The Duel, along with Heavyarms, was always one of my favorite mobile suit designs. I loved its general simplicity and orange/blue scheme. The 1/100 No Grade kit had always been on my to-get list, but once the Master Grade was announced I scrapped those plans. The insanely detailed redesign seen in the early lineart for the new Duel was jaw-dropping.…
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MG Heavyarms Gundam EW
Heavyarms was always my favorite suit from Wing; loved pretty much everything about it, color scheme, nipple blaster guns, stupidly large ammunition supply, pilot, and all. Needless to say the Master Grade release was an instant-buy; after nearly a decade we finally get a presentable Heavyarms kit, and it happens to be Katoki’s original Endless Waltz redesign. You get the…
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MG Exia Gundam
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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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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MG Gyan
The Gyan was never a particularly well received suit in the Gundam fandom; most people seemed to dislike it for it’s douche pilot, while others had qualms with it’s design and color scheme. Given all that, it’s surprising for a suit like this to receive a MG treatment at all. I’ve never personally been fond of its appearance in the…