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Advanced Modeler – Modeling Competition 2013 9 years, 6 months ago Well that was unexpected. Upon further examination the gundam leopard kit I bought was a knock off. No clear parts, runners are the wrong color and the manual has the worst possible english translation I have ever seen. Truely an entry worthy of engrish.com.
I’m heart broken. I’m trying to get another kit but at the prices for a 1/100 leopard or leopard destroy I may as well buy a brand new PG or a hand full of other 1/100’s and change my entry.
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Dang, sorry to hear that… Was this an ebay buy or something?
Most old Gundam kits will be reissued sooner or later if you’re willing to wait for ’em… It’s usually not worth paying crazy prices for old Gundam kits if you can afford to wait. I’ll think of you if I find anybody selling one, though.
Yeah it was an ebay find because almost nobody had what I wanted in stock. I’m all for waiting for a reissue of them but it seems like that’ll never happen. Bandai is still making their early 80’s kits but it seems like they never reissue gundam x. Probably because it was a flop.
At $50 for a new in box at a minimum with roughly the same in shipping I’m holding out hope that this guy on a forum I found will sell me his used one.
I’m sorry, man. I know Bandai reissued the Gundam X kits within the last few months, but they may all be out of stock by now.
If only my X Divider’s waist wasn’t already assembled. I would’ve offered that if I could. :/
They’re “still making” most of their kits – it’s just that there may be years between reissues of particular kits. The ’80s kits are available right now because we just got a reissue (to coincide with the release of the MG v3, I guess) – it can take a while for reissues but in most cases they do come eventually.
Really the last few months? maybe it was only the 1/144’s or something. Thanks man, I’ll find a solution.
HLJ restocked some of the 1/100s from the After War timeline, yeah. Here: http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljlist/?SeriesID=682
Sadly, I don’t think Bandai will reissue Leopard or Airmaster again anytime soon.
Actually Amiami has the 1/100 Leopard listed as being reissued next month:
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=TOY-GDM-0527&page=top%2Fsearch%2Flist%3Fs_keywords%3Dgundam+leopard%24pagemax%3D30%24getcnt%3D0%24pagecnt%3D1
So that might be another option to look into.
OMG thank you so much for letting me know!
I stand corrected, haha. That’s awesome!