So far this is the best DStyle kit I have ever, the Optimus Prime build is fun and the mouth piece is movable. The finish model is highly detailed and not lacking accessories. This kit was found to be packed on Christmas of 2014.
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Kotobukiya DStyle ARX-7 Arbalest
An old kit which was first introduced in 2011, some stamp in the kit suggested that the kit was packed on 25th November 2011. This is a more primitive kit compared to most of the DStyle kit.
The most complicated part to build is the head unit.
Continue readingKotobukiya D-Style Chirico Red Shoulder Scope Dog Turbo Custom
ScopeDog Turbo Custom is one of the more complicated DStyle model kit line from Kotobukiya. The ScopeDog is based on the anime series Armored Trooper VOTOMS which was first aired in 1983. The series was created, to jump on the real robot genre in the early 1980s. Despite aged hand drawn animation, the story has a charm of its own, battle in the animation is brutal and it is in the league of its own.
This model kit despite being Deformed, manage the catch the aesthetics of the VOTOM real robot.
Continue readingBandai HG 1/60 ARX-7 Arbalest version I.V.
The plastic model kit is the rendition of ARX-7 Arbalest in the Full Metal Panic: Invisible Victory. Despite a 1/60 scale, it is just a small model after build. The impressive aspect of this kit is that it has good articulations and high detail, as what is expected from a modern model kit produced by Bandai.
Continue readingUnboxing Metal Build ARX-8 Laevatein Version I.V.
It has been ages waiting for this product to be released by Bandai. Icing on the cake, Bandai just release this figure in its highly detailed and high-quality line collectible the Metal Build. Laevatein for fans of Full Metal Panic series knows it is a major upgrade of ARX-7 Arbalest after Sousuke defeated by Leonard.
It has some heft to the box and package, not overly complicated box art.
Nothing too fancy, from the back of the package, just overview of the Laevatein with accessories and how the base can be used as a weapon storage and display stand.
Continue readingMGSD Barbatos Gundam
A MG in SD, is the best way to summarize the Bandai Spirit MGSD Barbatos Gundam.
The size of the box itself is sized like a MG Bandai Gundam kit.
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A telescopic strut with clips, no reflective backdrop cloth is needed to form the basis of background for your photography object(s).
Next, light source at least 2 on the sides, optional will be a mirror for better effect.
Continue readingNot Blitzway Go-Lion Voltron
3 to 4 times more affordable. Missing display stands but the figures are not lacking in weight and having slightly dull colors. Not forgetting missing instructions are not a concern, as Go-Lion can be transformed and combined easily.
Continue readingOptimus Prime Yolopark a 44 hours build
The first plastic model that I needed to keep track of the numbers of runners on a note book.
I would not recommend this build for folks that are busy, the smallest part in the model is smaller than 5mm by 5mm. Do not get kids involved in this build. The instructions are not as intuitive as mainstream Bandai Spirits branded plastic models.
With that said, the model build instructions are thick, 81 pages thick.
Continue readingPanel lining makes plastic model better featuring SD Macross
Completed all white plastic model does not do justice to the details of the plastic models.
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