Guys, any one from south Florida (Miami area)? I’m trying to get a local group going to promote gunpla, and MAYBE do stuff like monthly gatherings, etc… if there’s enough of us… I’m planning on spearheading this, and making a facebook group since this hlj forum kind of sucks… email me at jim.quijano@gmail.com
MY wife want me to do this kit for her and paint and deatil it up i told i would when she pays for it so that should be comeing at some point great post thoe.
absolutely loved this episode. Nils is back, we get to see one of the top teams in the nation….then Saga Adou and his whatever the heck that gundam is. Pretty sweet if you ask me, then there’s the Perfect Gundam III: Red Warrior. I hated the fact the episode ended so soon ><.
I know you’re joking BUUUUUT:
The Perfect Gundam (which Takeshi Iori piloted briefly in episode 25 of the first season) is from Plamo-Kyoshiro, a 1983 manga about being able to pilot gunpla (sound familiar?)
The Perfect Gundam III is the lead character’s third suit/model.
Well @teetee580 I thought customs would hit me for holding it but it turns out that they were just holding onto it for some reason, no tax whatsoever.
I love that along with…
Though if I did have to pay a customs fee it would have been a good $100-150 NZD. I do recommend shipping LEDs separate from the Unicorn itself to save money.
That’s great to hear!!! This is my first Unicorn, so seeing the box compared to the MG and HG ones makes me realize how big of a kit it is.
I know how you feel, hope the LED’s come in really quick. I have to wait to get the paint in, gonna paint all the parts individually except the psycho frame of course, so it will take some time before it is…[Read more]
Unfortunately I’m no good at painting so this’ll just be a straight build but I’ll be sure to take a picture of all the unicorns together.
The Unicorn is probably my favorite design in Gundam along with the Turn X and Z’Gok so I’ve picked up every retail release of the Unicorn/Banshee except for the MG Phenex. A little excessive I know :P.
acutually i was thinking about that psyho frame would it be possible to paint up the pink with a clear red to make the clear peices darker i mean wouldnt it have a nicer effect instead of that pink i always see
Tried to finish this on a 3 day schedule ….but still a head to build and dio and paint are needed (no success there 😛 ). what it is :keyboards from 1 old mechanical…
It took a while to come this far but for now he presents himself like Bandai has created him in all his glory: The Strike, Version Member of Nudist Beach.
Hey Syd and Ryan. What did you think of the new Star Wars trailer? I personally love it. Like Ryan said on the show. I thought we’ll see a panning shot of Tatooine or Falcon and a star wars logo and that’s it, but we got some more shots and I must say I’m so hyped for this movie.
Star Wars! Star Wars, Star Wars, Star Wars!!! For those who have hoped and wished and waited for snap-fit Tie Fighters and such, your dreams have come true. Bandai is now producing Star Wars plamo and the first […]
Can’t Wait for my PG UNICORN~!~! i ordered and really want it.. lets hope HLJ can make the delivery fast =^_^=
Random generator pls choose me.. Thanks.
Talking about the X-Wing kinda dragged on there a bit. I don’t mind you guys talking about stuff other than Gunpla but just keeping everything concise is appreciated ^^
BUT HOLY WOW! Winning that MG Phenex would be a DREAM! Puhleeze let this be the time I win!
An MG Phenex? Sign me up and hope mr random smiles upon me.
It was great to see the side by side comparison of the new X-Wing to the Fine Molds kit. Thinking of buying it for a friend. Perhaps I’ll add it to my pending Unicorn order.
Counting the days until that baby ships. I’ve actually been avoiding your build. Like watching you build kits, but it’s kind of like a movie spoiler. Really looking forward to when the lights go up on that baby and I can open the box.
Keep up the good work guys, love watching the show.
That MG Phenex looks amazing. I really like gold plating on kits. My first model kit was the HG Shiranui Akatsuki and I’ve been hooked on Gundam and gunpla ever since.
Great episode, glad to see you guys back.
I have a question about the “all gundam project” Bandai was planning on doing a few years ago, they still following through? have you noticed any big changes in the updated models?
If I remember correctly, the goal of the All Gundam Project was to crank out High Grades of the main suits (+ 2nd season upgrade?) from every show. To that end, since they’ve finally gotten to the DX, I imagine they’re not far from reaching that goal.
If it was for Master Grade renditions of each main suit, though, then… well. It’ll be a long ways yet.
