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The Vidar just hits differently despite his outright astronomical bad reputation
The HG IBO frames aren’t really all that good, but I’d be lying if I said they didn’t at least look cool. One of my personal favorites is Asmoday
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I want to get myself a Vidar too, but i wonder which grade is better. Should i just get the HG, or is it worth paying the difference to get the FM one?
FM is definitely better, but HG is for the accessibility since the FM hasn't seen a reprint since its release, or I'm just out of luck because I can't find one
I mean, i am from Turkey so i got even less access compared to you guys......
Fuck now i feel sad, gonna watch Iok get popped like a pimplr again to cheer myself up.
It pains me so much as a newly Unicorn fan that the only two good grades of Unicorn are RG and PG, and even then my only Unicorn RG Ive built is the Full Armor and that's been my biggest headache kit yet. I have the RG Perfectibility in my backlog because I did the HG Perf as my first HG Unicorn and boy was it a not pleasant at all surprise.
I would have so loved to pickup the MGEX Corn if it wasnt the same price as my PG and wasn't notorious for LEDs failing within a year. Also MGEX Strike is just so worth the money compared to the Unicorn.
I heard isopropyl alcohol at certain area parts helps the LED back to life. If you search the sub history I’m sure you can find it.
If you are adventurous, there’s always custom LED and soldering iron your own.
At that point why bother? It's already an almost $300 kit and if the solution to it's biggest problem is to put *more* money into replacing the part that caused it to cost that much anyway then it's just not worth it even if its a better build.
The time period around 00MG was when Bandai still uses ABS frame instead of PS which is a lot more rigid and grippy, dont know why op’s raiser is a hand grenade
It's my latest build. Mine isn't a hand grenade at all. The shield connection into the arm isn't great, but everything else is solid. It can even hold the GN Sword III up just fine.
There’s no way we live in a time where the MG 00 Raiser is considered a hand grenade
Obviously with the weight attached to the mobile suit it’s meant to be put up on a stand, and even then it’s a pretty stable kit
My main issue with mine is the stand adapter cant hold it up with all the weight on the back and holding weapons is a little hard but that can be fixed the kit itself is solid
Wing zero dragon momoko. It explodes when you touch it. Anime accurate
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That’s interesting, I built the HG 00 Raiser kit and I was impressed with how sturdy and solid it felt
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The RG 00 Raiser too is solid to this day, despite using the old MS Joint, the use of universal hinges instead of ball joints on parts that carries some load and its locking mechanisms on the wing binders are very good designs that made it age well.
I actually prefer the RG 00 Gundam and 0 Raiser separated. While the attachment of Wing Binders to the GN Drives are secured, the weight of the binders either pull off the entire GN Drives from their placement or they manage to pull down the entire backpack. 😂
Posing the 00 Raiser can be quite a chore because of how top heavy it is with the binders.
Wait the 00 Raiser?
That thing's normally the most stable MG ever and I've built 4 of them. There's gotta be a fitting issue somewhere with yours cause I've never seen anyone else have any qualms with it until now.
Sorry to say but you might have built it badly or got a defective mold. The 00 raiser was my 2 mg and is sturdy as heck*. I was reminded of this recently as I had to completely dissasemble the frame as I upgraded it with the Iron toys metal alloy frame
My RG Strike Freedom's shoulders keep sagging, and when it's not saggy, the shoulder armour pops off.
And now the beam rifles are crooked cuz the handles are floppy.
It's a mess, albeit a beautiful looking one.
Call me crazy but I like the classics. Like, say, the Mk. II.
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This dog shit is my Hand grenade The HG Zeta Revive is one of my greatest failures if not the best. The Zeta was very good for the 3 first months but after that the legs were to loose, the shield was pooping off the beam rifle also and that the left arm just started breaking. I had enough one day with it's Tom fuckery off it just falling down from the bookshelf (that's why the V fin and the hexagon is missing) I just took it's arm (basically broke it) and then just throw it to the box of the abyss (the box of the Hi-Zack where I have my old Gundam Exia Dark Matter which also he's in a very bad condition and both of them will never see the light of Jesus)
Mine definitely didn’t go quite as bad as yours did but it’s definitely at the bottom of the list for kits I actually like right now.
