Here's an interesting bit of news: Bandai has announced that a Master Grade RX-78-2 Gundam Version 3.0 is coming out in August. As usual, you can go to Gundam Guy for a little more detail. As a lot of people have mentioned, it appears to be an upscaled version of the RG 1/144 model. We can expect an extraordinary new standard of detail from this
Normally, I don't like sharing news that's probably on a million other blogs, but I'd like to know what people think about this. Some are intrigued, while others are indifferent. Bandai has rather actively been trying to revamp its MG line, with the new MG Strike Gundam coming to mind. With this 3.0, Bandai is taking its first step into the future.
Personally, I'm a little indifferent. I love the idea of upping the quality, but I'm getting a little tired of the RX-78-2. Mind you, I loved the 2.0 model, so I'm not very excited about a new version. I'd much rather see some forgotten favorites (DX, Heavyarms Custom) get the MG treatment instead.
But what do you say? It is on the buy-list or the ignore-list?
I think you can only redesign the rx-78-2 so many times before it loses it's point. I haven't built any MG rx-78s so I have no idea what's different between each one. But personally I think Zeta should be the test bed for future advancements. If Bandai can perfect the engineering for that, then virtually any suit can be possible.
ReplyDeleteThe intricacy of the Zeta is probably why they'd rather avoid it and use the simplistic RX-78-2. Though, in a perfect world, I'd prefer the Zeta as well.
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