I would love a phenix but getting one locally is about 300$ and I don’t have the ability to order online at the moment so winning would be great. Amazing show enjoy it every week thanks.
if by some chance, i somehow manage to win the Phenex, i will absolutely replace the star on my Christmas tree with it. and i will supply pictures. tree usually doesn’t go down til around the end of January anyway
OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! i must have that PHENEX!!! :'(
can i make a request tho…if i get it can you guys, ryan and sid sign the box for me? that’ll be AWESOME!!! 😀
Cheers!!
My old unicorn broke so the phenix would be a great replacement until I get the pg :D. Love the show guys and keep up the great work. Also that x-wing looks awesome!
WHAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT, I can’t even win a dang $1 scratch ticket. Need some bling in my life, I want that Phenex to be my Willy Wonka’s golden ticket!
Those PG Unicorn videos were awesome! Is there anyway you guys can sign the bottom right corner before shipping my preorder out when it releases and ships?!
Gotta say, that PG Unicorn was rather underwhelming, but those Star Wars kits look pretty interesting. Are the Fine Molds releases discontinued forever-forever (ie they no longer have the license) or just “for now”-forever (ie FM are taking a break to focus on other productions)?
The Fine Molds kits are discontinued forever. FM got the license when Star Wars was still under Lucas. Now that Disney owns the property they decided not to renegotiate with FM and instead sold/transferred the license to Bandai. And from what I’ve read of people that asked FM about this in previous shows, on top of that Disney even went so far as to ask Fine Molds to give up their molds to Bandai, basically for free. They didn’t because it’s their work and money invested into the molds, so they decided to destroy them and sell/recycle the steel.
Ah, thanks for the info. That’s quite a shame they had to destroy the molds, and even worse that Disney had the gall to ask them to give a competitor their tech. Oh well. I would imagine those remaining kits will eventually start selling for quite a lot to dedicated collectors.
Official Bandai decals (I think they’re sold under the B-Club label?) tend to sell out really quickly, but a good source of aftermarket decals is Samuel Decal. I haven’t used him in a long time, but I believe you can still send him a message on Facebook. He also tends to dabble in third-party kits now and again (such as the recently-released 1/100 Kshatriya by Elyn Hobby).
A second option is to find third-party waterslides on Ebay/Yahoo Auctions Japan/etc. I can’t speak to the quality of those, though.
And lastly, you can make some of your own using a regular inkjet printer and specialized decal paper and sealing spray. Some caveats include: No white available (due to most printers not having white ink), and no metallics/golds/etc. (for similar reasons).
Hey Ryan and Syd.
The MG phenex? my god!
As the end of the year is approaching, its time for gunpla top10s, could it be possible to disclose the top10 selling gunpla from HLJ?
I watched the Star Wars trailer when it came out but couldn’t get excited as it was too similar to a trailer for a Michael Bay movie. The vehicles that appeared in the trailer seemed out of place or lacking any sense of logic (unless those were land speeders crossing the lake) especially when a Corellian YT-1300 Freighter does aerobatics in atmosphere with the completely un-aerodynamic fighters (which should have been replaced by interceptors) flying past. But after seeing what J. J. Abrams did with Star Trek into Darkness, expecting anything completely new would probably be ‘the definition of insanity’.
But I’m still interested in seeing what sort of toys and kits will be released for the film and hope they create new designs for subsequent episodes, to avoid ‘peg warming’ (like Transformers Bumblebee) if anything else.
Those star wars kits look really fun! Definitely going to pick up the Vader and maybe the storm trooper. Can’t wait for the hopefully eventual Boba Fett kit!
The only decent films that Michael Bay has directed are The Rock, Pearl Harbor And Armageddon. And the reason those are any good is because of the cast. As for Megan Fox in Transformer…. Well we all know she wasn’t hired for her acting skills.
Phenex SHINY!!! Still kinda bummed this is a regular release and the Banshee Norn is a P Bandai Exclusive.
Pearl Harbor is an abysmal movie. It’s offensive to Americans and Japanese alike for so thoroughly misrepresenting history. For instance, the Japanese never actually attacked the hospitals; they took pains to avoid damaging the medical facilities, and the American survivors emphasized this. That the movie distorts this for the sake of artificially pumping up American Patriotism isn’t just the fault of Michael Bay, though he rightfully does and should take the lion’s share of the blame.
I really loved watching the build of the PG Unicorn. I’d love to win the MG. I’ve always dug the look of the Unicorn, but haven’t bought any of the kits as yet.
