>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>am back from the dead, so to speak...just got myself connected via a Canopy >>wireless "DSL" internet connection. >Welcome back, have you been on some kind of expedition?
Something like that, I've been busy with the Gundam Caravans for the local distributor - thankfully, all the hard work paid off, as the Philippines is one of the top asian countries aside from Japan in terms of sales and brand awareness for gundam. >>3) 1/100 MG Gyan >>Looks like a good rendition of the Gyan, chock-full of details and a light-up >>beam sword. Personally, though...I think I can make do without the gimmick if >>it would mean less on the price tag. But that's Bandai for you. >If padding the lesser MS with extra gimmicks and price tag is >necessary to get them to the store shelves, I'd take it. hmmm. that's one way of looking at it - I don't mind padding it with uber details, but the light-up system is something a bit too extravagant, I think. But then, following your mode of thinking, it's true that I doubt if a lot of people would buy option light-up parts for this. >>4) 1/144 HGUC Zaku I >>It looks good, being able to replicate the Shoulder Attack, but is that >>bazooka rest on its shoulder a retcon, as well as the handheld rocket that's >>stowed on the shield puncher? I sort of wish it had the colony-gassing weapon, >>too. >Well won't that inflate the price tag as well? ;) Anyway, it's not >out of the question for a future variant kit, but Topp may not want to >touch this weapon... Given the price range, I wouldn't have minded a bit more... >IIRC, Old Zaku from 1979-80 had no gimmick at all. Very soon after >(definitely before Zeta in 1985) Zaku became Zaku II and Old Zaku >became Zaku I; and at some (much later) point Zaku I began to have >weapons. The usual suspects are: Topp's Zaku I in 08MST, MG variant >kits (particularly Black Trinity version and Ramba version) and games. > Won't surprise me at all if Zaku I first had weapons (machine gun?) >in a SD game, any gamer can answer that? Or perhaps FvZ arcade game. >Oh... hey... the heat hawk is also included: >http://www.1999.co.jp/dbimages/user/hobby/itbig/10048566a.jpg >But ehh... doesn't the proportion looks rather 1970s to you? UGH >OTOH... this is the actual Zaku I bazooka! The MG Zaku I kits all had >Zaku II bazookas. IIRC. I actually liked the old school proportions. hmmm, so the bazooka is more historically correct, eh? very nice. -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
