Mechamaniac

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OK, pics now... No, the markings are not standard, they are leftover Stickers from a PG Zaku. But, I tried to do one where you can see most of the accessories, so here's the Gelgoog "loaded for bear" so to speak. And here's the back image...

OK, here's the brief rundown...pics to follow... Where and how much Place - Target Price - $19.99 Size Toy height - 7.75 inches Actual height - 19.2 meters Resulting scale - 1/98 (ok close enough to 1/100) Materials, Finish & Detailing Materials - PVC of varying thickness. Color - Same coral pink color as the motorized Char's Zaku Detailing - Very little, some shading in certain parts. Finish - OK, some color inconsistencies in the light coral color. Panel lining is almost NIL, (except on thet hands) and there is very little weathering of any other type. There are clusters of thrusters under the rear armor plate, and under the calf armor plates as well. These look OK, and are painted in color to simulate flame coming out of them, but they are mounted on a single bar, and the joint does not support their weight, so in short, they cannot be moved much beyond where they hang. Also, the thrusters are not on individual ball joints, so they are frozen where they are. Durability & Poseability - The main durability problem that I see is with the waist joint. It has an internal joint that allows for some downward motion of the upper torso on either side. The problem with this is when you attach the shield to the left arm, it drags the left side of the body down as long as the shield is attached. I will attempt to open the body up and see if I can tighten the joint. Other than that, it seems as durable as the other Arch Enemy toys. Obviously, due to the large flared leg armors on the Zaku suits, you don't get the solid cast legs that the Gundams and the Tallgeese III had, but it's pretty solid overall. Poseability is OK. Legs - The ankles can rotate a full 360 degrees horizontally, and they have sufficient side to side movement as well. The tops of the thighs can only twist about 20 degrees outward due to the flaring on the hip armor. The knees are standard 90 degree backwards bending only. Shoulders, Arms, and Wrists - The shoulders are pretty much standard, they will rotate a full 360 degrees. The elbows are much the same as the knees, offering 90 degree forward bend only. There is no rotation at the elbow joints, but full 360 degree rotation at the tops of the arms under the shoulder joint, so you can achieve a nice cross the body pose with the rifle. Accessories Shield - Attaches to the left arm. The mounting point on the shield will rotate 360 degrees. There is also a spare shield attachment that stores the Beam Sword hilt, and mounts the shield on the back of the toy/ Spare hands - The standard hands are typical balled fists, but there are spare left and right hands that are molded open with extended trigger fingers that actually match the trigger position on the rifle. The open hands are bendable enough to allow for a grip in the barrel of the rifle etc. Twin Beam Sword - A little Darth Maul action here, the handle is independent of the blades which are swappable. You can have either the curved naginata style blades inserted into each end., or a single flared type blade in one end. The Beam Sword Hilt stores on an opening clip on the rear armor plate. Beam Rifle/Beam bazooka - What can you say, they're guns, one little, one big. One thing to note that is nice about the Beam Bazooka is that the pistol grip rotates downward about 45 degrees so that the hand can hold the grip and the bazooka can be mounted on the shoulder!. The sight actually comes on line with the mono eye when this is done, a pretty nice touch IMHO. Backpack - Nothing too special here. Overall, a very nice toy for $20.00. Weathering and detailing does not come even close to any of the other Arch Enemy releases, and I really don't like the coral pink color, but overall, very much worth the money. Pics to follow, and will accept Pic requests....

That would be cool if you could maybe spray paint a light dusting of a conductive paint over it, and then have a switch that throws some voltage out into the water causing the facehugger to jump whenever an unsuspecting friend came near it.

Well, what the hell, after the last couple posts, this thread is doomed anyway. Good ole' Richard GERBIL

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Yeah me too, like a honkey version of those Homies. Hey, I thought they were called Bendable Homies?

OK, gimme the whole squad, and an APC and a Dropship to be sure, that way we don't have to buy those zillion dollar Halcyon models anymore . Hell, even give me a snivelling Burke figure that I can stick pins into in the hopes that somewhere Paul Reiser will cry out in pain. But, fellas, they can keep any sort of Ripley figure, Sigourney Weaver is BU-FUGLY, and always has been, so, no little Ripleys for me. Now, Jonesy the cool ass cat from the first movie? yeah, he rocked!.

That is freaking sweet!! Need to get a set of these....

OK guys, another update from Paul So, there you have it, if there is enough demand for each type it looks as though we can have one case for the Mech heads out there, and one for the art lovers too. Hopefully, now we can come to a consensus! Thanks guys....

Yeah, that image could work, but it would have to be cleaned up a good bit, and corrected. The missiles are way too small, and the tip of the gu-11 is crooked. But, it would satisfy the Mech heads (Me, Blaine23, TheLoneWolf) Keeping with the Mikimoto thing, how about this one for the top? http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/art/mcr221l.jpg

So, any tips for weathering??

it's gotta have a Valk somewhere on it though! Somebody work in a Mikimito Valk somewhere?!?!?

Oh crap, another great design!! I wonder if Paul would let us narrow it down to two or three, and then we could choose. edit - I have added that image to the first page. "it's a contendah!"

I like those too. I really like the lighter artwork for the spine and top. As much as I like that image of the macross in space, the box would be very dark with that image, and the DYRL images from the sides. And either the Max and Millia or the Angel Birds would be good for a TV series reference.

Every time I transformed my 1/48 Hikaru 1A, I thought that tab was going to snap, it is an unfortunate weak point, and I'm surprised that more of these haven't broken.

I thought about doing desert camo, but to me, the idea of a 60 foot robot trying to camoflauge itself especially in the desert, is kind of silly. I am very new at weathering, and what little you see is pastel chalks. I would definitely be interested in any suggestions on how I could grunge it up a bit. I used flat paints, so I don't think a wash will go over too well, but I'll try anything. I also need to get some good decals (cough Anasazi cough) since the standard PG stickers are pure crap. And yeah, those are the 1/35 Labors, and the Hummer is a converted Motorworks Hummer that I snagged at Wal Mart, repainted, and decaled up to be a labor command car using the left over decals and dry transfers from the three MG kits.

Yeah, the molded color on those heat hawks is horrid. I'm trying to decide what color to do the weapons in... Thanks!

Actually, that's what I was going for. When I was in the Army during the first gulf war, all of our Hummers looked that way, since they all got that "oh crap we're going to the desert" quick desert camo makeover.

More This one with the glowing heat hawk from Custom Kit #2

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Some pics of my "almost" completed Desert PG Zaku. Sorry for my crappy digicam, but let me know what you guys think...

I added Blaine23's latest creations to the first page. In my opinion, that last one is the best so far. It is the best blending of nice imagery, and makes the box exactly half and half SDF, and DYRL.