How is the Avalanche? I've bee kind of wanting to get it. Also, does anyone know if the 00 HGs are compatible with the AGE HGs (not including Vagan suits of course).

Finally the model I had written off as "never going to be made" has shown up in Shizuoka:

Gerbera Tetra was seen in the closing moments of Stardust Memory, piloted by Admiral Cima after her coup against Delaz.

http://gundamguy.blogspot.sg/2013/04...announced.html

The Suit itself does nothing spectacular in the anime but I loved how very Kampfer+Gelgoog like the design has. And heck, this thing was way overdue.

I've seen people kitbash 00 and AGE Suits with some pretty cool results, though I'm not really sure how much modification is needed to really make it work. Best I can suggest is taking a look at the manuals and seeing how all the parts connect together.

I found a couple of examples here:

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/2143/14876y.jpg

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/1559/rimg002821.jpg

Those are gorgeous.

So I was right with my suspicion that the Movable Armor on the MG3 RX-78 was influenced by the same gimmick on the SHCMpro. The SHCM was a good line, I think it didn't last long because the Unicorn came with a lot of parts and while I understand the price increase; they were expensive pre-built models.

For the price of 1 SHCMpro you could probably get 3-4 HGUC models. Or a much larger MG. Plus for toys, there was Robot Damashii SIDE MS, Kidou Senshi, Gundam FIX, et al.

I think SHCMpro catered to the 80's HCM fans who wanted a modernized HCM that was more articulated. That's exactly what they got. Heh, the RG 1/144 RX78 looks like a buildable version of the SHCMpro.

I know my kitbash experience is somewhat limited, but if you need advise on how to combine stuff together then hit me up with a message.

I'd also suggest getting some tamiya cement or putty just in case.

Cool! Thanks.

You know it's funny. The AEUG and then Federation spent years developing a transformable mobile suit project that was cost effective, starting with the original Delta Gundam Eventually it resulted in the Zeta & ZZ and all of the variants in between. But making a truly cost effective mass production suit based on the Zeta series never quite panned out since everything was either one-off or limited production runs The FAZZ, Zeta C1, Re-GZ, ZII, ReZel, Delta Kai, Z Rapier, etc.

It's funny because the perfect mass production suit that combined the best elements of the Zeta and ZZ projects was in fact made by Neo Zeon. The Bawoo. Seeing as it was built based on stolen designs of the Zeta Machines, incorporates the top and bottom fighter concept introduced by the ZZ, and it's upper half is almost a dead ringer for the Zeta, it wins. It's the most cost effective and versatile of all the attempted Zeta MP's.

http://imageshack.us/a/img267/5655/dscn0994s.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img515/596/dscn0995f.jpg

Now that is pretty. I always appreciated Zeon Mobile Suits that steal from Feddie designs :lol

Any of you have Casval's Gundams?