Honestly the redeeming factor for this suit is that the base typhoeus (ignoring the accessories and gold) and the back mounted smoothbores are pretty cool
The McDonald's colors really doesn't inspire "I gotta get it". Also it sucks that the Amazing Barbatos is a music CD exclusive kit, since I think it would look and fit better than the altered Raphael
Literally, the selling point of this kit is that it's big. Nothing more. The Amazing Barbatos Lupus would make for a better standard release since we all like Meijin Kawaguchi.
Im so glad you get the parts to convert it back to the raphael. I was fully planning to repaint it and the Exo armor with the original colors. Glad i pre ordered it.
@@mj2005gundamI was wondering if the seravee 2 parts will connect to the typhoeus Gundam Also when will bandai just make a seravee 2 kit one was featured in build metaverse I mean the forced antagonist was using a seravee 2 in that flashback scene
@@kaillentackett6172While I don't think Bandai will make a full HG Seravee II because of its cameo, the normal head pack will not work too well with the Typhoeus despite being able to attach on. The v-fin is the main restriction
When you lose a tournament after using your sisters gunpla parts and she doesn’t get mad at you, but also withdraws (Did they ever explain why? I’m just assuming a sisterly “want to do everything together” bond), but then you get mad and storm off to the local McDonald’s to get a happy meal and decide that your next kitbash Chimera gunpla will have the same color scheme as your favorite fast food joint.
Not gonna lie, I am the sort of person that gets angry over people not being mad for my mistakes. But having a personal grudge against someone only to then have a young teen help fix the relationship is a terrible plot point, especially if woven into what is supposed to be a fun celebration of 10 years of Build
I was never interested in getting big support crafts like like the Kutan III and Meteor beacuse its so damn expensive, but this, this one I really like.
I actually kinda like the gundam, without the giant brick. would have cared enough to consider grabbing one if not for that. i like that it used an actual base gunpla to add custom mods, rather than a newly made up thing that was only gunpla in name like most of the later build series. since we have typhoeus, shia qanta, and zerachiel, i would like to see a zabanya mod in the future to round out the set lol
If only the rifle was a bit better, then I'd be happy just arming it with the rifle and having it in its core form. Though, I agree that we need some sort of Zabanya Build variant to have the full set in Build
You know I'm not even surprised that this would be the weakest metaverse kit in the line considering that it looks like a McDonald's promotion in secret. At least you can shift it back to its original form if you want and you can use these spare parts to make your own custom Hulk buster armor. Though I still will always Facepalm at the fact that you're telling me that the girls who had this thing were easily swayed into the good guy's side thanks to our boring main protagonist all because he had to butt in on their problem.... I remember when villains in the gundam universe used to be evil or at least decently sympathetic but this is dumb. Regardless another solid review to cap off the year, it's been fun watching your reviews of these model kits and finally HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!🎉🎉🎉
Like, it's utterly ridiculous that they had to shoehorn in a salt lord that "turned evil" because their fee-fees got hurt for an antagonist, never mind a salt lord that deliberately sabotaged her sisterly relationship because she felt like a burden, and had to have a early teen kid act as her therapist, never mind getting her ass beat by said kid despite having a much stronger machine. Recounting all the proper Build antagonists, the Mashita brothers wanted to control a new fad, Celestial Sphere was a properly good rival, Shiba Tsukasa was petty but at least provided a believable plot (illegal vid game cheats), and Alus was misguided in his programming instead of pure evil. Then we got Kentaro Mahara and now Sister Maria. Ugh... Regardless, I'm glad you liked the video. Happy New Year!
Could you do the PGM2 transformation at the arms when it's seperate from the main Gundam to make the alt mode look slightly better? Would have been nice to see that in action.
Not gonna lie, kinda want this mess of a kit. Mainly for everything BUT the core unit www. The shoulder cannons look sick tho and you can't change my mind on that
If i were to combine the Kutan Type 3 Booster with something I would have combined it with the GN Arms Type E. I'd make a modified Gundam Frame from IBO with either Exia or Astraea parts to make a fully covered gundam body but it'd have 1 of the drives from 00 Gundam. I'd have a mix of physical and beam weapons on both the mobile suit and the support unit the GNK Arms Type E3.