Nice episode! I remember building the Star Wars kits from MPC/Ertl back in the nineties as a child. Those were horrible! Really bad fit with huge gaps. I think I will give Bandai a try, since they also sell at a good price. Hope they will make some more kits, like the Millenium Falcon of course, the Star Destroyer or an AT-AT.
We just survived the typhoon here in the Philippines, thank God for protecting us. Now back to gunpla. You guys inspired me and gave me usefull info about gunpla. Thanks for all the tips and hope to see lots and lots of videos. More power to you guys. Keep it up! Ps: if i am lucky enough to win that blingy phenex, could you guys sign that kit? Thanks ;-)..
Would be awesome to get a 1:1 scale lightsaber with a bunch of inner parts and variant attachments to change it to look like other jedi/siths, they are all personalized to their users and it would be an interesting option. Looking at how people imagined things worked always caught my attention. Like I would totally buy a cross section model of a GN Drive from 00.
The new suits from G-Reco coming in 2015 are amazing. I hope i see the G-Self MG too. Do you guys think the MG version will have the same amount of backpacks as the HG?
Great ep fellas. That Phenex would be a nice addition to my other Unicorns. I hope you guys do the same style of yer Christmas ep last year with the Sazabi and Nu ver Ka. Only with the PG Unicorn this time.
I just watched the Michael Bay TF movies out of 1 curiosity then just watched it in continuity, w/o expecting very much. so as much as they were disappointing, I was not that disappointed cause my hopes are not that high to begin with
OMG! OMG! OMG!!!!! I want that Phenexxxxxxxx!!!! btw nice review on that star wars kit. I got it when the black friday sale..luckily that kit still available that time around
Staaaaar Waaaaaaars!!! I got the sith lord too and will be expecting it by the end of this week or next week.. I do want that MG Phenex!! I think rrobbert did that on his youtube account and it looks awesome!! Excited for RG Wing Gundam Zero!! Hopefully it comes out before my birthday.. Btw I like the new look on the website the comment section looks awesome
everybody loves that “bling bling” gundam as much as fans love you Syd and Ryan. merry christmas! hope that Phenex Gundam will complete my Unicorn Collection!
Talk about a gold rush you started…. Didn’t see all those comments on the PG build video’s. Maybe ’cause there is nothing to win…..?
Anyways, it must have been the fever my dear Ryan, because Megan Fox….., common!
It was a rather descent movie, but all the sound FX came right out of Transformers.
Michael Bay is the Bandai to movies. Recycling the heck out of everything, take the same frame (Plot) and putting on new armor (Screenplay)….
Should I win the MG Phenex, please give it to Ryan! He want’s it so much, and this way he finally has something that is completed 😀
To return the favor, could you guys please sign my PG Unicorn box?
Pretty please with sugar on top (can you guess what movie this references to?)
About the gate marks not being visible on the X-wing, is it really because they’re light or could it also be the colour of the plastic? I’ve noticed on other kits I built that they tend to more or less invisible on white plastic if you clean them up properly.
PS:”That’s what she said”? Tsk tsk, shame on you, Syd. Did you show her your golden Phenex? :p
I like the Darth Vader , who wants the D, hahaha, seriously do you guys feel that Bandai will improve the Star wars Kits even more given time like they have with the Gundam kits.
Nice video guys I’m looking forward to getting my hands on the new Star Wars kits and that unicorn would be a nice Christmas present for me if I win, so here’s hoping for the best
“hmmm… force is too strong in this episode…. hmmmmm…
hmmm… buy bandai star wars, I said I will not…. hmmmm….
hmmm… after watching this.. hmmm… give in to the dark side i must!
hmmm…”
(ten… ten… ten.. tentenen tentenen… [queue in imperial death march music here])
(waving the jedi hand) “you will give me that Phenex…”
Looking forward to my pre-ordered PG unicorn with LED set. Can’t wait to build it with my son.
Winning that MG Phenex would be a Great Christmas Gift 🙂
Fabric is really hard to make look good on a model kit. Usually it tends to look exactly like it is – a sheet of fabric. There’s no sense of weight or body to it compared to other, more rigid materials. Cloth stitched over a wire “skeleton” might achieve the right look while still being mobile, but it’s not something I’ve seen used very much. (I considered trying it out for a 1/100 Deathscythe Hell Custom build using the old 1/100 HG, but that project is currently shelved.)
Please give give give mememememememe that golden baby UNICORN PHINEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please all i want is MG PHINEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please LET ME WIN
Great episode as always guys! I picked up the MG Blue Frame D and finished it yesterday, looks pretty good on my shelf, but not quite as good as that Phenex would look!
