Finally started watching my first Gundam series yesterday! Can I start building Gunpla now??
How much do I need to watch before I can start draining my wallet on fun plastic? 💸💸💸
Just fall into the hole of plastic crack. Your first build will be an oddly fun, satisfying experience ending with a fun little plastic robot, and then you order the next five =D
I fell first into the plastic crack then decided to check out Gundam to see what the series was about. I had just picked out gunpla I thought looked cool to start out like Zaku.
Bryce, baby girl, my sweet child, I want to give you so much flak for starting with The Origin.
jk it works just fine as a first series - Hope you enjoy!
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I’ve been telling you Gundam was fantastic for a while you nerd.
I knew this was going to be a “Preston Bait” post, but I didn’t know starting with The Origin would make it even more so. 😈
Preston? Isn’t that a girl’s name? :p
Update: There is a game store with a plethora of gunpla within bicycling difference. Oh no 🥲
But time to have first gunpla party 🎉
Great that you’re getting into gundam! As to when you can start with gunpla: whenever you want! I built my first kit before I even watched a single episode of anything
Alright, you convinced me. I’m in 🏃
What was your first model? I’m considering a high-grade Gun Tank model!
Mine was the HGCE Dagger L. I still haven’t seen the series it came from, but it’s a really nice kit. Looks nice with no need for paint or stickers (although I did end up putting a bit of paint on it eventually.)
My first kit was the High Grade Gundam Age-1 Normal. Nothing special really, but fun to build. As for what I’d recommend: either a suit you like from the anime, or just one you like the design off.
and a Tip: the newer the kit, the better it (usually) is.
Welcome to Gundam! It’s never to early to start building gunpla! Just avoid looking on the P Bandai site unless you want to drain your wallet faster!
Gunpla is freedom! No need to wait until you’ve seen the series; just build whatever you think looks good.
If you’re worried about that, though, just build stuff from the Build Fighters, Build Divers or Gundam Breaker sub-lines. Those are just meant to be model kits even within the context of their own series. I especially recommend the HGBF Ez-SR. The base kit is good, but the main attraction is the customization parts that you can use with other kits.
I built Gunpla before I watched any of the anime. Mixed and matched mecha with other leftover weaponry. I just liked how the mecha look. People tell me things like, oh, they don’t have beam weapons in IBO, etc, but I don’t care. It’s my build.
You don’t need to have seen any of it to get into gunpla.
That said, you should watch the 3 movies that summarize the OG Mobile Suit Gundam, then Zeta Gundam, then Char’s Counter Attack, just because they’re all bangers.
If you think the Origin is good, the later stuff is really gonna impress you.
My personal feelings on The Origin are a bit mixed. Char feels somewhat out of character, almost like LeLouch from Code Geass.