If only it were the GN Arms that was the armor portion, or to use the leg pieces as the large GN Swords or something like that to make use of the original combos instead of "Look, I'm larger now, fear me"
I can safely say I built the METEOR unit and already had a Freedom on hand to my pleasure... Then realized it came with a Freedom... I like building bigger kits since it shows ways to work around the limits of size. The first big one I built was the Hashmal
Dude, same. Though the Hashmal itself isn't really that big, it's just the stand that makes it take up space. And I guess that's another way to look at larger kits as a whole, so thank you for the insight
The accessories look really cool, but I don't quite like the base machine. Colors aside, the giant ball joint that connects to the shoulders and the joints that connect to the legs look... egh. Would totally buy for the accessories alone. Love what you did with the paint job. Saves the look of the base machine for me, since my eyes don't go toward the joints and instead enjoys the sight of the nice gold sheen.
Well, it's the odd design choice from the Raphael that's carried over, so it might look dodgy to have such masculine features in a kit that's trying to look feminine. I'm glad you liked what I did with the gold though
If I were to get this model kit I would just use all the spare parts and just use it for customizing for other kits and it would be a pain to try and fit it somewhere for display
Personally, I think I'm gonna have it in the Chimera form and leave it there. At least it isn't 10 miles in length front to back so it's still relatively compact
Somewhat underwhelming for a BBEG kit, my first impression was this will be a meta mecha with gundam inside gundam. But it just reuse kutan transport and Raphael gundam didn't really mix in my book
Well, all they do is reuse existing bits for Build units like these. Besides, if they really wanted a Gundam inside a larger unit, the Dantalion Perfect Cowl is, unironically, perfect for that concept
It maybe just me, but I think the Gunplas appearance here is more accurate to the anime proper. But then that just might be an effect of the lighting. On that note, this thing reminds me a lot of the Barbatourus, it's edgy as hell, has a ton of over the top gimmicks worthy of it's "Final Boss" status, has a design so loud you could practically hear it screaming as you enter the room... and it's builder was a petty brat with a nasty grudge. Oh well, at least she didn't try to ruin the game for everybody else while she was at it.
It's probably just you, as I've seen the anime multiple times and it does use the champagne gold instead of the rich gold. And yes, this thing is literally a copy of the Barbataurus. Someone turned edgy and tries to ruin the fun of the characters/series because someone hurt their fee-fees. Seriously, could they just stop that? But hey, the gimmicks and weapons make up for it right? Right...?
@@mj2005gundam Well I certainly think so. Honestly, I actually found Barbatourus to be a rather boring final boss simply because it was just a standard gunpla like all the others. Once it went Giganto-wrath-of-the-gods mode, I finally felt it fit its role. And again, I'll give this one builder some slack, SHE held a grudge but more or less left everyone else except the one she was mad at alone. The Barbatourus builder basically created a malware from scratch to try and ruin the game for EVERYONE because he lost to ONE DUDE! So yeah, she was petty... but she kept it personal at least.
I had to. For the longest time I wanted Bandai to make the large armors for the Extreme Gundam. And now, we have somewhat of a basis to make one for ourselves
Damn i wanted this to have leftovers for upgrade hilt of the long sword for Barbato 4th-6th but since this is doesn't have it might as well keep waiting longer for reprint
question: other than the gold you changed, any color you have painted instead of using color correction stickers? E.g. HG Banshee Norn's beam rifle is completely grey so i needed to paint some blue on it
easily my favorite Build design in many years, which admittedly says more about its competition than about Typhoeus itself. Still, between the Psycho Mk-II parts, the IBO guns and Raphael at the core plus remaining parts it's a kitbash dream for me.
I've literally demonstrated that you can stick other kits inside the Kutan if you want a custom power armor. The legs armor though, you get lucky with clamping them onto the legs, or mod the knees of the kit of your choice
Definitely buying the amazing barbatos lupus when it comes out and also I bought myself a clear barbatos lupus that has the arm cannon and the twin mases and definitely giving it those weapons but sucks it's a CD exclusive
Your mention of the Psycho Gundam mark 2 makes me hope we see Mark 3 get a kit at some point, which may be just my nostalgia for Gundam Battle Assault on the PS1 talking. Same for the Hydra Gundam
I doubt the Mk III will get a kit given how long and how much it took for them to begrudgingly give us the Mk II, but hey, if they'd pay any thought to the obscure designs, I'm down for it
@@mj2005gundam It took a long time for just the Shenlong from Wing to get a new kit, and that's a main suit. Same for the G Gundam main suits beyond God Gundam so I can't say it's impossible
I would get this for one reason,customs. I have a custom im llanning and this both gives me more options for it and the fact that i can use the old ones that looks cool and i can use the dragon heads for something? Alright for me
Kinda want this kit (for the core and the parts for kitbashes) but i’m at a point where i need to worry about space (so likely I’ll pass this for destroy gundam)
I like the concept of this kit, which is taking a lot of parts from a lot of different kits and bashing them together. It's what I like to do with my custom kitbashes, although with more elegance. I hope that Bandai does more kits like this, but more refined and coherent.
