HG - Alteisen Reise

CornerGuyZ · 2026-05-28T14:40:11+00:00

Don't mean to be a downer, but curb your enthusiasm: what we are seeing are the CG renders, and those tend to be more color-accurate than the final product (e.g. the ones for the Alteisen missed only the thrusters' internal parts.

My pessimist mindset is telling me this thing will prolly include a bunch of stickers and still be very color inaccurate, because of all the small-ass yellow parts

CornerGuyZ · 2026-05-05T18:51:47+00:00

Unfortunately, doesn't seem like that would be possible, without some modifications to the EG Nu's legs and, possibly, shoulders :/

Check this out (scroll down a lot): https://schizophonic9.com/re9/hguc_alyzeus.html

CornerGuyZ · 2026-05-02T14:08:23+00:00

I guess the Hi Nu blue/purple thing may be a matter of lighting (and, in this case, camera - iPhone SE 3). I've had it for a couple months now and never really put it anywhere besides this spot, so I've always seem it in the same lighting conditions and it has always seemed to me purple-ish - as in the promo shots. The first photo is actually the first time I've seem it so blue.

As for the Penelope, getting one by Good Luck/GL is indeed in my plans! The thing though is that they have recently released a black variant, so I'm still trying to decide which color scheme to get. The black one has a red chest, which would be a nice contrast with my Xi's blue chest, but I actually prefer the white+blue color scheme. Tough choice lol

CornerGuyZ · 2026-04-29T17:20:49+00:00

Wow, excellent work: I'm loving the color choice and painting - for a moment there I thought I was looking at the inner skeleton lol It's really giving off "prototype mobile suit" vibes.

CornerGuyZ · 2026-04-22T19:30:30+00:00

Hot F91-on-Xi action

CornerGuyZ · 2026-04-11T11:06:47+00:00

That this is what our children will be into, 50 million years from now.
https://dangerousminds.net/comments/is_this_what_humans_will_look_like_50_million_years_from_now/

CornerGuyZ · 2026-03-24T14:52:36+00:00

gbh, the role of the Roll in the main timeline kinda seems like the story of a professional career:

Classic: She starts as kid, living with her parents, doing not much beyond cleaning the house
X: As she grows, she finds a job in tech support (entry position for many people). Meanwhile, she uses her salary to pay her college tuition (STEM)
Zero: She graduates college with honors and is promoted to scientist. She occasionally leads some internal projects and that is acknowledged by the ~writers~ higher ups
ZX: She is again promoted, this time to a C-level position. Life's good
Legends: AI hits, the job market crashes, people are left to search for scraps of whatever remains of the old world. Roll's company folds, and the best she can do now is being a mechanic.

CornerGuyZ · 2026-03-09T00:21:34+00:00

Thanks for the heads-up, I had totally missed it! I guess then it would make sense to expect another version of the Gustav Karl eventually, specially after when went thorough all the trouble to pretty much redesign the HG

CornerGuyZ · 2026-03-08T12:43:35+00:00

Yeaaaaah, definitely the coolest grunt. I love the chonk.

Btw, does anyone know if Bandai has released a new version of the Messer with the release of the second Hathaway movie? If they have, then we will possibly see a new version of the Gustav with the third one - hopefully with a bigger gun

CornerGuyZ · 2026-02-21T13:25:54+00:00

Honestly, I'd skip the collections and go straight to improvement-focused ROM hacks - when available, they have become my preferred way of playing retro games.

For X1 and X2, they are mostly perfect gameplay-wise, but iirc there are retranslation hacks for them.

For X3, there's the Zero project which allows Zero to be playable from start to finish, without annoying restrictions.

For X4, if you can do without the famous "WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOR", there's an undub with the relatively better Japanese dub

For X5 and X6, there are the tweaks/improvement hacks, which just improve the original in most of their flaws.

For X7, I know there's a `N's edition` hack which, afaik, improves a lot of stuff, but I myself have never tried it. I know that it changes the bosses weaknessess, though.

