Sorry about that, I was in a hurry when I posted and I have trouble learning
the names these series use. So rather then botch them and possibly offend
someone, I just go for the quick and easy until I'm sure.
I'd say the kits are worth picking up. It is kind of boring that we have yet
another musha Gundam, Zeta and ZZ but I've just built Sazabi and he looks
really nice.
The numbering issue annoys, especially because it dilutes the whole big deal
they made over BB 300. It feels like something held back SD during 2006, but
the execs were dead set on celebrating the 20th anniversary with something
special.
From: "Dr. Core" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [gundam] Some new info on Sangokuden's Tallgeese
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 20:10:07 -0400
Grant White wrote:
> A few months back, Core pointed out that the upcoming musha Tallgeese
was
> rather pricy for a single kit and it was speculated if we were getting
more
> than shown. Well, this month's magazines (BomBom and Gundam Ace) confirm
it.
> Tallgeese will come with a horse, who can transform into a motorbike of
all
> things. I'll try and get scans ASAP.
Pretty cool, let's be precise and call him Lu Bu Tallgeese (or Ryofu
Tallgeese but not Musha Tallgeese). I think Lu Bu is better then
Ryofu, since if you wiki "Lu Bu", you'd find his reputation as a
fighter is legendary along with his steed:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hare
Lu Bu and Red hare, according to ROTK, can charge into thousands of
enemy soldiers as if there's no resistance (sounds like a game we were
talking about?) and carried Lu Bu during his legendary battle against
the Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei brothers (ROTK). In SD Sangokuden, Lu
Bu's entrance was atop Red Hare steed (last page of Liu Bei Gundam's
assembly manual). After Lu Bu died, the horse eventually ended up
with Guan Yu but he died shortly after (ROTK).
I am still contemplating collecting the whole Sangokuden line, maybe I
should finish at least 1 of the 3 brothers before ordering the next
one(s). Revisiting the related stories in Wikipedia and Gunota, I am
surprised to find quite a few new characters, even some obscure
characters known only to historians and fans familiar with ROTK.
Also I remember an old post in April:
On 4/3/07, Grant White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've got the SD Verde Buster on pre-order. Was hoping it'd have option
parts
> to make the original Buster too but it seems no dice. What's confusing
now
> is the numbering- we know of SD kits up to 295, Blu Duel. But then
Bandai
> jump to 300 for the next kits in the series. What's 296-299? Anniversary
> promo kits?
Now it's clear isn't it. They rearranged the numbering to:
May #295 Blu Duel Gundam
June #300 Liu Bei Gundam (Sangokuden 01)
#302 Guan Yu Gundam (Sangokuden 02)
#301 Zhang Fei Gundam (Sangokuden 03)
July #296 Blaze Zaku Worrier
Aug #297 Stargazer Gundam
#298 Blaze Zaku Phantom Heine Use
#303 Sima Yi Sazabi (Sangokudan 04)
Sep #299 Gundam Astray Goldframe
After 299, we are back on track... until the next time they put
numbering out of order again. To me it's pretty mysterious to make
BB-301 = Sangokuden 02 and BB-302 = Sangokuden 03.
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