Death of my thunderbolt gundam and my new daban PG Unicorn

Guys... I have bad news. I cannot finish my review of the thunderbolt gundam. I misplaced the entire box and I have no idea where I put it.  But good news. I have a new kit to review.

Meet the PG Daban Unicorn Fighter (Gundam) I promise. I will finish this and the review in a week or two.

To see updates of this build and my initial reactions please follow me on instagram: @tabletopnewtype

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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Review HG Jegan Ecoas type (Daban)

Before anything else I would like to apologize for the delay of this review. Real life tends to screw up ones plans and time tables.

With that out off the way let's get on with the review of the Daban HGUC Jegan ECOAS type

I am not a monoeye. I am a visor type!!!

HG's or high grades are Bandai's highly populated difficulty level of kits. It is usually aimed at beginners to intermediate builders. The hg collection houses a wide variety of model kits and their variants not found in other grades like mg, rg, pg etc.

Here we have an example of that. This is the Jegan Ecoas type. Of course this unit is based on the Jegan, and is an elite variant of that unit.

Let me get to the point. Building this kit was a challenge not because it is bad but because I had expected too much from it.

I had to surpress my dissatisfaction and I to remind myself that :
A) this is a high grade
B) this is a grunt unit
C) this is a bootleg
D) this a universal century HG

If you're looking for; hi nu vrabe level of gimmicks and accessories, build burning gundam level of flexibility, posability or effect parts, or just a decent Bandai level of build quality I suggest you look elsewhere.

Conclusion

Plastic quality:  70% its the same plastic as Daban's The O.

Posability: 70% it has the same posability as the lightning gundam (which is a remodelled re-gz). It can't open it's legs more than 30 degrees. Oh well its not a high mobility suit so I guess thats expected.

Build quality: 75% usual bootleg problems. I had to sand and widen a lot (almost all)of pegs  just to snap it fit without exerting too much pressure on the parts.

Colors: honestly, the colors look a little pale.

Final thoughts: I like it for an hg. Although I hate the foils stickers. Overall for the price this is a good addition

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Update of new arrival: Akatsuki is here

Okay I finally got a Dragon Momoko Akatsuki. Expect the review tonight or at the latest tomorrow

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Review: MG Sazabi Ver Ka (Daban)

Well here we are. The good people at daban (evil in the eyes of bandai) have managed to create a copy of the Sazabi version Katoki.  Not a perfect copy mind you, but a pretty good one. Read on for my full review of the kit.

Out of the box I found out that this piece of the metallic inner frame part snapped off somewhere and it wasn't in the plastic bag. So im assuming it was a factory defect. I have asked around and no other person had this defect but other people have claimed that they have other runner issues. Well it is a bootleg kit and it is expected of them to have these kinds.of.problems especially since this is a first issue model.

Here is a close up of the Bandai Sazabi ver ka(right) and the Daban one(left) you might notice that the daban one is slightly taller than the original and that is because Daban has redesigned the knee of the sazabi. This redesign increased the height of the sazabi but has removed the ability of the black kneecap of the daban to fully tuck in the leg armor,like the original.

In my previous blogpost I have stated that the plastic of the Daban Sazabi is prone to pressure marks. A combination of huge panels, design of the kit, and softer (than bandai)plastic makes this occurrence more prevalent with the Daban compared to Bandai's.

Let me be blunt. Do not expect a perfect snap fitting kit here. The assembly of the upper body except for the backpack,shoulders and the head, went smoothly. The shoulders for example,I assembled them in the open position already since it's a pain in the ass to transform them.

The lower body also has its fitting issues. Namely in the back skirt and thigh area. Which have some excessively tight fitting pegs. And may cause gaps. I also have read comments from.fellow owners that in some kits the knee joint is very loose.

Conclusion:

Plastic: better than daban's The O, a little worse than the Nu. The metallic runners a1 and a2 are very brittle,

Posability: The waist joint is a little loose, a little bit fiddly to pose. Hands will keep popping out (design flaw of bandai). Overall, posability is at par with the original

Color: in my eyes it seems like the Daban Sazabi has a little bit lighter shade compared to the original.

Overall:  this a good kit all on its own. Compared to the original off course it is inferior. That isnt a harsh criticism of the kit. Since the Bandai Sazabi ber ka is such a really great kit of course the clone will be a little bit lesser in comparison. Make no mistake the Daban Sazabi is a great kit with a few issues.

Should you buy it? Yes.

Rating: I'm giving it an 87-90 /100

Enjoy building it. And watch out for my next review: the Dragon Momoko MG Akatsuki coming next week.

And you can also follow me on my instagram @donjuandefantastico so you can see.what kit im building.

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