together. its like a weird sliding motion to get some of them into place that i just didnt find to be well-communicated by the instructions and just ended up making me pretty frustrated at a few points. regardless, still very solid and I'm fighting between A and S. i'll think on it

rg rx-78-2 2.0 (2024) - (i think) november 2025: obviously a depature from the original design and i do get why that pisses some people off but like with the hi-nu i cant really argue with the results. again these newer RGs are like crack to me but im not huge on the way some of these joints come

an S otherwise. i guess A sighhhhhhh

older real grades are pretty notorious for spontaneously combusting and i guess even the good ones are included in that. once this thing was done it was genuinely shedding parts from SOMEWHERE every time it was moved or posed or anything and its so sad because this totally could have been

RG 00 Qan[T] (2016) - october 2025: i got a job and bought these next two like 3 days in so we're gonna speed way up timeline-wise now lmao. I WANNA LIKE THIS ONE SO BAD I LOVE THE QANT I HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH IT THIS IS THE FIRST ONE WHERE I BUILT THE FRAME ON ITS OWN FIRST AND IT WAS AWESOME. but.

i do think the visor effect looks sick as fuck btw but i assume most gm-adjacent things just do that

a pain in the ass to paint. probably like C. nothing to write home about but certainly not glaringly awful or anything

hguc nemo (2013) - september 2025: pretty par for a random high grade IF I WOULD START SANDING THE FUCKING NUBS ALREADY OH MY GOD. the biggest issue is the sticker usage. some are fine but especially those big vents are in a worst of both world situation where they look like shit but would also be

of the design, but i expect that's just a six months ago me issue surely. including a stand is always nice and being one of the few high grades ive done (even outdoing a lot of higher grades here) that doesnt require a sticker for the eyes is huge. Probably doesn't crack S but a very solid A

hg calibarn (2023) - september 2025: really really nice hg that makes me excited for the aerial rebuild i have lined up. funny as fuck main weapon and the permet parts are such a good addition. strangely i swear i went back to line this one but just couldnt get them to stay because of the geometry

but yeah this thing rocks. i remember opening the box and being terrified of the like fifteen runners but these modern real grades are just like crack. i spent like a full day getting owned by the funnels not going in their outlet things before realizing i just skipped a step for no reason lmao

RG hi-nu gundam (2021) - august 2025: i found a like $60 barnes and noble gift card under my bed one day and just bought the most expensive thing in stock i could find. this thing fucking owns. basically perfect as long as you dont despise it not being purple. easy S. WHY DID I TAKE SO LONG TO LINE

painting instead of doing stickers so one of these days i'll definitely go back and work on this one. BUT IN THE MEANTIME this shit is kinda ass. even ignoring colors you just get a really lame lack of posability and the rinky dink swords just arent secure. genuinely like D lmao

hggs strike rouge + iwsp (2004) - july 2025: i got owned. i got rolled. i got clickbaited. this shit was painted on the box and i didnt know they just lied way more pre-like 2010 and i didnt know hgce and hggs were different lmao. ironically my other strike rouge is what got me to finally start

hguc victory 2 (2014) - july (???crazy to think there was ever a month long gap lmao) 2025: really really good little 2010s high grade that im so mad i did before i bought panel liners. basically no problems besides not having the wings (which is of course solved by my incredible diy skills lmao). A

again i just really need to get into strengthening joints but other than this one thing its a pretty nice high grade (though going "hey why's there no way to display the funnels" was my introduction to bandai p-bandai limited release add-on part whatevertf bullshittery lol). probably also B

hguc qubeley revive (2015) - may 2025: another funny little freak so im always going to be lenient but i do still feel like we totally couldve done better on the shoulders. it feels impossible to pose this thing's arms without the one you just moved flopping back down because theyre on ball joints

antenna like twelve times. ive seen people complain that its not like real gold but i really could not care less so whatever. like B but im really miffed about it because its good except for the stuff that pisses me off. this is also the first kit i went back to panel line and i should do that more

hguc hyaku shiki revive (2016) - may 2025: overall really solid kit in every way but literally. i was willing to just blame this on me being new at the time but even after touching things up theres been constant issues with the hands falling apart if you nudge the weapons at all and ive lost the

joints have really loosened up, likely because this is one of the ones ive moved around and reposed the most, so i'd be interested in tightening some of them up so i can touch it without it ragdolling lmao. like c tier but this thing's a weird little freak with a mold older than i am so like wtv.

zgok (2001 but like really 1999) - April 2025: fun little ten dollar kit to have as a first build. not anything complex and the colors are kinda fucked up for some reason but surely when im cutting shit out with nail clippers i probably shouldn't be trying anything crazy.

(it was actually like 10 days lmao). first year of gunpla thread.

Dougram is like fine right now but I’m dreading getting to the point where we pass (not the very beginning but the bulk of) the flash forward first episode because it will almost certainly just be a worse show from then on lmao

Ok after doing the freedom, justice, and providence are people just trolling about the hips joints. What the fuck are you people doing to these things

chat im gonna do a thread reviewing all the shit i built in the first year but theres no world where i finish the mg justice, strike rouge, and fm aerial in the next like five days or whatever when i still have the whole ass justice glider bullshit to do which do i do first. lets go lesbians?

Genuine worst part about having friends is that there’s a chance you now have to see “the amazing digital circus: the last act” in theaters. This endeavor may kill me

Within seconds of this uploading she got into a fight with this rug

Malicious beast sent here to kill me

Told this fucking cat to not jump on my kitchen counter and she scoffed at me. Who do you think you are bro