#super robot wars og

[weirdunclegamer]

Plays "Gong" on repeat

[kingofjuglans]

[reversemoon255]

SHOKUGAN MODELING PROJECT SR-X

Saying nothing of its final quality, this is probably the scummiest release for a model I have ever seen. So, R-1 and R-Gun were both standard, mass produced releases, sold together (remember this, it'll be important later). Now, you'd think with that being the case, and their sizes, that R-2 and R-3 would both be separate mass releases, but they weren't. They were instead both a massively expensive P-Bandai release. And to top it off, many of its effect parts, alternate hands, and accessories came in another additional P-Bandai set, which also came with R-Gun's railgun parts. And SR-X only uses R-Gun with the railgun parts. So if you want an accurate R-Gun to go with your SR-X, you also need that third set, and you will own R-Gun at this point since it comes with R-1.

So to summarize, R-1 and R-Gun were a mass release, R-2 and R-3 were a P-Bandai release, and completed R-Gun is a different P-Bandai release. Really scummy way of draining someone's pockets.

R-1: The most standard robot of the set, it has a decent accessory pool, storage for all of its weapons on its person, and a vehicle mode. The additional joints in the shoulder parts allow for a wide range of movement that isn't impeded by anything transformation/combination related (in fact, it may be improved). The jet mode is sadly not that great (I'm pretty sure I've gotten the arms crossed every time I've transformed it), but I appreciate its inclusion.

R-2 Powered: For such a bulky bot, R-2 has pretty decent posability. While its legs are strange to work with at first because of all its transformation parts, they do have good range. The additional Powered armor parts also don't get in the way or impede movement or balance much at all. It's probably my favorite of the set.

R-3 Powered: It's so strange that most of R-3's accessories are for its base form. R-3 without its Powered upgrade is very simple to construct, but decently posable, if a little tricky at the hips, whereas the Powered parts are the most complicated part of the entire build.

R-Gun: R-Gun is very similar to R-1 in that it's a very posable with a lot of accessories and has a transformation to it. Unlike R-1, it's transformation is a lot more solid and doesn't require you to take it apart (apart from the railguns). I understand why those two were packaged together, even if the non-inclusion of the railguns still rubs me the wrong way.

SR-X: And the reason we're all here: the SR-X. It is literally the largest model kit I have ever built, standing around 14in/35cm. Despite being an enormous combination, it is extremely solid. I'm able to pick it up and move it around without the fear of it falling apart. It's also very posable, with multiple joints in the shoulders, two waist joints, very good ankles, and many more.

And with the accessory set, it's able to replicate, I believe, every finisher is has in the game. Giant sword, using R-Gun, glowy fists, leg missiles, goofy eye beams, its jump kick. You can even remove the front portion of the eye beam and place it on a pair of included glasses if you're feeling particularly sporty that day.

It does require a few adapters in the torso, and in the hips if you don't use the stronger replacement ones (which I did), but it was overall a very fun build, and putting it together was an interesting process in and of itself.

The Bad: In total, across all 3 releases, and including shipping, I spent around $500 on this set. And while I think this is a great model kit, I would never recommend someone drop that on this thing. I think maybe you could get away with half that? But not half a grand.

It doesn't help that there's technically a better, easier to obtain option. There was a release from RIOBOT last year that's a bit more expensive (around $650?), but does all the same stuff and a bit more, comes preassembled, is made of higher quality materials, etc. If you were going to go for this, I'd say just save up a bit more and get that one. (Although, looking at its specs, this one might be ever so slightly taller O_O)

The Details: I went pretty easy on this one (it is massive, afterall). I did some basic panel lining and used the included stickers. There were a few left over for R-3 when I finished that I still don't know where they go...

Overall, the SR-X is a ridiculous model kit on many levels, including its price tag, but other than that one I'd say they're all positives. I can't recommend it, but if you have a lot of money burning a hole in your pocket, there are worse things to spend it on. Just maybe don't buy them all at once.

[thehydromancer]

A minor update to the Ruschia space variant, the HT-01SR Ruschia Nana. Mostly just simplifying the fuel binders and railgun, also decided to play around with a low observability paint scheme for space. Don't think I've mentioned this anywhere before, but its partially inspired by the Lion series of Armed Module mechs from Super Robot Wars/Super Robot Taisen OG and to a lesser degree Oz's Aries mobile suit from Gundam Wing.

[tastycitrus]

[they-have-the-same-va]

In Japanese, Xiaomu from Namco x Capcom shares a voice actress with Euphemia li Britannia from Code Geass.

Voiced by Omi Minami

[captiont0kkigx]

[robussy-liker]

Two Cunty Robots!!

Full ver is in my pixiv!

[tapiporla]

Alteisen

[twitterinsider]

CALL! GESPENST!

[weirdunclegamer]

More SUPAH ROBOT WAHS OG bay-beeeeee!  Always a good day when I get to build another of Banpresto’s OG machines, and here we have their most infamous; the Huckebein!   Okay technically the Mk-II but who cares.  Famously Banpresto actually got legally leaned on by Sunrise, the owners of Gundam, for the huckie designs being too close to the gundams and Banpresto actually had all the hucks destroyed in the fiction of their story, replaced with new mechs that weren’t as close to gundams.  But that tension has clearly... cleared up, over the years, as the hucks have returned in SRW games, and... well this model kit!

I was worried at first that the huckie might actually just be a HG gundam, and therefore not in scale with its OG model kit siblings (the Altiesen, Gespenst, and Cybuster so far), but while it IS the smallest of the kits so far, it is bigger then a standard HG gundam and doesn’t look out of scale to its brethren.

I feel like a broken record these days talking about how great Bandai’s modern kits are but... they just ARE, holy smokes, they so geeewwwd.  It’s solid, it’s color accurate, it’s poseable, it looks great!  I dunno what more to tell people, if you like the design, and you like the building hobby, just get it!  What I have to say about older kits and non-Bandai stuff is likely to be the only truly meaningful critique I can give at this point.

Well okay and the RG GaoGaiGar cuz I was very disappointed with how many issues that guy has...

More shots under the cut!

[eway]

[dynamitesunshine]

I finished PEAK! Super Robot Taisen OG Saga Endless Frontier Exceed was an amazing game! I think it was even better than the original. I love Alady and Neige so much and all the characters from the first one are amazing here too! This is a crazy ass fun game like Project X Zone

[drsunshaine]

Of course, precious best boy Üso gets to be the first ace :) (quickly followed by Amuro and Kamille)

[dzbanatello]

My box of happiness came in the mail today

[tastycitrus]

throwback to SRW V when Ange wrecked Embryo's shit and then when he had the audacity to question why she rejected him (read: refused to submit to his creepy ass), pretty much every female character in the group verbally tore him a new one