I agree with you Danny. It's not the same when you don't build it yourself. It gives you a sort of satisfaction that you made it yourself with your own hands.
I wouldn't mind buying one, that's IF I had the money. I think I went through a phase of purchasing tons of model kits and ruining all of them because I was horrible when it came to assembling. Right there was a couple of hundred spent on kits and supplies. Hey, one could always buy a completed model and say they built it to their friends and family, haha. I'm kidding.
Thats rather overpriced for a finished gundam. I agree, wouldn't buy a gunpla kit if its finished by another unknown. Rather enjoy self satisfaction that you've spent 5000yen and built something from your own hands than 50,000yen (10times as much) from someone else when you could maybe just present it as nice as they did.
never in a million years will i buy another mans model.. only other options are toys and figures
I might buy a model that has been assembled by some person that just got tired of it. Then I'll go do the mod's myself without having to put it together. Gunpla depends on the price. 50,000 yen is NOT reasonable at all. Sell it for $100 and I'll consider it. In fact, that picture doesn't look any better than what's on the box. BTW, the auction link doesn't work
nm, it works afterall. There are still better works though.
I think this just inspired to start a business selling assembled model cars.
Ugh...I would never buy a completed model kit. For me, a model kit is all about seeing if I can do better then the last Model kit I assembled. Expecially for 500 bucks!!! I would rather buy a few kits or a ton of Fix Figurations or something...On a different note, I hate the design of this model. Freedom Gundam is one of my favorite gundams, and I think design gives a bad name to Freedom Gundam. I can't stand the gold joints!!!
Again, this is related to my "Xyzpdq's 50 year Model Plan" ^^. I would not buy a model kit for that much for display purposes. The kit is nicely done, but no matter how bad my Gundam kits look (I think they look decent to above average) The most fun is found in building the kit and understanding the intricate parts (or do I say that because I am an engineer? ^^). If this were my model kit I was selling, I would take the cost of materials and the kit, set the reserve there and see where the bidding goes. Any extra money I make off the auction will go to people who need it! (Not to mention I get the money back to build MORE kits.) For $500 USD that is a bit crude, I would price it at about $200. Then again, the value of this thing is determined by the seller, and ultimatly the buyer who may purchase the model. Nice Freedom Gunpla btw =) I like it (hate the series, like the model).
I could see paying that if it were some rare limited edition only 200 made type thing, but just for a standard kit that some guy put together I don't think so. I mean come on for 500 bucks I could buy two Gundams a couple of nice Garage kits and still have a few bucks left over.
That's a modified MG Strike Freedom though. It's not the same as the one you buy. And if you think that's expensive, check out the Strike Freedom on the link above. It sold for over $11,000 USD. It does seem ridiculous to most people, but personally I don't think its any different from people paying millions for a painting. Some people have unusual hobbies with deep pockets to go along with it... nothing wrong with that.
i'd get them if i were in the same status as donald trump... owning such an expensive kit really bugs me since i wont be able to treat it like a toy (by posing/reposing it many times) in which if you do, something will definitely break...
I would agree on you with that. I think if I buy it, I would take it for granted and over time I would just neglect it and leave it lying there to collect dust. But then ... I suck at building gunpla. Thats why I buy fix figuration. Hmm .. buying a constructed gunpla and buying a fix figuration seems to the same thing don't you think.
The one Losttek posted is Keita's Evolved Strike Freedom. If it was from Wonder Excellence and I had cash, I'd actually consider buying it. You should check out his works. They're pretty awesome. His mods aren't the cheesy, I'll-kill-you-all-upgrade-ftw kind.
That model doesn't even look that nice. Also I agree, the fun with model making is making the models look good for yourself.
I wouldn't buy one no matter how good it looked. That would simply take the fun out of making these gundam models. :D
I could not see myself paying for a built gundam. I enjoy taking the time to build it myself (no matter how messed up I may make it). The true satisfaction of a gundam model is that YOU completed it.
Broad question.... what about Gundam FIX Figuration? Those are already built gundams.... I'm not really planning to buy an already fix one 'cuz just like the others, i enjoy building them no matter how terrible it looks in the end.
I would buy one if they were cheaper. I don't want to invest the time to build my own but don't want to invest the money on a pre-made one. In any case the FF metal composite RX-78-2 is good enough for me.
i have no confidence is building anything... especially a strike freedom gundam... i would pay for it pre made... just so i can make all the other geeks jealous ^^
although people build nicer dan me i still like buildin it mah self, experimentin stuff lol well not on de expensive stuff!
Building Gundam models has always been a hobby since I was little. As I got older my skills improved as well my finished Gundams. Even if I was to purchase a complete Gundam, I can't take any pride in the techniques and work that took to make it.
