Anna

nice Christmas armor type

Pro – That gun looks cool.
Con – Every promo shot where the gun is symbolic of something else… 🙄

Where are my Megami Device Guys, Japan? Let’s see some equality. Husbandu kits worshipping giant guns.

the weapon is too big

Man I love the Megami Device line! Cute girls and fantastic weapons, such an amazing combination! Shame about the parts that keep popping off, but at least they’ll look nice on a pedestal!

I think I prefer the original colours. Looks better, and less concern about cleaning up nubs, a common concern with dark-coloured plastic. But I can also imagine someone combining the colours of both versions. ASRA Archer still has the most variants so far.

very interesting kit, tho not really liking the red

neat

I’m the first guy who likes cool big weapons… but this is just ridiculous. xD

Excited about the new pre-order kits especially the IBO one.

cant wait for that megaman kits

Greats! Thank you ^^

Haro Loaders are great, already got mine preordered. Just hope to find out what the February Haro is soon. February at the latest I guess.

Also really liking that evil core gundam.

What’s the privacy policy at H.L.J? I have seen the terms but how often do we all agree to conditions just to close a pop up.
I would appreciate some confirmation that our details are secure and no irregularities have occurred as I had some odd things happen in December.

I’m excited to see what Bandai makes through 2020. I hope that Bandai puts more effort into releases new Master Grade kits from 00, Seed Destiny, Wing, Iron Blooded Orphans, and maybe by some miracle they’ll finish the MG Age kits.

Great start to the new year with a whole plethora of Gundam goodness! Those Cross silhouettes look so cute and cool, I’m dying to pick a couple of them up, which I really don’t usually do! Just goes to show how enamoured I am by them 🙂

High Res Sazabi would definitely look amazing, and now I want one.

It surprised me to learn that Dave is 30 years old. He looks so young!

The phrase Todd was searching for is likely ‘Mobile Doll May.’ There will also be a P-Bandai ‘Mayd’ version.

Seeing that valkyrie on the table just blows my mind.

woo more macross

I like the new anime of Build Divers Re-Rise and that Jupitive Gundam looks nice. How does this store credit work?

i need 10 haro loaders like yesterday

Wow, that Marchosias kit looks quite cool. Seeing it for the first time.

I really like the Cross Silhouettes but I think they are going over board with the add-ons and color variants.

There is so much HGBD:R stuff released. Can you separate the “re-rise” version from the “1st season” version of the “build divers” as well as the “build fighters” in the store? It’s pretty hard to check the names in detail (HGBD, HGBD:R, SGBD:R, HGBF, …) in this “complete/unfiltered” list, if I want to compare, what kits I’ve bought already.

I like how the design is an homage to the GP01 FB from 0083.

Oooh, I gotta get me this bad boy. If only because I’m a sucker for the core gundam concept.

now make it transform

Amazing kit, absolutely massive and looks like it would give a great sense of satisfaction to build! I also grew up with the Robotech series and never realised that it was a combination of multiple Japanese series until just a few years ago! I also had a similar transformable plane from the series back in my childhood, it was well played and had lots of dings and scratches at the end of its life, as well as more “removable parts” than it originally came with, haha! Such lovely memories!! XD

But what about Jetfire’s robot mode?

insert macross op

God…. that thing is SO BEAUTIFUL. Any chance it comes with the parts to build just the naked fighter mode?

Looks interesting

I will give Macross this because they are such small-scaled machines, it gives us the chance to have such crazy sized models.

A lovely thing that makes me smile just looking at it and I was watching episode 12 yesterday.
Now how does that tune go again? sing alone with me Todd, Anna and team, Maacuuur oooose Maacuuur oooose.

For something that size, I maybe okay with it not being a mech.

Good job adding the stickers and waterslides. The figure turned out really nice.

Asuna seems plagued with all these sticker issues, a rather sticky situation for her to be in! XD

That’s a whole pile of stickers and transfers and slides. (Oh My.)
The least fun part of any kit to me. But you look like you did a good job with them despite some tricksy shapes.

I don’t think it’s worth the money nor the patience, to be honest. But I might be biased, since I can’t stand SAO lol.

whens the sinon ver?

not too bad

Look wise it seems pretty good, but articulation wise is another story.

I’m more of a Gun Gale Online fan but this figure looks great.

if this was release before the figma
it would of worked

The face, THE FACE

Too many stickers. I think I’ll go with May instead.
Looking forward to Tertium Gundam as well.

Pretty descent kits. I could see them fitting in even with Lego Ninjago characters.

I’m not sure if I have a vague recollection of this series or if it’s more of a repressed memory. The good thing about those faces is that at least they’re white for applying the paint. I’d recommend from my own experience, drybrush, wait to dry, drybrush, wait to dry, drybrush. Though flesh is always a difficult thing to paint…

That said, if there’s a way in the canon to get away with some kind of lower face mask or a even a full mask on the characters, I’d be more tempted to scratch build that than paint flesh.

very glossy

candy miku

Awesome Miku figure! For you to call it the best kit you’ve ever built really speaks tonnes for this, it does look lovely indeed!