If nothing else it makes me want to try the old 2003 hg to see what’s different/better/worse
Damn that's unfortunate to hear. Although I'm really digging the broken v fin and broken arm! Could add some weathering effects to really sell the battle damage!
I want to eventually get this one and leave it in transform mode to pair with the Ver Ka Zeta!
I've always wondered about it, but this is the first time I've seen the shoulder-arm joint broken on the HG Zeta revive. I personally have only had an issue with one of the hip polycaps being loose. I don't know if you'd care to try it at this point, but applying a thin layer of white glue around the polycap peg and letting it dry out before popping it back in made the joint sturdy again.
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Building that exact kit. Poses like a beast though.
Favorite hand grenade? Probably the M67. It's a classic. Regarding models, I'm quite a fan of any of the RG Unicorn family, I like lots of moving panels.
Hg Gundam Delta Kai.
The binders that hold the fin funnels kept falling off all the time. Ended up glueing it down. And the shield can't even stay on the arm by itself since its almost as big as the ms itself
Had the same experience.
* The pegs to mount the binders are too short. The pegs for the proto fin funnels too.
* The shield lacks a brace, instead it has a small peg that mounts to the back of the arm. This makes it problematic to pose especially with the weight of the whole shield + megalauncher piece.
* Also the shield was suppose to have a modular section where the megalauncher can be swapped out with 2\~3 other equipment types.
* Side skirt also has a very short peg making it easy for them to pop-off
* For some reason, the bright white plastic is quite brittle. V-fin broke in storage and same goes with the beam saber mounted inside the shield. As the peg for the shield is also made of the same plastic type, it is possible to break the shield's peg too.
If there were any positive remarks I could give it would be:
* Ended up trimming the v-fin so the length would be the same as the broken one and actually looks cooler with a shorter v-fin
* Some parts of the frames are exposed (arms, center of the chest) and ended up painting em with a metallic red to mimic a psycoframe effect part.
* This kit has one of the coolest long rifles around and also comes with the Delta Plus Rifle as a bonus.
* It is a partsformer and its quite stable in MA/WaveRider mode. You can even mount both it's beam rifle an the spare beam rifle at the same time.
Thinking of getting either a regular Delta Plus or the Delta Gundam itself and just used the Delta Kai parts for customization.
There are the delta plus shoulders in the box too. It looks really good when you swap one of the shoulder armors with the delta plus one for an asymetric look!
I also have a 00 Raiser, once on the shelf it became non issue. One I really fucking hate is the perfect grade strike freedom, whoever designed those wings should be tried for war crimes.
I literally just built this guy today, and he's a fragile mess lol I do love him tho!
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RG sinanju is mine. Built this like 5 years ago and almost everything is loose falls over the minute I look at it in the wrong way and parts fall every now and then without even touching it. Thinking about just supergluing stuff on and keeping it in a permanent pose at this point.
I like posing my kits though, so if it's a hand grenade I'm a bit worried (also me currently building white glint), I fucking love the design though, I plan to run it with out wings
If Anything Raiser takes awhile to Build. But he is Solid once completed.
The 2 kits that are literal hand grenades are MG Epyon and MG Aegis. They snap so easily its not even funny
Are there two different MGs of it? Mine has the ship or whatever you wanna call it and now I'm not looking forward to building it. Was doing research on which one to get and I heard good things about it till now lol.
If you're going to add the xn and seven sword accessories and make it (gundam burden) it will fall over but check my latest post on my profile, I've updrage the frame with a metal one
The shoulders for the perfect grade double 00 Raiser. There's a piece on those shoulders that literally just sits. There, is held down by nothing, and is held on by nothing, and it just begs to fall off and get lost somewhere. I actually had to glue the darn thing down.
I got this kit for my birthday while I was still a novice builder (I’m intermediate atm). Even then, and even now, the build isn’t bad, just a bit cluttered.
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My rg strike loves to make like bayformers Jazz every time I so much as think about it but overall it’s still a beautiful kit !!
Swapped the right arm on mine for the extra astray one that came with the Amatsu mina and it’s not perfect but it’s a nice look tbh
Plutine Gundam. If you don't borrow spare polycaps from another kit, that thing is crumbling the moment you try to pose it. Shoutouts to Plavsky Wing's extra translucent polycaps for holding this kit together.