Because the pilot is shit. I mean, has she moved an inch after docking? I don't think she has heard of the strategy of "keep moving" to avoid being hit.
@@mj2005gundam thanks for the info. I'll just wait for other HG line that feature pseudo inner frame isntead, since that what make wfm hg line very good among other hg line up.
@@dewanegara8333 Because nobody will shut up about it. Nobody will stop putting it on a pedestal. And many Gunpla reviewers I watch now treat perfectly wonderful gunpla as average at best because they're minds keep zipping back to those things. You mark my words, when those SEED Freedom kits land, what many considered peak engineering when the Destiny Revive came out will now be considered "Bog Standard" if we're lucky and "Sub-par" or "Below average" if we aren't!
It is still a large kit people should be aware of how much space it takes up. Also, I answered your question about the Lfrith Anavata on a few occasions
Hey, I judge kits by their quality, and for a cash grab project, there are some great kits out so far like the Build Strike Exceed Galaxy and Shin Burning Gundam. Comparatively, this one is absolutely the weakest release in the line so far. I'm just waiting to see if the Amazing Barbatos Lupus would screw the pooch harder.
@@mj2005gundamima say tho perhaps the money and time and resources couldve been used for a bit more high effort project (i dont know breaker battlogue was pretty good if you ask me) Or you know Maybe more retail kits Maybe because 21 of the 37ish model kits 2023 were hgs and most from wfm Dammit bandai come in can you at least bring back hguc or something
@@mj2005gundam You'll be lucky. That thing was a CD exclusive, and they hasn't even been a rumor about it getting p-bandai OR standard release as far as I know.
@@mj2005gundam I guess I'll have to build some of those kits then, if I'm honest I haven't built anything from the line, I've just heard a lot of bad things about it.
Man this was underwhelming, and the color scheme in top of the cheap gold (ex. Hgce strike freedom) is pretty lame Welp at least there’s some hope for a mobile armor kit if bandai doesnt choose to screw its largest fanbase over That said, given this and hg destroy, id like to see more mobile armor hgs for regular release You know, like Bigro And Quin Mantha *AND THE LEGENDARY MASS PRODUCED BIG ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM*
I do hope we see some more MAs in the future. I mean, if they can afford to make Metal Builds of the GN Arms, I damn well hope they make more in kit form
The Build series honestly should have just: 1) STOPPED after GBF Try 2) keepp making Battle logues centered AROUND the GBF characters 3) CONTINUED the story and world expansion after TRY 4) never should have made bootleg sao/hack sign of a divers 5) don't even bother with breakers or metaverse 6) ALLL the above ~
Honestly, if they made Metaverse in a similar vein to Battlogue or MS Igloo episodes, I won't have minded. Instead, they shoehorned a mediocre plot that had no time in the oven, and did cameos for cameo's sake. Just utter disrespect for the Build series as a whole.
This thing has all the makings of The Shelfwarmer of All Time. Horrible color palette, unpopular source material, and costs nearly 100 USD for a high grade. Most casual HG builders either don't have the shelf space for this or don't want to drop a bill for one kit. And most dedicated builders would rather buy an MG for that price
I mean, when HLJ, which infamously has 99% of the catalogue backordered, has this in stock, you know that it's just gonna sit there. I've wanted to put this at "Avoid" throughout the filming process, but I couldn't sound too charged and I have to admit that I had fun messing with the armor on different kits. Personally, if I were a regular viewer, there is no reason to pick this kit up unless I want a basis for my custom exo-armor. But for the money, there are way too many better options to go for instead of shelling it out on this guy.
