>>23601744I would if I could find them here, they're out of stock everywhere online in the states outside of the Surfacer 500 in very limited quantities.
>>23601750
>>23601747Post a picture of it, I'll help you out and give you advice if you want.
>>23601742>Discounted shitpla above>30MF kit released several months ago belowThe absolute state of Bandai plamo
>>23601760Bandai is literally begging us to do a shitpost groupbuild with their releases lately.
>>23599716Good god that Escaflowne is beautiful
>>23601769It's just shitty clay isn't it? You can make literally anything you want from it right?
will I regret buying girlpla
>>23601788depends how comfortable you find striped thigh highs
>>23601788Bandai girlpla look lame. Koto or even Chink stuff look better.
>>23601789I wear them every weekend so I guess I'm fine
>>23601788you're buying the shitty version of Rishetta, of course you are going to regret itYufia or bust
>>2360178830ms? yeah probably. buy something from koto instead
>>23601788the fuck's a pipigirlchuchu's demi trainer is fantastic though
>>23601833>the fuck's a pipigirlan importer of chinapla that charges a lot of markupbuying off ali would be half the price for the same kit
>>23601788You'll go to hell.
>>23601809The catgirl version is the good version
>>23601661you will buy the 500 dollar half-assed pbandai release and you will like it
Ordered the perfect grade astray. What am I getting myself into?
>>23601881The perfect grade astray.
>>23601881ur chinkgodkino
>>23601881
>>23601884>>23601885>>23601892Thanks
>>23601746Slopku
>kind of want to get a MG Jesta Cannon for an EFSF Black Tri-Stars collection>it's sixty-six fucking dollars due to tariffs and price hikes and inflation>all of the rest of the stuff in the P-Bandai March catalog is either undesirable, or stupidly expensive for what you getI should have gotten that Jesta Cannon last year when it wasn't so ridiculously priced, but at the time I hadn't paid enough attention to the OVA to remember that Watts switched to one after the 5th episode. Fucking sucks that the G-Self kit is so goddamned expensive too, I'd buy it if it weren't.
>>23601909>MG Jesta CannonJust get the Daban version.
>>23601909I voted for this
>>23601918>Daban 6000 series kitYeah, nah.
>>23601932>didn't buy when it was cheap>too expensive for comfort now>doesn't want the bootlegEntirely self created problem. Stop complaining, bitch.
lmao holy chink, first knockoffWell, it was $15, even if it's shit I can maybe use it for parts or something
>>23599240>>23600671Wrapping up the kitty. Water slides come later.
>>23601941The fitment is pretty good. Star is better than Gaogao's bootlegs.
>>23601941GOD how I wish there was a modern Kampfer kit.
>>23601957Kampfer Schwer
>>23601957There's nothing wrong with HG
>>23601962Isn't it just a modified Kampfer?
>There's nothing wrong with HG
>>23601962>Kampfer SchwerLooks like fucking garbage.
>>23601962>a recolored 2001 MG with bits and pieces added on>"modern"
>>23601970>nooo I need my overengineered action figure gimmicks otherwise it's crap
>>23601970What fucking pose do you want it to make, retard?
>>23601970Are you addicted to Dalong or something? You have been spamming the thread with these pics and greentext them at the same time.
>>23601979I want to recreate the Full Nelson I did on your fucking mother, asshole.>why do you want better articulation bro???Because it's always welcome. Fuck off.
>>23601982So you are genuinely retarded. Good to know.
>>23601982>Because it's always welcome.not really. they have to make a lot of concessions to designs for the sake of articulation in a lot of cases, usually for the worse, especially when it comes to stuff from the 80s. the hg is already bad enough in this regard
>>23601968It has actual fists atleast.
I ONLY buy HG kits.
Master grade kampfer holds up very well actually
>>23601982Mhm yes, this thing which was shown armed to the teeth with weaponry and sliding around enemy terrain just needs to be able to do yoga poses.
>>23601989Awful waist
>>23601996The only thing don't hold up are those early 2000s hands. This is why i really want War in the pocket stuff to be updated and make MG Hygogg while at it. 1.5 Kampfer MG with modern hands, no screws.
>>23601941STAR is decent as quality goes, it should be fine to just build
>>23602004The hands are okay and do their job. The issue I have with it is how much work is required to make the shoulders look good. It looks excellent once you put in the work. I'm not sure why they'd ever need to make a new one.
