Saturday, March 2, 2013

Recent Acquistions

Sooo I got some more stuff for my 1/300 Gundam armies (Earth Federation and Principality of Zeon) I scored a Geara Dogda, MS Selection set 8, and a Mechwarrior Dark Ages Lamprey VTOL.


While I've learned not to expect a whole lot from MS Selection stuff, but I was particularly disappointed with the Rick Dom fig.




As you can see, from the front/side view, it doesn't look so bad, but from the back you can see the ridiculously warped Heat Rod.

However, what really irritated me was the discolored bazooka. (highlighted in the yellow box)

While it doesn't compare to the Strategy of Gundam figs. I'll still use them for gaming purposes.








I was impressed with the Rick Dom II. Something about a Dom holding an MG over the bazooka just seems cool and pose clearly designates it as a command unit.


I really didn't expect much from the Agguy. It's not particularly my favorite Mobile Suit anyway, but it'll still make a nice addition to my Zeon Force. It did seem a bit undersized. This kind of surprised me as MS Selection figs tend to run on the larger size.






The Real surprise of the group was the Guntank. I thought it was going to be a lot crappier than it really turned out and it's close enough in size to my Strategy of Gundam series  Guntank (mass produced)  to be useful in my Earth Federation Army.











Rounding out the new Mobile Suits in the motor pool is the Geara Dogda which will be making an appearance in my Gundam 40k campaign as a prototype Zeon Suit. I really wish I could have gotten my hands on the command version, but this will do.





And lastly, is the Mechwarrior: Dark Ages Lamprey. I already had one, but I lost it. So I got another one. I plan on using them as red herrings during campaigns. I'll never forget playing the mission in Rise from the Ashes on the Dreamcast where you're attacking the Zeon sub pen and a helicopter flies over head and you find out later that there was some kind of bioweapon on board. So it'll serve to cause all kinds of doubts in players.





That's it for now. I was supposed to play the second mission in the Campaign last week, but my buddy got sucked into a honey dew list so it didn't happen. Maybe this week. Feel free to leave comments.