This might sound like a bit of a cop-out, but I work a good bit and I don't tend to think of writing reviews as fun in my off time. Also when I first started this blog I'd only been working about a month and I was only working around 15 hours while finishing up my senior year in high school, so I only managed to put up two reviews. And then I graduated at the end of May...and then I started working closer to 20 hours a week and spending a great deal of time doing nothing more than building models, playing games, and doing absolutely fucking nothing (and hating myself for it). Basically writing these reviews was the last thing on my mind and I really didn't care because in at then end of June I realized that my camera's battery was dieing from overcharge, and I didn't have that much spare cash at that moment. I then promptly forgot it needed replacing and by that point it was August. At that point I was again strapped for cash, only replacing the battery about a month ago (at the time of my first update). So we've arrived at today and I actually put something up. As of now, I plan to write up the reviews for my models, even if its only one or two a week and I'm going to try to get pictures of them up at the same time. However if I only have a basic shot of the model its because I wrote the review at night or the weather was bad and I couldn't get any natural light.
Some other stuff I might should explain would be my ratings and status for models. For ratings its pretty simple, I find that a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, system is simpler and easier for me to rate than a 1-10 system. Here is an explanation for the numbers.
--A rating of 1 is my lowest and the reasons for it will usually be elaborated upon in the review itself, but a few reasons will be, bad detail, poor articulation/joints, or poor kit design.
--A rating of 2 means the kit isn't bad, but there is some kind of flaw preventing it from being good. A good example would be 1/144 HGUC Delta Plus. The kit has good detail and pretty good articulation but the lack of accessories and a stand really drag it down, along with one beam saber and a gun that is hard to pose with.
--A rating of 3 is average and quite honestly, most of the kits I've put together are average kits. Once again the issues will generally be elaborated upon in the review but usually the issue is going to be something similar to the issues i have with 1/144 HGUC FA Gundam 7th.
--A rating of 4 is above average and generally indicates a kit with good detail, articulation and sculpting. Minor issues will prevent kits from gaining a rating of 5 and one of those issues is the lack of a stand would be the lack of a stand (or a bad stand) with a kit that really needs one (looking at you HGUC 1/144 Re-Gz and Sazabi).
--A rating of 5 puts a kit on a very high tier. Models on this level should be owned by anyone who enjoys building/collecting gunpla. One of those being 1/144 00 Gundam. Any of its variants are insanely articulated (look at my review of Seven Swords/G). Its amazingly simple to build has very few (and very simple) panel lines and very good detail. Other models on this level would be MG Sword Impulse, MG Strike Noir, and 1/144 HG 00 Quan[t]
Status refers to why you should buy a model, or on a personal level, my contentedness with the purchase.
Garbage - I hate the kit and the only reason I kept it was because I paid for it, would only recommend unless you are good with old kits, enjoy painting, or really, really, love the design.
Filler - The kit is good and I don't really dislike it, I just wouldn't go out of my way to purchase it. If you see it and like the design its worth buying (or if you're paying for shipping, literally as filler)
Buy - This is a kit you should buy but if you have something against the design, you really won't enjoy it. Unicorn Destroy Mode is a good example of this, its a good kit, fun to build, good detail and all, but unless you like the design you'd probably be disappointed.
Must buy - Buy, buy, buy, buy. Unless you have some amazing hatred of the design, you'll love the kit. Good sculpt, good design, good detail, good everything. When I give a model this status, I honestly believe everyone should own one and with good reason(s), usually ones that I've already stated.
I think that about covers anything that might confuse anyone, if you find something else feel free to mention it, I'm not exactly the greatest editor on the planet or the best with making sense of my thoughts.
Monday, October 25, 2010
1/144 HGUC RX-0 Unicorn Gundam Destroy Mode
Oh man that's a mouth-full. Any way, no pictures for a while as the weather has decided to go crazy and I don't know when I'll be able to take any more pictures outside (since I can use the stand I got from my 1/144 00 Qan[t]).
For anyone who doesn't know Unicorn has two forms, Destroy Mode and Unicorn Mode. Destroy Mode is permanently in Destroy Mode unlike the MG that can change between the two. While this may put some off, it probably puts more on to the model (or at least the ones like me who have problems with the MG). This is probably one of the rarer cases of a 1/144 scale kit being more articulate than a 1/100 scale kit, but its really true. The 1/144 Unicorn has much better articulation than the MG, probably due to the fact that its stuck in one form and none of the parts need to slide or move as part of the transformation. However, the articulation isn't that great, it can hold it's gun properly and is fairly stable, but don't expect 1/144 00 levels of articulation.
The level of detail is great, as usual, for the HGUC line (the newer kits at any rate). There are relatively few panel lines and if you are big on painting, it requires very little as the red bits don't really need anything to make them better.
Overall I really like this kit, much more than its MG counterpart. However if you are looking for a kit with amazing articulation, look elsewhere Unicorn has a couple poses that work well, and it should stay in one of those poses. I almost want to say this is one of those must have kits, but I've heard quite a few people say they don't like the design of Unicorn so I'm going to give it a status of "Buy" and not "Must Have."
Overall rating:
4 out of 5
Status:
Buy
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