Gundam Seed Model Kits from Bandai

[Buffalobiian]

Need Colour Pics!!

[Illrenmazou]

^-Nothing yet.
Here are the images of the prototype from a magazine:


I wonder if it can transform.

[darkshadow]

That looks so great, katoki definitly adds somethings magical to his stuff.

And it will definitly transform.

[Illrenmazou]

This confirms that it can transform. But I kinda wish Katoki made the MA mode look different. I don't know what to feel about the mouths on the feet ~_~
At least the shield looks cool.

[Harima Kenji]

Opening dragon mouth in the feet = win!

[Illrenmazou]

Real Grade Aile Strike Gundam:

The Box Art

It looks really good even without the decals.

[darkshadow]

Where does real grade fit into the rankings?

[Illrenmazou]

You can say Real Grades are 1/44 models with Master Grade quality and reception of this new Gunpla line has been generally positive.
So far, there are only three kits in this line. The other two are RX-78-2 Gundam and Char's Zaku II.

[vejita613]

1/144 scale, but much higher quality than a HG.

edit: (Whoops, totally missed your post Illrenmazou...sorry about that)

As for Epyon, I just finished building MG Deathscythe Hell and am a bit disappointed in it. Add to that I've never really been impressed with Epyon in the first place, I'll probably skip it. If it were Tallgeese on the other hand....

[darkshadow]

1/44? So it's bigger than a PG?
Or did you mean 1/144?

Anyway they do look kinda good.

[vejita613]

He meant 1/144

New pictures of Epyon:

http://gundamguy.blogspot.com/2011/0...ted-image.html

[Harima Kenji]

The only model kit grades that are bigger than a PG are the 1/48 scale kits. Currently we have the RX 78-2 and Char's Zaku II.

[Illrenmazou]

Speaking of Gundam Wing MGs, I really hope Bandai will include these extra parts for Heavyarms Ver. Ka and the Full Armor Parts for Sandrock Ver Ka.

[EpyonNext]

Jesus, thats enough missile spam to make any ship in Macross envious.

[Harima Kenji]

Since they have released 3 of the 5 ver.ka MG kits of wing, the other 2 will most likely follow. Personally I think the Heavyarms ver.ka is actually cooler then the anime version..

[bagandscalpel]

Probably kind of late to be asking, considering how many years I've been putting kits together now, but what's so special about Katoki designs? What sets his apart from non-Katoki kits?

[darkshadow]

He changes them slightly, mostly making them more sleek and "cool".
With gundam wing however he actually made some completely different designs based on the originals, like wing gundam ver. KA.
I think that is where it basically started.

Most MG's have been going this route anyway, even though they don't explicitly mention it, you can clearly see a Katoki like influence on several of the SEED MG's, like SF, Impulse and Destiny.

[Harima Kenji]

Nothing much.. but Hajime Katoki is a renowned mecha designer, who sometimes customizes/redesigns some mobile suits. There is nothing 'special' about them, it's just that they are redesigned by Katoki.

[bagandscalpel]

Ah, thank you both.

It's kinda-sorta an issue with me, as a collector, when it came around to deciding which version of the MG Unicorn to purchase. In the end, I got the MG re-release, but there's still exists only the ver.ka MG Sinanju, hence a bit of a dilemma.

[Illrenmazou]

Well, In the case of MG Unicorn, the OVA version (the re-release that you mentioned) is slightly better than the Ver. Ka because it has better articulation and a slightly different sculpt (OVA version has vulcans and they shrunk down some of the armor pieces to improve the articulation).

As for the MG Sinanju, I don't think there will be a non-Ver. Ka model since it doesn't need any fixing.