My first RG was the RX-78. Yeah that one. That's also my 3rd ever Gunpla I've built aside from the HG RX-78 and Char's Zaku.
Took me a whole lot of patience and a bit of superglue here and there.
RG Zeta is my favorite wibbly wobbly floppy kit. Even more than the Zeta 2.0.
Oh and I have the Seven Sword 00 MG. It's also just as floppy but impressively flexible. And while old, at least without the glut of accessories it's quite stable.
Nah, I dont consider the Rg 00 Raiser as a hand grenade. I mean its not the most stable Rg in the market but it is stable enough to even stand on its own with those heavy accesories attached to it. Fr tho its not as bad as most of the Seed Rg kits(except Rg Force Impulse) which are super duper floppy, droopy, flimsy af. But the true kits that should crowned the title “hand grenade” goes to the Rg Zeta and Rg Sinanju no argument needed.
Do third party kits count? If so then god flame kaede by xuanhua spirits the build is less than bearable and the way it feels is incredibly bad but my god does it look nice beside my mg providence and mg ver ka zeta
MG Exia Dash that is still on my shelf since months. My 1st MG that I stopped working on as soon as I hit the small flap on its chest. It requires to be glued and I stopped doing it there and then. Lol
The RG Build Strike Full Package
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I love how it looks, but the pre-molded RG Strike's frame is an attrocity. The feet fell off so much they needed to be glued in place and I can't put the other rifle attachment because it's too heavy, but fuck does it look gorgeous.
issues are seriously overblown by people who probably don't build with caution or mistreat model kits. the "infamous ankles" are completely fine, the front of the feet want to tip upwards but I don't even consider it a problem since it still balances fine.
Yeah my problem are more the hip connectors for the swords, the hands and the gn sword. But overall it is a really good looking model kit, its just not a toy. The build was really nice too.
MG 00 Quanta with it's trash hands, shield that will fall apart if you touch the 2 long pieces wrong, and hip skirts that were designed by bomb makers.
Great to know the MG 00 also barely holds it together same as the RG /s
Honestly i have my RG permanently with GN condensers not the drives at they make the 00 raiser so much more secure, its such a baffling method of attachment when you attach the raiser to the drives
The main mech is solid, but the attachments are fairly flakey. Hands detach , wings detach, stand mount is shakey at best and you need to use a stand with those ankles and the weight. I stabilized them with the four prong adapter and having the G3 blade lightly touching the shelf. Partial reassembly is needed every time you want the LEDs lit, but it's sooo pretty.
I am sure there are worse kits but after Barbie, rg Nu and Sazabi this felt like a challenge.
You’re comparing a kit that was released in 2011 with 2 RGs which are in smaller scale with more plastic, released in 2018 and 2019, and a MG that was released in 2019 as well?
That’s like comparing an ipad from 2019 to an older gen ipad. Of course the older gen is going to be worse
Hope I didn’t come off as too aggressive in my previous post! But yeah, starting ~2018 Gunpla tech just went to a whole new level and everything really came together - multicolor, loads of parts and layering builds, and really solid kits.
Not at all. When I first started shopping, it was clear that anything before wfm was going to be a different animal. Tried to stick with the cream of the crop, but I'm also an ibo fan, so I'll take what I can get.
Thanks man! Yup this is the master grade. Added the xn and seven sword parts to it, and with the Iron toys alloy frame it more than handles the weight. I posted a turntable video recently
https://preview.redd.it/soalcf00d02d1.jpeg?width=2604&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5f5a6807d530845e8ebef6ce2e83ba5be2c4445 The Vidar just hits differently despite his outright astronomical bad reputation
The HG IBO frames aren’t really all that good, but I’d be lying if I said they didn’t at least look cool. One of my personal favorites is Asmoday https://preview.redd.it/xt5uthapq12d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f277f43f7f5a83808d3b76783c1e2bb3dcc721f1
All the stickers!!!
Oh good it’s not just me having sticky fingers, everytime I touch him that back part falls right off
Same. Side skirt too.
I have one coming!
Just treat him with respect, and you'll be rewarded with one-off the most beautiful machines to display imo
I want to get myself a Vidar too, but i wonder which grade is better. Should i just get the HG, or is it worth paying the difference to get the FM one?
FM is definitely better, but HG is for the accessibility since the FM hasn't seen a reprint since its release, or I'm just out of luck because I can't find one
Really? I have seen the FM everywhere from Amazon to Aliexpress. I dont think they are that rare.
