Reddit reviews Bandai Hobby #99 NZ-666 Kshatriya, Bandai HGUC Action Figure
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No glue required for assembly, a hobby nipper is required to remove parts from runnersColored plastic, little to no paint required to replicate appearanceProduct bears official Bluefin Distribution logo ensuring purchaser is receiving authentic licensed item from approved U.S. retailerOnly product with affixed official Bluefin and Bandai Namco label has been thoroughly tested for safety and meets all North American consumer product safety regulations and entitles the purchaser to product support assistance
Kshatriya can be there by Friday with free shipping. I've never seen $25 shipping on an amazon kit, ever. They're almost always either free 2 day shipping, or free boat from japan shipping.
Bandai is (IMO) the top of the Japanese heap, model-wise - well-engineered, complex but not fiddly. Their Eva offerings are OK, but where they really shine is the Gundam stuff. Currently, they're available as 1/144 HG (no inner frames, decent articulation and detail), 1/144 RG (inner frames and high detail) 1/100 Re/100 (no inner frames, decent external detail, 'niche' MS) 1/100 MG (current ones have internal frames and high detail; older ones, not so much), 1/60 PG (big scale, high detail inside and out), and some 1/144, 1/100 and other 'No Grade' (older, low-articulation, low color separation kits), and some non-Gundam stuff like VOTOMS (we'll get there in a bit). Like everything else, newer kits will have better parts layouts than older kits. You can check Dalong.net, for visual reviews, parts counts, scale comparisons, and so forth.
In HG, most of the kits from Char's Counterattack, Unicorn, Build Fighters/Try and Iron Blooded Orphans on are excellent kits, with prices running from £6 up to £35
In RG, (IMO) the best kit, in terms of detail, design, and durability is the RG Gundam Mk II AEUG, priced at a very reasonable £15.
MG run from £16.75 up (Ball is love; Ball is life) up to the mind-blowing, £95 Sazabi ver.Ka. Yes, it's pricey, but it's one of the best-engineered models you'll ever build. 37 runners of multicolored, snap-fit glory.
PGs are well out of your price range, all well over the £100 mark.
Outside the Gundamverse, Bandai also does 1/20 VOTOMS; but slightly over your cap at £65 They also do Macross kits (the current series is Delta; kits are just now being released), but their transforming requirements make them a little explodey. They also do Yamato and other spacecraft; I don't have a lot of experience with them.
Past Bandai, Kotobukiya does some excellent Armored Core (among other properties) kits; they are a little finickier fit wise, and a little pricier, coming in at around £45 and up. They work best for experienced modelers who aren't afraid of complex painting jobs. Hasegawa does non-transforming Valkyries; they will need glue and paint to look good. Hasegawa also does the love-to-get-grubby, need-glue-and-paint-and-patience Maschinen Krieger line.
Beyond that, you start getting into smaller makers, and resin kits, and imports direct from Asia, and probably out of your area of interest.
MG Sazabi is a beast of a kit, and it's just barely under $100 on Amazon at the moment.
Any version of the Unicorn Gundam is a good pick, though I'm not sure on Prime availability.
HG Kshatriya with Prime is ~$60.
Maybe a variation on the Sinanju? Stein, Ver. Ka, or Animation Color
We've got ours posed with an MG Hizack and they look surprisingly good together :)
Also, have you seen the HG Kshatriya? In the pantheon of big awesome green Zeon kits, I put this one way up there :)
The HG Kshatriya was just restocked recently so it isn't hard to find. But it's a big kit so it isn't cheap.
Amazon has it for $48 http://smile.amazon.com/Bandai-Hobby-NZ-666-Kshatriya-Action/dp/B002NE791Y but it's shipping from Japan which takes weeks.
Gundam Store and More has it for $53 shipped in the US which will be much faster http://www.gundamstoreandmore.com/ban960542.html#.VylLyFgrL-g.
Banzai Hobby has it for $41 with SAL shipping (weeks) or $52 with EMS shipping (probably about 5 days). http://banzaihobby.com/Bandai-4543112605429
You could look around more but I think $41 is probably going to be the lowest price. You may be able to find a price under $50 shipped in the US but it will be hard.