I'm Dr. Doom

Saw this on Winterheim HDD, and was so tempted to try it out myself.

And the result is...

You are Dr. Doom

Blessed with smarts and power but burdened by vanity.

01. Dr. Doom ----- 66%

02. Apocalypse ----- 60%

03. Magneto ----- 56%

04. Mr. Freeze ----- 55%

05. Lex Luthor ---- 51%

06. Two-Face ---- 44%

07. Mystique ---- 40%

08. Juggernaut ---- 40%

09. Catwoman --- 39%

10. Venom --- 39%

11. The Joker --- 38%

12. Dark Phoenix --- 36%

13. Poison Ivy -- 32%

14. Green Goblin -- 24%

15. Kingpin -- 24%

16. Riddler -- 23%


Click here to see if you're Dr. Doom too

Burdened by vanity - that's exactly how I feel right now.

1-20 Scopedog and Others

Normally I talk about Gundam products only, but this time I'll give it an exception: 1-20 Scopedog from the anime series Votom. Never watched the series before, but robot units from it are always around all the Japanese hobby magazines I read, Scopedog as perhaps the main robot character, is the one I'm quite familiar with.

Don't let the retro-type box cover deceive you, this 1-20 scale Scopedog is perhaps the Master Grade version in its product line, as the details are just astonishing. Not only does it features an inner frame which is as detailed as any MG model, at the scale of 1-20, Bandai is able to produce probably the best sculptured pilot figure of all models, and there are two of them as well. The cockpit design is just brilliant, and if you look at the part list (third picture) of the model, the whole cockpit container seems to be molded as one. Cool! Not only that, you can play around with the 'screwdriver' given and use it to tighten the bolts on the model, talk about fun modeling experience.

1-20 Scopedog, hmm~




Other upcoming products are as below. Most of them have being mentioned in this blog before, so this time there are plenty of pictures for you to see. All images are from The Gundam Base Side One unless otherwise indicated.

PG Wing Gundam Zero Custom (Pearl Mirror Coating) - Like the name suggests, the armor pieces of the model, mainly the white parts including the wings are pearl coated. As compared to the previous pearl coated model, which is HGUC Qubeley, this one is really a disappointment. The black interior pretty much stands out from the half-transparent white parts, making the whole model looks real ugly. At the price of more than 30,000 Yen, one has to be extremely desperate to get a PG model to buy this one.

Then again, a PG model out of the blue, does it signify something about the product line? A new PG this year maybe?



UCHG EFGF Anti-MS Squad - This kit works perfectly with the previous UCHG release of the tank from the 08th MS Team. Soldier figures can be shown running down from the back of the tank. Of course you need quite a bit of painting skill to make the whole diorama to look realistic. Anyway, the figures have color separation as well, and just simple panel lining will actually work to outline the figures' silhouette and profile.

And then we have the 1-35 scale severed GM arm.

I wonder if Bandai will continue to release 1-35 scale body parts in future UCHG models so that one day we can gather all those parts and complete a 1-35 scale GM or Gundam.



Action Display Base (Black) for HGUC models - I saw this in one of the product images of HGUC RX-79[G] not long ago. Yes folks, the success of the previous Action Display Base gives rise to this smaller counterpart. The cool thing about this display stand is the compatibility with not just other display bases of the same type, but the previous big one as well.

A must have for HGUC fans, but it would be perfect it can mount HCM-Pro figures as well~



SD Sangokuden: Ryubi, Kanu, Chouhi, and Shibai Sazabi - It's problematic for me to remember the Japanese names of these BB models, since I so used to the Chinese names, and if the creator of these characters ever visited Malaysia, the person would be reluctant to give such a name of Shibai Sazabi -_-;; Anyway, one thing I discover about Chouhi (Zhang Fei) Gundam is the blades of his 'Snake Halberd' can be separated to become the wing units of his backpack, which is very Zeta-like.

The image of Shibai Sazabi is from From Hobby Shop Midori.








HCM-Pro Nu Gundam Special Painted - A match for the Special Coated version of Sazabi, the color scheme of this Nu Gundam changes from white to silver, and together with some new marking and decals, looks much better than the plain version. Of course the price will be higher too.

Images from Amiami.



HCM-Pro Akatsuki Full Set - Unbelievable, the display stand for this kit is actually... the effect parts for Shiranui's backpack! So when Shiranui Akatsuki launches its Dragoons, he has to be standing on his feet!