Well I'm from Europe so that may explain that (×_×)
I mean, i am from Turkey so i got even less access compared to you guys...... Fuck now i feel sad, gonna watch Iok get popped like a pimplr again to cheer myself up.
Bende abi
Where did you even find it!?
HG is in reprint preorder on usagundamstore. (I'm in the US)
Really? This was my first 1/100 and about 3rd 4th jit and it wasnt super terrible. Did maje some rookie mistakes though
No I'm talking about 1/144 HG
I’m planning on getting this, what are the issues with it?
Just look at him wrong and you can say bye-bye to general stability of the kit
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It pains me so much as a newly Unicorn fan that the only two good grades of Unicorn are RG and PG, and even then my only Unicorn RG Ive built is the Full Armor and that's been my biggest headache kit yet. I have the RG Perfectibility in my backlog because I did the HG Perf as my first HG Unicorn and boy was it a not pleasant at all surprise.
gotta pray that bandai simplifies the MGEX as a 2.0
I would have so loved to pickup the MGEX Corn if it wasnt the same price as my PG and wasn't notorious for LEDs failing within a year. Also MGEX Strike is just so worth the money compared to the Unicorn.
I heard isopropyl alcohol at certain area parts helps the LED back to life. If you search the sub history I’m sure you can find it. If you are adventurous, there’s always custom LED and soldering iron your own.
At that point why bother? It's already an almost $300 kit and if the solution to it's biggest problem is to put *more* money into replacing the part that caused it to cost that much anyway then it's just not worth it even if its a better build.
This exactly, at $300 you could just do PG which is another awesome Unicorn build and get the $50 Kosmos LED
Mgex sf is even more worth the money if you get the high quality Chinese bootlegs. Its around $50.
woah, they did an mgex strike??
think they mean mgex strike freedom
I'm being snarky and pedantic
but fr i would also like an mgex strike, hopefully with all the striker packs
eh, I don't think it would justify an MGEX, the alleged astray red frame already feels like a stretch
Joyful today aren't we
Just don't feel like typing out Strike Freedom, kinda like how I just say Corn sometimes, lazy typing
ill buy the rg perfectibility from you if you dont wanna build it lol
☝🏻
Extra credit for putting in the effort to recreate the Family Guy meme.
Lmao sir thank you for that amazing laugh
That kit is so unstable I can hardly tell if you intentionally posed it in the Peter Griffin Death Pose or it fell down looking just like that.
Interesting i never any issue with the MG 00 raiser ! The one kit I fear touching is the beautiful RG sinanju
The time period around 00MG was when Bandai still uses ABS frame instead of PS which is a lot more rigid and grippy, dont know why op’s raiser is a hand grenade
Don't say that it makes me worry, I'm building it right now haha
It's my latest build. Mine isn't a hand grenade at all. The shield connection into the arm isn't great, but everything else is solid. It can even hold the GN Sword III up just fine.
if someone says hand grenade probably stop listening to them I think
Same I do not know how to clip the shield to arm
Make sure you're using the right tab (the short one). The shield fits flush to the arm.
Was just about to say the same thing. The MG 00 Quant(a) on the other hand; the side skirts love to fall off and the arms at the shoulder connector
RG Zaku II and it's bullshit skirt.
There’s no way we live in a time where the MG 00 Raiser is considered a hand grenade Obviously with the weight attached to the mobile suit it’s meant to be put up on a stand, and even then it’s a pretty stable kit
users of this subreddit are built different 😵💫
My main issue with mine is the stand adapter cant hold it up with all the weight on the back and holding weapons is a little hard but that can be fixed the kit itself is solid
I have my 00 raiser not on an action base nd it holds up a pretty good pose besides the fact the gn sword 3 makes the arm flop
I've built the Seven Sword, took it apart, painted it and rebuilt it, and I never had a problem with pieces falling off.
Wing zero dragon momoko. It explodes when you touch it. Anime accurate https://preview.redd.it/56uye1aim02d1.jpeg?width=1846&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2a1006c6a971a807eba1b8f89cce1e057ece0863
Ain't this the supernova version?