@@mj2005gundam Bandai's decisions regarding P-Bandai have been super confusing lately. This thing has all the qualities of a standard Peebs listing: mostly old parts, low confidence for sales numbers, etc. Yet it's retail? And the RG Force Impulse "Repackage" or w/e it is for the Seed movie is literally just a recolor. Like P-Bandai is made for? Yet retail. But stuff we want as retail is P-Bandai, like the Rose Gundam. C'mon bro
Imagine having a literal hulk buster suit yet still manages to lose against a child who is a beginner in gunpla building and his entry grade gunpla with a spec that rival an ez8
Honestly the redeeming factor for this suit is that the base typhoeus (ignoring the accessories and gold) and the back mounted smoothbores are pretty cool
I mean, if you'd like a scaly Gundam that is very good at punching and kicking, sure it's a good kit for that
The McDonald's colors really doesn't inspire "I gotta get it". Also it sucks that the Amazing Barbatos is a music CD exclusive kit, since I think it would look and fit better than the altered Raphael
Literally, the selling point of this kit is that it's big. Nothing more. The Amazing Barbatos Lupus would make for a better standard release since we all like Meijin Kawaguchi.
yeah its like they let a 5 year old decide its colors
Good news, Amazing barbatos is getting regular release.
Im so glad you get the parts to convert it back to the raphael. I was fully planning to repaint it and the Exo armor with the original colors. Glad i pre ordered it.
Glad I helped
@@mj2005gundamI was wondering if the seravee 2 parts will connect to the typhoeus Gundam
Also when will bandai just make a seravee 2 kit one was featured in build metaverse I mean the forced antagonist was using a seravee 2 in that flashback scene
@@kaillentackett6172While I don't think Bandai will make a full HG Seravee II because of its cameo, the normal head pack will not work too well with the Typhoeus despite being able to attach on. The v-fin is the main restriction
Your paint job of this is great! It shows that it does have a potential to be a great display piece beyond being just a big kit
Eyy, thank you. It was a bit rough around the edges, but I'm glad the gold worked out
@@mj2005gundamwhat gold did you use? Looks nice and bright like a hyaku shiki look. I've only been able to get darker golds
@@AstreaGT Mr Metallic Color GX Red Gold
Who else is hyped for the very possible psycho mkii?
Me, except I'm lying because it will be premium. If it isn't, I'll eat my words
Is it wrong that I'm still waiting for a HG 1/144 GN Cannon to go along with the 1/1.5 Gundam?
remember the RG amatsu mina having blitz arm
Taking references from:
Raphael Gundam + Psycho Gundam MK II + Kutan
A chimeric creation
When you lose a tournament after using your sisters gunpla parts and she doesn’t get mad at you, but also withdraws (Did they ever explain why? I’m just assuming a sisterly “want to do everything together” bond), but then you get mad and storm off to the local McDonald’s to get a happy meal and decide that your next kitbash Chimera gunpla will have the same color scheme as your favorite fast food joint.
for real the backstory for the main antagonist is dumb as hell
Not gonna lie, I am the sort of person that gets angry over people not being mad for my mistakes. But having a personal grudge against someone only to then have a young teen help fix the relationship is a terrible plot point, especially if woven into what is supposed to be a fun celebration of 10 years of Build
That has got to be the stupidest backstory for a villain, even by Build Series standards.
I'm just gonna wait for the inevitable Psycho Gundam Mk II
Wait for it, and then be unable to get it because screw P-Bandai
Comprised of many details but still a compact vid, happy new year and keep up the astounding work!
Thanks, happy new year to you too!
I was never interested in getting big support crafts like like the Kutan III and Meteor beacuse its so damn expensive, but this, this one I really like.
Fair enough, it can actually be used for combat
I just hope we get the psycho gundam mk 2 soon
Give it a year or two, then it will happen...
on P-Bandai
@@mj2005gundam welp that’s better than nothing right…
@@Dr.Alligator Considering I'm still holding out hope for a Psycho MK 1 reprint, yes. Yes it is.
Wish granted, as HGUC retail kit (Hizack custom got banished to p-Bandai purgatory)
I actually kinda like the gundam, without the giant brick. would have cared enough to consider grabbing one if not for that.
i like that it used an actual base gunpla to add custom mods, rather than a newly made up thing that was only gunpla in name like most of the later build series. since we have typhoeus, shia qanta, and zerachiel, i would like to see a zabanya mod in the future to round out the set lol
If only the rifle was a bit better, then I'd be happy just arming it with the rifle and having it in its core form. Though, I agree that we need some sort of Zabanya Build variant to have the full set in Build
Dragon heads have similar type of opening teeth like Virtue's GN bazooka, imagining double alligator heads. 😋
That is actually a good observation, I didn't connect that
Would've been cooler if it had Garazzo's finger beam claws and the accompanied Garazzo hands 🤔
You mean for the Typhoeus or the armor?
