tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post9018637270302962232..comments2023-12-18T21:04:53.693-05:00Comments on Toys and Tomfoolery: Mobile Suit Gundam: ASSAULT KINGDOM...Part 1Alexxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-65394388270061399342015-12-02T10:40:12.653-05:002015-12-02T10:40:12.653-05:00Same here: 08th MS Team is seriously one of the be...Same here: 08th MS Team is seriously one of the best, but 0080 is high up there for me. Just wish those awesome designs got more screen time! The GM Sniper II was a particular strong point, and it got to fly in front of the screen for a few seconds. Yay! The Alex Gundam, as you might expect, if one of my all-time favorite Gundam designs, and not just because it has my fake name! I love the guns in the arms and I just love the way it is designed (the "Alex" thing was a bonus). It's another reason I love the GM Customs, too! They share the Alex's design, in fact, you could say they're mass-produced versions of the Alex (hence the reason why the GM Cannon II's - based on the same design - have heavy armor that looks just like the Alex's armor). Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-89914868051047088382015-12-02T09:56:02.682-05:002015-12-02T09:56:02.682-05:00You're absolutely right, the supporting charac...You're absolutely right, the supporting characters (and supporting mecha) in 0083 stole the show. I was like "let me hang out with THEM now, please?" <br /><br />0080 was one of the first UC Gundam shows (maybe THE first?) that I watched all the way through. And yeah, I love the Hy-Gogg, the NT-1, the Kaempfer, the MP Guncannons...all great mech design. I think 08th MS Team edges it out slightly for me as the best UC OVA, but it's a really solid show. I would show it to people who don't know anything about Gundam.Draculahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00587852177919783864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-15197192578741471072015-12-01T18:15:38.655-05:002015-12-01T18:15:38.655-05:00B&N has made it so much easier to grab these t...B&N has made it so much easier to grab these things, recently!<br /><br />AH MAN, look forward to Char's Counterattack! It's pretty awesome. Sad, but awesome. No one ever makes it out totally OK in a Tomino joint. You've seen Zeta Gundam, though, so you know that all too well.<br /><br />Honestly, it has been a long time since I've seen 0083, but I do remember liking the side characters a lot. The people in the GM Customs (oh, my beautiful GM Custom. I love you). Anyway, this is why I'm looking forward to the MS Gundam: The Origin anime. It's a retelling of the original story but with fancy nowadays animation. It's also telling some backstory for Char, so that's new and interesting stuff (well, not new, but new to the TV screen). <br /><br />Did you see 0080? The Romeo and Juliet of Gundam? That one has some of my favorite designs that had so very, VERY little screen time. Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-2093823984254295532015-12-01T17:39:20.232-05:002015-12-01T17:39:20.232-05:00I picked up the Assault Kingdom Zeta Gundam earlie...I picked up the Assault Kingdom Zeta Gundam earlier this year from Barnes & Noble and was floored by how good the quality was. I'll comment more on it in your other review.<br /><br />Last year I was on a big Gundam kick and watched several of the UC shows. I've seen all of MSG, most of Zeta Gundam, and most of the OVAs (haven't watched Char's Counterattack yet). <br /><br />One observation I had was how much I adored the mech design and mech animation from 0083, but how little I cared for the plot and characters. And on the flip side, how terrible the MSG animation was, but how great everything else was. I made sure to watch the TV version, too, so I could see the greatest of all mecha in action (I think you know the one. Hint: blade hands)Draculahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00587852177919783864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-5683405831990464362015-11-26T23:41:16.268-05:002015-11-26T23:41:16.268-05:00Thank you! I've seen the High Mobility Zaku II...Thank you! I've seen the High Mobility Zaku II Black Tri-Star set, but I haven't gotten around to seeing what a good price for it would be. Thanks for reminding me!<br /><br />Ah-HA, oh man, thanks so much for naming those gashapon! Now I can look them up! And yes, the Gelgoog came with a naginata and the rifle, but the naginata is bent into a boomerang, and I can't seem to get it straight. I've tried a couple times, but it always bends back into the shape it was in while inside the gashapon ball. <br /><br />Thanks again man, that really helped me out!Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-27159055026384727532015-11-26T12:59:52.504-05:002015-11-26T12:59:52.504-05:00Great double feature, some really inspired photo w...Great double feature, some really inspired photo work in here! For your collection, I'd say keep an eye out for the Black Tri-Star Zaku II set, a box loaded with so much fun.<br /><br />The Gashapon figures all appear to come from the Bandai Hybrid Mobile Suit Selection. The Prototype Gundam, Guncannon and Gouf are all from set II (2005), the RX-78-2 and the Gelgoog from set IV (the MS-14A appears to come with a Naginata, but there was a MS-14S with a rifle in same set) and the Re-GZ was released in set VIII. Seen some of these pop up on eBay from time to time, with a price point usually preventing further salivation.Sergeant Shokuganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09216178235401616153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-45377496297037494152015-11-25T13:47:32.531-05:002015-11-25T13:47:32.531-05:00HA...yes, the last picture...was on purpose. I am...HA...yes, the last picture...was on purpose. I am clever!<br /><br />OH YEAH, I think I remember flying into the top cannon a lot. But you were GOOD with that thing, too. Alexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467443844522666834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607162899803883062.post-75400171222153635622015-11-25T12:57:00.966-05:002015-11-25T12:57:00.966-05:00I love that last picture after you mention separat...I love that last picture after you mention separating this into two posts. And of course I'm a badass, but I think you may have been flying straight at me. Hilarious recoil on that cannon. Knocked me all the way back to the ground every time I fired it.TheCynicElementhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190369631956733757noreply@blogger.com