Reddit reviews Bandai Gundam Heavyarms Ver EW 1/100 Master Grade

OK, I'm in socal, there is a ton of gunpla shops near me. I believe there are some around the Bay Area but don't know about Sac.

Here is the MG Heavy Arms at a store I frequent, I never had to have them ship to me because they are local but I like them.

MG Heavy Arms EW

This was released I believe in 2011, they did a re-release of all the Gundam Wing kits which Heavy Arms is from.

Here it is again on Amazon

If you have Prime you can get it shipped for free and its pretty much identical price

It should be fine asking here, most of us in /r/Gunpla are subbed here too anyway.

Anyway, if your Bf has never built a gundam model before he should probably start with a cheaper High Grade (or HG) model first, they are very simple and won't look that amazing but it works as an introduction.

If your Bf has built a gundam model before then you should probably get him a Master Grade (or MG) model, they tend to be leaps and bounds better than the HG models but they do require some discipline and a modest amount of experience to put together.

I should note that gundam model kits don't have english instructions, but the illustrations used in the instructions are excellent and don't really need additional text for you to follow them. It's not anything major but it might cause confusion if you don't know about it before hand.

Amazon is probably your best bet for where to buy from, you're just more certain of the support you'll get if there is a problem and the savings you might get from ebay would be marginal at best. You could potentially buy from Hobby Link Japan which will feature better base prices and has a good reputation, but they ship from Japan so the shipping cost might not be worth it sometimes.

And finally I went looking for Heavy Arms kit on Amazon already and found a HG version and a MG version which is currently on sale. You could get them both for just about $50 before shipping. This is great if your Bf has never put together a kit before, he could get used to how things are done with the HG kit, then used what he's learned on the more difficult MG kit.

The biggest/best detailed version of the HeavyArms is simply the 1/100 MG EW version. It's actually on discount now for 39.50:

http://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Gundam-Heavyarms-Master-Grade/dp/B006F9CFWQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1381729999&sr=8-2&keywords=heavy+arms

I'm just confused because I was also looking to purchase this Heavy Arms model https://www.amazon.ca/Bandai-Gundam-Heavyarms-Master-Grade/dp/B006F9CFWQ/ref=pd_sbs_21_7?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B006F9CFWQ&pd_rd_r=19feedf4-ce90-11e8-8978-638753c50467&pd_rd_w=LulPe&pd_rd_wg=tTOYe&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&pf_rd_p=d4c8ffae-b082-4374-b96d-0608daba52bb&pf_rd_r=VK8E9WC0E8R39FN9P253&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=VK8E9WC0E8R39FN9P253

and they are only charging $60 CAD for it.

Finally got a useful "spam" email from Amazon, here are some of the kits that appear to be on sale.

MG Sandrock - $42.64

MG Heavyarms - $42.40

MG Deathscythe Hell - $48.90

MG Wing Zero Custom - $43.66

MG Shenlong - $41.49

MG Deathscythe - $41.79

MG Wing Ver.Ka - $47.95

MG Wing - $44.29

MG Buster - $47.50

MG Nu Ver.Ka - $72.07

I am hoping someone can help me here, as it has been a long time since I have watched Gundam Wing. I am looking to build all the main Gundams from Wing. I found [this] (https://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Gundam-Heavyarms-Master-Grade/dp/B006F9CFWQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501597334&sr=8-1&keywords=gundam+wing+heavyarms), I am assuming that the EW means Endless Waltz, but I always remember the EW version looking like this. Am I just remembering things wrong?

Yeah I have the MG EW of that same kit and my god is it totally different. Here is the Amazon page for it. I didn't pay $40 for it though, but its worth that price.

This one, I'm guessing.

Hi,

I am new to gunpla and was looking to get the heavyarms MG kit and found 2 that I think are the same but with very different prices.

https://www.usagundamstore.com/products/mg-1-100-gundam-heavyarms-ew-ver

and

https://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Gundam-Heavyarms-Master-Grade/dp/B006F9CFWQ/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=gundam+heavyarms+mg&qid=1567495174&s=toys-and-games&sr=1-1


Is it normal that there are such big price differences between the same set? or are they not the same set? usagundamstore seems a legit store ( even the reddit has it listed as a place to buy ).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006F9CFWQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1