Gundam Miniatures Battles - Box Contents

Just a bit of an update on the Gundam project. The boxes I ordered are on their way though they may take a bit to get here from Japan. I was able to find some information on what sort of mix of figures I can expect from the boxes, so this is at least good news.

I have been told that in any given box you will receive, generally, one of each of the "grunt" mecha and possibly a few variants. The rest of the box will be made up of the rarer "special" suits. This seems a perfect mix for gaming as the grunt suits will be the most common on the battlefield. I have also been told that in most cases you can manage to accumulate the whole of any given set in about two boxes, but as I am not a collector, this is not as important to me.

It had been mentioned, by one of my sources, that the various grunt suits may come with different unit markings and paint schemes. This isn't that huge of a problem for me as I had already consigned myself to having to repaint them to get more of a tabletop mini look as opposed to the glossy model look they come with. This will allow me to standardize the schemes of the grunt suits to make them look like more of a cohesive force.

Bottom line, it looks like this project is very doable, though I am still scrambling to pick up older sets before they completely disappear.

Take care for now,

-Eli

Gundam Miniatures Battles or I Need a New Hobby Like I Need...

This was bound to happen, but I have recently come into the knowledge that a line of models for the mecha from the various Mobile Suit Gundam series has been available for a while now. These models come in a range of scales but the one that caught my ever-roaming eye were those in 1/400 scale. Of course, this puts them right at a game-worthy size and means that I must now have them.

Curse the universe for making this even possible.

Soooooo...now I am scrambling trying to assemble the mecha that I most would like to have on the battlefield, scraping together from a line of collectible figures that have been in production long enough for some of the early and, for me, more desirable sets to be out of production and scarce. So, like a mad bat out of some dark fiery place, I am on a quest to get a hold of enough 1/400 Gundam models to make this thing work.

I am waiting on two boxes of randomly assorted figs to arrive. These were picked up for a song on a clearance sale and should prove to be a nice and educational first purchase. My hope is that the rarity of units will shadow the rarity of the various units in their respective series - grunt suits more common than star or specialized suits. If this plays out, then I will be in business.

If you are reading this and have any information on the breakdown of the various boxes in the Gundam Collection series of 1/400 collectible figures, please drop me a comment.

Thanks,

Eli