Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Review: SD Crossbone (Guniki)

Hey guys I'm going to be reviewing something different now. Its from a new manufacturer called Guniki and its an SD Crossbone X1 (i think). First of all im not yet well versed when it comes to SD musha and crossbone lore so.all.I can give is an objective review of the kit itself. Here it goes.

This is the Guniki Crossbone's manual. Yeah, I know right. It has a hand drawn feel to it. It gives it a really it a unique presentation to the manual.

Unfortunately, because it looks hand drawn it (the illustrations) suffers from being too light. Sometimes I had to squint my eyes just to see which part goes where and also the directions are a little hard to follow and sometimes you need to use your common sense.

Plastic-wise this kit is miles better than the Mobius zero I recently reviewed. The plastic feels smooth and not grainy and when you cut it, it feels solid and crisp.

If I should compare it to a BL kit (because im sure as hecknits not up to bandai standard: I would say somewhere between the daban sazabi and nu ver ka )

This kit also comes with 2 runners that are painted metallic. They are not plated parts but those are some nice looking gold and silver parts.

Lastly, the guniki crossbone comes with a runner with a rubbery material for the robe and extra hands. The material has the same look and feel as the feathers that come with the MG wing zero custom. The color leaves something to be desired it's like a sickly looking dirty white.

None of my sd's elbow polycaps survived. All of them have massive tears and have been super glued
Be careful when inserting the gold cheek protector to the helmet as the female peg of the helmet tends to crack
ISSUES:

1) the polycaps are soft and prone to ripping. I havent even moved the elbows before but when I did. The elbow polycaps ripped.

2) be careful when putting the gold cheek parts in the helmet the pegs of the gold parts are a bit brittle and both cheek parts have been glued tobthe helmet.

3) Why in the world would you give an SD kit a sticker sheet that was not pre-cut. C'mon guniki!!! Its annoying as hell.

Conclusion:

1) The details are really good

2) the kit is very paintable (and you should paint it) because...

3) The stickers are shit.

4) polycaps are fragile

5) plastic quality is very good.

6) there are a lot of extra accessories.

Should you buy it? If you collect SD's yes and buy two (the x1 and x2). If you don't then I'd suggest you try it. Its refreshing. Just be careful of the poly caps

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Review: Mobius Zero (SPLSFStudio)









Let's get down to business. Here is my review of the Mobius Zero.


Box comparison with a Sinanju Stein

Yeah... I'm not familiar with them and I'm too lazy to google their company

What is the Mobius Zero? Well... the Mobius Zero is a space mobile armor from the Gundam Seed universe and is originally piloted by Mwu La Flaga.

It uses wired gunbarrels to attack hostile forces from multiple directions aka an all range attack. The Universal Century equivalent to that technology are Incoms.


Runner breakdown.... because I forgot to take unboxing pictures

Yup it is hollow. No inner frame. Its a 1/100 NG.

Use glue on these F*ckers unless you want them to suddenly jump out and disappear into the void

Call me skeptical, but a new third party company making one of my favorite mobile armor in Gundam Seed into a plamo... I had to get one.

Thoughts and issues:
1) The plastic isn't good. Its like the old TT Hongli plastic but a little bit gummier.
2) There is no inner frame.
3) The Orange parts specially the small fins and singlets are a b*tch to put in.
4) You will need some glue to keep the small parts (and some of the big parts as well) from popping out and disappearing into the void.
5) It doesn't fit into a Dragon Momoko Strike or an akatsuki (I misplaced my other strike plamo)
6) Be careful with big parts like those for the rifles. They rend to get pressure marks easily because of the rather soft plastics












Final thoughts: I am disappointed with.the plastic and build quality but not the detail.

Final thoughts 2: cool extra weapons. You might need some blutac to hold the weapons

Is it worth buying? Uhh.... it might be. If you really like the design. The booster gimmick is cool as well as the weapons.

Verdict: 70 /100



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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Next review: Mobius Zero

Yeah. I know. My stein review isnt out yet. The reason is I'm busy making my gbwc entry.

My next review that im actually buildung now is the Mobius Zero Mobile Armor from Gundam Seed. Its made by a relatively new maker called SPLSFStudio