Grant White wrote: > 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.
It's ok, I know what you meant, but other readers may get confused. To be honest, I know them by the Chinese names (often forgetting what's the "players" e.g. Sazabi) and since I don't know pinyin so well, every time I write a post I have to look up Wikipedia for the proper spelling in pinyin. It's either that, or go to HLJ/Wiki to look up the romanji name, since... unfortunately, HLJ might have inadvertently set the precedence for using romanji (Ryuubi) instead of pinyin (Liu Bei) as the standard Anglicization. So... it's not easy for me either :) If you need a general name like Musha so-so, please use Sangoku so-so. Since Musha is a well-defined existing SD series based on Japanese history-legends. And like you said, there are Musha Gundam, Zeta and ZZ already, so Sangoku Gundam, Zeta and ZZ are unambiguous names easy for those of you who funked Chinese history in school ;-) > 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. Actually I want and assembled Liu Bei Gundam after the last post, it's a nice kit. Just like the Keroro kits, I cut myself once during construction. The no-tools-needed kit is I would hope that, there are sufficient difference between the Musha designs and Sangoku designs that a gaijin who's paying attention can tell the difference. So far, I can't honestly make that assertion. Differences between Chinese and Japanese designs are subtle to start with, and we have (presumably) Japanese designers creating Chinese-influenced Gundams. For now, if you know what you are looking for, certain cloud motif, spiral pattern and flame design, you can tell apart Sangokuden and Musha, but it's not fool-proof. > 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. It's kind of like 300 home runs for a baseball player isn't it? Making 300 is a big deal but someone making 296 isn't inferior to someone making 302 (you need to look at RBI, strike-outs etc). It's just a psychological threshold, once you make it, it's not so important any more, because no one decides to retire after 300, there's always the next milestone. The whole idea of BB#300 might or might not have been diluted even before they delayed #296-299. Has Bandai never skipped (permanently) some numbers between 1 and 295? Has Bandai produced some SD kits that didn't occupy a spot in the numbering scheme? I doubt Blu Duel Gundam was truly the 295th SD model kit produced by Bandai. I think MG #100 was the same story. Hey I just had a thought, will Bandai try to produce the Sangokuden kits in consecutive numbers? If they are making 10 or more kits in this line, are they suspending the other SD kits? If not, how will they be numbered? There may be another break in consecutive numbering in the near future. -- Dr. Core -------------------------------------------------- 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
