Ah, the classic Dendrobium. Where a whole other Gundam kit is in the accessory pack.
@ReigoVassalАй бұрын
Dendrobium is a battleship, or a starfighter, with a Gundam attached. You can't change my mind.
@GojiraFan-in9oo5 ай бұрын
BANDAI GIVE ME A 1/144 HGUC NEUE ZIEL With all the big Mobile suits/ Mobile Armors Bandai has made recently, there's still hope 19:00 the Bazooka is meant to be posed between the arm and torso
@fpz_studio5 ай бұрын
Don't forget big zam, queen mansa, and shamblo
@GojiraFan-in9oo5 ай бұрын
@@fpz_studio The Byg Zam is getting a Robot Spirits version ANIME release
@fpz_studio5 ай бұрын
@@GojiraFan-in9oo oh yeah, I forgot... But still, we definitely needs the model kit version
@Gernsbacker5 ай бұрын
@@fpz_studioThe Queen Mansa honestly deserves so much more
@fpz_studio5 ай бұрын
@@Gernsbacker cannot disagree here, I'm 100% into it
@dragons_hook5 ай бұрын
This is the one, y'know? Not just a holy grail, THE HOLY GRAIL of standard release HG's I was lucky enough to have a few in stock at my local hobby shop (in the US), it cost me an arm and a leg, but it was entirely worth it!
@Viper-jr4sp5 ай бұрын
i really considered into getting it had enough money saved up but came to the conclusion ''too big and pretty much a brick'' i already have issues with space with my over 200 models and if i wanted something just as good for the same price i could get 2 pgs
@solomonazul33435 ай бұрын
Completely agree, got my holy grail right next to me on my bed till I build her, you near hobbytownusa in Tulsa ok? There were nine and I got number 8, nearly died from seeing 8 stacked on the floor lol I had already looked through the whole store before i seen it there for 360 after tax, got it on layaway for 90.07$ and i couldn't have been more happy, im put another in layaway if there still there
@MrGrandure5 ай бұрын
Newtype just restocked last month. That's hiw I got mine
@dragons_hook5 ай бұрын
@@solomonazul3343 hell of a deal! I paid about 300 for mine with discounts/coupons etc, but that's the deal of the century!
@angelarch53525 ай бұрын
indeed!!! This is the one kit out of any gundam or even any genre scifi kit, that I just stare at pictures in awe...
@a.p.studios87135 ай бұрын
The dendrobrium is the epitome of shoji kawamori’s macross influence in gundam Not only did the og macross heavily influence the zeta gundam anime But that glorious missile pod 31:17 is pure macrossian missile mania Props to him for that, especially with new macross model kits (i got durandal + pb super) rolling out!
@MrGrandure5 ай бұрын
Agreed.
@gerogyzurkov22595 ай бұрын
Honestly he probably influenced Hathaway Flash also since the MS and the way the MS fights there are basically oversized fighter jets.
@gerogyzurkov22595 ай бұрын
Honestly I think he should come back again for another Gundam Series. Preferably AU one. I mean we haven't really gotten a missile majority weapons focus Gundam. An AU would be excellent for him to use designs from him.
@elementxxrider5 ай бұрын
The insane ones: "Bandai, give me a Perfect Grade Dendrobium"
@Franky_Sthein5 ай бұрын
Sure.....why not ask for 1/1 Dendrobium. I mean it would only as long as a football field and tall like a four story building. There really are some crazy ones out there. Though imagen it....the Dendrobium, big enough that you could sleep in it.
@elementxxrider5 ай бұрын
@@Franky_Sthein at that point I'd instead go for making a Gundam-themed hotel they just do happens to have the shape of the Gundam Dendrobium
@Franky_Sthein5 ай бұрын
@@elementxxriderWould still be a nightmare to build. But at least you than could be sure it was solid....being basically a "normal" building. My god imagen you would need to build a live sized Dendrobium by yourself.....have fun for the next 15 years or so.
@snukastyle5 ай бұрын
There is a 1/72 scale, non-Bandai version. It looks freaking amazing.
@elementxxrider5 ай бұрын
@@Franky_Sthein ... All of a sudden, the idea of building a Gundam-themed hotel that just so happens to have the shape of the Archangel sounds much more reasonable.
