Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Review: Bandai MasColle Gundam Head Collection Volume 3 The Newtype's Decision

Line Up: 1. Nu Gundam Type: RX-93
              2. Sazabi Type: MSN-04
              3. Unicorn Gundam (Unicorn Mode) Type: RX-0
              4. Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee (Unicorn Mode) Type: RX-0
              5. Zeta Gundam Type: MSZ-006
              6. Gundam AGE-FX Type: AGE-FX
              7. Desperado Type: CMS-328
              8. Hi-Nu Gundam Type: RX-93-v2 [Secret Piece]
Origin:    1. Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counterattack
              2. Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
              3. Mobile Suit Z Gundam
              4. Mobile Suit Gundam AGE
              5. Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counterattack: Beltorchika's Children
Manufacturer: Bandai
Release Date: January 2013

The box for volume 3 is Blue monochrome color.

Set Box Art: Front

Set Box Art: Back

Set Box Art: Right

Set Box Art: Left

Set Box Art: Top


The set includes 7 regulars + 1 secret piece.

Item Box

Item Box Art: Front | Back

Item Box Art: Sides

Item Box Art: Top | Bottom

I got the complete set.

Nu Gundam is composed of 2 parts.

Nu Gundam: Front | Back

Nu Gundam: Sides

Sazabi is composed of 5 parts.

Sazabi: Front | Back

Sazabi: Sides

Unicorn Gundam (Unicorn Mode) is composed of 2 parts.

Unicorn Gundam (Unicorn Mode): Front | Back

Unicorn Gundam (Unicorn Mode): Sides

Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee (Unicorn Mode) is composed of 2 parts.
I also got a LED Base for this.

Under the base has this plastic inserted on the battery compartment  to prevent the batteries not to touch each other because without that the batteries will consume even not in used.

Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee (Unicorn Mode): Front | Back

Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee (Unicorn Mode): Sides

with LED base turned ON.

Zeta Gundam is composed of 2 parts.

Zeta Gundam: Front | Back

Zeta Gundam: Sides

Gundam AGE-FX is composed of 3 parts.

Gundam AGE-FX: Front | Back

Gundam AGE-FX: Sides

Desperado doesn't have any extra parts.

Desperado: Front | Back

Desperado: Sides

Hi-Nu Gundam is composed of 2 parts.

Hi-Nu Gundam: Front | Back

Hi-Nu Gundam: Sides

Gundam Head Collection Volume 3: The Newtype's Decision
Thanks God I got a complete set. I do not need to find some secret piece in this volume unlike on the later volumes. I really like the size of these heads. They are pretty much sizable specially for the Unicorn, Banshee and Sazabi which has the large Horn piece. The details are still top notch and not much flaws on the plastic unlike the first releases. But one thing that I noticed is that they didn't do panel lines on most of the parts. You will barely notice that the panel lines are only visible on the face mask on some of the models. I also noticed that the front camera of Sazabi is not the same with the other heads. Instead of green colored clear plastic, they painted Sazabi's forehead camera with metallic green which looks like a foil sticker. 

I liked the innovation on the LED base on this volume. As for Volume 1 & 2, the LED portion of the base is in clear parts that is why when you light it up it has the tendency for the glow to spread on the Head. As for the new LED base, they made it all black with the LED uncovered so it can only focus on the possible outlet of light from the inside of the head as what you have seen on the Banshee when the LED light is turned ON. Though before, every release had 2 pieces of LED base and now they only have 1.

For now I will keep these heads because I will be rebuilding my Display cabinet and add some partition for the Gundam Heads. And maybe I will try to panel line these after the renovation of the Display Cabinet. That's it for now. Stay tuned for more because I will be doing my backlogs starting with MG Deatyhscythe this week. Thanks for your time.

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