Bandai MG 1/100 Infinite Justice Gundam English Manual & Color Guide

Athrun Zala’s ZGMF-X19A Infinite Justice Gundam from the Gundam Seed Destiny Anime series. Developed in tandem together with the Strike Freedom Gundam of Kira Yamato by the Lacus Clyne faction of ZAFT. My only complaint with the Infinite Justice Gundam of Athrun Zala was that it arrived too late in the series that fans were only able to immerse in its "awesomeness" for a short time. Best moment for me with the Infinite Justice was when Athrun finally kicked Shinn Asuka's ass in the Destiny Gundam.

Bandai 1/100 Tieren Ground Type English Manual & Color Guide

*Zaku* *Cough* *Zaku* *Cough*... really a great design that obviously took its cue from the iconic Zaku design. The MSJ-06II-A Tieren was the main mobile suit of The Human Reform League in Gundam 00 Season 1. I'd love to build this kit because of the sheer amount of detail put into the kit that one can fiddle with. More write up on the Tieren can be found here.

Bandai 1/100 GN-005 Gundam Virtue English Manual & Color Guide

The heavy weapons specialist of Celestial Being in Gundam 00 Season 1, the GN-005 Gundam Virtue. The Gundam Virtue also housed a secret unit known as the GN-004 Gundam Nadleeh. This was piloted by Tierra Erde and in Season 1 of Gundam 00 was superceded by the Gundam Seravee in Season 2. Its different with the Seravee because the Virtue acts like a suit that is worn by Nadleeh, unlike the Seravee/Seraphim combo wherein Seraphim acts more like a separate Gundam unit entirely.

Bandai 1/100 SVMS-010 Over Flag English Manual & Color Guide

Update: Translated Color Guide for the 1/100 Over Flag can be found here.

1/100 SVMS-010 Over Flag of Graham, Daryl and Howard in Season 1 of Gundam 00. This beautiful mobile suit is classified as a mobile armor because it can transform to both fighter and robot mode. Therefore being able to take advantage of the benefits that each mode can bring in the battlefield.

Bandai 1/60 GN-001 Gundam Exia English Manual and Color Guide

Gundam 00 fans, or any Gundam Fan for that matter, who want to feel the fulfillment and accomplishment of having a large Gundam in their collection that is sure to stand out in your display cabinet but can't afford a Perfect Grade or HY2M Glorious kit should try the cheap 1/60 BigScale that Bandai releases.

Bandai 1/100 Gundam Kyrios English Manual & Color Guide

I finished building already this beautiful kit a while back, scared as heck to transform it so I keep it Gundam mode all the time *snicker*. The GN-003 Gundam Kyrios made its appearance in the first season of Gundam 00. It is the mobile armor/air attack specialist of Celestial Being having the capability to transform to airplane mode.

Bandai 1/100 MG RX-93-V2 Hi-Nu Gundam English Manual & Color Guide

The RX-93 ν2 Hi-Nu Gundam was Amuro Ray's mobile suit from the Beltorchika's Children novel. The RX-93 V2 Hi Nu Gundam was part of the clear parts campaign of Bandai to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Gunpla in 2010.

Bandai 1/100 GN-006 Gundam Cherudim English Manual & Color Guide

After the GN-002 Gundam Dynames came the GN-006 Gundam Cherudim. This one was piloted by Lockon Stratos. As with the Dynames, the Cherudim acts as the long range weapons platform of Celestial Being. Its use however has differed slightly than with the original Dynames.

Bandai 1/100 GN-007 Gundam Arios English Manual & Color Guide

GN-007 Gundam Arios from Gundam 00 Season 2 series that was piloted by Allelujah Haptism. The Arios is a second generation Gundam having superseded the Gundam Kyrios that was also flown by Allelujah Haptism in Gundam 00 season 1. The qualities and purpose of the Arios however are still the same. Its the mobile armor Gundam of Celestial Being which has the capability to transform to fighter mode that gives it high speed and maneuverability advantage over its opponents.

How to Assemble and Maintain the Gundam LED Light Unit

Update: Bandai just released the Gundam LED light units for sale as a separate kit, so its not limited anymore to just those kits that come with LED light units.
One of the latest gimmicks that Bandai has released for Gundam Model Kits is the presence of a LED light unit in the pack. This is especially true with the Gundam 00 line of model kits because of the GN drive that glows a "fairy" green when it is in operation. For other Gundam models it is usually used to light up the eyes, or mono eye for the one eyed mobile suits *snicker*

Bandai 1/100 GN-008 Gundam Seravee English Manual & Color Guide

The GN-008 Gundam Seravee made its appearance in the first episode of Gundam 00 Season 2. Piloted by Tiera Erde it is the heavy weapons specialist of Celestial Being. Aside from packing a whallop with the myriad of GN Bazooka configurations it can do, it is the only Gundam equipped with a GN Shield to protect it from attack.