@soundsofstabbing36275 ай бұрын
I wish the Stamen actually got some use in Stardust Memory. I was waiting for the moment where it would detach for some cool moment, like maybe a final fight with a damaged Neue Ziel, but it only ended up detaching from the Orchis after the final fight it over. It doesn't help that the Stamen is actually a really good classic Gundam design
@deshon8455 ай бұрын
it gets that treatment in the Manga adaptation, 0083 Rebellion
@arx35163 ай бұрын
Yeah, the whole concept was to have a mobile suit inside the mobile armor in order to be able to continue fighting even after the mobile armor gets wrecked and/or runs out of ammo.
@gamerkingdom14425 ай бұрын
The legendary colossus…. I’m impressed it took you this long to review it! Such a crazy HG. Can you imagine, making a diorama of this fighting the HG NEO ZEONG? 😅
@solomonazul33435 ай бұрын
Excuse me sir I think you dropped a NEUE ZIEL
@vinuto95 ай бұрын
I'm glad you not only experienced this, but was able to share it.
@vinuto95 ай бұрын
its too big to not think its awesome! awesome review!
@vinuto95 ай бұрын
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
@FatalPapercuts5 ай бұрын
Mine's showing its age, but even with the more advanced the master and perfect grades in my collection, the GP03 is still my absolute favorite. Brings back good nostalgia to see what it looked like freshly built again.
@chromiiayt30445 ай бұрын
HG Big Zam when
@geist33w5 ай бұрын
Exactly, also PG psycho gundam when
@OKF.4 ай бұрын
@@geist33wrg neo zeong when
@IRJOE55 ай бұрын
I have had this kit since it was released! Loved the design since the first time I saw the OVA. Biggest issue I have had the last few years is where to store it.... so the joke with the local gunpla club is.. if you own it, it will end up on top of your fridge 😂 since for 5 years that is where mine was 😂
@axelx95 ай бұрын
I wish Bandai would make a Neue Ziel of the same size as this Dendrobium. A man can dream
@MrGrandure5 ай бұрын
3d printing has come a long way
@23mechanic5 ай бұрын
I think a good video series from you would just be a simple detailing series, where you take kits you've previously reviewed and detail them up the way you've always wanted to.
@albertko15 ай бұрын
It's certainly interesting that you never see something of this scale from Anaheim ever again other than the NeoZeongs. I was hoping we could see it next to the Deep Striker for comparision.
@InsomiaCabbage5 ай бұрын
i got this kit. took me a long time to build it (2 seasons of avatar long) once it was done i couldnt put up a shelf for it cause i needed to get the materials and so i left it on the table. someone in my family picked it up and dropped it shattering a large amount of the back and i have never regreted spending money on a hobby until then really cool videot tho T-T
@snukastyle5 ай бұрын
RIP to your kit! That family member, man, I'd want some money from them for such a stupid decision/accident on their part!
@MrGrandure5 ай бұрын
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
@razrafz5 ай бұрын
missed opportunity by bandai to make a build version of this thats small enough to be used as a HG backpack
@gerogyzurkov22595 ай бұрын
Manga version should fit. It fits of the idea of how FA Unicorn came to be.
@FlyingCIRCU1755 ай бұрын
@@gerogyzurkov2259I think I've seen it before as a Fix Figuration figure.
@MrGrandure5 ай бұрын
The "hg mechanics" dendrobium works perfect as a back pack for 144 scale gunpla.
@razrafz5 ай бұрын
i still think the HGM is still a bit too big, even when compared to the always bulky Zaku III in kakarot197 review
@crypticmind035 ай бұрын
I built this kit and fully detailed and airbrushed it. Took me about 6 months total. I think the worst part is the lack of any decals at all
@ricodilay5 ай бұрын
Got mine tru a third party one
@branchygiraffe5 ай бұрын
I can’t wait for the destroy gundam to overtake the meteor tbh, that thing is gonna be such a crazy build
@galaxycamerata5 ай бұрын
While the craftsmanship of getting this kit to work to begin with is beyond compare, I find it deeply funny that this thing's scale was so enormous for High Grade that they had to give up on full snap-together ABS construction and just flat out give you bits of sheet metal, screws and screw hole covers just to keep it all stable.
@alexguzman2305 ай бұрын
Now imagine the people who will put countless hours into modifying this thing into a custom armor… think of all the things they’re going to do 😧
@gerogyzurkov22595 ай бұрын
Honestly this thing could be modified to be ship armor even considering the MA part supposed to be a missile container.