@@mj2005gundam For the normal Typhoeus. I already knew the Psycho Gundam 2 arms can be fitted with beam saber effects.
it would cooler to see Amazing Barbatos Lupus wearing Typhoeus Gundam's Chimera armor
I'm trying my best to get my HK contact to look for that for me. Sadly, it doesn't come out until March
@@mj2005gundam yeah.....also that Extreme Gundam Chimera on 8:47 is peak as hel
You know I'm not even surprised that this would be the weakest metaverse kit in the line considering that it looks like a McDonald's promotion in secret. At least you can shift it back to its original form if you want and you can use these spare parts to make your own custom Hulk buster armor. Though I still will always Facepalm at the fact that you're telling me that the girls who had this thing were easily swayed into the good guy's side thanks to our boring main protagonist all because he had to butt in on their problem.... I remember when villains in the gundam universe used to be evil or at least decently sympathetic but this is dumb. Regardless another solid review to cap off the year, it's been fun watching your reviews of these model kits and finally HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!🎉🎉🎉
Like, it's utterly ridiculous that they had to shoehorn in a salt lord that "turned evil" because their fee-fees got hurt for an antagonist, never mind a salt lord that deliberately sabotaged her sisterly relationship because she felt like a burden, and had to have a early teen kid act as her therapist, never mind getting her ass beat by said kid despite having a much stronger machine.
Recounting all the proper Build antagonists, the Mashita brothers wanted to control a new fad, Celestial Sphere was a properly good rival, Shiba Tsukasa was petty but at least provided a believable plot (illegal vid game cheats), and Alus was misguided in his programming instead of pure evil. Then we got Kentaro Mahara and now Sister Maria. Ugh...
Regardless, I'm glad you liked the video. Happy New Year!
Could you do the PGM2 transformation at the arms when it's seperate from the main Gundam to make the alt mode look slightly better? Would have been nice to see that in action.
Of course you could. It would also improve the looks of the Kutan as well since it won't just look like a pair of arms are sticking out
Not gonna lie, kinda want this mess of a kit. Mainly for everything BUT the core unit www. The shoulder cannons look sick tho and you can't change my mind on that
Some want it for the core unit, some want it for the armor. I still haven't seen someone who wants it for it. I don't blame them though
If i were to combine the Kutan Type 3 Booster with something I would have combined it with the GN Arms Type E. I'd make a modified Gundam Frame from IBO with either Exia or Astraea parts to make a fully covered gundam body but it'd have 1 of the drives from 00 Gundam. I'd have a mix of physical and beam weapons on both the mobile suit and the support unit the GNK Arms Type E3.
yeah gn arms
If only it were the GN Arms that was the armor portion, or to use the leg pieces as the large GN Swords or something like that to make use of the original combos instead of "Look, I'm larger now, fear me"
let's see the amazing barbatos
I wonder the Kutan version (without the psycho arms) would be match with the Amazing Barbatos Lupus, hahaha
Only one way to find out
I can safely say I built the METEOR unit and already had a Freedom on hand to my pleasure... Then realized it came with a Freedom...
I like building bigger kits since it shows ways to work around the limits of size. The first big one I built was the Hashmal
Dude, same. Though the Hashmal itself isn't really that big, it's just the stand that makes it take up space. And I guess that's another way to look at larger kits as a whole, so thank you for the insight
I think I’ll add a little more and get the Destroy Gundam instead 😅
Even though it’s more expensive, I have a feeling it’ll sell more than this guy 🤔
Absolutely. It's highly anticipated, newly molded, transformable and larger.
The gold is perfect in this. Which gold did u use. And the top coat for the shine
The gold is Mr Metallic GX Color Red Gold, with no top coat
@@mj2005gundam wow that's some premium paint writing it down for my next ebay order
Woah thanks for the review bro, cool repaint too! What paint did you use for the gold?
Thank you! I used Mr Metallic Color GX Red Gold for the gold parts
@@mj2005gundam thanks bro, I want to use it for the phenex too
How do you paint the gold? I really like that shade of gold
Mr Metallic GX Color Red Gold and an airbrush did the trick for me
I'm slowly starting to warm up to this kit. Not something I'll go out of my way to get, but if I can get it for a good deal, I might just buy it.
Just tighten the legs
The accessories look really cool, but I don't quite like the base machine. Colors aside, the giant ball joint that connects to the shoulders and the joints that connect to the legs look... egh. Would totally buy for the accessories alone. Love what you did with the paint job. Saves the look of the base machine for me, since my eyes don't go toward the joints and instead enjoys the sight of the nice gold sheen.