I might look into some of the new star wars kits for my brother…i’m all about the gundams though. very excited for the new real grade and to eventually get the pg unicorn also.
Hey Syd and Ryan, great show as always.
I have one short question for you guys: Will you make a Year in Review for 2014 in the style of the 2013 one? That would be pretty sweet :]
Also: gimme dat Phenex! my shelf has a lack of gold plated models on it xD
Guys, I can honestly say; I felt the same way you did about the Star Wars trailer. Before I saw it I was dreading it, but now I’m fully on board the hype train. (choo choo!) JJ Abrams is a big Star Wars fan so I’m very confident he will do it justice. That teaser was sick. Also, those new models from Bandai sure look good. I may have to pick up a couple. Great show as always. Oh, and that MG sure looks shiny. 😀 I’d be stoked to win. Cheers from Minnesota.
Wow….. This is the best channel in the world… Geek talk, gunpla, Star Wars, bashing on Michael bay, and the mg phenex, only thing needed is Megan fox in a bikini
Nice video guys.
Wasn’t planing on getting PG Unicorn or 1/12 Dark Vader, but after looking at these video plan on making some Christmas purchases for myself.
Great show as always cant wait to add the PG Unicorn to my Growing collection OF PG’s. Also looking forward to seeing how the LED system works on the kit will be waiting for your video. As always keep up the great work Syd and Ryan go GunPla
Great show guys. Nice give-away this episode hope I win it. I must admit I am disappointed in the look of the Xwing from bandai, very plain color scheme when compared to the Tie fighter which looks more complete color wise out of the box. Maybe its just missing the decals but seems far too white. The Vader one looks great, going to have to order one.
You guys are pretty popular now, who’d think you’d get 300 comments in a single day?
Anyway nice kits you showed this time. I myself am waiting for 8 xmas kits I ordered from hlj including both the beargguy f and the g arcane (the beargguy sold really fast). Hope I get that phenex since my birthday is nearby…
OOOOOOOOOOOOH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD! ! I WANT THAT MG PHENEX SOOOOOOOOOÒOOO BAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!!! even tho it would be so hard to get choosed to win that mg phenex but i always wanted to have one so bad and literally would do anything i could to that gunpla kit!!!
even if its nearly impossible so win after all these comments lets have hope for it and yeah… 🙂
gunpla tv is the best!!!
Thanks for the Star Wars Report with Scott. Its also interesting to see them compared to the Fine molds kits too. While fine molds has detail, bandai has ease of assembly. And the G-reco kits are looking so tempting but I have little shelf space ha ha. but thanks for a great episode.
OHHHHHMAIIIIIIIGAWWWWWWWWDDDDDD DAT PHENEX THOU!!!!!!!!!11111111!!!!!!!!!!!!111!!!!!1111!!!!!!! (great episode Syd, Ryan, & Scott, hope to see some of the new December kits (or specifically Winning Gundam) in the next episode)
That mg phenex looks fantastic and the unicorn is indescribable,nothing can describe the perfection of it too bad i dont have the money for it looking forward to the mg exia dark matter though since i do have the money for it 🙂
Good to see the boss man back on the show! I was actually planning on watching the MG Tallgeese episodes with Syd and Scott again since I’m thinking about doing a custom Tallgeese sometime soon.
It would be pretty awesome to see an RG live stream on Christmas day (probably Christmas Eve here in CA).
As always, thanks for another episode and looking forward to more!
You do realize Bandai branches out to other properties all the time, right? They made Escaflowne stuff when that was popular, Bebop stuff when that was popular, Gasaraki stuff, Yukikaze, Patlabor, and on and on. Gundam might be their staple, but they have a long history of making model kits for all sorts of properties.
Christmas is coming and I’m waiting for special offers at my local hobby store and gunpla kit stores. I find that I’m spending too much money. Next year is highschool for me and I will have a busy year and on ounces of time to work on an gunpla kits at all. Merry Early Chirstmas
Awesome show as usual! Tell Scott the show works as a promo tool! I bought Beargguy F and Bandai 1/12 Vader while watching!! (insane) In other news I need to send you guys a photo of me as Vader holding the Vader Kit (501st legion member) Phenex is awesome but whether I win or not keep up the great show!
SCOTT!!… And the PHENEX!!… In the same episode! *having an X-men moment* (See what I did there?) Man… All these Gunpla and Star Wars kits are making my wallet weep. Time to go to the bank and take out a “Gundam-sized loan”
Feels like for ever wating for every new episode to come out; but much worth it as you intrigue us with new and awesome releases. Non the less, the give aways as well!!! But Omg! mg phenex!!! Gotta got that one!!!