Bandai 1/48 Mega Size Model RX-78 Gundam English Manual

Finally got to see the innards of the 1/48 Megasize RX-78 Gundam that Bandai recently released to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Gundam Plastic Model kits. The RX-78 was the iconic mobile suit that ushered in the real-robot genre of anime production. A lot of Gundam's have been made but in one way or another they always pay homage to this first ever Gundam design.

Bandai MG 1/100 RX-178 Gundam Mk-II (Titans) ver 2.0 English Manual & Color Guide

The Gundam Mk II was made famous in the second anime series of the Gundam Franchise, Zeta Gundam. At the beginning of the series AEUG was interested in obtaining it after they learned it was being developed in one of the space colonies by the Titans paramilitary organization. With the reluctant help of NewType Kamille Bidan they were able to obtain more than one Gundam Mk II's during their raid. His help and skill level also ensured his place as the pilot of the Gundam Mk II.

Bandai MG 1/100 WD-M01 Turn A Gundam English Manual and Color Guide

Haven't had the chance to watch Turn a Gundam yet, but definitely the WD-M01 Turn A Gundam is one of the weirdest Gundam designs in my opinion. According to its article at Wikipedia (credibility, hah!) the mobile suit was designed by Syd Mead who worked on Blade Runner. It was supposed to be a more realistic design of a mobile suit. Adding to the madness is a cow figure included in the kit.

Bandai MG 1/100 GAT-X105 Strike Gundam + I.W.S.P. English Manual and Color Guide

The GAT-X105 Strike Gundam + I.W.S.P from the Gundam Seed Anime Series. IWSP stands for Integrated Weapons Striker Pack, its an amalgamation of the different strike packs that Strike Gundam usually uses. Judging from reviews I've scrounged of this kit from the web, this unit has a hard time standing up on its own. So you will definitely need to use the stand that they've included with the kit in order to pose it. Most probably the reason too, why they've decided to include a stand with the kit *snicker*.

Bandai 1/72 VF-27β Lucifer Valkyrie Normal Type English Manual & Color Guide

Finally saw the construction manual of the VF-27β Lucifer Valkyrie Normal type posted over at Dalong. I really love the 1/72 series of Valkyries from Macross Frontier designed by series co-creator Shoji Kawamori. Its a testament to the guy's creativity and proof that the bloke is a genius when it comes to this stuff.

Bandai MG 1/100 MSA-003 Nemo English Color Guide and Manual

The MSA-003 Nemo was the mass production mobile suit of the AEUG forces in the Zeta Gundam Anime series. When you say Mass Production of course, its just a polite way of saying "Cannon Fodder", hehehe. You could say that cannon fodders are the window dressing of any anime series and gives the hero a venue to display his "heroic" skills of shooting down enemy forces.

Bandai MG 1/100 Strike Freedom Gundam English Manual & Color Guide

ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam of Kira Yamato in Gundam Seed Destiny. This mobile suit was given to him again by Lacus Clyne after his Freedom Gundam got shot down by Shinn Asuka using the Impulse Gundam. Although outwardly similar to the Freedom Gundam, this is an entirely new bird.

Bandai MG 1/100 Zeta Gundam ver 2.0 Color Guide & Paint Conversion Chart

MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam from the Zeta Gundam anime series that bore its name. The Zeta Gundam was flown by main protagonist Kamille Bidan in the said series. Prior to that he was flying the stolen Gundam Mk II which eventually went to Emma Sheen. The Zeta is unique because it can switch to a Mobile Armor form which gives it speed and maneuverability benefits.

1/100 GN-002 Gundam Dynames Assembly Part V

Another reason for work stoppage on my part in finishing the 1/100 Gundam Dynames that I'm building. My cousin came home for a vacation and their kids usually stay in our house in the afternoons to play with our son. Add to that some other kids in the neighborhood. Wouldn't want them to inhale the paint fumes that linger around the house. Its a good thing I'm not being paid for this, otherwise I would have been fired already... hehehe

30% Off on select Gundam models at HWJapan

Saw this last week and forgot to post about it. I noticed that HWJapan, the online sales front of model kit builder Aoshima, decided to modify their sales pitch on Gundam model kits.

Bandai 1/100 Gundam Avalanche Exia English Manual & Color Guide

Gundam Avalanche Exia from the Gundam 00V side story. This wasn't really seen in any of the episodes. I can't really say either what the history of this unit is because I haven't read the sidestory. Nice design though.