Well, it's the odd design choice from the Raphael that's carried over, so it might look dodgy to have such masculine features in a kit that's trying to look feminine. I'm glad you liked what I did with the gold though
As someone who hasn't seen any Gundam anime... I think ill get this just for the Aliens power loader look it exudes.
I will say this. The exo-armor is fun as a basis for custom builds
this kit looks great from the review but i wonder what kit is the leftover blade exactly from?
The HG Long Distance transport Kutan Type III. That comes with the sword and rear skirt arms for the included HG Barbatos
Wonder if we'll ever get a kit for Raphael Dominions.
Probably never, since we never even got a proper HG Seravee II
Great, objective review. Convinced me NOT to buy it.
Glad I could help. It's definitely not the best the line has to offer, and it suffers from its size
If I were to get this model kit I would just use all the spare parts and just use it for customizing for other kits and it would be a pain to try and fit it somewhere for display
Personally, I think I'm gonna have it in the Chimera form and leave it there. At least it isn't 10 miles in length front to back so it's still relatively compact
Wish you vould buy the typhoeus without the huge armor, really nice the gold and red
So far, I've seen people interested in just the core or the armor, not the whole package. It's interesting
I'm just getting mecha "Exosquad" vibes from this
It is similar in concept
Somewhat underwhelming for a BBEG kit, my first impression was this will be a meta mecha with gundam inside gundam. But it just reuse kutan transport and Raphael gundam didn't really mix in my book
Well, all they do is reuse existing bits for Build units like these. Besides, if they really wanted a Gundam inside a larger unit, the Dantalion Perfect Cowl is, unironically, perfect for that concept
It maybe just me, but I think the Gunplas appearance here is more accurate to the anime proper.
But then that just might be an effect of the lighting.
On that note, this thing reminds me a lot of the Barbatourus, it's edgy as hell, has a ton of over the top gimmicks worthy of it's "Final Boss" status, has a design so loud you could practically hear it screaming as you enter the room... and it's builder was a petty brat with a nasty grudge.
Oh well, at least she didn't try to ruin the game for everybody else while she was at it.
It's probably just you, as I've seen the anime multiple times and it does use the champagne gold instead of the rich gold.
And yes, this thing is literally a copy of the Barbataurus. Someone turned edgy and tries to ruin the fun of the characters/series because someone hurt their fee-fees. Seriously, could they just stop that? But hey, the gimmicks and weapons make up for it right?
Right...?
@@mj2005gundam Well I certainly think so.
Honestly, I actually found Barbatourus to be a rather boring final boss simply because it was just a standard gunpla like all the others.
Once it went Giganto-wrath-of-the-gods mode, I finally felt it fit its role.
And again, I'll give this one builder some slack, SHE held a grudge but more or less left everyone else except the one she was mad at alone.
The Barbatourus builder basically created a malware from scratch to try and ruin the game for EVERYONE because he lost to ONE DUDE!
So yeah, she was petty... but she kept it personal at least.
@@MasterSwo-MK At the very least, he just acted like every Barbatos superfan
Ayo! My boy RD Leos! What a combo!
I had to. For the longest time I wanted Bandai to make the large armors for the Extreme Gundam. And now, we have somewhat of a basis to make one for ourselves
@@mj2005gundam Saaaaaaaaaame; they had the Carnage Phase up and ready, but never consumer printed the model...
Reminds me of Ridley in the Power Lifter in Aliens
OMG, they are really similar, I just looked
Damn i wanted this to have leftovers for upgrade hilt of the long sword for Barbato 4th-6th but since this is doesn't have it might as well keep waiting longer for reprint
The one thing that's important, the sword hilt, is part of the runners for the original leg pieces. What a shame
How do you connect the knee parts to other model tho?
I clamped them onto the legs using the side pieces
question: other than the gold you changed, any color you have painted instead of using color correction stickers?
E.g. HG Banshee Norn's beam rifle is completely grey so i needed to paint some blue on it
Besides that, the gray on the leg armor, and the black trim on the eye and forehead pieces (for demo purposes) no
oh ok thanks@@mj2005gundam
easily my favorite Build design in many years, which admittedly says more about its competition than about Typhoeus itself. Still, between the Psycho Mk-II parts, the IBO guns and Raphael at the core plus remaining parts it's a kitbash dream for me.
