HG 1/144 GN-X Part 4

Streamlined design


Returning to HG 1/144 GN-X after a month for its final assembly. ^^

As usual, I'm starting on the work with the weapons:


All parts for the beam rifle.


GN beam rifle.
The mount rack moves via a ball-type joint. The supporting handle is movable as well.



Add on the long barrel and additional sensor unit to get GN long barrel beam rifle.


The normal type is 5.5cm in length, with the long barrel, the overall length is increased till 13cm.


Two foil stickers for the targeting sensors. One on the body (a separate part it is) and one beneath the nozzle.


Just 3 parts for the shield.


The Defense Rod is non-movable for this High Grade version. This function is available on the Master Grade version.


The details behind the shield. Has an 'X' pattern in the middle as well. ^^


All weapons for GN-X. The beam saber parts would make all the Gundams in HG Gundam Double O Season One (except Gundam Nadleeh) envious of this kit no doubt I think. XD The design is no exactly the same though.


Parts for the right arm.


Major separable components.



Done for the right arm.


Pretty standard fair in terms of articulation.



Mounting the beam rifle onto the right forearm.


Parts for the left arm.


Different design for the white part between the fist and the spread palm.



Left arm completed.
Apart from the extra spread palm, everything is the same as the right arm.


The shield is mounted on the side of the forearm.


The design of the mount rack adheres to the shape of the forearm where it's attached to, allowing the shield to be positioned very closely to the arm, but no collision between the two at all.


Parts for the right leg.


Major separable components.
The distinction between the legs is (just) the ankle joint.



Right leg completed.


The armor behind the thigh and the ankle guard are movable.


The movement of the armors totally compliment the articulation design of the leg, something I like very much about this kit. ^^
The fact that some portion of the calf can retract into the rear armor instead of being completely limited by it is a very good design in my opinion.


Somewhat limited by the two round parts on either sides of the ankle, the foot doesn't bend out too much, but the overall articulation is still very good, especially when the hip joint is a separated component from the thigh. ^^


All parts for the left leg.


Major separable components.



Left leg completed.


Both legs completed.


Another look at the articulation design of the legs.


Following the design style of Gundam Double O mecha, the round knee joints that can show off the gray mechanical portion as if it's one single unit looks very appealing to me. ^^
Assembling the body unit of GN-X next.

Devastator Spawn Get

Coming full circle
Got this really awesome deal from a local forum member yesterday, and I'm still very thrilled about it. ^^






Spawn Series 18 "Interlink 6", released by McFarlane Toys in 2001 is a set of 6 Spawn action figures with the design theme being pseudo-mechanical armor suits or robots that has the unique ability to gattai into a giant robot with the same name as the series' title, "Interlink 6". Each figure is about 15cm (6") tall, while the combined Interlink 6 is 40cm (16") tall. Till this day, this is the only Spawn series with the ability to combine the individual figures if not mistaken. It's super awesome! ^^

You can find out more about this item set on Spawn's official site.


It didn't hit me at first, but when I found out the exact release date of this item and remembered the first time I saw it in the same year and developed a deep interest in it, it occurred to me that I've been looking for it for a very long time, and finally coming full circle at this point, after a whole decade. ^^ I couldn't help but to let out a soft sigh, sort of an acknowledgment of just how much time has passed since my younger days. ^^

The first time I saw it was back in 2001, in a small local hobby store called "Alan Workshop", which I actually mentioned last year in a posting with a similar nostalgic feel as this one. ^^ The store owner was unpacking this item set when I arrived at the store. After his introduction and marveling at the box art and everything myself, I was about to ask the owner to reserve the whole set for me (being a secondary school student back then means I have to dig for money to get it the next time I return to the store) when another customer who was in the store at that time paid for it in full and got the entire set right away. ^^; It was an almost completed deal flew away right in front of my eyes. ^^; Then again, being quite a dummy at that time, I thought I could get another set soon since it was a new item at that point. However, the harsh reality of how niche the market was for all these specific action figure franchises in my place would keep me hoping and waiting for nothing for years to come after that, until now of course. ^^

The entire set sold to me remained unopened, and seeing how the color of all the plastic covers had turned yellow really reminded me of my first encounter with it. I was looking at the figures through those sealed plastic covers as well. Back then, I heard of McFarlane Toys' Spawn series before, but never thought that it would be this fun, at least with this set. ^^ That experience sort of opened my eyes to more hobby items instead of just Gunplas, model kits, Transformers and Power Rangers robot figures - almost the only ones I cared about at that time. There are many items released by other companies that are equally interesting and are fun to discover.

Getting these action figures as a whole set, unopened some more is such a great thrill to me, because after being unable to find it for such a long time, I almost gave up my hopes for it. It was such a coincidence when I saw the forum posting about the offering of this item set, with an even more awesome coincidence that the dealer is in town as well. ^^ After years of waiting and searching, I'm able to get many of the items I missed out when they first came out years ago, most of them being models kits like the 4 1/100 scale Gundam Wing Endless Waltz kits, Perfect Grade Gundam GP01/Fb, HG 1/144 Gundam, 1/35 Mechanic Collection Guren Type-02, Ex Model 1/144 Hildolfr, Master Grade Ingram Unit 1, Real Robot Revolution L-Gaim Mk. II, and other model kits from Bandai that I always know will get reissued after a certain time. Even Kotobukiya kits get their share of reissue as well, and I managed to get pretty much all the kits I missed out in the past, from SRW OG Non-scale Daizengar, Cybuster, 1/144 Alteisen Riese to HMM 1/72 Saber Tiger because of that. However, managing to secure this entire set of Spawn Series 18 "Interlink 6" is still a great feat for me (and a very lucky one too). ^^

Seeing how all the items remained sealed for such a long time since its release back in 2001, I'm pondering hard on whether I should open them up and release the figures since their factory days 10 years ago. ^^; It feels like destroying a bunch of relics that survived a long time of preservation. ^^; I guess that since I can't make up my mind at this time, and probably won't be so for quite a while, any review on this set won't be coming soon. ^^;

On the other hand, I also got this figure of the Angel of Death from "Hellboy 2: The Golden Army" for free from the trade, which is a huge bonus to the whole deal that I really appreciate.





Apart from being a very unique character in the movie, it seems that the Angel of Death is the largest figure in this particular product series. It's a fixed figure I think, but those massive wings would make it a really flamboyant but mysterious-looking display item. ^^