Topic: Great kits coming from Bandai

[Tamer]

They sure look great to me. So want that big AT-AT.

Time to go share this news.

[JDeck]

I was reading a rumor of bandai making an a-wing, and death star turret. http://modelkitsreview.com/bandai-1-72-a-wing-starfighter/
    The a-wing I believe its a combo pack with a Death Star cannon, since a 1/72 A-wing is so small. Not sure though. Bandai is being very secretive lately, so they might have something good cooking.
  I just checked the website, they have tons of new kits on the horizon. http://bandai-hobby.net/sw/jp/schedule/
X-wing, star destroyer, clone trooper a-wing and Poe's T-70.

[Tamer]

I always enjoy seeing updates here. Great news. Let me go share it on the other channels.

[JDeck]

.    I'm happy with the new lineup. The A-wing is awesome, and it'll be out next month. At 133mm the "actual"  a-wing is 9.6m= 31.5 feet a large estimate, but 10 yards seems right.  The new x-wing doesn't have a listed scale. I did the math based on wookieepedia it is very close to 1/144, actually 1/145.348, close darn enough, less than 1% out of scale, so that's awesome.
   I absolutely love the Star destroyer, I very rarely say that about anything. I'm no Star Destroyer expert, but it looks to me like the Star Destroyer Avenger. Its only about 111mm or 4.37",  But tons of detail. Scale is about 1/14,414. Like Yoda said "Size matters not...judge me by my size, do you?" They're doing sort of a non specific scale pocket-kit type thing, but very good detail.
  They're up for sale if you want them, Star Destroyer $19.00, on Amazon. I always wait until available on Prime, ends up being faster to wait sometimes. Also if you look on Bandai's website the suggested retail is 648 Japanese Yen, which comes out to about $6.01 including 8% tax. So I'd wait a week or two, till the market levels off. New kits are always inflated, people are trying to make a killing off of american buyers since Bandai is banned. In a couple of weeks the prices will drop, and it'll be on Prime, which is great.
 Star Destroyer. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01BD3NIJM/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1461850722&sr=8-1&pi=SX200_QL40&keywords=bandai+star+destroyer&dpPl=1&dpID=41qOs28lirL&ref=plSrch
X-wing http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01BD3NJ82/ref=mp_s_a_1_37?qid=1461850809&sr=8-37&pi=SX200_QL40&keywords=bandai+x-wing&dpPl=1&dpID=51CpgZDzqKL&ref=plSrch
Of course 1/12 Kylo Ren is coming in the next day or so. He looks pretty cool. Again, I'd wait a while, unless you live in Japan.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01BD3NHNO/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1461866402&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=bandai+kylo+ren+model+kit&dpPl=1&dpID=5160UjCl3AL&ref=plSrch

[Tamer]

More news for the front pages thank you.

[JDeck]

I went ahead and broke my own waiting rule. I bought a SD kit from Hobby_Japan on ebay. It was a fair price $5.80+$5.20s&h. Less than suggested retail, and the shipping cost, well there's not much you can do about that. I've bought from them before, they're legit. It was at a price that's fair for everyone, I'll probably buy a bunch of these over time. But $19.99, no. With combined shipping, you could almost get 3 kits for that price. Amazon sellers will have to lower their price soon.

   1/12 Kylo Ren review: http://www.gunjap.net/site/?p=300470#more-300470
 pretty rad, check out the details even on the back of his helmet. Awesome stuff. They show a side by side with the SH.FIGUARTS Kylo, the kit isn't as good, but for the price not bad. The only thing that gets me are the elbows, they disappear when bent. However it allows for better range of motion, articulation is useless without range of motion. The details are nice and crisp. With a little black wash and chrome paint, the mask would really pop. I don't like that mask decal. Cool kit though. Suggested retail including 8% tax, 3,240 Japanese Yen, or $30.46 USD.

[Tamer]

Wow that looks great. Off to share.

[JDeck]

  Official images of the 1/72 A-wing. A-wing looks great, the pilot is pretty detailed, from what I can see, at least it has the correct helmet anyway. The DS turret is an awesome addition. It'll be out at the end of the month. I can't wait.  http://www.gunjap.net/site/?p=301124#more-301124

[Tamer]

That base looks pretty cool. Love seeing the death star tower.

[JDeck]

  I found some pictures of some Bandai kits from the Japanese hobby show! http://www.taghobby.com/4-0/????-2016?5?12?5?15?-??hobby-show-2016-bandai??-????/
    I'm kinda giddy about it. First 1/72 TIE Interceptor looks cool. 1/144 Y-wing, that's awesome! Clone trooper with cool variants. I assume the battle droid w/stapp are model kits, however it could possibly be SH.FIGUARTS, but who knows. I can say one of the battle droids is a model kit, because of the distinctive black stand. I'm not big on prequel stuff, but I'd get a few of those droids. Evidently your not supposed to take pictures. Many Bothans died to bring us this information.

[Tamer]

Cool, still waiting on seeing an AT-AT. I really like the atst and snowspeeder I picked up. Almost bit on the figures, but just so can't get into new lines. Time for the front page.

[JDeck]

Cool, still waiting on seeing an AT-AT. I really like the atst and snowspeeder I picked up. Almost bit on the figures, but just so can't get into new lines. Time for the front page.

  I hear ya on the AT-AT. I imagine they'll make one in the small "concept" version, that's just a guess.
  I'm not really into the figures either, but my absolute favorite kit so far is the C-3po. I highly recommend it.  You won't find a better C-3po, at least for the price. Lots of great variations, that can easily be swaped. You can't go wrong with that kit. Bandai makes great droids, and stormies. I was disappointed in the Sandtrooper, the pauldron was too dinky.
  Is it me or would the death star turret go better with the smaller 1/144 kits? It seems a little small. Its dwarfed by the A-wing, which is a very small fighter.

[Tamer]

Yeah, the scale is way off on that Death Star Tower, but I still think it is pretty cool.

[JDeck]

Here's an open box review of the A-wing. http://www.gunjap.net/site/?p=302404#more-302404

Looks simple enough, I could probably build this without instructions. Having the red and white sections separate will help with painting. Not too many decals. The turret looks pretty cool too, waay small, but cool.  I pre ordered a couple last week, (shipped today) but its good to know what I'm getting. Judging by the clear engine innards (A-1), there could be a lighting kit for this. I haven't seen one though. It would be easy enough to hook up some LED lighting. It has what appears to be a trap door for batteries (A-13), like the Falcon had. The underbelly (B-5) appears to have a cavity for a battery pack, or at least room for a coin battery, in the same place the "trap door" connects. Right in front of the engines.

[JDeck]

Gunjap has official photos of the mini Poe X-wing. http://www.gunjap.net/site/?p=303340#more-303340

Pretty cool. Orioles colors alright!