Great! Thank you ^_^

I just want that aquamarine hair on a little kit of a bear. I’m a simple manchild.

I don’t know, it looks really glossy…

I think I would go for Kotobukiya’s Frame Musical Girl Miku instead ’cause she’s poseable. But nice to see Bandai going for different things. That’s how you innovate.

Wow, so many up-skirt shots.

Love the semi-transparent plastic on Miku and the stand. I would imagine those pieces would stand out even more on some stronger lighting.

Great looking figure there. I’d like to have her on a shelf with some flashing lights and speakers for a mini show.

So glossy

Feel like I need to look through the archives now for some content I missed that might be useful. Must almost be new year on your part of the planet, so have a good one you marvelous future dwellers!

Really dig the orange sword. The fact that the Core Gundam can fit inside the Beta Lumberjack and on the additional detachable hovercrafts just adds a lot to this kit. Quite a nice unintentional feature. Could see it work well for a small Core Gundam army display.

That’s some really nice bulk, love this series, thanks as always for the nice review! Also like the little “Gundam crossover”, haha! XD

love the blade design

Nice chunky boy. He, as the kids say, thicc.

Ganbare, Core Gundam-chan!

can a frame arm girl fit in there?

Somehow it looks to me like a fusion between a Metal Gear and Bracer Phoenix from Pacific Rim.

I do like boxy robots now and then but this one looks too bulky for me. Cool foot gimmick.

Whoa, Core Gundam can fit in? That’s cool.

If I eventually get to visit Japan, I just want to visit every single abandoned quarry. I suspect a sentai may be being filmed.

In any case, thanks for the vid and happy new year to you all!

The results surprised me abit in some of the categories. Like the MG, I thought it was gonna be Ex-S Gundam/S Gundam since it was release a while ago, where as Barbatos is quite recent.

Next year, looking forward to RG Eva 01.

I understand why RG Nu Gundam was cosen – got one and love this kit.

that x3 model gonna be great

Congrats to RG Nu Gundam for the win! Such an amazing kit with possibly the best articulation I’ve seen out of all the kits I’ve built! MG Barbatos is looking like a surebuy for me in 2020, what a way that would be to start the new year!!

This year, my wallet cries out in protest.

The Bullet Knight Launcher Hell Blaze have a sexy cover.

That Wargreymon is REALLY COOL though guys.

woop macross goods

My boy Barbatos gave a good fight. Nice!

What Hi Res kit do you want to see next? Strike Freedom would look nice. I think we’ll see the Unicorn fairly soon.

All the winners were well deserved. Bit surprised the RG Sazabi didn’t get more votes.

The Nu is my favorite Gundam design. I picked up an RG, but haven’t built it yet. Now I just hope this prompts Bandai to work on a PG Nu… Oh baby…

Behold the HLJ community
The Gunpla brotherhood of plamo fraternity
The regular patrons always here
A loyalty as strong as Tamiya
Each kit the offspring of plastic maternity
May our hobby last for all eternity

Thanks for making this ranking, two of my favourite kits are in it, the RG Nu Gundam and the MG Barbatos. I hope we will see more MG IBO kits 🙂

I’m happy to hear that a HARO made the list.

It removes all the issues past kits had such as stickers and flimsy joints. It just looks perfect from the box itself. Definitely the best Barbatos we ever got.

love the club

MG for the new year

Can’t wait to build it!

Love the piston action but the lack of fully articulated hands is a missed opportunity. Am I the only one who thinks that? I mean shouldn’t MG be on a higher level than HG? Most reviews I’ve seen skip the weird janky thumb poking out too.

Also, speaking of pointy weapons, you should see the Valvrave kits. Those have seriously serrated weapons you could slice your fingers on.

What an awesome kit! I do agree that the MG kit looks far superior to the other versions, MG kits have just come so far compared to when I started with the original Char’s Red Zaku back in the last century!!

really wish to see the rex on that grade

Man, those weapons look so freaking cool.

Nice looking IBO kits.

Now to wait for all the P-Bandai announcements…

Pink transclear works wonders on this beast of a kit.

Definitely the best MG of the year.

The Barbatos is so popular

Really appreciate that Asuna comes with water slide decals. Diver Ayame also had them and I hope this continues to be the norm with figure-rise kits. So far they are really impressive and cheaper to buy than figma.

giggity. more adult castoffs. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Native. Skytube. Daichi. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

As anyone who watched the show would know, this figure is pretty on point to the anime and manga depictions of the character, especially after tasting any food cause that shows food has the power to remove all your clothing. Its silly stuff but still enjoyable. Well made figure overall.

Nice Christmas present of a sexy figure video review! Love the manga and anime, it’s one of the shows that I’ve managed to get my wife to watch, although the ecchi food reactions are a bit groan-inducing :PMM
Favourite figure for me has to be Wedding Sonico! So sexy! XD

So ecchi. Didn’t think Flare would have release this kind of figure.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays HLJ no minnasan!

figmas reviews were fun

how smexy

Youtube revenue: Am I a joke to you?

Great! Thank you and Happy Holidays~ ^_^

Happy holidays to you guys at HLJ!