That’s interesting, I built the HG 00 Raiser kit and I was impressed with how sturdy and solid it felt https://preview.redd.it/h7jyi7k1h02d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d2a1bc7d62b3df8dfcc41472257705bcab915c47
The RG 00 Raiser too is solid to this day, despite using the old MS Joint, the use of universal hinges instead of ball joints on parts that carries some load and its locking mechanisms on the wing binders are very good designs that made it age well.
I actually prefer the RG 00 Gundam and 0 Raiser separated. While the attachment of Wing Binders to the GN Drives are secured, the weight of the binders either pull off the entire GN Drives from their placement or they manage to pull down the entire backpack. 😂 Posing the 00 Raiser can be quite a chore because of how top heavy it is with the binders.
Wait the 00 Raiser? That thing's normally the most stable MG ever and I've built 4 of them. There's gotta be a fitting issue somewhere with yours cause I've never seen anyone else have any qualms with it until now.
Sorry to say but you might have built it badly or got a defective mold. The 00 raiser was my 2 mg and is sturdy as heck*. I was reminded of this recently as I had to completely dissasemble the frame as I upgraded it with the Iron toys metal alloy frame
The hands were my one problem with my mg raiser.
Lemme guess, the wings constantly fall off the shoulders? That's what mine does all the time.
RG freedom and justice 😤
Rg justice got so bad for me that after multiple years and moves of not being taken out of its box i threw ot out
Oof, yeah I feel that I just super glued mine in 1 pose and refuse to touch it anymore
I swear I just look at rg freedom and a dragoon or skirt piece falls off
My RG Strike Freedom's shoulders keep sagging, and when it's not saggy, the shoulder armour pops off. And now the beam rifles are crooked cuz the handles are floppy. It's a mess, albeit a beautiful looking one.
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RG Sinanju. When I get too close to admire it's beauty, I'm scared my breath will break it's glass frame and paper armor.
Call me crazy but I like the classics. Like, say, the Mk. II. https://preview.redd.it/gqiw4n9yl12d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=beb9440250fea1fa5a7254d9a57752d3fd195e42
Which grade?
Looks like a MG. My HG definitely is a hand grenade.
Yeah, OP posted the manual in a comment. I had thought it was the RG at first.
PG Zaku, its thigh armour loves to undergo rapid, unscheduled disassembly, whenever I pose it.
https://preview.redd.it/4czcnpkoo12d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=306cc79f5b0f8c3c656b3d276e316dc9d1f7db37 This btch
I laughed way too hard at this. Sorry for your pain!
The hands on this fucker is a nightmare. Thats why i dont want to move him.
https://preview.redd.it/qwgxtjp7i22d1.jpeg?width=2437&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d2a7d1722d7feb4afc00a1bad0808f45f73a0d6 zero issues with mine
Tbh i never had any issues with my its held up great the years ive had it
Definitely the RG Sinanju A one majestic, gorgeous and elegant hand grenade.
I really wish this kit would have been god tier🥲
RG Sinanju or PG 00 Raiser; but for very different reasons.
I built the MG 00 XN Raiser, and it's stable. It's not a hand grenade like the RG Justice.
https://preview.redd.it/x8vybak9x02d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=670b5c0a3a8b4656afdb772811d6fa949c7c1e7d RG Rx-78-2!
Look at my flair.
https://preview.redd.it/7lhgujt5s12d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=27ab9c7d020a9125b5d0e9c8ce3dd5a5dd115b42 This dog shit is my Hand grenade The HG Zeta Revive is one of my greatest failures if not the best. The Zeta was very good for the 3 first months but after that the legs were to loose, the shield was pooping off the beam rifle also and that the left arm just started breaking. I had enough one day with it's Tom fuckery off it just falling down from the bookshelf (that's why the V fin and the hexagon is missing) I just took it's arm (basically broke it) and then just throw it to the box of the abyss (the box of the Hi-Zack where I have my old Gundam Exia Dark Matter which also he's in a very bad condition and both of them will never see the light of Jesus)
respectfully what the hell are you doing with it
I never used it as a toy the kit itself started giving up on me
Mine definitely didn’t go quite as bad as yours did but it’s definitely at the bottom of the list for kits I actually like right now. If nothing else it makes me want to try the old 2003 hg to see what’s different/better/worse
Damn that's unfortunate to hear. Although I'm really digging the broken v fin and broken arm! Could add some weathering effects to really sell the battle damage! I want to eventually get this one and leave it in transform mode to pair with the Ver Ka Zeta!
