After weeks of waiting, I finally got my hands on the Master Grade 1/100 Shin Musha Gundam by TT Hongli! I got this from a seller over at Sulit.com.ph and it is my first Master Grade and first bootleg gunpla kit.
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| MG Shin Musha by TT Hongli. Check out that box-art. |
This purchase was pretty much inspired by this review by Prime92. I've been exclusively building High Grade kits and have always wanted to try my hand at a Master Grade. The entry cost for building original Bandai MG kits is a little steep, and I was afraid was messing one up.
I saw the review and did some research on prices (it ranges from 800 - 1000 PHP) - this is going to be my test-entry into Master Grades.
In the pictures above, it simply dwarfs the box for the 1/144 High Grade RX-78GP02A Type MLRS which is my biggest kit (and box) to date; the MG boxes are massive.
As soon as the seller handed me the box, the only thing I can think of is: "This is going to be glorious (or the worst purchase I've made.. so far)".
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| Runners jam-packed in plastic. I see black, gray, and.. a dull golden color. Thankfully they're not gold plated/shiny; getting those clean off the runners is a pain. |
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| TT Hongli sure likes to skimp on the plastic for their kits. High grade runners are usually packed into one plastic; for this MG, they packed all 16 runners into 4. |
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| Lots of red pieces, and some white. The Shin Musha is a predominantly red mobile suit after all. Closer inspection of the runner shows that the color is more or less accurate with the original. |
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| It will be my first time working with chrome pieces! |
Opening the massive box reveals 4 sealed plastic containers (bags?); inspection of the included manual tells me there are 16 trees/runners all in all. That's at least 3 time more than what's included for High Grade kits.
There's also one tiny sticker sheet; and based on other TT Hongli reviews, this is a good thing. Bootleg stickers hardly ever 'work' and tend to peel off rather easily anyway. This also confirms what other reviews mention - the color separation for this kit is crazy good.
I won't be able to build the kit until the weekend, and from the looks of things I won't be able to finish it in one either. This kit is definitely a big jump from what I'm used to, and I am both excited terrified.
As the title reads, this is only a preview; but I am looking forward to writing my review of the finished kit here.
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