>>23601996It looks kinda rough
>>23602014That's just the dust. Gloss paint is a magnet for it.
>>23602008>>23601948Actually, reading this, is there a place to consistently find bootlegs? Aliexpress? I bought this one from eBay thinking it was an official kit.
>>23602016Maybe. What immediately comes to mind is the obvious shoulder seam, but the angles and proportions on the rounded parts look off, but this could very easily be the result of the dust on gloss.
>>23602019Aliexpress is my go-to place for bootlegs. I never got swindled there, but sometimes it's hard to know the brand behind a specific kit, especially when they dont come in a box. The hyaku shiki comes to mind, I think mine in wei mei but it might be JMS.
>>23602022That seam is really hard to weld. It looks great when it's sanded and polished but then paint goes on it and it's back.
>head swivel>90 degree extension for the arms>90 degree bend on the elbow >waist swivel>ball joint hips is fine>90 degree on the knee>feet pivotThis is fine for Gunpla. Even older kits clear this bar pretty easily. The ones that don't, say MG S Gundam or Zeta Plus with the lack of waist swivel, are the ones that could do with an update.
No it's not, you stupid fucking idiot.
>>23602009>I'm not sure why they'd ever need to make a new one.Why not? Most of current accessible gunpla are remakes of older ones. Physical products should catch up with modern technology, they are not movies or some sort of precious ancient relic.
>>23601941>buying bootlegs of cheap, readily available retail slopHoly fucking shit how poor are you? You really need to save TWO dollars?
>>23602042There hasn't been a 2.0 for quite a while
>>23601970anime accurate
>>23602037you need to stop seething when people bring up articulation bro
>>23602043The HG Kampfer is not worth $17. More like $10.
So if Bang Doll is the worst FSS plastic kit, which one's the best?
>>23602050What are you on about, it comes with tons of stuff
>>23602043I got scammed, nigga
>>23602045MGEX Strike Freedom was quite recent. HG Legend Gundam 2.0 is comming out soon, too.
>>23602052sirene f
If it doesn't survive the shake test, it's a bad kit.
>>23602052>>23602065This. The Sirene F is such a joy to build, it's like an early 2010s Bandai HG. Minimal work, just a bit of the usual gluing, seam welding, etc
If a car gets damaged in a crash then it's a bad car
>>23602099>There are no good cars
>>23601418>I predict 30MP Yellow BocchiClown pants, meh>Asuka Yes>HomuraYES
I'm surprised that Kampfer's legs make people seethe this hard. This thing barely use its legs in-universe.
>>23602120I find it harder to be aroused by the kampfer because it can't suck on its own toes
gunpla isn't really freedomif more people painted, bandai would come up with anti paint plastic to still be able to sell base exclusive recolors
>>23602131Idk man, the fact that I can kitbash and paint my models seems like some freedom to me
>>23602131>bandai would come up with anti paint plastic to still be able to sell base exclusive recolorsPlated kits are pretty much that. However mass producing them would make the budget as high as action figures so it is unlikely.
>>23602050Maybe if you're IN Japan but you could never get the HG Kampfer that cheap even back in like 2009
>>23602047There are people ITT who would literally and unironically a slightly better looking statue than a slightly worse looking kit with better articulation
>>23602198>There are people ITT who would literally and unironically a slightly better looking statuethe entire thing?
>>23602198Depends on what purpose does the articulation serve. If the kit can recreate an iconic pose from a source material then that articulation is good. If the articulation is there for the sake of playability and compromises everything else about the appearance, then it is bad.
>>23602204Fuck, I was hungry and sleepy. But yes, and accidentally too if I may add.>>23602205>compromises everything else about the appearanceI really don't think this happens that often, they're often clever enough to hide some extending limb or whatever inside some other shit. The only thing that mildly annoys me is an extra neck joint that's solely for photos or posing where you're looking at it from the bottom because it looks awkward from every other angle, but I also know some people like utilizing that and it's not something that's actually made anything worse for me.
>>23602152i bought the clear hyaku shiki 2.0 so i didn't have to bother with stripping it
>>23602120I'm always gonna prefer more articulation even if they didn't "move much" in the anime, because it's just more fun. But also the cool thing about plamo is that you're able to modify it to your liking and that *includes* adding more joints and giving better ranges and shit, which I do.There are some cases, like Psycho Gundam, where I really wish they'd make a new kit though. That's just too much of a brick to salvage as is
