Double-X

This thing is just gorgeous.

As one of my favorite designs in all of the Gundam lore, this is hands down one of my favorite representations of the suit. I think I might have to purchase one of these.

Oh wow, I thought I was the only X/Double X fan here :lol

Are you kidding me, it was a shame that the series was cut short, but ratings are what they are. X was one of my first. I had bought the original ng 1/144 releases (X, Leopard, Air Master, Ashtaron, and Virsago) back in the days of mail order from print ads. the rpoportions were a step up from the few Wing kits my friend ans had got instantly fell in love with Leopard, with X a close second. As we developed otaku tendencies, I leaned heavily into mecha. When the Double X was introduced it just clicked. Like I said, shame it got cancelled. I would have loved ten more episodes featuring the upgrades and bamfs like Jamil and Lancecrow.

Ratings were only what they were because the shows time slot was changed multiple times. Yes the ratings weren't exactly great but it was moved from a regular Friday afternoon slot, a comfortable one for ratings that G and Wing had enjoyed before it, to later and later times. Eventually it was instead aired at a ridiculously early Sunday morning time slot. The ratings were pretty much much dead after that and then the production staff started bailing out one by one :(

It's pretty sad too. It's a fantastic 'what if' take on the Universal Century and I always liked it. It's a shame that universe doesn't get as much love as the others either.

So that's where Cartoon Network based their broadcast model from ;).

So, MG Sazabi Ver. Ka got an official announcement, That made me happy. I think we all saw it coming, but it's just nice to have it said aloud:D.


And here's some HG 1/100 Double X love:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3676/9...0f5772ab_o.jpg


I cannot stay away from this kit, this is my third copy of it. The other two unfortunately took some crippling falls that they could not come back from.

gundam banshee kits
 

i have recently gotten into gundams and went crazy once i saw the banshee, i wanted to know how many banshee kits are their. i have picked up 3 of them and every time i research kits i keep finding new ones. i hope someone on here knows there gundams

There are several releases in two different scales. HG 1/144 features non transforming versions, whilst the MG releases feature transformations.

A good resource is Dalong's .

Heyo, shelling out my stuff again.

Anybody want to take my built HGUC Psycho Gundam off my hands?

pics and price?

It's pretty huge at 1/144 scale. That's a 7 inch Neca Robocop next to it.
$30 if you'd like to take it off my hands.

http://imageshack.us/a/img43/6939/tpgc.jpg

oh its already built

Somebody almost gave me that for free, but another somebody jumped in to claim it before I could. Instead, he's sending me Extreme for free, cuz I bought that previous lot off him.

I'm kiiiiiiiinda tempted...

Presenting The Ball Megazord!

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3816/7euq.jpg

http://gundamguy.blogspot.ca/2013/08...tom-build.html

I don't know if i should laugh at or fear this monstrosity.

Well my post which you quoted asking for pics even said it was built.....
So glorious :lol

That is just epic. Probably epically bad but maybe good. I can't tell for sure because I love it and I hate it.

Does anyone know where I can find the original Gundam series so I can start getting into this damn franchise?

Do yourself a favor and just watch the compilation movies. The original Gundam isn't bad but there's a lot of nonsensical filler you gotta sit through.

Easy example I can make…there's one episode where they search for salt. At the end, the chef acts like it's the end of life as he knows it.

You mean on dvd or streaming? Assuming you want subbed torrents are the easiest.

I can send you links later tonight, if you pm me a reminder.

So how would you rank Gundam protagonists?

My fave is probably Setsuna F. Seiei from Gundam 00. He's one of the few non-Japanese main characters in the franchise (despite his weird-ass name) and one of the fewer Middle-Eastern characters portrayed in a balanced light.

I hated him outright at first. I felt his character was just a blatant cash-in on the use of the Middle East as a setting like almost every major video game, TV series and movie post-Afghanistan/pre-Iraq. His backstory annoyed me and as a character he was stoic and rather boring. But as the series progressed I realized his blank characterization was purposeful. Unlike most other Gundam pilots, Setsuna was a killer from the start. He didn't stumble upon a giant robot, he wasn't motivated by love or friendship (though that changes when we see the 2nd season), his belief in the dogma of Celestial Being and the power of the Gundam bordered on fanatical due to his on faith being twisted and shattered by Ali Al-Saarchez.

I think favorite Setsuna moment was probably when he had no choice but to kill Anew when she was about to kill Lyle. He even warned Lyle that when it came down to it, if she was a threat, he'd eliminate her. Other main characters would have fallen into some kind of internal turmoil at the choice. Setsuna killed her without flinching and Lyle beat the crap out of Setsuna for it but he took it without fighting back.

Agreed. Despite what UC purists say, I found 00 to be one of the best Gundam series. Is Celestial Being good or bad? I guess it depends on your point of view. I like how the Gundams are almost potrayed as a force of nature. The "horror-like" theme music that plays everytime they show up, vs uplifiting heroic music we expect to hear with protagonists. They make Gundams almost scary and very threatening for sure.