Bandai 1/100 00 Raiser Designers Ver English Manual & Color Guide

Construction manual for the 1/100 00 Raiser Designer Color Version of Setsuna F. Seie from Gundam 00 Second season. The 00 Raiser (pronounced Double O Raiser) is a combination of the GN-0000 00 Gundam piloted by Setsuna and the GNR-010 O Raiser piloted by Saji Crossroad. Aside from being a weapons platform, the purpose of the GNR-010 O Raiser is to regulate and maximize the power of the twin GN drives mounted on the shoulders of the 00 Gundam.

Bandai MG 1/100 Gundam Exia Ignition Mode English Manual and Color Guide

Update: Here's the manual for the ordinary MG GN-001 Gundam Exia.

I just love that Bandai released a Master Grade version of the Gundam Exia repair mode via their Master Grade Gundam Exia Ignition Mode release. If I'm understanding this correctly, they're calling this ignition mode because of the LED light units included with the kit.

HLJ Offers Cheap FedEx Shipping and Discounted EMS till June 30, 2010

Hobby Link Japan posted a while ago that they are offering cheap FedEx shipping that is comparable in price (or even lesser) to EMS shipping. In line with that they will be offering a 20% discount on EMS shipping till June 30, 2010.

Bandai MG 1/100 GN-001 Gundam Exia English Manual & Color Guide

The first Master Grade release for the GN-001 Gundam Exia of Setsuna F. Seie. The Exia is the melee and close combat specialist of the 4 Gundams deployed by the Celestial Being organization in the Gundam 00 Season 1 anime series.

Bandai MG 1/100 RX-0 Unicorn Gundam HD Color with MS Cage English Manual and Color Guide

Posted over at Dalong was the manual for the Master Grade Gundam Unicorn HD Color with MS Cage. With that on hand I translated both the Color Guide and the Construction Manual. This Unicorn Gundam model is a tad bit expensive than the regular Gundam Unicorn because of the MS Cage included in the kit. Its release is in time with the Gundam Unicorn OVA episode 1 that is being released this year.

Bandai MG 1/100 Qubeley Mk-II Elpeo Puru ver Color Guide & Paint Conversion Chart

Elpeo Puru's Qubeley Mk II from the Gundam ZZ anime series that came after Zeta Gundam. Flown by Newtype Elpeo Puru which was originally based on the Qubeley of Haman Karn. Notable and distinct offensive features of the Qubeley are the funnels which fly out and can be controlled telepathically by Newtypes using the built in psycommu system. No matter what they say about the Qubeley though, it still looks like a bug to me...hehehe

Bandai MG 1/100 GN-X English Manual & Color Guide

Translated English Construction Manual of the Master Grade GNX-603T GN-X "jinx" from the Gundam 00 Season 1 anime series. There were about 30 units of this given to the 3 different earth federation forces by Alejandro Corner in order to help them battle the Gundam Thrones and the Gundams of Celestial Being. 29 Jinx's were able to fight with the Gundams while one unit had its GN drive stripped off by Billy Katagiri in order to modify the Flag fighter of Graham Aker to be powered by it. Because "Hotshot" over there deemed that the only honorable way to beat a Gundam was with a Flag Fighter *snicker*

Bandai MG 1/100 Gundam Astray Blue Frame 2nd Revise English Manual & Color Guide

After the Red Frame, just had to translate the construction manual for the MG Gundam Astray Blue Frame. I recently finished building a non-grade 1/100 Gundam Astray Blue Frame. I love the Blue Frame so much that I actually dropped building the Gundam Dynames when I had bought the Blue Frame hehehe.

Bandai MG 1/100 Gundam Astray Red Frame Kai Color Guide & Paint Conversion Chart

English Construction Manual for the recently released Master Grade Gundam Astray Red Frame Kai from Gundam SEED vs Astray series. Truly a beautiful kit in my eyes. I find it sad though that this version has the tactical arms but no beam rifle like what the non-grade 1/100 Gundam Astray Red Frame has. Then again, I guess it is much better to not have that because you could always just get the beam rifle and shield from the non-grade 1/100 Gundam Astray Red Frame.

