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  1. anime52k8
    While there is some visual similarity between certain Zeon suits and Soviet rockets (i.e. excessive rocket motor fetish), in terms of Design and engineering mentality, Zeon is much more akin to Nazi Germany (which make sense, considering how hard they try to hammer home the "Zeon = Space Nazi's" message in ever other aspect of their depiction). Russian engineering philosophy tends to be quick and crude but it get's the job done. Zeon Mobile Suits on the other hand tended to be really over-engineered, where they've got the most armor, weapons, speed, etc. but end up being either one off prototypes or not deployed in large enough numbers to make a difference; much like German weapons in WWII. Also much like the Germans, Zeon ended up shooting themselves in the foot by wasting all their resources trying to develop all these one-off magic bullet Mobile armors instead of making a good enough robot and fielding as many of those as possible. Comparing Zeon suits to Federation suit's it's very much like comparing German tigers to American Sherman tanks in WWII. The top of the line Zeon suits like the Gelgoog totally outclassed the GM's in very single way but it didn't really matter because the federation could keep throwing cheap, disposable GM's at them until they overwhelmed the Zeon. the Federation were working under the mindset of "we can build it cheap, we can build it fast, and it's good enough to get the job done." while Zeon when the direction of "If we build the Best robot possible, it will be so bad ass that it will always win." As for the Nightingale specifically, I think the design actually makes a fair amount of sense as far as Giant robots go and fit's in well with the zeon tradition of mecha design. The Nightingale is specifically designed for space combat, so it doesn't need to use it's arms and legs very much and it doesn't have to worry about weight since it's not under gravity. instead they give it has huge numbers of thrusters and verniers so that it can move and maneuver very fast while blowing stuff up with it's huge arsenal of weapons. :EDIT: but I think what's REALLY important is that I finally had time to apply all my the decals and finish my Sinanju kit. God I hate doing dry transfers, especially this many of them. Seriously, I think hell is having to sit at a table and endlessly apply dry transfer decals to model a model kit for all eternity, just applying and applying and never making any progress. I'm gonna take pictures later once the suns up.
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    G Gundam IS the best gundam. I hope Snail00 is right about Bandai planing to make everything on the list eventually, I want a Nobel Gundam.
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    It wasn't radiation poisoning though, it was heavy metal poisoning. the Palladium that fueled the reactor was leaching into his bloodstream. actually that did bug me while I was watching the movie. where the hell is all the ammo he's using coming from?
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    yep, you are. The RG looks cool and all, but what I want in a RX-78-2 kit is a model that actually looks like the RX-78-2 IN THE CARTOON. personally I wished the MG 2.0 looked more like the cartoon version. the hinge on the chest hatch and the shape of the skirt armor are both wrong and it bugs me to death. totally killed any intrest I had in building an MG 2.0 until I've got the time to do mod and fully paint one.
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    but you still have a show that's fundamentally good. if they went and replaced all the crappy mid 90's CG with modern stuff like they did for star trek, it would make it an even better show. you could put Weta with avatar's budget to work redoing shadow chronicles and you'd still have a horrible abortion, just one that looks kind of pretty.
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    random observation, this person has excellent taste in avatar's
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  8. anime52k8
    All Aston Martin suck, what's so special about this one?
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    wait, oh yeah, that's not him... that would explain why I hate that show so much.
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    Bah, the Sazabi is a fatty. A 2.0 would be nice although I know it would be rediculously expensive considering the current 10 year old kit costs more than the Sinanju or a Hi-nu gundam. Now an MG Nightengale would be interesting. but if You have to have one you could always try to track down the crazy expensive G-System resin kit
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    Screw the 00 Raiser, gundam 00 sucks. MG The O is going to be so sweet, Now I HAVE to pick up a Zeta 2.0 and Hyaku shiki. I'll also need to get ANOTHER Qubeley. (The one I had broke in half at the wast joint while I was dusting it... FAIL also part of the lower leg armor fell off and is MIA... double FAIL) I know as soon as I buy a second one though, they'll decide to make a V.2 Qubeley... (same same thing with the Hyaku Shiki)
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    don't forget fringe.
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    yeah, the level to which you've thought this out is kind of creepy.
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    I feel kind of lucky because I haven't had buyers remorse over a toy in a long time. the only things I regret buying are my 1/60 v.1's, my 1/72 VF-19A, and my MPC VF-1's. Excluding the VF-19A, all of these were purchased when better alternatives where available, but I wasn't really aware of them. From my first 1/48 onward I've been happy with and still love all my Macross stuff. It's mostly because I'm more choosy about what I buy and tend to wait to hear what other people think before I buy something. So I guess I should be thanking all you guys here for keeping me well informed and taking quite a few bullets for me so that I only end up with toys I like.
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    isn't this thing technically a model?
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    I don't really like the titanium finish version. only the red parts are coated so all the black looks dull by comparison. the foil stickers do kind of match the metalic red but the foil stickers suck and the black parts that aren't completely covered by stickers still look off. also all the orange thruster parts (which should have been gold coated from the beginning IMO) are still orange which sucks. had they coated the black and orange bits, it would have looked cool but as it stands it's just a mess. and considering it costs nearly twice as much over the standard version, it's also a ripoff. :edit: I'd just like to add that I like coating versions, I think the crome finish looks cool. the problem is the Sinanju kit doesn't have ENOUGH crome parts. It's got way to many black ad orange bits that are just plain plastic.
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    anyways, mostly finished building this sexy beast. I need to panel line the gun, ink wash the blades, and apply the hundreds of tiny F'ing dry transfer markings. already looks so good next to my GFFMC unicorn. I've got to say this is probably the coolest thing I've ever built ever. period. Every angle on this thing is sexy, thank you Mr. Katoki for doing an amazing job on this one.
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    F**K YEAH GP-01!
  19. anime52k8
    Same reason people downloaded KeyHoleTV just to watch low quality live streams of MacF as it was airing (which you couldn't understand anyways since there where no subtitles). any fix is better than no fix.
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    well Marvel, Hasbro and the people who made the movie all consider it a full suit so yeah... Opinion overruled
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    You mean the colony of Mayan cultist ninjas? yeah, Just got to it now, It's definitely out there
  22. anime52k8
    only if we get a PG goof custom. how about a PG GP-03...
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    yeah, but I think they make pills for that now...
  24. anime52k8
    the base is now hollow so it's lighter, but the rods are better. Each arm is a single piece of acrylic so you don't have the ugly metal sections. also the clear plastic tips don't leave marks.
  25. anime52k8
    Not watching anything current, instead I'm taking a break from Macross 7 to watch ALL of Gundam (yes, all. every UC and AU gundam, even SEED). so far I'm through with 0079, Zeta and about 10 episodes of double zeta (by the way, is ZZ this goofy throughout the whole show? normally I like this kind of stuff but it's really weird considering how zeta ended), with char's counterattack waiting after that. I haven't quite decided If I'm going to watch everything in release order and go on to 0080 after CCA, or if I'm going to do all of all of the Tomino stuff before getting into the different UC side stories (either way I'm saving the AU stuff for last).
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