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Here it is as promise, the second part of the review for “1/100 Gundam Virtue” ^^ This time it features Gundam Virtue ^^

There isn’t much different between Virtue and Nadleeh in terms of details and looks. Both looks great (Now I’m tempted to get a 2nd set so just I can display both >_< ), but mobility wise there’s a big difference. As mentioned before, Nadleeh has pretty much limited mobility. Now you can imagine for Virtue with all the added armors ^^; Mobility pretty much cut by half ( > _ < );

As for cast off and transformation, it isn’t that hard to do ^^ If you compared it to Unicorn‘s transformation, this is nothing :p If you ever played an action figure that can be cast off, pretty much like it.

Anyway, the usual shots~

Close up~

Action shots~

Celestial Beings assembled!!~

Next target would be “1/100 Gundam Astraea” which coming out this month ( > _ < )/

It’s been a while, but finally I managed to finish my “1/100 Gundam Virtue” ^^ Sorry if it took so long, been pretty busy lately ( > _ < );

Since “1/100 Gundam Virtue” allows you to transform to Gundam Nadleeh, I will divide the review into 2 parts just like what I did with Unicorn; one for Virtue mode and one for Nadleeh mode. For starter I will start with Nadleeh ^^ Review for Virtue will follow later ^^

Virtue is a little bit expensive this time compared to other previous 1/100 scale releases, and that’s because it’s like getting a 2 in 1 package ^^; In terms of mobility, Nadleeh pretty much limited, but nevertheless it’s still a cool looking kit ^^

Took me 2 days overall to complete it, although I was expecting it to take longer. One reason is because, pretty much, there’s a lot of painting to do. I did the best I could to make it as close as the manual. Compared to “1/100 Gundam Kyrios”, it’s much more difficult this time ^^; I had to repaint the cable cord to “pink” colour, and luckily my Gundam SEED Destiny marker set have the colour ( > _ < );

Overall, I have to say they did a really good job to get it as close as the anime counterpart in terms of details ^^

Anyway, let the photos do the talk ^^

Close up~

Action shots~

Different lightning set up~

The review for Gundam Virtue will follows later on ^^ Look forward to it ( ^ _ ^ )/

A little bit late on the news, but here it is the box art for “1/100 Gundam Astraea”, which is scheduled for late April 2008 release ^^

On other news, here’s some new images of the upcoming “MG Force Impulse Gundam” from Gundam Base:

Can’t wait~( ^ _ ^ )/

Larger Version

The image of the final product of “MG Force Impulse Gundam” is finally out ^^ This kit will come with the “Excalibur” sword from the Sword Impulse mode and scheduled for May 2008 release.

Looks promising so far ( ^ _ ^ )/

It’s been a while, but finally I managed to finish my “MG Nu Gundam – Metallic Coating Version” ^^

I bought this few weeks ago, but didn’t have the time to build it. Since my finals just ended and I have lots of free time, decided to give it a go and finish it ^^;

Well, all I can say was, they did really good job on this release. Well. atleast it’s much cheaper than the previous release ^^; Similar to the “MG Sazabi – Metallic Coating Version”, the metallic paint job is pure win ^^ What I like about this is that they actually did a really nice job with the “Gold” metallic coating, compared to Sazabi’s.

The kit comes with 3 metal joints; 2 for the ankles, and 1 for the waist. This is to stabilize when it stands, because of the weight from the “Funnel Fins”. A lot of screwing needed and some measuring for the “Leather Pipes” ^^; I didn’t do any panel lines on it because of the same reason of Sazabi, I don’t want to ruin it ^^; Mobility wise it’s much better than Sazabi, but still it can’t really pose much.

Took me around 2 days overall to complete it.

The usual shots~

Close up~

Bazooka and the “Fin Funnels’~

Comparison with Sazabi ^^~

Now left with 1/100 Gundam Virtue ( ^ _ ^ )/