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Post by Hugh Mungus on Aug 24, 2011 21:16:37 GMT -5
*Language warning* The story behind the above pic is that Chiaki Morosawa, the head writer of GSeed and GSeed Destiny, was rumored to have cosplayed as Lacus Clyne at various anime conventions in Japan and tried to get her husband, series director Mitsuo Fukuda, to cosplay as Kira. Morosawa once said in an interview that Athrun and Lacus were her favorite characters. Which explains why Lacus is to Morosawa as Bella Swan is to Stephenie Meyer.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 24, 2011 21:17:42 GMT -5
Hehe, yeah, that video is great.
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Post by Alucard on Aug 25, 2011 0:49:41 GMT -5
First kit I've built in years, HG RX-78-2 Gunpla starter set. Haven't done the panel line highlighting yet, and some of the edges are still rough, but I'm pretty pleased with it.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 25, 2011 1:26:12 GMT -5
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Post by Boy Bakal on Aug 25, 2011 1:32:54 GMT -5
The 1/144 kits are well detailed, but rather fragile, in particular the elbow joints and V crests are very, very thin, god knows how many bottles of superglue I've gone through whenever my display does a "domino relay". I collected them back when I saw the series, and was annoyed later when they were reissued in 2000 and had pilot figurines included(Originals were in cartoon art box, while the reissue has CG-like art)... 1/100's in HG are a bit more durable but I believe they never made a regular H-arms in that scale.... Recently though some MG level kits have been released, so far I've seen Wing 0 Custom, Wing, Wing ver. Kai, Deathscythe and Deathscythe-Hell Custom(Still weeping over missing out the chance to get it). I HIGHLY recommend though the 1/60 Big Scale Wing 0, as it it boasts individual articulated fingers and an LED light up chest, plus the fact that it's 12+ inches of Gundam Kit goodness...
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 25, 2011 1:35:31 GMT -5
The 1/144 kits are well detailed, but rather fragile, in particular the elbow joints and V crests are very, very thin, god knows how many bottles of superglue I've gone through whenever my display does a domino run. I collected them back when I saw the series, and was annoyed later when they were reissued in 2000 and had pilot figurines included(Originals were in cartoon art box, while the reissue has CG-like art)... 1/100's in HG are a bit more durable but I believe they never made a regular H-arms in that scale.... Recently though some MG level kits have been released, so far I've seen Wing 0 Custom, Wing, Wing ver. Kai, Deathscythe and Deathscythe-Hell Custom(Still weeping over missing out the chance to get it). I HIGHLY recommend though the 1/60 Big Scale Wing 0, as it it boasts individual articulated fingers and an LED light up chest, plus the fact that it's 12+ inches of Gundam Kit goodness... That does sound good, but given I'm just starting out, that might be too rich for my blood, so to speak. Are HG kits better enough than NG to make it worthwhile?
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 25, 2011 1:38:16 GMT -5
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Aug 25, 2011 7:54:05 GMT -5
To me, Relena will always be (And yes, this is an intentional misquote) : "HEEEEEROOOOOOO!!! WHY DON'T YOU COME AND KIIIIILLLLLLLL MEEEEEEEEEEE?!?!?" Hehe, yeah, but she evolves into being more than that. Relena: "You want to kill me, right? Go ahead, but it would cause a lot of commotion, and I don't think you want that right now." Heero: "I have the weirdest boner." I'm not saying the _context_ of what she said never changed, just the actual phrase itself. It was basically foreplay to her.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 25, 2011 7:58:52 GMT -5
Hehe, yeah, but she evolves into being more than that. Relena: "You want to kill me, right? Go ahead, but it would cause a lot of commotion, and I don't think you want that right now." Heero: "I have the weirdest boner." I'm not saying the _context_ of what she said never changed, just the actual phrase itself. It was basically foreplay to her. Which, given her love interest, probably is apropos. Quatre, Duo, and Zechs are pretty much the only sane main characters, depending on who counts as main, and given what kind of stuff they pull sometimes, at least in disregard to self preservation, that is saying a lot.
