Metal Garland

This is a surprisingly popular offer, the Garland transformable landbike/mecha from megazone 23.

http://www.taghobby.com/?p=110281

Expansion: Bandai HGBF/HGUC 1/144 "Titan Assault" (RX-178 Mark-II) Gundam + HGBC Powered Arms Powereder

I'm a fan of waiting for better stuff to come in, and in this case, it was in the form of the HGBC 1/144 Powered Arms Powereder pack. Essentially, I attached this to the Titan Assault Gundam that I had before.

Assorted Gundam Photos

Some are older shots, other are future photo entries...

Review: Sluban M38-83387 Morking-Hanries Mecha

The Side Story

Hello it's me again Ron bringing you your dose of non-GunPla mecha in the form of brick toys.

One fine day I was walking along The Landmark's brick toys section when this caught my eye:

Well I knew I wanted to get it.  I mean wouldn't you want a mecha named MORKING-HANRIES!?!?!

Add-ons: Gundam G-Bull... Now a Lobster.

I added two Gundam EXP-008 Builders Parts System Weapon 005 Shields to my HGUC G-Armor kit, specifically the G-Bull segment. Now, I think it can be called G-Lobster....

New Banner Image!

From a good friend, Atan Abenir: Mecha Toys' new banner. Thanks, FB Group guys, and keep on sending!  
Original image of Voltes V, rights reserved to owner, please contact me if you wish to have to taken down.

I feel that this actually gives a good representation of the local mecha culture, as Voltes V has cultural, political and generational meanings for Filipinos.

Monty Python and the Pacific Rim: Spam! Ni!

I'm sorry, I couldn't help it.

  

Tis' Just a flesh wound!

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Review: HGAGE G-Exes Jackedge

I have to say that the head/face design for this mecha is one of my absolute favorites in the AGE series. That being said, the G-Exes frame being an ace version of the Shaldoll (and thus the Jackedge being an ace variant for the Rogue) makes it very posable. Although the rifle/knife combination is a bit of an overkill for me, I like the idea of using the shield with it. More to follow in this entry.

 There's no denying the fact that it's an ace unit. The head design alone assures that.

 The double ball joint in the torso serves to give the kit some subtle poses that are similar to the Revoltech figures (though not as exaggerated).

 This is probably how it is presented in the manga.

 My favorite detail: the face mask.

And here it is, finally, with the knife removed from the rifle. It's nice, but I'd rather have the mecha holding a shield...


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Review: HGAGE Shaldoll Rogue

I actually had this with me when I received the Perfect Strike, but I only had time to build the two Rogue kits this past weekend. Here are some photos and observations about the Shaldoll Rogue.

The Rogue is basically a recolor of the Shaldoll normal unit variant, the only difference being the colors, the faceplate, the battleaxe, and the gun hand. But even with these "minor" changes, it's become a much cooler unit already. As you can see in the first pic, you have an option to use four weapons: the cannon hand, the axe (impleid for left hand, as there are gaps that suggest it), the shield and the one saber from the backpack.

One thing that impressed me was how poseable was, thanks to the leg joints. However, There is construction issue with the waist ball joint - the cylinder where the polycap ball goes into is quite deep, and the ball itself may slip from the post. If it does, the polycap ball could get stuck deep in the cylinder. It sounds minor, but it really does play havoc with posability, One should fill up the empty space with wadding or a similar filler substance.

You can see the "empty space" at the axe hilt in this photo. You'd need putty to fill it in, but otherwise, the arm looks pretty good slinging the axe on the shoulder. To attach the gun hand, you have to remove the wrist collar. Since the connection is just set by friction, it's a good idea to use sticky-tac or Elmer's glue to keep the gun hand in place.

Funny moment: Remember, there are two different-colored pieces for the front collar. Use the grey-ish one!

The shoulder armor tends to lie flat to the shoulder mount, so it's relatively easy to keep the shoulder armor stable. Also: The shoulder armor design somehow reminds me of Front Mission 3.

Close up of the faceplate.


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