And check out the packing, the image of Mwu La Fllaga seems to be cropped straight out of the 1-100 scale model version. Muahahaha~

Images from Amiami.




HCM-Pro Evangelion Unit 01 - There is a hell lot of parts being included for this figures, which is just wonderful. I have to check on the anime to know which one for what purpose. What I can tell is the knife mounted in its shoulders and the machine gun. The huge 'dart board' at the back is actually an AT field - an electromagnetic energy field (or sort of like that) which acts very much like an I-Field for Gundams - to disable weapon damages from direct hit for the unit's protection.

Anyway, with so much parts and accessories, what about the action?

Images from Amiami.

Wings of Freedom

O Wings of Freedom
You are but Wings of Sadness and Despair now
For there are those who are selfish
Those who would brand and bind your value to themselves
Though they know
You embrace only those who see you
And those with a heart for you
Everyone is equal in front of you
But not all has opened their eyes for you

Sadness and Despair indeed

O Wings of Freedom
You are but Wings of Blood and Tears now
For there are those who are jealous of your feathers
Those who would scuffle when no drum of war has being played
Though they know
You embrace only those who deserve you
And those without prejudice against you
Everyone is equal in front of you
But not all are ready for you

Blood and Tears indeed

O Wings of Freedom
Your sadness is in my heart
Your despair is in my heart
Your blood is in my heart
Your tears is in my heart
And I would bear all of that for you
As always, forever
For I need your guidance and encouragement
As always, forever
For free man I am, and free I want to be
As always, forever

O Wings of Freedom
O Wings of Redemption
Do not be saddened by the selfish
Do not be despaired by bureaucrats
They deserve neither your empathy nor sympathy

O Wings of Freedom
O Wings of Salvation
Do not shed your blood for the hopeless
Do not shed your tears for the heartless
They deserve nothing from you

O Wings of Freedom
I feel you in my heart
I grasp you in my heart
I keep you in my heart
I own you in my heart
And I would trade all I have for you
As always, forever
For I need your smile and enlightenment
As always, forever
For free man I am, and free I will be
As always, forever

Forgotten models from SEED Destiny

I'm not sure what's going on in Bandai's marketing plan or its molding factory's schedule, but the company seems to be coughing up quite a few re-colored model kits from SEED Destiny in August and September. Here're the loads:


HG 1-144 Dearka Elthsman's Customized Blaze Zaku Phantom - September, 1,575 yen


HG 1-144 Yzak Jule's Customized Gouf Ignited - August, 1,575 yen


SD Heine Westenfluss's Customized Blaze Zaku Phantom - August, 630 yen


SD Blaze Zaku Warrior - July, 630 yen

Just how many Zaku Warriors and Phantoms had been released in the past? Unbelievable, the parts are not going to be changed, only the color will be. For example, Dearka Elthsman's Zaku Phantom is the same kit of Rey Za Barrel's color painted in black; and Yzak Jule's Gouf Ignited is Heine Westenfluss's one pained in white. Plus, that Gouf Ignited should have been out even before the series finished last year! As the new anime series of Gundam 00 is coming out (as well as its merchandises), my pick of 1-100 Yzak Jule's Slash Zaku Phantom seems to be out of Bandai's planning.

Seems like they are avoiding the one I like, and keep on producing those which are convenient to be put back into the molding machines.

So typical of Bandai.

Other updates include:

MG Turn A Gundam - the price is set at 3,990 yen


MG RX-78-2 Ver. OYW 0079 (TV colors) - July, 3,360 yen


HGUC Zock - July, 2,625 yen


HGUC Blue Destiny Unit 1 - July, 1,575 yen


HGUC Amphibious Mobile Suit Set (Acguy, Gogg & Char's Z'gok) - July, 3,150 yen


BB Senshi Stargazer - August, 630 yen


HCM-Pro Nu Gundam Special Painted - August, 5,040 yen

All images are from Hobby Search.

Gundam 00

This news has being around among the Gundam enthusiasts from a few days now, and too bad I got myself tied with schoolwork to circulate it together back then. Anyway, there are updates on it from Gunota Headlines just yesterday, so I'll just bundled all in this post.


Finally the rumors about a new Gundam anime has being cleared, and it's not going to be a sequel to SEED Destiny anymore. The new series is Gundam 00, and this time, not only are we getting new Gundams, characters, and storyline, even the timeline is brand new. Set in AD (Anno Domini) 2307, that's exactly 300 years from now. The main Gundam seems to be Gundam Excia (see picture), which in my opinion, resembles quite a bit of Wing Gundam.