I wouldn't really ever buy an already made Gunpla, but if it was a super limited edition static figure of my favorite Gundam, and it was sculpted by a master sculptor in a dynamic pose that you couldn't pull off with Gunpla, and I had the cash to spare...then yeah I would. That would be the same as buying an art piece at a gallery or something. I'm not very good at gunpla myself, but I do agree with the rest that all the fun is in building it yourself. Though I don't agree with everyone in that if it turns out looking crappy...it just feels like a waste of money to me (as a couple of my hideous first tries at Gunpla are hidden away in their nice boxes). I'm actually doing a "serious" gunplay build for the first time (meaning custom paintjob, panel lining, the whole schabang). I've got a 1/144 HG Murasame in the planning stages (still figuring out the color scheme, and waiting for HLJ to send it out to me), and if it turns out halfway decent, I may post some pics on Figure.fm.
The whole reason I buy Gunplas is because I enjoy building them. So buying a built Gunpla to me defeats its purpose. However I do sell Gunplas that I built as I run out of shelf space. And they usually fetch a pretty good price!
I agree with U Danny, a GunPla kit should be enjoyed FULLY!! Assembly, Painting and modding, if U are on a "DEMON LEVEL" in modelling ....
Yeah...agree wif you guys that it's the building process that provides the satisfaction. Aniway, duno if dis is the right place to ask dis but I'm heading to Japan n passing dis rinku outlet with dis Bandai Asobi shop. anyone heard of it?
Well, its a tough choice for the buyer but probably a good choice for the seller. The seller would probably sell it for the materials used, skills and time spent making it. (Thats where most of the profit come out from I guess, skill & time). Much like Keita, he sells his kits after finishing, all is left is the pictures that he took as a memory. If I was to sell off a nice finished kit, I would find it hard to depart from it lol.
most of the fun of gunpla is making the model yourself. I had so much fun making my PG strike. Just sat there for the whole day just after i got my exam results. SUch a good day. I wouldn't mind buying a completed one, but it would have to be a really, really , really good one with great detail.
Well I Build gunpla but more concentration in Tanks, planes and resin figures. Well if one could afford a pre build Gunpla, why not. To me not everyone have the time to enjoy building and some people only want to look at it... Hahaa... I heard from a friend of mine. He has been selling tanks on E bay, and one of the tanks he build for was also a modeler who build planes... This plane modeler said, I can build very nice planes but I cannot build tanks..., it is just the different skills put together...
My skill at building model isn't all that great, i get by. it is fun doing it your self but sometime i don't have the time or the skill to finish a model with good detail so in that case i wouldn't mind buying one.
i agree, buying gundams that are prebuilt is just bad. you just feel the guilt that you did not build it! when you build the gundam you feel proud that you completed it ^^
Buy a finished G.model? No way... Have all that colored pices set all around the room, is like beign stop in the time ^^. And my wife? That get sooo mad for that? Totally priceless ^^!! Seriously, for me is like to have a mission, and a very important one. Build something so little and so amazing that will be mine forever... Bye to all! .:G:.
It should be made illegal to sell 'pre-made' gunpla. the main part of gunpla is knowing that you spent loads of cash on it, & spent forever building it, so you can truely be proud of what you spent your tie & hard earned cash on. whats the point of 'pre-mades' if the whole experience is down to building it yourself? I dispise anyone who dares perchase a 'pre-made' because you wont know the true meaning of gunpla & chases are if you dont then you bought it purely for looks, that you can show it off to all your little buddies when they come around so they can give you that little more respect so they might kiss your feet. If Mr T were right next to me now... I sure he'd say: "I pity the fool who cant build his own gunpla...." If youve lost both use of your arms then by all means go ahead & buy a pre-made gunpla. only if your that disabled wil it be truely justifyable to buy a pre-made. Be proud of your gunpla, not a poser.
The whole point of a model kit is building it. I wanna waste my day or 2 on a model kit. It special by putting your skills on it ^-^ sound like a nerd
Would anyone here sell their own masterpiece Gunpla here? (once sanded, remodelled and painted) A MG Gunpla can be built within a day, for me, its up 2 hrs and plus another 1hr to sand and paint. I like building my gundam so much that both of my mg mods is taking 1yrs lol...
OMGGG http://www.dalong.net/review/mg/mg97/mg97_p.htm /spam
hey Danny, I can't find your email address, so I'm posting it here... I haven't been able to see comments ever since the last website overhaul. I thought maybe there's an option or something that makes it show up, but guess not... Then I used IE(6) instead and all seems to be well again. I'm not sure whether it's a plug-in conflict or what(using latest Firefox 2), but I just wanted you to know.
IvanHoeHo, Thanks for the headsup - I think I fixed it. LMK. Dan, GFF are produced from the beginning as a completed model so I feel its OK to buy them. Losttek, Nice find and crazy price!
Yup, works now :) Thanks alot, man
dude all i get is a lil' dog pic.
umm i like the guy under me says, dude the link goes a pic of a lil dog, cute yes, but i cant read what the hell he's saying, for all i know he's calling my mom a whore..... u never know?
Not really interested in the whole GunPla thing; it'd be cool to display that in my room though.
never should i buy built gunpla... as you would say it perfectly... you should enjoy craftsmanshift not emptying your pocket with others mishalf...