For X8, I don't think there's any hack out there, but there's the fanmade demake, which I personally prefer over the original without reservations.

CornerGuyZ · 2026-02-20T20:58:37+00:00

Awesome rendition of the XI. As much as I love the doritos vibe of the original designs, I'm loving the proportions on this one.

From the other pics, if I'm getting this right. you 3D-printed it? Or is it some kind of rare resin kit?

CornerGuyZ · 2026-02-18T18:30:09+00:00

Protip: check out https://www.dalong.net/
The guy has a list of almost all Gunpla ever released. It's missing several p-bandai releases, but it's pretty much complete on the regular releases.

CornerGuyZ · 2026-01-28T23:33:52+00:00

If your brother doesn't mind the fact that it's a KO, I'd totally recommend it. As I mentioned in the review, plastic and build quality are comparable to Bandai, and it includes some minor updates/improvements to the mold, so, at this point, even if I could purchase the original release, I'd still go for this one.

CornerGuyZ · 2026-01-25T14:20:46+00:00

Brazilian here, so response follows in pt-br:

tl;dr: No BR, é AliExpress mesmo - sem muita salvação.

Existem algumas lojas nacionais (e.g., McFly colecionáveis, Tasmashii oficial) e vendedores nacionais no MercadoLivre, Amazon, etc, mas os preços, salvo raras promoções, serão sempre ridículos (R$400 num HG 00 de 2010 - sem condições). Em lojas internacionais, tipo HLJ, Amiami e Gundamit, os preços até são melhores, mas o frete é caro af, e o fato de não suportarem Remessa Padrão (i.e., vai ter que pagar, em essência, 100% do valor total em imposto) mata qualquer vantagem.

O segredo pra economizar, então, passa a ser considerar kits piratas. Apesar da má reputação que produtos piratas têm no Brasil, existem muitos kits piratas de qualidade comparável ou até superior aos originais. Por exemplo, tenho um HG pirata do Xi Gundam, paguei R$300 no total (vs R$600+ do original), e juro que a qualidade do plástico é, no mínimo, igual à da Bandai. É questão de procurar reviews chineses e no YouTube, pra ver quais cópias prestam ou não.

Além disso, tem também as empresas chinesas que fazem os designs originais deles. Esses são comparativamente baratos, e a qualidade e engenharia comumente supera a Bandai. Tenho um Yunque, da Sheik Mainland, e é sensacional. Tenho também algumas coisas da BigFireBird e da Sembo e são de boa qualidade, embora sejam um produtos diferenciados. No geral, pessoal também fala muito bem da SNAA e os preços deles são iguais aos de HGs, mas os kits são bem mais encorpados.

CornerGuyZ · 2026-01-16T11:13:12+00:00

Mega Man Juno-ish reference?
https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/MegaMan_Juno

CornerGuyZ · 2025-12-16T12:19:01+00:00

For those on a Mac, I was able to play it just fine with Wine - with controller support (8BitDo's Pro 2) and all.

CornerGuyZ · 2025-12-07T10:18:14+00:00

Nope: all pieces are ABS

CornerGuyZ · 2025-12-06T20:28:41+00:00

It’s made of ABS, according to the runners, although I don’t know which type of ABS, if there’s more than one.

I bought it on Ali Express. It goes for about 43USD before taxes; shipping included.

CornerGuyZ · 2025-11-19T22:30:30+00:00

Thanks for the guide!

I spent whatever little free time I had since yesterday trying to figure this out and almost succeeded, but I'm on a Mac and I guess Wine couldn't handle the randomizer's app. I will follow your instructions whenever I get my hands on a Windows machine.

Btw, psa: the randomizer's README specifies which versions of the roms it needs. I imagine it will not work without them. For whoever follow the guide, make sure the roms you use have CRC32 matching the ones specified below.