This figure is quite ‘developed’. 😏

Need Smiling Erina.

She looks cute enough even though it’s not my favorite character.

I love what you guys are doing, but me as a collector, I tend to go closer to the budget figures like from Banpresto, like in the 20 dollar range or so.
However, I do have a request, there is a wooser figure you guys have and I’ve been super curious about it. Wondering if you two picked it up by chance.

“Check out the full blog post and photo gallery here”

Yes. I think I will. 😀

Happy holidays! I would love more Alter, Altair, Kotobukiya and S.H.Figuarts.)

Happy New Year Dave and Lindsay.

Tengoku episode backlog and how I managed to catch up, suffice to say I haven’t.
I could find room for this figure though, even it theirs no room at my inn (Ikea shelves) it could reside with my overflow under their dust shield (a dry cleaning bag)

Really want to turn this bad boy into a spider. Or a Drider. Though, I can’t get it out of my head how it would look tap dancing.

Happy Holidays all at HLJ, have a good one.

Eldora looks really nice, definitely gives me some Ogre GN-X vibes when it comes to the visuals. I wonder if its able to stand with only two legs? That would be quite the feature.

thats a thicc model kit

Haha, at least she looks great! I’d probably just stick her in one pose and leave her alone! Great looking figure, so tempted to get one now!! XD

I’ve always liked the weapon designs in the Phantasy Star Online franchise. They look quite unique to me, and this one is no different.

the gender bender of the freedom gundam XD

Parts falling off is par for the course with such kits, and not just with Kotobukiya. You can always cement all the non-moving parts. I’d thought t bow might be based off of ASRA Archer’s, but it’s completely different. Wonder if it, like her bust, is bigger.

I wonder what I’ll build next.

I mean, I like the weapon…
But, maybe Japanese designers need to… I dunno… “Take care of themselves” before they design women…?

huge weapons

Forgot to mention is compatible with the Asra line from Megami Device.

she is adorable!

I played a little of PSO on Dreamcast. If I had the internet then I may still be playing up to today.

Really appreciate the wing desings as well as the star shape on the cape, it would look great on display next to Gundam Seed kits.

I hope Bandai will come up with more MG IBO kits becouse this Barbatos is amazing! Wish you a great holiday over at HLJ!

thats a sexy leg

The shipping order went out, the moment the Barbatos became available. I think this was the most expensive shipment with HLJ I ever had. I wonder if you have a box that is great enough to put all the ordered kits in it? Oh ho ho ho, this discussion about the private use, with the customs to come …

Thanks for the many updates and episodes this year! Here’s to many more exciting ones in 2020! Merry Christmas and a happy new year!! 😀

like the MG gundam tree

Arming a Hi-Mock with a Zeonic sword feels like it may be a necessary future purchase. Or maybe a Pucchiguy being wield BY the Zeonic sword…

an explosion of kits XD
santa bandai is on the move lol

I plan on getting MG ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos [Form 4] eventually.
Pretty cool Todd brought out the leg lamp and upgraded it.

MG Barbatos: my build is upgraded
Alto Flight: My form is Up dated

Leg Lamp: Hold my Leg

Happy holidays to everyone at HLJ!

Thank you HLJ for the surprise in the video and I wish everyone Happy Holidays.

I need that Stella Innocent kit, she’s thicc and cute.

My burning question is: Does that Mass Production Zeonic Sword come with the massive blade effect part?

great show guys!! how is the quality of EEXM-17 ALTO compaired to a HG gundam kit?
have a merry christmas!!

Looks like the MG Barbatos is already sold out.

Pleeeease can I just win that lamp.

Barbatos has such a cool design. Love it!

Hello, that MG Barbatos looks awesome… The starship troopers kit can be cool to try too.. your lamp looks fun !

Hope you all have a very fun and relaxing holiday break!

I’m liking the Figure Rise Hatsune Miku. Happy Holidays!!

I am thinking of giving up plamo or maybe putting it on hiatus and working on my artwork but I would like to end on a kit that’s somehow impressive, challenging or substantial. .

the brute is adorable! lookit them with their four lanky legs

Have a happy new year HLJ, and can’t wait to see the new kits for Gunpla 40th anniversary.

Hi. Ordered it and that’s my 2nd Labo. But just wanted to point out that there are no water slide decals but dry transfers.

I just want to see this layered injection used outside Waifu kits. I can’t deny that the hair for example just looks superb, but I also can’t help but think how awesome it would be for Trans Am variants of existing kits…

I guess the Waifu Dollars will help fund the R&D.

I love this figure. Bandai had really outdone themselves with the layered plastic injection for the face and eyes which removes the need of painting the figure. I really hope to see Gundam Mobile Dolls start using the same technique for their parts.

so… I don’t buy that many MG kits but shouldn’t the hands/fingers be articulated?

Just waiting on that Master Grade Beargguy San. Which is totally going to happen. Yup.

MG Barbatos is easily my favorite MG besides the 3.0 RX-78-2. I already loved the design of the original HG Barbatos, but this one fixes all the shortcomings of the previous kit. Will definitely check it out once it gets into stock at some point.