More power to you
i don't like the color scheme, but luckily the kit looks pretty cool
At least the scaly looks is something to be liked.
Random question, can we use other gundam as the core gundam aside thywhatever it call? 🤔
I've literally demonstrated that you can stick other kits inside the Kutan if you want a custom power armor. The legs armor though, you get lucky with clamping them onto the legs, or mod the knees of the kit of your choice
@@mj2005gundam
ah, I must be miss it cause I watch this video while eating sorry 🙈
Sorry and thanks for answer 👍
Definitely buying the amazing barbatos lupus when it comes out and also I bought myself a clear barbatos lupus that has the arm cannon and the twin mases and definitely giving it those weapons but sucks it's a CD exclusive
I'm gonna try to get it for myself
@@mj2005gundam same here
Now use the Psycho Gundam Mk.II's arms with the Hazel Gigantic Arm Unit
Sadly, the Mk II arms have a hole instead of a peg, and a hole can't be plugged into another hole
Your mention of the Psycho Gundam mark 2 makes me hope we see Mark 3 get a kit at some point, which may be just my nostalgia for Gundam Battle Assault on the PS1 talking. Same for the Hydra Gundam
I doubt the Mk III will get a kit given how long and how much it took for them to begrudgingly give us the Mk II, but hey, if they'd pay any thought to the obscure designs, I'm down for it
HGAC Hydra would indeed be a Pbandai like the HGAC G-Unit kits beforehand
When would it be announced though, unsure
@@mj2005gundam It took a long time for just the Shenlong from Wing to get a new kit, and that's a main suit. Same for the G Gundam main suits beyond God Gundam so I can't say it's impossible
I’d like it better if it was a Hazel with giant arm unit
Sadly I doubt we'd see any Hazel build variants because of rights issues
I would get this for one reason,customs. I have a custom im llanning and this both gives me more options for it and the fact that i can use the old ones that looks cool and i can use the dragon heads for something? Alright for me
That's basically what this kit is for, customization
Typhoeus Gundam Chimera similar to Iron Man Mark 43 and Mark 44 Hulkbuster.
Indeed, it's quite similar
Kinda want this kit (for the core and the parts for kitbashes) but i’m at a point where i need to worry about space (so likely I’ll pass this for destroy gundam)
I'd say save for the Destroy as well, after the experience I've had
Sadly it used 100% the old frame or design from gundam raphael,so the articulation is limited.big but not worth it in my opinion..
The articulation is the least of this kit's issues when it suffers from its own weight
I like the concept of this kit, which is taking a lot of parts from a lot of different kits and bashing them together. It's what I like to do with my custom kitbashes, although with more elegance. I hope that Bandai does more kits like this, but more refined and coherent.
The idea is cool. The execution is where it fell apart
have a question, how the hell the lah gundam defeated this?
Because plot, and how incompetent Maria is as a pilot
Segede master grade nih
It sure is
beaten by an entry grade's meele weapon.
Because the pilot is shit. I mean, has she moved an inch after docking? I don't think she has heard of the strategy of "keep moving" to avoid being hit.
Does this kit has pseudo inner frame like wfm line?
No. The Raphael doesn't have one
@@mj2005gundam thanks for the info.
I'll just wait for other HG line that feature pseudo inner frame isntead, since that what make wfm hg line very good among other hg line up.
@@dewanegara8333 I swear I'm very quickly developing a distain for that line.
@@MasterSwo-MK you mean disdain?
From which line? Wfm?
If yes, may i ask why you objectively hate it, for broadeninh my insight.
@@dewanegara8333 Because nobody will shut up about it.
Nobody will stop putting it on a pedestal.
And many Gunpla reviewers I watch now treat perfectly wonderful gunpla as average at best because they're minds keep zipping back to those things.
You mark my words, when those SEED Freedom kits land, what many considered peak engineering when the Destiny Revive came out will now be considered "Bog Standard" if we're lucky and "Sub-par" or "Below average" if we aren't!
Well this is not as big as the Hg destroy Gundam MJ did you purchase lfrit anavanta.
It is still a large kit people should be aware of how much space it takes up. Also, I answered your question about the Lfrith Anavata on a few occasions
"The weakest build metaverse kit" the line was already problematic and felt like a cash grab😅😅
Hey, I judge kits by their quality, and for a cash grab project, there are some great kits out so far like the Build Strike Exceed Galaxy and Shin Burning Gundam. Comparatively, this one is absolutely the weakest release in the line so far. I'm just waiting to see if the Amazing Barbatos Lupus would screw the pooch harder.
