MG Shining Gundam

Just finished watching G Gundam around a week ago and was fairly/surprisingly hyped about the series after watching it. I watched all the Gundam series except for the original 0079 Gundam now… And the reason why I held off watching G Gundam was because the concept of having different Gundam representing different countries = dumb idea. It’s dumb because that’s not war, and it’s not how Gundam is suppose to be, but I suppose that’s excusable because Bandai wanted to take a non-Gundam approach to the series to attract a different/new fan base. It was successful in Asia none the less, because as we all know there are some G Gundam lovers out there…

In short, G Gundam was good if you ignore the racist stereotypes of the different countries… ( examples being… Tequila Gundam from Mexico… with a SOMBRERO!?!?, Zebra Gundam from Africa, holding a wooden spear and a tribesman shield…, and many others…)

On to the photos, I bought this Gundam ages ago when I was a teenager. That’s when I don’t care about Gundam stories or whatever, I just liked the design and the capabilities of going emo mode.

The only thing I really dislike about the G Gundam series Master Grades is that they come with a few screws… and to me… that’s a little unnecessary, and at the same time annoying. ( The screws go into the elbow joints and knee joints if I didn’t remember wrong.)

Transform…

But none the less, the shoulders are able to turn at a near 90 degree angle to the front for better pose-ability.

I didn’t bother changing it back to normal mode because I think it’d hideous, so I put the normal mode face inside its box, sealed off somewhere I don’t care to look for.

Dragon Ball Gundam…

At the same time, the annoying screw joints do lead to a more solid kit… even though it makes the joints really stiff, and sometimes too stiff, causing the plastic to snap…( so those who want to pick up G Gundam Master Grades, don’t bother tightening up the screws too much…)

no display stand for him…

1 of the selling point of the G Gundam serieis is their rubber sole feet and their rubber hands to create that mobile fighter-ish look… And Shining Gundam does come with a 2 piece rubber holding stuff hand… So I tried to fit Lucas’ IWSP Strike E’s short sword into his hand and even though it was a tight fit, it looks pretty cool…