Bandai MG 1/100 RX-0 Unicorn Gundam Ver. Ka English Manual & Color Guide

Bandai MG 1/100 Sinanju Ver Ka Titanium Finish English Manual & Color Guide

Yep, still in the Gundam UC episode 1 high that left me with enough energy to translate the MSN-06S Sinanju Ver Ka Titanium Finish's manual to English... hehehe. The Sinanju was the main ride of the antagonist at Gundam Unicorn. Flown by Full Frontal, who heads the Neo Zeon organization known as the Sleeves. The Sinanju hasn't made its appearance yet in episode 1 of Gundam Unicorn, but boy am I looking forward to finally seeing it in action

Bandai MG 1/100 MSM-07S Z'Gok Char Aznable ver English Color Guide & Paint Conversion Chart

The Master Grade MSM-07S Z'Gok Char Aznable from Mobile Suit Gundam. Suddenly took an interest to the Z'gok after watching an episode in MS IGLOO which featured the said mobile suit. Of course this one belongs to the legendary Char Aznable. The Z'gok is an aquatic mobile suit which specializes in underwater operations. This thing lacks any rifle and bazooka like weapons but makes up for it by having missiles, beam weapons and melee weapons (the claws)

MG RX-75 Gun Tank English Color Guide

Update: Color Guide & Manual for the MG RX-75 Gun Tank can be found here.

Didn't really like the design of the RX-75 Gun Tank in the original Mobile Suit Gundam till I saw the MS08th Team and the MS IGLOO 2 The Gravity Front anime series. I guess its really right what they say that if you have no history with an item/person they don't really mean anything to you. After watching both animes and seeing the significant and heroic parts they played in the Mobile Suit Gundam shows I understand now why it endeared itself to the fans and made itself worthy enough for Bandai to make it into a Master Grade kit. The kit was released last September 2009. English Translation of the Manual of the Gun Tank can be found here

Bandai HG 1/144 Kshatriya English Manual, Color Guide & Paint Conversion Chart

Couldn't get the Kshatriya out of my mind after watching Episode 1 of the Gundam UC Ova. That first scene where the Kshatriya was seen fighting with some mobile suits was Epic in my book.

Bandai MG 1/100 AMX-004-3 Qubeley Mk II Ple Two English Color Guide & Paint Conversion Chart

The AMX-004-3 Qubeley Mk II Ple Two is the last of the Qubeley Color guides to be translated in this site. The first being the Qubeley Mk II of Elpeo Puru, then just this day the original Qubeley of Haman Karn. This Qubeley Mk II made its appearance in ZZ Gundam being flown by Ple Two for the Neo Zeon movement being led by Haman Karn.

Bandai MG 1/100 AMX-004 Qubeley English Color Guide & Paint Conversion Chart

Haman Karn's AMX-004 Qubeley made first famous in Zeta Gundam. This was the first mobile suit I saw that used a funnel system as its offensive armament. For the Qubeley it was a 10 funnel system that was stored at the tail of the mobile suit and could be controlled by the new type pilot. This mobile suit used a psycommu system to interact with the pilot and in combat was considered deadly because maximised the superior reflexes of a newtype.

1/144 HGUC RGM-89S Stark Jegan English Color Guide

The RGM-89S Stark Jegan from the Gundam Unicorn OVA that is all the rave right now. This design looks plain in my eyes but it looks really good being chopped up by Marida Cruz with her Kshatriya *snicker*. The Stark Jegan is one of the mobile suits of the Federation forces.

Kotobukiya 1/72 Zoids RZ-013 Buster Tortoise English Color Guide & Manual

The 1/72 Buster Tortoise from Kotobukiya. Not really fond of this design because these types of zoids are not really frontline-edge-of-the-sword type of mechas. These are mostly back-end-in-the-rear-with-the-gear types. But they do pack a wallop with the weaponry they carry. More like mobile artillery pieces in the sphere of mech warfare which provide blanket support during an offensive maneuver.

Watch Robotech Episodes Online

While researching on Astro Boy I found out that via the MangaEntertainment Channel at youtube you can actually watch the Robotech Episodes Online.

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn OVA Vol. 1 Blue Ray DVD available on March 12

I'm really out of the loop when it comes to the Gundam Unicorn OVA that is coming out this year. So was surprised to find out that Volume 1 of the DVD is available on March 12 this month on a world wide release schedule. This means that it will already have English version in it.

Kotobukiya 1/72 HMM EZ-015 Iron Kong English Color Guide & Manual

Back to some more translations of Color Guides. This time for the 1/72 Iron Kong made by Kotobukiya into a model kit. The Iron King is one of the living mecha that can be found in the Zoids anime franchise.

Hobby Search SAL commemorative sale extended till March

Hobby Search announced that they are extending their SAL commemorative sale till March 31. This anniversary sale commemorates the adoption of Hobby Search of the SAL method of shipping for their international customers.

Macross Chronicle 43 and 44

Scheduled for release on March 4 is Macross Chronicle 43. Preview of the pages listed below.

Character sheet will have Maximillian Jenius of Macross DYRL.

1/100 GN-002 Gundam Dynames Assembly Part IV

Decided on continuing the Gundam Dynames build over the others. I guess I'm such a sucker for continuity *snicker*