HUGE! That is the first thing that you will notice with the box and the head display itself. This was only released in Japan, you can only get it if you win the top prize in the 7/11 Gundam Raffle. If I remember it correctly, it was 900 yen per try. Gundam Unicorn fans will surely love this Banpresto Gundam Unicorn Head Display. Among the hauls last week, this one is one of the boxes we were excited to open. Because of it’s size, we were thinking that it might be around the 1/25 to 1/30 scale. But I am thinking 1/27 is the exact scale. Anyway, it can change from the Normal mode to the Destroy mode, depends on how you want to display it. Initially it is packed in the Destroy mode. Colors are nice, glossy and seems to be made of good quality paint. Plastic quality is very typical of Banpresto brand but good quality if you ask me. Lastly… Awesomeness level – 10/10! I really love the play and display value of this head display!
What we are going to review today is the MSIA Dendrobium RX-78GP03. This mobile armor came from the Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory series. This toy figure was released by Bandai in the market on the year 2001 for around 10,000 yen. This is the second largest Dendrobium (around 1/172 scale) that you will get next to the HG 1/144 version. It is around 750mm or 29.5 inches when completely built. Has a lot of movable parts, easy to build and weighs a hefty 4-5 kilos I think. Most of the time, items this old have some form of discoloration due to old age. But still, big MSIA figures are hard to find nowadays, so if you find one get it and just rehab the discoloration.
Finally decided to open the HCM Pro Destroy Gundam 1/200 scale so we could give you guys a review of this toy figure. Yes this is not a kit that you can build, instead you just need to attached together the parts which are separated upon packaging. Correct me if I am wrong, but I think if I am not mistaken that this HCM PRO version is the biggest Destroy Gundam out there in the market. Also this is very hard to find (rare) nowadays. This toy is almost the same height as the 1/144 Psycho Gundam considering that it is only a 1/200 (smaller). Also it comes pre-painted, and they sure did a nice job on the details. Some say that this mobile suit piloted by Stellar Loussier shown in Gundam Seed is “BYG-ZAM + PSYCHO” combined in honor of the Universal Century series. Sadly it was killed by Freedom (which you could re-enact using this toy by the way ^_^)
We got ourselves today 1/12 HY2M Air Shock Battle Beam Saber. This beam saber is the one used on the 1/12 HY2M RX-78-2. Though it was intended to be matched with the 1/12 model figure, it can also be used just for fun like teasing friends, Gundam role playing and etc. It has a scenario mode and battle mode to make it more interesting to use or for playability. Bandai has a microsite about this which you can find by clicking here. I think this is still available on online shops for an average price of $50 excluding shipping costs.
I would want to review this myself, but do not make video reviews. This is better seen on video instead of just looking at pictures…
We have here an unboxing and buildingreview of the (mobile suit in action) MSIA DX Sazabi 12 inch toy figure/model. I prefer to call this a hybrid between a toy figure and a model kit because some parts are needed to be assembled in order to be used like the shield, weapons and the funnels. This thing is very huge – like a 1/60 version of Sazabi. If not of 1/60 scale, still it is the closest one we got that is Bandai made. Besides most PG kits stands at an average of 12 inches. The MSIA DX series is the biggest scale in the MSIA line up. Unfortunately they are discontinued. Manufacturing dates indicates that they were released in the market wayback the year 2002. If you find one, then I suggest you buy it. Now moving on with the review.
They say it is a 1/35 scale Turn A Gundam Head Display and Coin Bank. Well regardless of the scale, this for me is one big head. I think it is around 8-9 inches wide from one end of the beard to another. We call him Mr. Swabe (mr. smooth) because of the pointed beard-like feature he has. It runs on double A batteries and lights up when you try to insert a coin. Bought this for 400 pesos due to its display value. Makes me want to watch Turn A Gundam soon. I saw DC23 made a diorama using this head (check it out here) which turned out ok.
Sharing to you guys another SD Archive Gundam review. This time I opened SD Archive GP02A (Physalis) from the series Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory. This is one big SD I will tell you that. It is so big that the shield is already bigger than SD Exia… I am really happy to have got this one because it is really a rare find. Hope that you guys can get one as well, because you will surely enjoy looking at it on your cabinet.
Here is another SD Archive review featuring Nu Gundam. This mobile suit was piloted by Amuro Ray on MS Char’s Counter Attack. A movie shown around March of 1988 (LOL at history). Bought this along with two more SD Archives namely God Gundam and GPO2A. I really love SD Archive Gundams because of their “above the average” SD size. SD BB Gundam nowadays like Sinanju can compare to their size, but still on the average SD Archives are bigger than their modern counterpart.
They call it Gundam DformationS. Pretty much an SD figure to me. I bought this at Toy Kingdom for 375 php. But I checked online and it seems to be priced at $23.99 (1,041 php). A nice buy because it costed me less than half the original price. We are fans of any kind of SD Gundam. Sooo cute! – what my GF always say. Anyway, this is a toy/figure like those SD Archive that I have. “Blast Impulse” is one character I am really not aware of. I checked on gundam wiki and he does exist. LOL for me. My excuse is that I never even started watching SEED yet… not soon.
I have here an out of the box review of SD Archive God Gundam, he is number 3 in the SD Archive series. So far I only got series 3, 6 and 7. SD Archive versions of Gundam are rare nowadays, I was just lucky enough to get a few from my gunpla source. So far I am really happy with this kit or toy, whatever you want to call it. But this one is already built so I would prefer to call it a figure/toy.
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