2016 Additions to the ShihoMT Gunpla Shelf

I know I started late this year, but I still manage to grab a lot of new additions to my Gunpla family. My first houl for 2016 came third week of November, then I didnt stop getting more, from old models to somehow, still new ones.

Fantastic Beast Houl
MG Age-1 Titus, HG Justice Gundam, some Sangokuden military units.
The set I got after the Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them premier. The Sangokuden guys are part of a Gundam sale event, and I got them for free.

November GTO Houl
My first package from GreatToysOnline. Most consisting Sangokuden models, and my first Gunpla which transforms from Sd to HG.

13th Month Houl
From my 13th month pay LOL!!  Got my first 2 SD EX-Standard dudes, one of which is Lolo Gundam!

Given the number of pals who joined my shelf today, I'd say this year has been a success in my Gunpla collecting career. Some I already made a blog entry this past weeks, and more will surely come. Have them scheduled, to make sure my blog will remain alive, even though my sched is really busy. No promises will be made for the coming year, but I will surely try to make more updates.

This year-end post is dedicated to my new found family from Q.Ave, It wouldn't be possible if it wasnt from the good peeps of my first BPO. Finally, I'm a real fledge adult. So, thanks a lot, 14th floor, for the great opportunity and I'm really glad to be part of the family! May we all have a very fortunate year this 2017. Happy New Year!!

BB Senshi #341 Juniko Gundam :: Xun Yu

According to the character info, in Sangokuden series, Xun Yu is a civilian personal serving for CaoCao and his troop, he is an expert in developing weapons. Some characters from Brave Battle Warrior that he made weapons for are ZhangHe Zaku III and XuHuang Serpent.

This is my third build from the GreatToysOnline package I got last month. Its body uses the old SD models' figure (no legs, petitest) so I'm pretty excited to have him, as I haven't owned one for years.

The box includes 4 runners, the instruction manual, and the decal sheets. Older SD kits with the same body figure only had 1 color per runners before, if I remember correctly, so having different color parts combined in 1 runner looks pretty great, given how small this model kit is.

Here's how #341 Xun Yu look when built:

He looks pretty naked without the armor and the weapon on. Im not fan of this gold color, I think it would have looked doper with a metallic or chrome gold. Points on the sword weapon for having different colors without using any sticker, some weapons were only made with 1 color and needs decals to look better.

Xun Yu's helmet wont stay on its place, it keeps rotating and facing wrong angles. Also, it comes out pretty easy when I grab it.

Being a genius in weaponry, Xun Yu comes with changing weapons, a sword which hides another sword, and a blaster which turns into a phoenix weapon. The first weapon is YinDao, a knife hidden inside the bigger, ChiLongDao.

The ChiLongDao, is a war-god sword of ancient tradition. Pretty big words, for a basic looking pirate sword, but not my own words, it's what the Character info is saying. BTW what a breath of fresh air to have the infos in the instruction manual written in English for change.

The handheld blaster form of NiaoJiPao. Looks ok, I guess. But would have been more useful if it has some gimicks in it, like those spring blasting missiles from the older SDs.

And NiaoJiPao in cannon form, it converts an aura-spirit of the operator into a power of an artillery shell, also called NiaoJiPaoDaPoDan, that's mouthful. This weapon was made by Xun Yu for CaoCao's army soldier to use. However it requires 2 or more of them to operate the NiaoJiPao.

Overall, the model kit looks amazing. If it wasnt for the crappy gold color, and the stupid helmet which wont stay on place, it would have been amazing not just to look at but to have displayed with other Sangokuden kits as well. I did missed the old petite figure of SDs,so I might try to look for more with the same body type.

Xun Yu looks pretty peaceful standin on my mom's copper wire bonzai center piece, though..

BB Senshi #324 Military Unit Soldier + Promotional Campaign Military Units

The not so top priority characters from the Sangokuden anime, Brave Battle Warriors, these boys serves as the ever loyal and disposable army of the different clans and troops. The red ones belongs to CaoCao's troop, the orange ones to the Son clan, and the blue ones are from Ryubi's troop, I think.

The box contains 3 Militry Unit soldiers, one from each troops mentioned above. I strongly hoped they instead released a box containing 3 guys from the same troop, that way it would be easier to collect as many from the same troop as you want.

Included in the box are the runners, 1 for each unit as each one is an easy built but in one color only though and needs heavy paint job to get the look, the decal sheet for the eyes and flag holder only, a printed sheet of cut out flag, and a promotional coaster with the 3 units art.

Each unit has a shield, a spear-axe, and a flag representing a troop, for accessories. Its all dull without the paint job, as only the eyes has decals provided. Here's some more photos..

For my November 17th houl, which I got from a 1-day private sale from Toys R Us Trinoma, I got 3 promotional sangokuden military units for free. 2 of them are red and one orange.

Forgot to take a photo of the runners before I built them. On the instruction sheet, it shows it is also possible to own a green one, which looks different from the other 3, and also different from #336 Nanpo Kibatai. It looks like it could have higher ranking than the normal units. Unfortunately only red and orange ones are given away, and they didnt even had the blue one. How I wish I could also own the green one as well. The cut out flags are also on the instruction sheets, 4 of it but you'll only need one.

Even though the instruction sheet shows there are certain weapons included on each unit, All three that I got has a sword, but that's fine, at least it's different from the #324 ones. Also, the flags are a little different from the model kit above.

So far, my soldier counts: 1 Nanpo Kibatai, 4 Red (small one free from a dif model kit), 2 Orange, 2 Blue (small one also from the dif model kit). Would love to have more but its hard to find this model kit since the sangokuden has already phased out and only few stores and online sellers has them. 1 final pic of all of them:

BB Senshi #336 Nanpo Kibatai

A.k.a Green Military unit, I'm not familiar in which kingdom or troops does these green soldiers serves, but I remember in an early Brave Battle Warrior episode, there are green soldiers working for Ryo-Fu Tallgeese and Toutaku Zaku, the bad guys. While on the side box art, it shows Nanpo Kibatai as the army serving Asurao Mokaku Gundam and Syukuyu Gundam, riding the Kyoshin Elephant. Gotta watch the anime again. Anyway..

The first one I built from the November package I received from GreatToysOnline.com since it is one of the smaller Gunpla model from the box. Here's what inside..

The runners, 2 for the Ji or horse, and 1 for the soldiet, a brown wire for the horse what-you-call-it handle, the decals, the printed instruction manual where the flag cut out is also located, and a free coaster with the character print.

Now here's the built #336 Nanpo Kibatai, nice cloudy weather outside, so I went out for a little shoot..

The green army unit and his brown war horse, a shield, a battle spear, and a troop flag. Great points about this model are: the war horse, of course, and there are more detailed decals for the soldier, while the other 3-unit model kit only has for the eye part. A little less point is, I don't think there's another kit, where you will only get the soldier, or like another 3-unit kit of its kind, and if you want more units, you'll have to buy it with the horse, as part of the model kit. Not a bad idea though, could just repaint the horse for other characters, but that means work.

Here's a couple more pics..

Really like this soldier and his horse companion, might get some more, even though Im not sure right now on which right troop should I have this one place. Sadly, according to GreatToysOnline, they wont be restocking this SD model, or any of the other SD models that I got from them.

And to add this fresh-return-to-blog entry, here's another pic of the unnamed brown horse with 008 Shin Hakugin Ryuuseiba..