Anyway, the story is about an organization called Celestial Being trying to eradicate war and conflict of the world spearheaded by Gundam Excia, piloted by Setsuna F. Seiei. Again, it sounded very Wing-like, since Wing is about five Gundams fighting against the world which is controlled by Oz. Abandoning the huge scale battle of two opposing forces like OMNI versus ZAFT as seen in SEED and SEED Destiny may be a wise move by the production team, as guerrilla warfare of Gundams may be a new selling point from the anime, plus there's more time for character development as well.

At this moment, there's no way of telling whether the story is targeted at kids (simple storyline, plenty of Gundams with super-duper cool effects which can be illogical and annoying), or young adults (simple storyline a lot of plots and story twists, the-bad-guys-are-not-so-dumb-and-weak type of combat sequences, and not every main character's MS has a vin fin on their head). Personally I would opt for the later, since I'm so hoping that the bad storyline halfway through SEED Destiny would never be repeated again.

All hopes on Gundam 00 then. I'm looking forward for its appearance in October.

For previous news and updates, please visit Gunota Headlines, Danny Choo's blog and Gundamaniac. The most updates however, can be found on Winterheim HDD, with lots of screenshots from the streaming promo video and information of the production crew.

MG Gelgoog Ver. 2.0

As you all know, the next Master Grade MS-14S Char's Gelgoog Ver. 2.0. From the images on GA Graphics, as well as reviews on the previous MGs made into Ver. 2.0, Gelgoog Ver. 2.0 is going to be a huge sensation in the Gunpla community.


Unlike Zaku II ver. 2.0 which looks very differently from its predecessor, Gelgoog ver. 2.0 looks very similar to Ver. 1.0, but with PG-standard designs on its body
Gelgoog can be said as 'Zeon's Gundam', since its mechanical specs and performance are much higher than Zaku II's. Furthermore, it's the first Zeon MS capable to carry beam armaments. Unfortunately, it's too late for the Zeon to mass-produce Gelgoog to win the war, as too many of their veteran soldiers died in Zeon's Earth invasion campaign. Most of the pilots using Gelgoog in the last defense of A Boa Qu are inexperience to make use of Gelgoog's combat ability.

The original MG Gelgoog was launched in 1996, starting with Char's version. After that, another four Gelgoogs were made: the mass productive version, Johnny Raiden's version, Gato's unit and Char's Ver. One Year War. All of them use the same body frame, and the changes made are almost too superficial. So, it seems that in Gelgoog's case, it's not as modular as Zaku since there aren't many variations can be made from the model kit.

Nonetheless, Gelgoog is sill a famous MS, no doubt Char is one of the reason why it is so. On the other hand, there are quite a lot of spots for improvement from Ver. 1.0, mainly the movement of entire lower body, and my personal experience with the mass productive type is the shield. I hope that they either make it lighter, or improve both the arms and the back so that they can hold the shield firmly.

Of course I would go for the later, since I don't want the shield to be scaled down at all.

Original images are from GA Graphics.


It's nice to see that there's a logical proportion of size between the part with or without the armor pieces on, the arm unit in this image for example


Instead of one layer of armor with a single inner frame in Ver. 1.0, Ver. 2.0 features more than one layer of interior mechanism, like the rocker thrusters behind the 'caged' frame


Inner frame for the armor itself! Cool~

Upcoming Gundam Products

I've being off line with Gundam news on the net for some time now, and the latest update for me is still regarding the previous Shizuoka Hobbby Show. Read Gunota Headlines yesterday, and realized that so many Gundam products have bing announced, with details on release dates and prices. You've seen them before on Gunota, I supposed, as well as Winterheim, but I'm going to repeat them anyway, along with my own thoughts about each of them.

All images are from Hobby Net. Click on the image to link to the product page. Since the prices are based on Japanese releases, all of them are inclusive of 5% tax.

MG Gundam Ver. OYW Real-TV Color (late July, 3360 Yen) - since this model will be a repackaging of MG Gundam Ver. OYW in the real-TV color, it was announced explicitly at this will not be MG 100. Such announcement was crucial before Shizuoka Hobby Show, as many thought that Bandai's plan for MG 100 is going to be this one. Anyway, if it's not on the official count for MG 100, it means you're not going to get anything new out of it. Along with the change of color, you should consider yourself lucky if you get a new set of decals and sticker from this kit.