@NoName-sb9tp5 ай бұрын
It's really is legendary. I'm still waiting for the revived version of the GP03 🥲
@miragebangbravern20245 ай бұрын
I actually want a Revive or at least an RG of the GP03 too because I don't even have the space for a Dendrobium lmao
@wingzero040215 ай бұрын
When I got into the hobby back in 2022 I wanted this kit really bad but didn’t want to pay the prices on eBay and other sites so I waited for a reprint for it and in January of 2024 some of the online hobby stores that I shop on was getting them in stock and I was finally able to get it and I bought their last one before it was out of stock I got lucky
@MrGrandure5 ай бұрын
Me too. I sold sperm and blood plasma to get mine.
@juliovera23995 ай бұрын
the SAY HELLO TO MY BIGGER FRIEND armor:
@fishpop5 ай бұрын
It would be nice that if/when we finally get new versions of the GP01, GP01FB and GP03S (perhaps even an HGUC GP00 and GP04 while we're at it) that the Orchis gets a rerelease by itself. That way you can put the NEW GP03S in the Orchis and not have the old clunker laying around.
@movingtarget29775 ай бұрын
Best support MS vehicle but the Ugly Story based on it
@kritthanon_leasiripanid5 ай бұрын
GP03's arms are not just HAVING a sub arm, it TRANSFORMS into sub arm. I don't know if this kit can do it or not, but after you fold out the sub arm, take it all the way out and close up the cover section, then fold the arm at around the wrist to switch hand position make the sub arm become using arm, that's probably why they included 2 spread hands Addition : GP03's name is "gundam dendrobium", when separated they become "orchis" and "gundam denbrobium stamen" so it's not just gundam -dick- but gundam flower's -dick-
@solomonazul33435 ай бұрын
That's a fun fact I'll tell my friends lol
@MrGrandure5 ай бұрын
Orchis
@kritthanon_leasiripanid5 ай бұрын
@@MrGrandure thanks, fixed
@Smilomaniac5 ай бұрын
We need an MG Stamen 2.0 and an RG Stamen. There is so much old Gundam to go to for great looking mobile suits, they don't have to reinvent the damn things all the time, there's plenty to appreciate about older designs.
@rviejohn5 ай бұрын
HG Gerbera Tetra left the room.
@mugensamurai5 ай бұрын
RG Dendrobium hear me out.
@user-ev6rd7mp5r4 ай бұрын
Do you want a model kit the size of a small child?
@bloxynub4088Ай бұрын
@user-ev6rd7mp5rhe said rg not mg
@Ejack695 ай бұрын
Day 19 of asking Mecha Gaikotsu to review the Sentinel Riobot Gurren Lagann
@gerogyzurkov22595 ай бұрын
HGCE Destroy Gundam incoming @Mecha Gaikotsu! It looks abit undersized for scale considering Destiny Gundam looks like as tall as the chest height though.
@HGxDIGI5 ай бұрын
The anime makes giant mech like Destroy and Psycho bigger than their official height.
@miragebangbravern20245 ай бұрын
The kit is based on the head height
@oscarnjboy5 ай бұрын
Dude. How big is that room? Holy moly! Amazing job on this video!
@christianaguirre1635 ай бұрын
There are a couple of "mobile armors" you're missing - HG GN Arms type E - HG GN Arms Type D - HG barbatos + Kutan Type III
@vustvaleo80685 ай бұрын
don't forget the HG GN Arms and the HG G-Self Assault Pack for the 1/144 "Gundams docked with a Mobile Armor-like unit".
@doreo41665 ай бұрын
FINALLY I REMEMBER ASKING YOU TO REVIEW IT WHEN YOU DID THE NEO ZEONG (I still have mine it's still amazing)
@Jazard2k5 ай бұрын
I loved building this when I got mine. The GP02 is my favorite of all Gundam suits so I hope that one day Bandai will come back and update this OVA's models.
@Bigbear0288yt5 ай бұрын
We need HG revives of the stardust memory kits
@ShinJabba5 ай бұрын
I finally pick mines up from Den Den town last week. And it was the last one there. WOOT!!!
