MG UNICORN Gundam Photos

good day everyone. some small and late updates for the upcoming Master Grade #102 UNICORN GUNDAM from the novel Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn UC. written by Harutoshi Fukui, illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, and mechanical design by Katoki Hajime.

this is the images from the last 2007 Plamodel-Rajicon Show held in Japan. photos are originally from PAM website. here's their link to see more of the new and upcoming toys, figures and remote control cars that displayed there.

ok, without much further ado, here it is... (excited lang ako. ^^,)

RX-0 UNICORN Gundam in (1) Unicorn Mode, and (2) NT-D Destroy Mode.
and the traditional "ver.Ka" (3) Master Grade Box.



close-ups shots in (4) Unicorn Mode and (5) NT-D Destroy Mode.



shots of the weapons: (6) Beam Rifle and Energy Pack Cartridges,
and the (7) Shield and Hyper Bazooka.



and lastly, some promo arts: (8) Auto-CAD Mechanical Illustration of the torso,
and (9) illustration of Unicorn Gundam in its Unicorn Mode and NT-D Destroy Mode.


looks like this one will have a 'red translucent' internal frame. it will look great too if we can only mod it with LED lights for cool effects esp in NT-D Destroy Mode.

oh man, i can't wait for December. and i mean, I CAN'T WAIT! this Unicorn Gundam is really, really getting on my nerves lately... in a special 'good way', ofcourse. ^^, just look what i did with my new GreatToysOnline Forum's avatar and signature. cool huh? ^^,





now i need to save more if i'm gonna buy 2 kits. oohhh... i think my 13th month pay will be ruined with this upcoming Gundam kits and figures. ^^,

Snapbuilt: MG Zeta Gundam Unit 3 part 2

good day everyone. i had the time to start and build the leg parts and backpack wings of my MG Zeta Gundam last weekend despite of my busy schedule with work and sidelines. and just when i thought to take some photos of my newly acquired first Gundam Fix Figuration figures last weekend, i decided to finish the base kit figure of this MG kit instead.

to continue the second part of this snapbuilding, here's the leg part:

LEG UNIT
showing on the first row of photos are the internal base structure of the legs. and next is the transformation sequence of the leg unit. the legs are stable when its transformed. some slides here and there and you're done transforming it. i really admire the mechanisms of the leg and knee parts. to think that it bends when transformed, the knee joints is still stable too when in MS mode. it's not wobbly. ^^,

BASE KIT UNIT
here's the finished base kit figure of my MG Zeta Gundam. so far, so good. ^^,



WING BINDER UNITS
after building the first half of the backpack wings, i was so amaze with the transformation sequence. so i decided to post here the sequence. didn't know that it has a great mechanism inside. cool. ^^,




and lastly, the photos of both wing binders in Mobile Suit and in Wave Rider form.




hope to finish the rest of the kit this week. thanks for looking. ^^,

MG UNICORN Gundam DESTROY Mode

from Gunota Headlines, a photo link of the Destroy Mode prototype is now available from the upcoming Master Grade #102 RX-0 Unicorn Gundam this december. now after seeing this prototype kit, i'm really really decided to get 2 units of this MG kit. now all i need to do is save some money. ^^,

Snapbuilt: MG Zeta Gundam Unit 3 part 1

good day everyone. finally, i had the time to start snapbuilding my Master Grade 1/100 Zeta Gundam Unit 3 [White Unicorn ver] last night. this unit is piloted by White Unicorn (aka Amuro Ray) and its featured in Gundam Evolve../Omega number 9. the episode also featured 2 more Zeta Gundams piloted by Red Snake and Grey Wolf.


BOXART
to start off my snapbuilt kit review, here's the boxart of the MG kit:

CONTENT & CATAPULT DISPLAY BASE
next are the contents and the catapult display base. one of the reason what i like with this kit, it includes a display base. ^^, and since Bandai included a display base, they ignored putting a landing gear for the Wave Rider mode. it's ok... but it's also sucks at the same time. o_O




HEAD UNIT
so far in my experience with building Master Grade kits, this is the first time i've build a head without worrying about seamlines. practically, there's no seamlines on its head. you just have to clean and sand the cut marks, that's it. what's good is, the head parts consists of left and right side, the face plate, main camera block and the v-fins. not like with the other Gundam heads (e.g. RX-78-2), it consists of front and back side. that's why you need to sand and clean the seam lines located on the top of the head. with the Zeta, they eliminated that by building it sidewards. hope next time, Bandai will do this format on their next and upcoming releases -- esp on Gundam Unicorn. ^^,



TORSO UNIT
now, this is the part when i started to notice that i will going to have a hard time building this kit. i also noticed that the transformation mechanism are complicated. o_O next photo is the cockpit with the Amuro figure. then after building the main torso, i attached the shoulder joints on both sides.



ARM & WAIST UNIT
here's the finished arm parts with the manipulators. then just for the fun of it, i tried transforming the torso part to its Wave Rider form. so far, so good. now, i'm starting to like where this kit is going. ^^,

next are the waist unit. although this consists of small individual parts, i find this one also complicated. because this part happens to hold the main transforming sequence for the leg units. i just hope they put some diecast metal parts for it. ^^,




i think that's it for now. will continue this with the leg units hopefully tomorrow evening after work.

thanks for dropping by. ^^,