What's Going On, Joe? #7

LOTS!  My car issues, the Destiny Plan, and my first ever MG predictions! Read on!

My car literally fell apart yesterday!  I ran over one of those outer treads from a semi truck going 55mph and just did not have a choice between hitting it, a ditch, or on-coming traffic.  My exhaust is dragging (it was a rusted up POS anyway) and I think I've got a small gas leak under the front passenger seat...  So my gunpla buying for the year is most likely on hiatus, but I've got a LOT of backlog, so it's all good.

On to more pressing matters!

I have made an effort to get a series of posts on the Destiny Plan done on my Mondays off that will post throughout the week.  So hopefully that will come along a bit more smoothly.  Speaking of which, for the two posts about the legs of the MG Destiny kits.  Did you guy prefer the Side by Side pictures like I did for the parts post or did you prefer the grouping of Bandai and then TT like I did with the inner frame post?

Leave a comment and I will try to accommodate to my reader's liking.

Okay, here's the deal.  We've all seen some outstanding shots of the MG Sandrock for October, the abundantly armed Full Armament Unicorn Gundam, and now we finally get actual factual shot of the MG Heavy Arms EW!  What could Bandai be cooking up for 2012?

I think they will continue with their trend of releasing a RG every three months or so and that has tended to kill any chance of a MG release for that month.  Nov is RG Freedom, then Dec and Jan are MG releases. I'm betting on only 8 MG releases for 2012 and here for the first time ever, I'm going to give me best GUESSES as to what kits we will see in Master Grade form this coming year.  These are in no particular order.

1)  MG Age 1 - I think is a definite.  They've already announced plans for a MG release, I can't imagine they would wait until 2013.

2)  MG Tallgeese - They will have the five main Gundams done come January.  They would be fools not to ride that popularity with a Tallgeese release...  I'm going to guess it to be a Tallgeese I, but they may decide to release III first, just top upset me.

3) MG Jesta - I don't think I need to tell you why, that thing is the best looking Feddie Grunt EVER!

4) MG Aile Strike Ver 2.0 - The old one isn't a bad kit, nor is it that old. But with the 10th anniversary of SEED, they won't pass up a chance to milk it.

5)  MG Providence Gundam - SEED again

6)  Either NT-1 or something from the GP series as a 2.0.  All of the GP series kits are ancient, as is the Alex.  They are in drastic need of an upgrade!

7)  MG Epyon Pi - Because Bandai can't resist a recolor!

With Heavy Arms as number 8, I think that would be all we will get.  What do you guys think?  What do you want to see?  Leave a comment!

Until Next Time:  Happy Building!

The Destiny Plan - Part 7

Walking with Destiny

The inner frame of the leg is superbly detailed.  Again, as with the arms' inner frame, I have detailed and painted some parts.  Here are a whole bunch of pictures!  Starting with the Bandai leg:

The TT Hongli Leg:

I hope you can see the differences between the two brands.  The details of the inner frame are not only muted and duller but in some cases obscured or destroyed completely by the holes designed for the pegs molded onto the inside of the armor pieces.

Until Next Time:  Happy Building!

The Destiny Plan - Part 6

A Firm Footing in Your Destiny?

From the arms to the legs!  Once again, Bandai has made a great effort to create a good deal of detail for this MG kit.  The chrome silver is of course done on the parts of the internal frame to be exposed upon completion.  Here, though we begin to see some major differences in the way TT Hongli has molded their copies of the parts.

All of the parts for a leg for each brand.  As I have mentioned, Bandai will be on the RIGHT and TT Hongli on the LEFT side of the blog.

Notice the differences in the details on the bottom of the foot

Here you can see a big difference in construction.  On the TT Hongli kit the have added holes on the inner frame and pegs on the inside of the armor to allow the parts to better stay together.  The Bandai kits use a series of slots to keep armor on with friction.  When the TT Hi-Nu tried to use the same slots than Bandai uses without added pegs and holes, the armor just could not stay on and even was forced to pop off from the pressure of the slots.

Again, you can see the added holes in the side of the leg.

The feet, again, illustrate the muted details in the TT kit compared to the Bandai.

The thruster on the back of the leg is completely different between the two kits

And here is the biggest difference.  This part is the main internal piece for the foot.  The TT Hongli part is missing a large section from the core of the unit!  I am worried about the structural integrity of the foot and whether or not they can maintain under the weight of the kit.

I guess we will have to wait and see about that one.

Until Next Time:  Happy Building!