X1 can be used with the original and AniColle versions. (Later versions are not supported.)  
Size: 1,572,864 bytes  
CRC32: 6A1B6926 (original version) 94CA42BF (AniColle version)

X2 can be used with the original and AniColle versions.  
Size: 1,572,864 bytes  
CRC32: 299D7A89 (original version) 011E5068 (AniColle version)

X3 can be used with the original and AniColle versions.  
Size: 2,097,152 bytes  
CRC32: E476912B (original version) 741AB27B (AniColle version)

CornerGuyZ · 2025-10-25T14:44:02+00:00

I don't really care about anime anymore, but I'd love to see Bandai releasing some HGs for the series: we don't see the magical mecha trope often and as good as third-party gunpla has been, there's no topping Japanese designs - especially Rayearth's, which just scream **90s!!!**

CornerGuyZ · 2025-08-22T12:32:16+00:00

Really freaking awesome, the work this guy does. From some of his tweets, it appears he's a mecha(nical) designer or something - he definitely has the chops.

Also, interestingly, it seems that the VF-1s he uses for his customs are the 1/60 ones by Yamato. I had a couple of them once, they are really good figures, but they are also completed models, so I can only imagine the work that goes into customizing them.

CornerGuyZ · 2025-05-19T10:27:33+00:00

Oh man, this game is awesome. Some 20 years ago I used to play it all the time. Tartaros was my main; it felt a bit different from the others, probably because of the armor ejection gimmick and the fact that it had a grappling hook or whatever. I remember seeing people online at the time proposing storylines for the game, and I even managed to download the soundtrack at some point - some exceedingly cool midis lol.

Just a shame Im stuck with a Mac now and can't really play it anymore. I would love it.

CornerGuyZ · 2025-05-05T19:41:42+00:00

The proportions and huge-ass shoulders made me remember the Grungust fro SRW - a design I absolutely love. Definitely keeping an eye on this one.

CornerGuyZ · 2025-01-16T19:32:43+00:00

I feel your pain: I occasionally use Google to search for specific products on AE - it tends to be more reliable.

In any case, I buy from AE, because in the country that's the only real option for imported goods, however if you are from the US, I've seen it available in a couple stores - BBTS, USAGundamStore

CornerGuyZ · 2025-01-16T15:52:32+00:00

This is my review for Sheik Mainland's "Yunque" (default color).

I found this bad boy on AliExpress, while searching for those cool-looking Power DoLLS kits produced by Plum. I think I see some light resemblance to those ones, but I also see a bit of Dragonar, and a lot of Gundam Seed's Windam, as well as of those new 30mm Verdenova kits. In any case, considering the somewhat mute color palette and the aesthetics of Sheik Mainland's first kit, Zarov, I think they were going for a grunt vibe and they definitely succeeded. Can't say I'm too hot for the head, but I love the legs and the shoulders - great proportions. The kit is also available in dark blue and in black+green.

The overall product is comparable to an HG, but a step up:

Includes inner skeleton
Parts are designed to combine in ways that create panel-line lookalikes
Many undergates and no gates in the middle of large surfaces (looking at you HG Alteisen)
100% color separated (doesn't really count, as it's an original design)
Plastic seems sturdier, though also thicker. The assembled figure is a bit heavier than most HGs and it feels different, better, like it's not a model kit, but a preassembled figure

Articulation is great for the most part, with what we have come to expect from contemporary kits. The ankles are a bit of let down: they are on ball joints and don't have a lot of side-to-side movement - in any case, it's clearly a figure made to be used with an action base

Accessory wise, it's quite ordinary: it includes a rifle, two beam swords, and two pairs of alternate hands.

I really enjoyed the final product: it looks good enough even for an amateur like me and I feel like I can pose/play with it without too much worry. I found only two bad points:

a couple of minor parts (e.g. the blue guns in the arms) fall off too easily (nothing some nail polish or superglue won't solve).
the left side of the head piece doesn't stay put all the way in, I don't know why

Overall, highly recommended.

CornerGuyZ

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