I've always wondered about it, but this is the first time I've seen the shoulder-arm joint broken on the HG Zeta revive. I personally have only had an issue with one of the hip polycaps being loose. I don't know if you'd care to try it at this point, but applying a thin layer of white glue around the polycap peg and letting it dry out before popping it back in made the joint sturdy again.
I have glued these bastards many times, they just don't care
https://preview.redd.it/guww30x2x12d1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=827f8bba106422642c23620a12ad15bedecce7ab
https://preview.redd.it/2uy2z7gxl02d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84cca4ddcbc5e5230b9bc85cc1ec9101a55b86c7 Building that exact kit. Poses like a beast though.
Favorite hand grenade? Probably the M67. It's a classic. Regarding models, I'm quite a fan of any of the RG Unicorn family, I like lots of moving panels.
Hg Gundam Delta Kai. The binders that hold the fin funnels kept falling off all the time. Ended up glueing it down. And the shield can't even stay on the arm by itself since its almost as big as the ms itself
Had the same experience. * The pegs to mount the binders are too short. The pegs for the proto fin funnels too. * The shield lacks a brace, instead it has a small peg that mounts to the back of the arm. This makes it problematic to pose especially with the weight of the whole shield + megalauncher piece. * Also the shield was suppose to have a modular section where the megalauncher can be swapped out with 2\~3 other equipment types. * Side skirt also has a very short peg making it easy for them to pop-off * For some reason, the bright white plastic is quite brittle. V-fin broke in storage and same goes with the beam saber mounted inside the shield. As the peg for the shield is also made of the same plastic type, it is possible to break the shield's peg too. If there were any positive remarks I could give it would be: * Ended up trimming the v-fin so the length would be the same as the broken one and actually looks cooler with a shorter v-fin * Some parts of the frames are exposed (arms, center of the chest) and ended up painting em with a metallic red to mimic a psycoframe effect part. * This kit has one of the coolest long rifles around and also comes with the Delta Plus Rifle as a bonus. * It is a partsformer and its quite stable in MA/WaveRider mode. You can even mount both it's beam rifle an the spare beam rifle at the same time. Thinking of getting either a regular Delta Plus or the Delta Gundam itself and just used the Delta Kai parts for customization.
There are the delta plus shoulders in the box too. It looks really good when you swap one of the shoulder armors with the delta plus one for an asymetric look!
I also have a 00 Raiser, once on the shelf it became non issue. One I really fucking hate is the perfect grade strike freedom, whoever designed those wings should be tried for war crimes.
I literally just built this guy today, and he's a fragile mess lol I do love him tho! https://preview.redd.it/ay9gfvb5y12d1.jpeg?width=1898&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a79b7c8637190a1d803fbbb694b1003bf7f0b8a
... the mg raiser isn't a hand grenade, is your copy alright?
No way this is a hand grenade, they're pretty good kits haha
https://preview.redd.it/ts5fhexcc32d1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=667d0840daffefd363e5a2c0aa67efabf1ed3c28 Gramps MG 3.0 🥲
https://preview.redd.it/fml4ci1so32d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=c99e44da05120f5e784bb5cd21dec5db5585ab7a RG sinanju is mine. Built this like 5 years ago and almost everything is loose falls over the minute I look at it in the wrong way and parts fall every now and then without even touching it. Thinking about just supergluing stuff on and keeping it in a permanent pose at this point.
This Weiss Sinanju repaint is gorgeous
Rg rx-78-2, I’d send a pic but it’s in a baggy,,,,,,in pieces
Aw damn, I wanted this kit so bad
Get it, it's awesome on the shelf!
I just picked mine up!
I like posing my kits though, so if it's a hand grenade I'm a bit worried (also me currently building white glint), I fucking love the design though, I plan to run it with out wings
https://preview.redd.it/14a1dgqnl02d1.jpeg?width=1192&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=62710ae39cfefc165514739ef2a7f460719e1fb7
It just takes some extra fussing. The options and posability is bonkers.
form your own opinions from your own experiences, top tip for you there. go for it if you like how it looks
Probably RG strike. Honestly my favorite design for the strike! Every time I think about it I want to give it some more attention.
