I remember when MG Exia was announced the hype was insane; everyone placed their preorders before the official prototype was even finalized, then when we all saw it in color, everything went downhill. Many disliked the Master Grade’s muscular looking proportions; Bandai went downwards and backwards with their MG design of the Seven Swords Gundam; instead of giving it sleek,…
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Kotobukiya Soulgain
I know not the first thing about this mech – from what I understand it’s a Super Robot from the Super Robot Wars Original Generation (SRWOG) series, though that’s about it. Given that it’s a Super Robot I’m assuming it operates on hotblooded willpower and gutsy screaming. Even the name sounds Super Robot-y…
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Astounding Progress
This blog’s been alive and breathing for three days and I’ve already typed and uploaded three reviews. Two MG kit reviews and a Figma overview…strange to say this, but that’s not good. I feel like I’m making too much progress, too fast. It’s gonna suck when things slow down after school starts again and it’s gonna be like a post…
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MG RX-78-4 Gundam Unit 4 “G04”
The RX-78-4 was one of those controversial Master Grades that didn’t really have a real inner frame despite the technology of the time allowing it to do so. Bandai jumps the wagon and does some downright crazy things sometimes but I didn’t really see any viable reason for them to skimp on a frame for the Gundam G04 and G05.…
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Figma Samus Aran
First Figma for me was my long-time favorite video game heroine, Samus Aran. As an avid fan of the Metroid series itself, the announcement of a long-awaited action figure for the intergalactic bounty hunter was both spectacular and shocking. Up until now I had to dish out an arm and a leg for the First 4 Figures statues, but…
