Yet another of those itchiness… This time it the HGFC Nobel Gundam (I know some WILL complain about the name, consider this, Nobell sounds… odd). Enough with the bickering, onto the review.
Seriously, she is SMALL.
The Nobel Gundam is a very unit that focuses on speed and agility for fights, hence the small size.
Nobel Gundam is from the country of Neo Sweden and piloted by one hot-blooded pilot, Allenby Beardsley (do note, the instruction manual is Engrish the name, so yeah).
The hair piece looks large yet very light but it does hinder some movements.
Can do a perfect 90′ and a nearly unobtrusive ankle.
This kit uses ABS material for all the joints.
Not many gunplas can do this pose. Both my Revoltech Fraulein Haruhi and Yoko can do this, tho.
Now my OO has a serious contender.
As you can see, she’s very balanced even with that seeming large hair piece.
Sadly, there are some “minor” quibbles, like some joints tends to pop out from their sockets.
The unobtrusiveness comes with a price. There’s nothing much holding the ankle’s ball joint…
The parts in dark gray are ABS material…
Since she’s very small, she needs a special adapter piece in order to put onto normal stands.
The next few shots, I’m going mad about one-legged pose.
Couldn’t resist that. =D
Two open palms is an invitation in doing this pose.
One of the basic move of a mobile fighter.
G Gundam’s first opening theme song.
Dropping from a high altitude in surprising the opponent.
Her main tool is the beam-based ribbon. It has two forms: long and short.
The long form usually used in snaring the opponent.
It brings out the sadism in anyone. XD
The short form of the ribbon can be used as a beam saber.
Anyways…
Only thing is, I forgot to put a piece of paper as the spell card. Orz
The Jegan is at 19m whereas the Nobel is 16.2m. Agility versus raw power.
A little shorter than Marisa.
She’s on a rampage?
Something like a precision tool versus a power tool.
Yeah, nothing like a practice round to sharpen one’s skill up.
Aha!!! finally we can see her up close! setsuna better get exercise done if he wants to battle out the split kick!
btw… is that really black on her hair or did you paint it?
Oh yes, some CQC fighting are to be expected. XD
The blacks? Inked them.
wow, and that’s one small kit, i say. going for a clash with Stark? oh wait, Stark…..ehehehehhe…(that works lol)
Yes, very small.
Oh you~! XD
Nobell= the female version of Nadleeh
You can say that again. XD
I dissent; Nobell is a different being from Nadleeh…
Still, Trial System vs Berserk Mode…
PLAIZ YA BETZ NAO!!!
Oh dear… ^^;
Now Bandai, please grant me wish on this;
Let it have Berserk Mode !
Judging by the runners, I’d say yes. But when? No idea.
That’s totally unfair. How can a Jegan beat a Mobile Fighter?
My Jegan units aren’t your typical grunt type, as they are trained by Zengar himself. =D
If I’m not mistaking, the pose in the imgname ‘nobel-24’ is Yoshimitsu’s.
Ehhh?
“Yoshimitsu”… isn’t that from… Tekken? (just done a searched).
Truth be told, haven’t played any Tekken game before. XD
Thanks for the heads up. =D
Female Gundam? Looks abit like you-know-what series though hahaha xD
Yes, a feminine-themed Gundam. EH? You-know-what series?
THE GUNDAM THAT LEAPT THROUGH TIME
She’s pretty nice looking, kinda surprised she’s so small, though. Looks far nicer than the old US/MSiA Nobel I had.
Does the long ribbon have a weight or something on the end, whatever that red bit is? Certainly seems like a good idea to have something like that.
But not as small as GN Archer, tho. Thankfully.
Yes, there is a small weigh for the ribbon (which I forgot to include), but then again, I hardly used it for my shots here. =D
So, you and rndm are reviewing this kit at the same time…
I never did anticipated his review, only get to know it after opening his blog.
It was a coincidence~ I think…
Out of all the different gundams from G Gundam I always found this one pretty high on ridiculous scale. A school girl gundam from Sweden…
Anyways, I wonder what the thought process for this was.
Had a feeling that Mr Katoki said “Why not I put a Sailormoon-like Gundam, it’ll sure bring some lols”. XD
Well she is indeed small…. the issue you highlight on the ankle joint is surely disturbing… not sure why Bandai didn’t think of a better way (if there is any) – maybe they just lazy and want to rush the design work and production ASAP…. to think that this happen when Bandai should get better and clever with all their experience, knowledge and technology is rather disappointing…. I know Bandai can do better but sometimes….. sigh…..
The ankle issue can be very annoying. 😦
But this could be due to the smallness of her size… And yes, it could’ve been better.
wow, this one is a pretty small kit…I really admire the balance though..standing with one foot is really hard for figure these days…
And that’s why I went one-legged pose crazy with her. =D
Nice poses you have there. Really hope that there is a beserker mode XD
Thanks. =D
If there’s a berserker mode, Hyper-mode God Gundam can’t be far behind. XD
I still remember how i felt when i first saw the episode with the Nobell Gundam: SHOCKED
The design is very surprising and a huge departure from the traditional gundam designs (next to that windmill gundam, and the other non-hero gundams). I love the head portion though of this gundam if anything else XD
I dunno what Bandai was thinking when they made this figure, but its a figure you are either going to love or abhor.
For upon seeing in the episode: WTF~!? Sailormoon?
To me, her size (or lack of it) was surprising. She’s tiny, so much that Marisa is taller than her. XD
The only thing that annoys me with her is her ankle joint that tends to pop out. OTL