GUNDAM

Yes, finally!
I've got my first Gundam today!!!
The SD RX-78-2 30th Anniversary model
After spending a few hours in hobby co with Tofu, i decided to resist from buying the Avalanche Exia, and to get it shipped from japan instead. After that, we went to capital square and i chose to get the sd ^^
Anyways, heres a few pics for starters.

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Box Art

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Scans of the manual

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Also managed to pick up a pair of these at hobbyco for 12bux
Has a pair of dragons moulded onto the handles

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Runners

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Head consists of 6 pieces and a polycap

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Upper torso
Again, 6 pieces but with 3 polycaps

More to come SOON

AND GUESS WHATS ARRIVED IN THE MAIL TODAY???? OO RAISER COMMING UP SOON!!!!!


EDIT:
Ok so picking up where i left off

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Bottom half of the torso.
Im quite glad that bandai was nice enough to mould the yellow onto separate pieces instead of needing to paint on

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After having to deal with the SD Exia's horrible arms, im quite glad to go back to these older designs with a elbow joint

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The feet. Very standard for SDs like this. Would require alot of paint as usual.

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Weapons...a very standard set. Beam rifle, beam saber, and shield. Single colour mould for the shield. Its a SD afterall, so cant complain too much though it would have been better if they moulded in white instead of grey. Its nice how the scope comes in a separate piece, and can swivel when assembled.

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And the final thing put together.

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For such a standard SD, theres nothing particularly special about posing abilities. None the less, it still is a RX78, and that itself is good enough ^^

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And as usual, with most of bandai's sd, the majority of the polycaps are unused, and would be added to the pile of spares.

Well, now i guess i'll need to start on painting when i have more time.
Other works soon to come up would be the SD 00 raiser, along with the 1:144 HG, which would be cannibalised by the sd for its superior accessories.