This is not a related topic I was woundering about the unicorn gundam is there a chance if its possible if the gundam company is able to make a RG Unicorn Gundam? And one more thing has any one thought if that before
MG Phenex is the only Unicorn I don’t have so I guess I wouldn’t mind winning it. Good episode guys I actually got me and my dad some star wars kits for Christmas hope I can show him the glory of Plamo and get him into the hobby
Like everybody else I am trying my luck for the MG Phenex. It would be a nice Christmas gift. Good Luck to everyone.
Btw talking about figurise, what about the SprueKits?Why is it not being sold on HLJ??
Syd the definition of insanity isn’t what you think it is, that’s just Hollywood and is misattributed to Einstein. The actual definition of insanity is “a state of being unable to differentiate between fantasy and reality” or the legal definition “not being able to tell right from wrong at the given time”
Doing something repeatedly and expecting different results is pretty much just stubbornness.
Sadly as a high school student it’s not easy for me to collect enough money to buy a lot of Gunpla but when I first saw the PG Unicorn I told myself that I just had to get it and make It my first PG and finally when I got enough money the order stopped so I was sad but my mom told me that we will be going to Thailand so I hope I can get my Unicorn in Thailand ;-;
Hello guys keep up the good work id like to build this kit but you have made it so I guess ill just stick it on the shelf if im lucky enough to win it would go well with my wing zero tallgeese and astray red frame.
They were talking about the R-unit that gets inserted into the top of the X-Wing behind the cockpit. On the Bandai kit Ryan(?) built, he hadn’t yet decided whether to insert R2-D2 (the iconic blue domed robot) or R5-D4 (another model sometimes seen in the movies) or another R-unit. The video remarks on this briefly around the 8:19 mark.
…unless you’re talking about a different part of the video?
Are you talking about the two small ports on either lower side of the nose, in front of the cockpit? If so, those are actually part of the design; they’re where the proton torpedoes are located.
never been a star wars fan but those kits are making me think twice. those kits for the amount of time it takes to build, they look really awesome. Oh and that Bearguy F, and I thought San(III) was cute already.
great episode guys and you do have the greatest jobs in the world.
bought a darth vader as a christmas gift for a friend who’s a star wars fan and to be honest I’m a little bit optimistic at the time until suddenly you decided make an episode exclusive for it, I must say my friend’s gonna love that darth vader…
I have built the new Bandai Vader, not a bad kit. Just started on the XWing and am amazed at the detail. All it needs is assembly, decals and a wash and its display ready.
I love gooooooooooollllllddddddd!!!!!! It will be mine, oh yes it will be mine. 😛 great show guys. Unicorn is looking like a beast. Can’t wait for you to light it up.
I am not a big fan of those new BANDAI StarWars kits, they look like toys to me when compared to their FineMolds counterparts which are proper old-school plastic models. Snap fits just don’t work well for “aircrafts” (Gundams are different story). You often see “big” panel line just because BANDAI wanted to do color separation and other unneeded artefacts. Also it will be super difficult to fix with putty/rescribe. But it can be good “toy” for younger SW fans though 🙂
Great show as always guys! Question for Syd: As I live in Canada (Victoria BC!), it’s a little too cold to be painting outside I’m guessing. What temperature should it be outside to spraypaint? Also, any tips on painting indoors and minimizing mess/fumes? Thanks!
Nice episode as usual guys. Thanks Syd for building up the PG Unicorn. Now I really can’t wait to get my hands on mine. I hope you will show how the LEDs are installed once you get your hands on them. Keep up the good job.
Just wanted to say thanks for this show. Its very informative and has been one of the reasons that my interest has spurred back for the hobby. Thanks guys.
I like gooold~ Actually, I could use some real gold, too, after all the money I spent on the PG Unicorn and a bunch of other stuff I just got shipped from HLJ 🙂
Ooooh shiny! Gundam I shall be ur new father. Great show guys. I want u to know that u r the first Web show episode (or whatever it’s called) that I watch and look forward to.
Phoenix ~ ! ! ! I guess I am always the last person to post before the announcement of winners! I don’t think I will win ! But great video on PG Unicorn and MG Blue Ashtray ! Love to see this Phoenix on my Christmas tree as my Star ! LoL
Great build and review on the PG Unicorn. Wait till I get my hands on PG Unicorn and take a photo it along my collection of PG series!