[Kit Insight] Premium Bandai Tamashii Nations Metal Robot Damashii Full Armor Knight Gundam (Real Type Ver.)

The SD Knight Gundam is all grown up.

[Kit Insight] Bandai Tamashii Nations Robot Damashii Side Jaeger Gipsy Avenger (Pacific Rim: Uprising)

So which is better: the figure or the kit?

[Kit Insight] Bandai Tamashii Nations Robot Damashii FA-78-1 Full Armor Gundam Ver. ANIME

Model Number: FA-78-1 Full Armor Gundam

Designation: Prototype Full Armor General Purpose Mobile Suit

The most articulated version of the Full Armor Gundam in existence!

[Kit Insight] Bandai Tamashii Nations Robot Damashii RGM-79SC GM Sniper Custom Ver. ANIME

One of my favourite GM designs in an easy-to-collect and highly playable format!

[ROBOT DAMASHII] Bandai Tamashii Nations Side RSK R-187 Cross Ange En-Ryu-Go

Cross Ange was such a guilty pleasure: it featured gratuitous amounts of fan service, glorified and then trampled on the female form, had copious amounts of mecha on mecha action as well as characters and mecha designs that bore more than a passing similarity to a small anime series called Gundam Seed. Heck, they even included the Freedom's shield and beam rifle in one of the sequences!

[Kit Insight] Bandai Robot Damashii ZGMF-X56S/θ Destiny Impulse Gundam

I don't usually get Robot Damashii action figures due to their cost and perceived value, although I recognise the merits of having a more stable and solid superstructure for striking the more ridiculous poses. That having being said, the latest offerings in Bandai's long running Robot Damashii line have been pretty good: the figures are usually released with improved molding, more accurate proportions, finer detailing, fantastic articulation as well as a wealth of accessories and weapons. 

[Kit Insight] Bandai Robot Damashii ZGMF-X12D Gundam Astray Outframe D

Action figures from The Robot Spirits line aren't not on my priority list as they are A) generally smaller than my usual 1/144 kits in scale, B) most of their offerings are also available as Gunpla kits and C) the high price tag doesn't really justify the tinier toys, although they usually come with a wealth of accessories.

When I first saw the first images of the Astray Out Frame D, I was a little smitten by it even if I was turned off by its hefty price tag. It had sharp angles, an ornate V-Fin as well as a unique set of equipment that differentiated itself from its other overdone Astray brethren. Nonetheless, the Out Frame does not - and probably will not - exist as a Gunpla kit of any grade. Besides, it is a Premium Bandai Online Webstore exclusive, which mean it is limited edition (one of my Kryptonites), thus an order for my very first The Robot Spirits action figure was placed.

I can't say I'm not happy.