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Re: American Era Gundam Toy Discussion

Postby Aluus » Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:54 am

Exia was the last MG I built and one of my favorites. The build is unique and the design is just... in a word... AWESOME!

EDIT: Apparently, dalong.net doesn't like when I use their images so just click on the links instead

Now, regarding the Nemo... Look at these.

I'll admit... Not the most flashy of suits, and he got very little screen time in Z.

http://www.dalong.net/review/mg/m88/p/m88_02.jpg

This is the inner frame of the suit. Not to shabby given the price I paid.

http://www.dalong.net/review/mg/m88/p/m88_20.jpg

With the right customizations, this guy can be a little badass! First pic has the ballute system as part of the customization. Out of the box he already comes set up for equipping that.

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He was $33.88 from http://www.gundamstoreandmore.com

For comparison, that's only a few dollars more than a MG Ball and the same as some of the older version 1.0 kits. This guy comes with a full inner frame (excluding some parts at the shoulders), an extra joint in the wrists allowing him to bend his hands up and down, a bunch of moving and working pistons in his legs and so on.

Double-jointed wrists.

http://www.dalong.net/review/mg/m88/p/m88_26.jpg

http://www.dalong.net/review/mg/m88/p/m88_27.jpg

Hip mechanism for added posing.

http://www.dalong.net/review/mg/m88/p/m88_30.jpg

And here's what I'm talking about. Look at all the details and gimmicks in his legs alone.

http://www.dalong.net/review/mg/m88/p/m88_55.jpg

http://www.dalong.net/review/mg/m88/p/m88_56.jpg

http://www.dalong.net/review/mg/m88/p/m88_57.jpg

From what I can tell, the MG Nemo was basically a test bed for all the new designs and tech put into the 2.0 kits. The only reason he's so cheap is because he's sort of under the radar. Slap a v-fin on this guy and rename him and he'd fly off the shelves I think. Dalong gives him a rating of 96. That's 2 less than the MG Zeta 2.0, MK 2.0's and even the brand new MG Duel Assault Shroud. It's the same rating as the MG Deathscythe.

http://www.dalong.net/review/mg/m88/p/m88_58.jpg
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Re: American Era Gundam Toy Discussion

Postby Blurrz » Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:38 pm

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Re: American Era Gundam Toy Discussion

Postby chuckdawg1999 » Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:57 pm

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Blurrz wrote:http://blog.yahoo.com/cybergundam/articles/625154/index

http://blog.yahoo.com/cybergundam/articles/625155/index

Looks like there's new recolors of Nemo being released


How difficult is it to locate a Nemo?
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Re: American Era Gundam Toy Discussion

Postby Blurrz » Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:40 pm

Motto: "The Wreckers. Weird brain bullets. Impossible odds... It doesn't get much better than this."
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chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Blurrz wrote:http://blog.yahoo.com/cybergundam/articles/625154/index

http://blog.yahoo.com/cybergundam/articles/625155/index

Looks like there's new recolors of Nemo being released


How difficult is it to locate a Nemo?


http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN941042
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Re: American Era Gundam Toy Discussion

Postby chuckdawg1999 » Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:15 am

Motto: "The man, the myth, the legend... yeah right."
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Blurrz wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Blurrz wrote:http://blog.yahoo.com/cybergundam/articles/625154/index

http://blog.yahoo.com/cybergundam/articles/625155/index

Looks like there's new recolors of Nemo being released


How difficult is it to locate a Nemo?


http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN941042


Wow that easy. Thanks for uh, what's that word, when you locate something, what is it...
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Re: American Era Gundam Toy Discussion

Postby Aluus » Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:06 am

It's only about 100 yen (about $1) more with shipping to order from gundamstoreandmore.com and since it ships from Michigan as opposed to JAPAN, you'll get it a lot faster (assuming you live in the US.)

http://www.gundamstoreandmore.com/ban941042.html
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Re: American Era Gundam Toy Discussion

Postby chuckdawg1999 » Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:26 am

Motto: "The man, the myth, the legend... yeah right."
Weapon: Saber Blade
Aluus wrote:It's only about 100 yen (about $1) more with shipping to order from gundamstoreandmore.com and since it ships from Michigan as opposed to JAPAN, you'll get it a lot faster (assuming you live in the US.)

http://www.gundamstoreandmore.com/ban941042.html


faster and cheaper wow.

Thanks for uh, what's that word, when you locate something, uh....
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Re: American Era Gundam Toy Discussion

Postby Aluus » Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:32 am

Hehe. I hit up Ako Hobby for some custom parts. None of them are designed for the nemo actually. I ordered some that are upgrades for the GM Kai. With a little tweaking, i should be able to make them work. This will be my first custom. It's not the painting, sanding, cutting, gluing or assembling that bugs me. It's the painting. That part will most likely suck donkey balls. :BANG_HEAD:
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Re: American Era Gundam Toy Discussion

Postby Slayershoop » Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:25 pm

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So AGE second Gen...not bad, Asemu is inherently less annoying than Flit, and the Emily type character is not a psycho b---h. Dique's kid is annoying though. I will say, having Woolf and Milas back is great, and AGE-2 is growing on me. Also, QAN(t) very good kit, especially if you cut out a square from the polycap frame and shove it in the waist to fix the balance. I didn't like the movie at all, but the kit is much better than anything about that movie (space flower, my ass). Also, getting the BTR or resin Sword IV for it makes it even better.
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Re: American Era Gundam Toy Discussion

Postby Aluus » Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:33 am

I start off trying to build a customized MG Nemo... I wind up with something that can only be called a high-performance, high-mobility, GUNDAM with only 40% of it's parts still being from the Nemo. WTF MAN?!

I'll upload some pics once I get it cleaned up and primed.
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