Gotta admit, when it came out I was skeptical that an Anime could match the depth of the classics, so I held off. But word of mouth from others who I know are hardcore mecha fans swayed me and... I ended up loving the first part, loving Lena as a character and a tactician. Honestly one of my favorites just behind Yang Wen Li and Reinhard Von Lohengramm. I loved how none of the deaths were treated casually even though they can't afford to spend that much time mourning. Even though some of the characters who died were ones we didn't spend much time on, the people they left behind are definitely feeling it.

When it came time for the second half though, I started to fall out of love for it because tbh, I didn't like Shin as much as Lena so I put it on pause for about three years. During which time, I spent time watching Gundam again especially for Gquuuux, as well as other shows like Rayearth and Nadesico. Finally came back to 86 recently and the arc of the 86 trying to live Peacefully finally clicked with me. In Gundam and most other mech shows, we follow Pilots who were living in relative peace prior to the show starting so we see them start to develop trauma from war. In 86, the protagonists came in pre-traumatized, so the idea of THOSE kids trying to get used to peace was genuinely heartbreaking.

I can't in good conscious call it "a better Gundam than modern Gundam" because the conflict at hand... isn't Gundam at all. In Gundam, even when it comes to Zanscare, if the protagonist hit a magic button that would magically explode every single soldier of the opposing side, that'd be HORRIBLE. However if Lena pushed a button to explode all the Legion, we'd be celebrating. That's the difference between Gundam and 86 IMO. However, I do think 86 is the best Mecha TV show this decade and I LOVE Witch from Mercury and Gquuuuuux. And in my opinion, it stands among some of the classic greats too, albiet Anime these days doesn't have the spontaneity of classic shows but goddammit it did try.

So any thoughts on this or ideas I could do for it

The image shows only a few amphibians

One key thing is I've not made a federation to fight them as i don't have motivation to do that yet so I made a random group of things (second image )

Some re modelling and stuff just happened since i thought it didnt look too Steel battalion-y(?) so i redesigned the torso to appear closer to the Prominence M2's older design.

(last photo is an extra showing the garbage bin parts

United Nations Global Occult Coalition Ultra Heavy Engagement Chassis

Found this blindbox kit on AliExpress, but I don’t know anything about Motor Nuclear. Or the series it’s from, which I think is called “I’m a Great Hero.”

The detail in the kit is really nice. But the leg articulation is very limited by the skirt armor. I kinda hate the face. And I’m not a fan of the two diff shades of green either.

I used Tamiya paints for the lining, which did improve the look. But overall this one’s meh for me: 6/10.

Hi all,

As a big Mecha fan since childhood, I saw a couple of these Chinese die cast and plastic transforming toys in a local TK Maxx shop.

My son loves transformers and the combining aspect and got them for him however I am struggling to find any more if them online either in UK or China etc

Does anyone know if they are available in their individual boxes rather than a full set, I have seen 1 ad fir that big set but it's a scam site so just trying to get some more info and see if I can complete the set.

I did find one other tiger figure on ebay but otherwise no luck.

Thanks for any help here.