Master Tasuke
Pathetic Meat Sack, Doll Fucker and Collector of J
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ASSAULT SUIT LEYNOS (SEGA MEGA DRIVE, 1990) PLUM brand 1/35 AS-5E3 "LEYNOS" (PLAYER TYPE)
i just put bought a copy of this model that just came out this April; (2011)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200622749002&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_Suits_series
this is a personal dream come true.
back in 1990/1991, perhaps a year at most after my parents bought me my very first VG console, the SEGA GENESIS/MEGA DRIVE,
during it's X-MAS 1989 U.S. debut, i was bought this absolutely fantastic Mecha game called "TARGET EARTH"
which i came to find out, a bit over a decade later, was an Anime-style Mecha game called "ASSAULT SUIT LEYNOS" in Japan,
but, that fact aside, T.E./LEYNOS was, in all honesty, one of my earliest exposures to the japanese "Real Robot" genre,
and it was instrumental, along with some light exposure to ROBOTECH as a toddler back in the mid-80's
in grooming me for my future as an OTAKU.
i have both my original, 1990-bought, threadbare U.S. T.E. edition game, as well as a copy of LEYNOS that is nearly mint, and quite complete;
like all early-era SEGA GENESIS/MEGA DRIVE games and consoles, there is NO regional lockout,
so my copy of LEYNOS plays just fine on my early-era U.S. GENESIS console.
indeed, i have played my T.E. copy into the ground throughout the 15 years i enjoyed it until i picked LEYNOS up in the mid 2000s.
it still works fine, and i occasionally have pangs to play the game through again every so often,
but now i use my LEYNOS copy exclusively.
anyway, i have always loved the game, and have always liked the AS-5E3 "Leynos" ASSAULT SUIT design.
as such, i have always dreamed of having a model or pre-fab figure of the Mecha,
but have always figured that such a thing could never happen outside of perhaps the Garage Kit industry.
well, this "PLUM" company has come out of nowhere just this year and made my dream come true!!
this is a VERY EXPENSIVE snap-fit polycapped injection kit, and isn't going to be like the typical BANDAI MG GUNDAM.
i CANNOT MAKE a mistake with it, lest i'll have to live with it, as this model is much too expensive for my budget
to be tackling half-heartedly.
i am a fairly basic-skilled plastic modeler, but a PRO i am most assuredly not.
therefore, i am NOT going to be giving this thing a total paint job.
i'll be adding, fine details wherever necessary, but the model at large will remain in it's molded finish.
if i REALLY wanted, i THINK i could make a an overall serviceable whack at a pro finish,
but i'd rather have a detailed toy-like model that i do not have to worry about handling,
so paint work will remain limited to fine detail.
EBAY says i should expect to receive this about mid August.
being that the seller is HONG KONG in origin, and judging by the many HK EBAY purchases i've made before,
that ETA sounds about right. we'll see...
i just put bought a copy of this model that just came out this April; (2011)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200622749002&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_Suits_series
this is a personal dream come true.
back in 1990/1991, perhaps a year at most after my parents bought me my very first VG console, the SEGA GENESIS/MEGA DRIVE,
during it's X-MAS 1989 U.S. debut, i was bought this absolutely fantastic Mecha game called "TARGET EARTH"
which i came to find out, a bit over a decade later, was an Anime-style Mecha game called "ASSAULT SUIT LEYNOS" in Japan,
but, that fact aside, T.E./LEYNOS was, in all honesty, one of my earliest exposures to the japanese "Real Robot" genre,
and it was instrumental, along with some light exposure to ROBOTECH as a toddler back in the mid-80's
in grooming me for my future as an OTAKU.
i have both my original, 1990-bought, threadbare U.S. T.E. edition game, as well as a copy of LEYNOS that is nearly mint, and quite complete;
like all early-era SEGA GENESIS/MEGA DRIVE games and consoles, there is NO regional lockout,
so my copy of LEYNOS plays just fine on my early-era U.S. GENESIS console.
indeed, i have played my T.E. copy into the ground throughout the 15 years i enjoyed it until i picked LEYNOS up in the mid 2000s.
it still works fine, and i occasionally have pangs to play the game through again every so often,
but now i use my LEYNOS copy exclusively.
anyway, i have always loved the game, and have always liked the AS-5E3 "Leynos" ASSAULT SUIT design.
as such, i have always dreamed of having a model or pre-fab figure of the Mecha,
but have always figured that such a thing could never happen outside of perhaps the Garage Kit industry.
well, this "PLUM" company has come out of nowhere just this year and made my dream come true!!
this is a VERY EXPENSIVE snap-fit polycapped injection kit, and isn't going to be like the typical BANDAI MG GUNDAM.
i CANNOT MAKE a mistake with it, lest i'll have to live with it, as this model is much too expensive for my budget
to be tackling half-heartedly.
i am a fairly basic-skilled plastic modeler, but a PRO i am most assuredly not.
therefore, i am NOT going to be giving this thing a total paint job.
i'll be adding, fine details wherever necessary, but the model at large will remain in it's molded finish.
if i REALLY wanted, i THINK i could make a an overall serviceable whack at a pro finish,
but i'd rather have a detailed toy-like model that i do not have to worry about handling,
so paint work will remain limited to fine detail.
EBAY says i should expect to receive this about mid August.
being that the seller is HONG KONG in origin, and judging by the many HK EBAY purchases i've made before,
that ETA sounds about right. we'll see...