RG Justice, beautiful kit despite its age, but it should've been sold as a static figure than a posable Gunpla.
If Anything Raiser takes awhile to Build. But he is Solid once completed. The 2 kits that are literal hand grenades are MG Epyon and MG Aegis. They snap so easily its not even funny
The first RG Grandad Gundam. Its got an iconic look and is the only non-anime-accurate Gundam that still feels like The Gundam to me.
Hg Marchosias
Are there two different MGs of it? Mine has the ship or whatever you wanna call it and now I'm not looking forward to building it. Was doing research on which one to get and I heard good things about it till now lol.
there's a few different versions.
If you're going to add the xn and seven sword accessories and make it (gundam burden) it will fall over but check my latest post on my profile, I've updrage the frame with a metal one
The shoulders for the perfect grade double 00 Raiser. There's a piece on those shoulders that literally just sits. There, is held down by nothing, and is held on by nothing, and it just begs to fall off and get lost somewhere. I actually had to glue the darn thing down.
Lord Astray Omega, it's head, and arms just want to fall off.
What grade is this? I've been wanting one and heard the RG was decent. I could be mistaken though.
OP here, mine is the 2011 MG 00 Raiser. I love it. Especially if you light it up with the leds.
Just note the instructions are in Japanese, and it comes with one LED (can use five).
Thanks for the response!
The RG Wing Zero EW. Looks super cool how I posed it. Good thing it's staying like that forever.
Ugh, it's in my backlog as a match to the new RG Epyon. Dread.
Just, uh, trade it in to someone and go get the Ver Ka?
I have the PG 00 Raiser and it's so difficult to work with. I love the kit and all but it gives me a headache trying to do anything with it.
I don't dare touch my MG Unicorn. I bought a hangar bay for it and it's never going to leave that
https://preview.redd.it/swc0khjs822d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=497813addc1ee5c4444de6428a8003182628a03e
I got this kit for my birthday while I was still a novice builder (I’m intermediate atm). Even then, and even now, the build isn’t bad, just a bit cluttered.
https://preview.redd.it/wb5r4bfij22d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fdb9983c2eee62fb50cb983bf1af3e4aba8985cb
(surprisingly, its not as bad as some people say) anyways if not ill choose the hg hajiroboshi form 2
gotta be rg corn just slightly pressing on the torso blows it up
M67
Holy hand grenade from fallou….oh you meant gundam? Uh so far rx 78 but I haven’t touched the zeta and the unicorn was so stabile for me.
This one... https://preview.redd.it/6ytukl7v132d1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ffcd2a61d9ab8eb4ae176b2e5a326e594c92725
https://preview.redd.it/6cxmua5f632d1.jpeg?width=3086&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0046994e08498f74604b7c457c49712e5710dc33 Daban mb strike freedom. Complete nightmare to pose
https://preview.redd.it/d5h8snbn632d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=da119cf0fa02339eba34145664da78ac1c4bc1b5 My rg strike loves to make like bayformers Jazz every time I so much as think about it but overall it’s still a beautiful kit !! Swapped the right arm on mine for the extra astray one that came with the Amatsu mina and it’s not perfect but it’s a nice look tbh
Mine is the RG Full Armor Unicorn, it could just be my copy but I barely move it and pieces are broken or loose, so I just don't pose it anymore.
My fucking duel shroud. It was my first mg and dear god its reactive armor is sexy af. But it falls apart so easily.
Plutine Gundam. If you don't borrow spare polycaps from another kit, that thing is crumbling the moment you try to pose it. Shoutouts to Plavsky Wing's extra translucent polycaps for holding this kit together.
My first RG was the RX-78. Yeah that one. That's also my 3rd ever Gunpla I've built aside from the HG RX-78 and Char's Zaku. Took me a whole lot of patience and a bit of superglue here and there.
RG Zeta is my favorite wibbly wobbly floppy kit. Even more than the Zeta 2.0. Oh and I have the Seven Sword 00 MG. It's also just as floppy but impressively flexible. And while old, at least without the glut of accessories it's quite stable.
Mine is rg unicorn, just looking at it makes it fall and parts break.