I think 00 have a very strong season 1 but not so much for most of season 2. The movie also was a let down.

*double post*

This. Season 1 was great. Season 2 was clearly put through a retool to make it more like UC. I think if they had stopped at the end of season 1 it would be among my favorites, but season 2 spoiled most of the things I liked about season 1.

The movie is quite possibly the biggest let down in the franchise if you ask me. It's just so poorly constructed :(

I however loved Season 2.

Season 2 was basically because the more "hardcore" Gundam fans wanted to see the usual tropes. Titans-like villains= A-LAWS, Char-like Rival=Mr.Bushido, Newtype-like BS=Innovators.

People originally complained about the 1st season because as far as they were concerned, it was very unlike Gundam series in the past which was actually why it was a good thing. The 2nd Season was basically crafted with these old Gundam tropes to "homage" these things.

I still defend the movie though. Yes it was a radical change from usual Gundam analogy. But there was a message in it I felt a lot of people missed out on. Moreover I liked how they handled the ELS. See for the longest time Sci-Fi has always handled First Contact type stories to be between Humanity and an Alien species which were for the most part similar to humans (verbal communication, bipedal, technologically advanced...etc).

The ELS took the Alien concept to the extreme. A race of sentient metallic creatures who could only communicate through the use of a certain Quantum Brainwave pattern, which is why they were drawn to Innovators/Innovades/Super-Soldiers who emitted these Brainwaves.

Plus the movie had some more touching death scenes. Smirnov dying to uphold his parents legacy was a tear-jerker for me. And Graham Aker's famous "This is not death! This is a sacrifice for Humanity to live on!" last words were perhaps the greatest of any Gundam-Rival ever.

It pissed of a lot of Gundam fans expecting Robot-on-Robot epic action. But as a Sci-Fi movie, I think it did pretty OK, especially the scenes where you see a flashback to Aeolia talking about how if Humanity could not learn to communicate openly and cordially with one another, it would not be able to take its proper place in the stars.

Again, it wasn't for everyone. I liked the movie though it was a radical as hell change from the regular Gundam traditions. But I guess I felt it was in keeping with the tone of the series. I guess it felt like an old Trek movie with Gundams in it.

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/rev...%24pagecnt%3D1
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I'm a big UC fan but sometimes I like when Gundam does something different. Season 1 of 00 shared a lot with Gundam Wing but they just dropped a lot of the good things they had developed when season 2 came around. I don't mind them putting in more classic Gundam themes but not at the cost of what was already established. It just became a mess.

Having aliens in the movie wouldn't have been a problem except that none of really fit and they just didn't grab my interest. The movie did still have a couple of good moments finishing character development. There is a reason that most sci-fi goes with bipedal aliens who have similar features to our own. Most evolutionary theories say that if we do end up meeting intelligent life it will most likely look a lot like us. To survive in nature some things just work best.

So Fix Figuration Barzam. Is there even one person who cares?

http://blog.yahoo.com/_ED274AZGFINLE.../1280448/index

For something that was originally supposed to be the mass production model of the Gundam Mark 2, it's ugly as hell. Can't believe it's getting this treatment. Next thing you know it's Metal Build Lotos! :lol

I'd like to have more of a discussion on this particular subject but alas, it would be very off-topic from the thread.

HGUC F91:
http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN985142/Gun

Took them long enough, but finally a 1/144 F91, hopefully it will lead to the Crossbones getting released.

Just started Gundam Wing and just completed episode 5.This is my first Gundam series and I like it. Gundam is pretty damn similar to Kamen Rider, in that its mostly character development and the Gundams are a minority of the episode time. And that god dsmn theme song.

Before episode 5, I didn't like either the Rebels or the Alliance. Now I like the rebels but it still doesn't explain the twins ir the three ither Gundam pilots. I hope Reena's subplot becomes good, because after episode 5 I could see her saving someone's ass politically.

I think its already confirmed for Crossbones.They said something about doing the lead Gundam from every series.Also nice to see clear effect parts

I just want them to make a GOOD 1/144 of Deathscythe Gundam to go with my soon to be pre-ordered RD Deathscythe Hell or at least see Tamashii Nations get their asses moving on making the RD Gundam Deathscythe o3o.

With the upcoming Wing, Deathscythe is a very possible release.

If they make Deathscythe and the other first version gundams from wing aswell as both their eve war upgrades & their EW versions from the OVA then my life will be COMPLETE o3o.

I want a Heavyarms.

Also I would love to see the EW version of the original gundams in HG form, that would be great.

Some Ultraman inspired GUndam builds:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nOUt8cm1zP...07788390_n.jpg

I found out that: Hi-Nu, Wing Gundam, Astray Outframe, & Kshatriya are being made into Robot Damashii figures at some point in the future, now all Tamashii Nations has to do is make a RD Deathscythe Gundam and my life will be complete :D.