@@mj2005gundamima say tho perhaps the money and time and resources couldve been used for a bit more high effort project (i dont know breaker battlogue was pretty good if you ask me)
Or you know
Maybe more retail kits
Maybe because 21 of the 37ish model kits 2023 were hgs and most from wfm
Dammit bandai come in can you at least bring back hguc or something
@@mj2005gundam You'll be lucky.
That thing was a CD exclusive, and they hasn't even been a rumor about it getting p-bandai OR standard release as far as I know.
@@a.p.studios8713 they did with the upcoming hgce kits like the Rising Freedom
@@mj2005gundam I guess I'll have to build some of those kits then, if I'm honest I haven't built anything from the line, I've just heard a lot of bad things about it.
Im still salty the amazing barbatos is limited exclusive.
Same here. I'm still gonna get it though
@@mj2005gundam cool! Can't wait for you to review it when it releases
Man this was underwhelming, and the color scheme in top of the cheap gold (ex. Hgce strike freedom) is pretty lame
Welp at least there’s some hope for a mobile armor kit if bandai doesnt choose to screw its largest fanbase over
That said, given this and hg destroy, id like to see more mobile armor hgs for regular release
You know, like Bigro
And Quin Mantha
*AND THE LEGENDARY MASS PRODUCED BIG ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM*
I do hope we see some more MAs in the future. I mean, if they can afford to make Metal Builds of the GN Arms, I damn well hope they make more in kit form
I haven't had interest in any of the build metaverse kits. Don't plan on getting any of them.
Fair enough. Some of them are worth a try though if you're feeling up to it
The Build series honestly should have just:
1) STOPPED after GBF Try
2) keepp making Battle logues centered AROUND the GBF characters
3) CONTINUED the story and world expansion after TRY
4) never should have made bootleg sao/hack sign of a divers
5) don't even bother with breakers or metaverse
6) ALLL the above ~
Honestly, if they made Metaverse in a similar vein to Battlogue or MS Igloo episodes, I won't have minded. Instead, they shoehorned a mediocre plot that had no time in the oven, and did cameos for cameo's sake. Just utter disrespect for the Build series as a whole.
@@mj2005gundam even better, have it as an entire full series, showing the entire history of gunpla battle up until metaverse
those twin shoulder cannons are just bad design honestly
Why so?
I really love this design, but this color scheme is real bad
It is divisive to be sure
This thing has all the makings of The Shelfwarmer of All Time. Horrible color palette, unpopular source material, and costs nearly 100 USD for a high grade. Most casual HG builders either don't have the shelf space for this or don't want to drop a bill for one kit. And most dedicated builders would rather buy an MG for that price
I mean, when HLJ, which infamously has 99% of the catalogue backordered, has this in stock, you know that it's just gonna sit there.
I've wanted to put this at "Avoid" throughout the filming process, but I couldn't sound too charged and I have to admit that I had fun messing with the armor on different kits. Personally, if I were a regular viewer, there is no reason to pick this kit up unless I want a basis for my custom exo-armor.
But for the money, there are way too many better options to go for instead of shelling it out on this guy.
@@mj2005gundam Bandai's decisions regarding P-Bandai have been super confusing lately. This thing has all the qualities of a standard Peebs listing: mostly old parts, low confidence for sales numbers, etc. Yet it's retail? And the RG Force Impulse "Repackage" or w/e it is for the Seed movie is literally just a recolor. Like P-Bandai is made for? Yet retail.
But stuff we want as retail is P-Bandai, like the Rose Gundam. C'mon bro
@@devinchadwick9147 Well G Gundam is still seen as the black sheep over in Japan as far as I'm aware so...
@@MasterSwo-MKwait didn't it brought back viewer from gundam Victory and it's surprising dark and moodier tone than usual gundam
@@bakl3467 Beats me.
Getting the general consensus on things in Japan is a bit of a difficulty for me, so I might be off on some things.
Oh my god... It's.... it's........
So Ugly! It looks like a rejected Power Ranger Megazord!
Its looks aren't for everyone, I can understand
The color choice of this kit is really questionable. It's a hung turn off.
It's not the best color scheme, I understand
Imagine having a literal hulk buster suit yet still manages to lose against a child who is a beginner in gunpla building and his entry grade gunpla with a spec that rival an ez8
Because plot. Seriously, I hate Bandai for doing this... Writing seems to have gone out the window ever since Re:Rise ended