#straight build

[yuambient]

I was asked to create a sample, so I built the Tamiya Robocraft Series Sea Otter 🦦

[prophbuilds]

HG RGM-89D Piko Altidore’s Jegan Type-D - A Review

If you know me from elsewhere, you might know that I have a thing for black and/or dark-colored kits. I also have a soft spot for Grunt Suits and the “Mass Production" types. Especially the normally underrated machines that, in the right hands, can become something far cooler than the cannon fodder that they get to be in their main series entries.

It was all of that (and a little pre-planning) that lead me to get this P-Bandai kit. It’s a Jegan running a dark, almost Jesta styled color scheme that seems to have been piloted by someone willing to push their machine (in the pics posted to sell the toy to sucker--er… "Builders" like myself).

Here’s my review of the P-Bandai kit; the HG Piko Altidore’s Jegan Type-D

Like all P-Bandai stories, this one starts WAY Back in August of 2025. I’ve been trying to cut back on kits ‘till I put a bigger dent in my Backlog Shelf (of Shame). Then the big online Gundam event that Bandai has been doing since the Lockdowns hit and this dark colored kit caught my eye. I even made jokes about it being “Jesta” solid looking kit until I realized that it wasn’t.

It was a Jegan.

Needless to say, I did the math and put in an order. I knew it would ship in late February/early March. I also knew there was a safe bet my bank account wouldn’t be good for much beyond bills as sales of my comic have been thin recently. This kit would be a “Last Hurrah" of sorts while my funds recover. I even saved it ‘till April before I started this build.

So! How did it go? Well… it's a recolor of the Jegan Type-D. It’s a fairly easy kit to snap up and shouldn’t take much time for a straight build. The nubs are going to be the worst part as it’s dark plastic and some parts are the more brittle formula. There are some swirls on mine but nothing terrible.

It's running polycaps – something I honestly don’t mind – so things are fairly solid. It shouldn’t sag over time but I’ve always been more interested in the overall flexibility and poseability in the short term. The P-Bandai listing had some pretty great action poses and, in that respect, this kit delivers. Although it doesn’t have the now common full elbow bend, it does have a fairly mobile knee bend. Same thing goes for the ankles.

They are pretty flexible in their own right. The only downside is the same issue with Many a kit from the later UC Era: The bell-bottom legs get in the way of the feet. It’s a neat look and give a place to add thruster details but they stop the ankles from flexing as far as they can by preventing the feet from going as forward and as far to the sides as it looks like they should.

That said… it’s not that much of an issue. It also rocks a solid core and yet you can get some solid bends entirely from the legs and hips. The very mobile shoulders and their ability to flex forward like the sniper-style kits compensate a lot for the lack of mobility in the elbows. This Jegan contains multitudes.

The loadout of this kit is interesting. It has two beam saber blades but only one hilt. It has two beam rifles as well as a left hand to go with it as that’s part of this particular kit’s gimmick. The shield is a fun piece in that it has two Massive color-correcting stickers. In fact, that’s the bulk of the stickers. Again… it’s a fairly simple kit.

There Are parts for the other Jegan head types on the runner but they’re not terrible different from what we get. They are Nice-to-Haves for the Modders out there, though.

So, what’s the verdict? I can't say that this was a bad buy. I love the look of blue armor so dark it reads as black with touches of white and dark grey. It’s very well balanced and holds poses like champ. If you have the chance, I’d say pick one up. If you don’t but want the kit it’s based on, snag a RGM-89De Jegan (Ecoas Type). It’s a solid addition to a Grunt Suit collection.

[reubenyeoart]

GUNDAM FACTORY YOKOHAMA 1/144 RX-78F00 HMT GUNDAM HIGH MOBILITY TYPE (G-3 IMAGE COLOUR)

Just a straight build of a kit I recently purchased online; I'm actually ambivalent about the Yokohama Gundam's design (which is why I ended up getting the limited MG Nadleeh instead when I was at Gundam Factory Yokohama two years back), but seeing the G-3 Colour version of the design prompted me to buy one from Mandarake. It was an easy enough to assemble kit, but I didn't wish to panel line it, since I don't have the pot-style panel liner and the Yokohama Gundam has a ton of panel lines that I'd detonate if I did it all by hand.

While they don't list the Grade for the kit on the box, it assembles sort of partway between a modern Entry Grade and a High Grade, with quite a bit of inner frame and HG-style joints construction. It poses pretty well enough although some parts don't bend as much as I'd like.

Since this is the High Mobility Type, the Gundam comes with a set of armour that easily clips/pegs on that breaks up the colours with a few darker shades, as well as comes with a double barreled cannon. I did wish the cannon had a way to connect with the shield, so it could be displayed with the beam rifle, but alas.

Truth be told, I really love this rendition of the G-3 colours, with the lavender and muted purples with the mainly light grey scheme.

Due to the way they set the colour separation as well, the kit comes with quite a bit of extra parts, including black versions of several pieces of armour, extra white versions of the shoulder and waist armour (with a set of ankle armour from the regular version of the Yokohama Gundam), and an entire extra shield's worth of parts; makes for quite a bit of colour customisation for the kit if one wishes to.

[sauloldmin]

Gundam Lifrith UR straight build(without stickers)

[dragon-snoots-a-boopin]

This is the Master Grade Sandrock EW which is one of my favorite models kits of kits from Gundam Wing and that is mostly because there is more color to break up the boring white. It’s just a really nice model kit!   

[gundamace]

Had to take a break on my next kitbash, so I knocked out this straight build.

[titaniumsenshi]

Made a thing and WOW am I rusty

MG Shin Musha Gundam ver. Sengoku no Jin

[42zombies]

Hey, guess what, I finally managed to get around to taking pics of my gunpla.

I got the stand for my Grimoire Red Beret yesterday, so I can finally put it up somewhere. I’m really happy with how the first pic turned out. Not so much the others.