500 USD?! Phew! I'd rather buy a PS3 unit for that.
I would build my own thank you very much mind you I do Warhammer and thats just as fun
@Norman yah your right I would dish out for a PS3 instead of an overpriced Gunpla. But I would rather buy unbuild ones over those already build.
I din't know where to post this, but since it's the most recent Gundam post, and I really feel like saying it I will. I was doing some Gundam models this weekend, and i have decided; TESTORS MODEL PAINT IS THE WORST PAINT IN THE WORLD!!! I ruins your models. By far Tamiya color is the best paint on the market, whether it's spray or little jars. BUY TAMIYA!!! YAY!
That MG Strike Freedom costs 500 USD? No way. But 500 USD for the MG Strike Freedom made by Keita from Mesarion? Hmmm.... http://f7.aaa.livedoor.jp/~mesarion/gallery/evolvestrikefreedom/evolvestrikefreedom.htm
I have a large Gunpla collection and I have considered paying a prefessional model builder to build me up and finish a nice PG Gundam kit. As I'm sad to say I tend to just build mine up and give them a minor touch up with paint pens and panel liners...
Agreed definitely!! all the fun resides in building the model!! I would rather buy a fix figurative instead of buying a wholly made kit by someone else! $500 way too much!
No way! the fun bit about gundam models r building it not let someone do it 4 u.
I would disagree. If you like kitbashing like me or like modding from different kits, its a lot cheaper to buy pre-snapped-together kits off the internet and use them to bash with the kits you have. It actually saves you money. I made a MG destiny a year ago, I bought a freedom frame off ebay for $25 and a destiny kit for $20... both of which are cheaper...simply because they were prebuilt...its all to the degree of plamo i suppose. similarly...some people want gundams just for display...and lack the skills, perhaps resources to make it themselves.
No would be the answer to a normal gunpla. However, I have seen the Bandai complete versions floating around on eBay. Those would actually be worth the money, but for the most part, I would only buy that so I can show off the fact that this is made by professionals. As I've said earlier, I'd never buy normal completed Gunpla, since: "I have no interest in ordinary completed Gunpla!"
Takling about finished gunpla... Anyone know where I can get some finished/completed gunpla? I know I know, this is a dishonor or whatever...
the fun thing about gunpla or model making is the fact that you make it yourself.
Definitely agree with you. lol theres a heated argument on this topic in the Genshiken manga- Kasukabe:so models are basically toys, right? Tanaka:You have to build models yourself. Kasukabe:so they're worse than toys. Tanaka:there's no way I can let that one slide. XD
I wholeheartedly agree with you. I've bought many gunpla over the years and I've had loads of fun building them. While majority of them aren't really display worthy, it was still worth my money.
I think building your own Gundam is the best and fun. nomatter how bad it look, we can learn to improved it our self. I will never folk out 500 USD to purchase somebody gunpla.
I just saw three of each comment on this page O_O no wonder it was so long. No, I wouldn't buy pre-made gunpla. Sort of defeats the purpose, doesn't it?
MG strike freedom is my favourite gundam kit. it was vited best kit of 2006 as well. ^^ anyway although doing a MG gundam kit might take a long time, i enjoy the whole building process. panel lining, spraying, top-coat etc.
me myself is a gunpla maniac! I has lots of them still in their box! But i feel really wrong for tat MG to be placed at tat price! The works on the kit aint good enough to deserve tat price! I hardly see any mod on it and also it is just the original painting only! I know of greater moddeler works tat look greater than it and the price wont reach 500usd the max will only cost around 200usd! For that amount of detail!
what's the fun in buying a completed model =p...building the whole thing from beginning to end is the best part!!
for that price, all the golden parts better be made in at least 22k gold :lol:
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Well I got a friend that owns a shop and he makes gunpla and other plamos for his customers because they say that they don't know how to make them. WTF?! Just follow the instructions and if you screw up thats one lesson you learn
After viewing the pictures in the auction page, I don't think this work actually worth that much. the paintjob is bad plus the decals are done badly, you can actually see that a whole piece of it pasted there. For properly done decals, you can only see the texts/pictures without seeing the whole "border" of the cutout decal. Wonderexcellence gonna feel bad if he knows such bad job can fetch as high price as his. lol
Couldn't agree more with you Danny. What matters most is the satisfaction from the end product^^
WTF??? It's barely modded!! Paint job is a little iffy in places too. I prefer my own colour scheme tho... Normally, I'd agree with the "buy to build" mentality but some are so awesome that i wouldn't mind ponying up the cash if I had it to buy one. Like the 1/100 MG Akatsuki mod I saw years ago which used the MG strike gundam as a base. You could barely recognise it by the end!
lol.. wat for buy a completed gunpla? wheres the fun in that? the only reason why i buy gunpla is to have fun fixing it.. and to waste time too of course... but that really depends on your definition of waste. err... yea...u get the idea... lol buy gunpla to fix! lol
Haven't you made a post like this before? Or was it Dejavu?
Completing your own gunpla gives you a sense of achievement, no matter how good or bad you made it =/
there are no fun to buy something already build I feel the same danny
not a fan of gunpla anymore but for sure I won't buy something had been built already. =/