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Post by Lupin the Third on Aug 25, 2011 8:08:47 GMT -5
I always thought Trowa was one of the more sane ones out of the 5 Gundam pilots. You never see him go off in a rage or pyschotic rampage. Unless I missed something.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 25, 2011 8:40:46 GMT -5
I always thought Trowa was one of the more sane ones out of the 5 Gundam pilots. You never see him go off in a rage or pyschotic rampage. Unless I missed something. True, he is largely sane, but he also is just as lax at having any sense of self preservation as Heero, and cold to the point of seemingly robotic. He DOES have a sense of humor and loyalty to his friends, but you so rarely get to see it. Wufei is also pretty sane, but kind of an asshole whose sense of self worth is teetering over the edge pretty easily early on, though he seems to learn a little humility.
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Post by Lupin the Third on Aug 25, 2011 15:11:51 GMT -5
Alright, time to do another episode of Deadliest Warrior: MS Gundam. This time, two main protagonists from obscure series. RX-79 Gundam Ground Type, piloted by Ensign Shiro Amada vs. RX-78GP01 Gundam "Zephyranthes", piloted by Ensign Kou Uraki It's 08th MS Team v. Stardust Memory. Who would win? YOU DECIDE!!
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Post by Alucard on Aug 25, 2011 15:19:09 GMT -5
Alright, time to do another episode of Deadliest Warrior: MS Gundam. This time, two main protagonists from obscure series. RX-79 Gundam Ground Type, piloted by Ensign Shiro Amada vs. RX-78GP01 Gundam "Zephyranthes", piloted by Ensign Kou Uraki It's 08th MS Team v. Stardust Memory. Who would win? YOU DECIDE!! As much as I love both, I can't help but feel the Zephyranthes would eat the RX-79 alive.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2011 15:37:11 GMT -5
The RX is built out of spare parts , it has no vulcan cannons.
the GP01 is adaptable to both space and earth atmospheres..(has to be confirgured before hand though or else it's just junk) , and it has a reloadable beam rifle.
Thats not indepth info but GP01 easily takes this IMO.
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Post by Hugh Mungus on Aug 25, 2011 17:07:11 GMT -5
On the Animesuki and the TVTropes forums, I did a comparison between the AU Gundam shows to the Batman films: - G Gundam = Batman (1966)
- Gundam Wing = Batman (1989)
- Gundam X = Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
- Turn A Gundam = Batman Returns
- Gundam Seed = Batman Forever
- Gundam Seed Destiny = Batman & Robin
- Gundam 00 = Batman Begins
Of course, the UC timeline represents Batman in the comics.
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Post by CMWaters on Aug 25, 2011 17:14:34 GMT -5
So as someone that's only seen a few Gundam series, is it safe to say I'm in the minority that G Gundam was my favorite?
Also, for s***s and giggles:
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Post by Zabel Zarock on Aug 25, 2011 21:29:39 GMT -5
It's 08th MS Team v. Stardust Memory. Who would win? YOU DECIDE!! Stardust Memory, the GP0 series was highly advanced while the 08th team was using scrap shit basically. Man it hurts to say Stardust memory was good at something, terrible OVA.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Aug 25, 2011 21:30:52 GMT -5
In any Gundam "who would win?" debate, the answer is ALWAYS the Turn A Gundam via Moonlight Butterfly.
ALWAYS.
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Post by Hugh Mungus on Aug 25, 2011 21:47:12 GMT -5
In any Gundam "who would win?" debate, the answer is ALWAYS the Turn A Gundam via Moonlight Butterfly. ALWAYS. Unless if it's Jesus Yamato in the Strike Freedom. He's Gundam's version of John Cena. On a side note, Athrun is Triple H and Shinn is CM Punk (if we go by the current WWE angles).
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 26, 2011 0:20:51 GMT -5
So as someone that's only seen a few Gundam series, is it safe to say I'm in the minority that G Gundam was my favorite? Also, for s***s and giggles: SD Gundam: Good toys, especially since they evoke Super Robot Wars, but awful show. G Gundam was cool and all, and I love Chibodee and George, so I don't have trouble seeing why you'd pick that. That said, so far either Wing or SEED is my favorite, but I'm still trying out different series. So the Stardust OVA is not very good? I know one of the people that worked on it also did SPT Lazyner, which is a pretty awesome show.
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