How to Build (?) the Thunderbolt Gundam?

As many of us are aware by now, Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt has finally ended its 13-year run and it was quite a rollercoaster. The finale included the reveal of the titular MSTB-001 Thunderbolt Gundam to which everyone was basically demanding a model kit of it to be made, but more on that later. In … Continue reading How to Build (?) the Thunderbolt Gundam?

Thirteen Years for the Namesake: Introducing the Thunderbolt Gundam from “Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt”

Yes, there's a pair of monoeye rails on the top of the head unit. Yasuo Ohtagaki's crazy take on the events of the Universal Century as seen in Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt has finally ended last Sept. 26, thirteen years after the first chapter came out. While the bits of the story seen in the … Continue reading Thirteen Years for the Namesake: Introducing the Thunderbolt Gundam from “Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt”

This One Took a While: HG Full Armor Gundam (MSD)

Before anything else, I noticed that since MSD or Mobile Suit Discovery now covers both Gundam THE ORIGIN and Cucuruz Doan's Island (and any other future production under this subset of the Universal Century), they've rebranded this variation series to simply Mobile Suit Gundam MSD instead of Mobile Suit Gundam THE ORIGIN MSD as it … Continue reading This One Took a While: HG Full Armor Gundam (MSD)