HGUC Blue Destiny Unit 1 (31 July, 1575 Yen) - hate to say this, but the only thing new for Blue Destiny 1 is the GM head! The change of armament set (beam rifle and shield of the previous Blue Destiny Unit 2 to ground type machine gun and ground type shield) hardly provides any surprise, since the two 'new' weapons can be seen in HGUC RX-79[G] Ground Type Gundam.


HGUC Zock (late July, 2625 Yen) - Salute to Hajime Katoki senshe for the courage to redesign this fella, even though it's obvious that even for a master like him, he has no idea how to make the legs better. I think since Zock has very little mobility, and lack of any hand-carried weapon, Bandai poured in all effort to make the interior better, most notably the movement of the mono-eye camera. If the response for this kit is good, we might even get to see the MG version of Zock in the future.


SD Stargazer (late August, 630 Yen) - I've seen the picture of the actual model on display during Shizuoka Hobby Show, and frankly, the beam rings which are supposed to be the biggest selling point of Stargazer were being designed pretty badly. Instead of the whole ring coiling the model, they are just bits of transparent parts hanging on the backpack. But then again, maybe it's just a prototype during the event. Also, foil sticker of both normal and Voiture Leimier activation mode SHOULD BE available as well.


GFF Metal Composite 1-100 G3 Gundam (late July, 12390 Yen) - Just a re-release of the previous Gundam into G3, basically only the color and the marking change. Well, if you want, the packaging can be counted as well, since it's so expensive. Make me wonder if Bandai will do the same thing to Super HCM-Pro Gundam as well.



GFF Metal Composite Psycho Gundam (late August, 10500 Yen) - Probably one of the more anticipated releases among today's discussion. The incorporation of metal parts is most probably for the stability of the model and the transformation process. Since it's in 1-144 scale, Psycho Gundam will dwarf your other GFFs when they being placed together.



GFF Musha Gundam (late September, 5040 Yen) - I discussed about this fella not long ago, it's so great seeing it being made into a GFF figure. The armors are really wicked. My favorite are the shoulder armors with the pipe-like border which are gold in color. No doubt the final color will be the same as well. Better still, this GFF features two set of armors - the light (?) - not shown here, and heavy (?) versions. Would be nice to see just how flexible it'll be in posing with its trident, spear and katana.


Zeonagraphy Zaku II High Mobility Type (late August, 8190 Yen) - The three High Mobility Type Zaku II shown here are truly from the MSV series, with unknown pilots and information. At first I thought the red and blue versions are from the Dual Stars of Carnage, but their left shoulder armors are the typical three-spike version, instead of horns from skull markings. Since the set are just the same Zaku II in different color scheme, one have to be a hardcore Zeon supporter to be willing to buy this.


EMSIA Gelgoog Cannon (late July, 2100 Yen) - Still fresh from the memory of HGUC Mass Productive Type Gelgoog/Gelgoog Canon, and another Gelgoog Canon will be released. Bandai is really sly. Can't see much from the image, but the designs on the shoulder joint, knee, torso and so on will decide how well this kit really is. I'm not surprise if the final product features the same compatibility like the HGUC version.


EMSIA Wing Gundam Zero Custom (late September, 2625 Yen) - I was wondering just how long Bandai'll withhold this from the fans. The featured wings were improved for both the PG and MG versions, but Gundam fans who do not assemble models are still buying hard plastics :-) I'm looking forward for more updates on this kit, specifically details about the wings.


MSIA Shiranui Akatsuki (late July, 1890 Yen) - Not bad at all for a MSIA figure, the gold armors are pretty shiny to me. Those who do not fancy the Cosmic Region version or the actual 1-100 model can go for this one. Then again, it only comes with the Shiranui pack, not inclusive of Oowashi Flyer. That's bad, sicne you'll need to buy another Akatsuki just for the backpack.


HCM-Pro Evangelion Unit 01 and 00 (Unit 01 - late August, 3990 Yen and Unit 00 - late September, 3360 Yen) - I used to think that these two releases means that Bandai is waging a war with Kaiyado's Revotech series, but it turns out that there's no war at all. These two HCM-Pro figures are quite tall (both 18cm) and a whole array of not just weapons, but equipments and accessories are included. Not too bad for Evangelion fans, but of course, watch out for the prices as well.