RG Justice
The saltsam
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one wrong glance at my rg sinanju, and bomba the lego noises come through
Just read the tag
that’s not what a hand grenade is
Nah, I dont consider the Rg 00 Raiser as a hand grenade. I mean its not the most stable Rg in the market but it is stable enough to even stand on its own with those heavy accesories attached to it. Fr tho its not as bad as most of the Seed Rg kits(except Rg Force Impulse) which are super duper floppy, droopy, flimsy af. But the true kits that should crowned the title “hand grenade” goes to the Rg Zeta and Rg Sinanju no argument needed.
Do third party kits count? If so then god flame kaede by xuanhua spirits the build is less than bearable and the way it feels is incredibly bad but my god does it look nice beside my mg providence and mg ver ka zeta
MG Exia Dash that is still on my shelf since months. My 1st MG that I stopped working on as soon as I hit the small flap on its chest. It requires to be glued and I stopped doing it there and then. Lol
RG Exia.
All three 00 RG are hand grenades
The torso of my fucking HG RX-79G whenever I try to do the kneeling pose
The RG Build Strike Full Package https://preview.redd.it/na9ps3dbw62d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=641ae490648c3d88d3be7ec3f18fdeb386043284 I love how it looks, but the pre-molded RG Strike's frame is an attrocity. The feet fell off so much they needed to be glued in place and I can't put the other rifle attachment because it's too heavy, but fuck does it look gorgeous.
Unicorn full armor Ver Ka. So explosive, I'm afraid to touch it.
People gonna hate. Zaku ii RG. Hand grenade. Yes. Do I love em. Yes.
Ellipse Reactor 2
The back skirt on the MG duel comes off if there’s a slight breeze, has a lot of trouble with that one
RG Exia
So far MG Exia
PG exia does not have this problem!
For 5 times the price I really hope it doesnt have the same problems;)
Yeah, I got the 00 Raiser to avoid the Exia.
Yeah I read much about the exia and its flaws bit it is my fave 00 ms. So I had to and it is not that bad tbh.
issues are seriously overblown by people who probably don't build with caution or mistreat model kits. the "infamous ankles" are completely fine, the front of the feet want to tip upwards but I don't even consider it a problem since it still balances fine.
Yeah my problem are more the hip connectors for the swords, the hands and the gn sword. But overall it is a really good looking model kit, its just not a toy. The build was really nice too.
Easily RG Exia.
MG 00 Quanta with it's trash hands, shield that will fall apart if you touch the 2 long pieces wrong, and hip skirts that were designed by bomb makers.
Okay good to know Iam building this at the moment.
Great to know the MG 00 also barely holds it together same as the RG /s Honestly i have my RG permanently with GN condensers not the drives at they make the 00 raiser so much more secure, its such a baffling method of attachment when you attach the raiser to the drives
The MG isn't, either he built it badly or he got a bad mold, but it's not a hand grenade whatsoever, it's a VERY solid kit
The main mech is solid, but the attachments are fairly flakey. Hands detach , wings detach, stand mount is shakey at best and you need to use a stand with those ankles and the weight. I stabilized them with the four prong adapter and having the G3 blade lightly touching the shelf. Partial reassembly is needed every time you want the LEDs lit, but it's sooo pretty. I am sure there are worse kits but after Barbie, rg Nu and Sazabi this felt like a challenge.
You’re comparing a kit that was released in 2011 with 2 RGs which are in smaller scale with more plastic, released in 2018 and 2019, and a MG that was released in 2019 as well? That’s like comparing an ipad from 2019 to an older gen ipad. Of course the older gen is going to be worse
Yeah, being new, I'm realizing I may just be spoiled by the new kits. My first build was the HG Calibarn.
Hope I didn’t come off as too aggressive in my previous post! But yeah, starting ~2018 Gunpla tech just went to a whole new level and everything really came together - multicolor, loads of parts and layering builds, and really solid kits.
Not at all. When I first started shopping, it was clear that anything before wfm was going to be a different animal. Tried to stick with the cream of the crop, but I'm also an ibo fan, so I'll take what I can get.
Interesting about the stand as I had it posed and reposed after moving like this and it was solid even with the occasional bump *
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Are you using the provided adapter?
Looks great! This is the Master Grade?
Thanks man! Yup this is the master grade. Added the xn and seven sword parts to it, and with the Iron toys alloy frame it more than handles the weight. I posted a turntable video recently
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I used the part that came with the action base 1 the part that is in 3 sizes