i finally thought of something to update here. i will try to do reviews of Plastic Scale Model kits from now on. but first up is the world famous china knock offs.
If its there in the market China definitely has a version of it.
now lets take a look at the box art....
Pictures of the original were taken from hobby search
i dont know why but the knock offs box art looks much nicer to me... sorry bandai
Knock Off
Original
Knock Off
Original* i know you cant really see anything but you can more or less make an educated guess right?*
so now the original kit cost roughly 600 yen, makes it about RM24 or so. the knock off? it cost me 9.90 at a shop in prangin mall..... and it has 7 runners? including the PC part too.. and for the most part is looks almost the same. main difference is the main weapon :/
now here comes the icing on the cake.
the manual.... now the knock offs manual is rather detailed. Probably made in autocad, not too bad too
here's the original
seriously, its amazing
although both are quite similar the way the runners are plotted are quite different. the knock off has more parts but the original has less and most of the things are molded directly on to the kit * its like those recast resin kits you get from e2046.com* . instead of having to assemble all the decorative designs of the head myself. but hey i can really complain, saves me the hastle of actually masking those parts anyway >_>
over all the plastic quality is quite good, but as we all know often with these knock off there are some issues..... proportion, wont snap fit properly, takes more time, etc
That's all for now, a little later today i will see if i am able to snap fit this sucker, now for the moment take a look at the original kit that has been snap fitted here
http://reggiocomics.blogspot.com/2010/05/kit-review-bb009-shin-kosonsan-ez8-sd.html
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