@angelarch53525 ай бұрын
Dendrobium is best-robium! It is the coolest space scifi thingee i have ever seen in any genre! :D
@EnishLord4 ай бұрын
Managed to grab one of these a few months back when it came into stock at a reasonable price, after wanting one for years. Took me quite a while to build, especially with the panel lining and detail painting that it needed to make it look as good as it can.
@EnishLord4 ай бұрын
It is interesting though, my box is obviously a new one (has a blue bandai logo), but it does not have the "gundam base" logo. Maybe they didn't mark the ones that they were sending to online retailers like that? Can confirm the low quality box art. Though interestingly, the booklet has the red bandai logo on it.
@HitsuTwistedTalong5 ай бұрын
my dream kit I always see this in malls back in the day or at toy conventions. I'm too poor to buy one and have no space to put it. Maybe one day I'll get one.
@feral4045 ай бұрын
Only one nitpick. The reprint wasn’t Gundam Base exclusive. It was a retail and Gundam Base reprint, and plenty of US vendors have it in stock right now at MSRP. So if you are in the U.S. and searching for this kit there are plenty of vendors with it in stock as of this comment. If you are viewing this in the future, then it will be reprinted again eventually. It had retail reprints in 2019 and 2020 before this recent reprint in December 2023.
@i8u2manytimes5 ай бұрын
I remember when I was a kid, my uncle had one of these on display
@supermechagirlathena94255 ай бұрын
So could you say the Gundam Stamen is pretty stiff? Maybe a little hard?
@MrGrandure5 ай бұрын
And girthy
@stupidfast9005 ай бұрын
WOW! At first, considering the age and lack of colors I wasn't expecting very much. But now that I see all the gimicks and storage, I'm BLOWN AWAY! Imagine how insane this could be if you took the time to give every small molded detail the appropriate paint (might take forever and a day but....), this could be really intense and well worth the shelf space. Damnit! Now I kinda want one. The price and difficulty to find would kill me even before the build would get it's chance, but again, WOW!
@Samudra-qm9dw5 ай бұрын
Gundam 0083 : Stardust Memory Dendrobium Gundam VS Neue Ziel
@snukastyle5 ай бұрын
Dang, that's a beast! I could see someone taking time to panel line it here and there while videos render or such. I have the old Gundam Weapons volume on this kit-the full pictures inside required two fold-out pages to fit the cannon in! Meanwhile, Rodams does have that massive 1/72 version. I still have no idea how much space that thing would take to build, let alone display!
@temp87895 ай бұрын
'nothing can compare with this in the gunpla world' machanicore would like to drop by
@gundamenjoyer2175 ай бұрын
1:13 “this is a kit among kits” -Mechagaikotsu, 2013
@gundamenjoyer2175 ай бұрын
The Dendrobium, the first gundam to have an entire gundam as an accessory*
@MackieStingray20405 ай бұрын
Bought mine while visiting a friend in Japan April/May 2002....unfortunately I have yet to build it =X
@Gaming_Groove5 ай бұрын
Too big for me to ever consider, even if I could afford it or had the time to do it justice. I'd just be happy to see a reprint of the HGM version. Secondary market pricing is wild even for that one.
@OvAeons5 ай бұрын
An idea: find someone in community who has painted the Orchid and see if they would work with you and send B roll footage to show off the kit at that level.
@rifaldopalaska77375 ай бұрын
man that looks cool
@shunyatoshiki23515 ай бұрын
Damn...I bet building that monster of a build can take a while. You have my respect my man.
@ChiruYES5 ай бұрын
I wish they would make more models at this size of like the main ships more often and more available.
@jabman0255 ай бұрын
the only gunpla kit that requires a furniture purchase
@NeoSlashott5 ай бұрын
If imagining this from the IBO resemblances: Folding Smoothbore-bazooka, Barbatos's sub-arms, MA Bulky-Hasmal looks etc. 😊😊
@fuzzlewuzzle93885 ай бұрын
You should paint and touch it up in small sessions. Make a series of smaller videos about painting this kit. I think a lot of viewers would watch it.❤
@Bocalt5 ай бұрын
Wish they did a rg of the gp03 already, btw the naming convention still continues up till gp04
@LedosKell5 ай бұрын
0083 is so close to having a full HG roster. Xamel, the Val Varo, the Neue Ziel, and the Dom from the prologue (I think it was a Funf) are missing, plus some of the Kimbareid colored Zaku II F2s. 0083 has such classy mechanical designs.
@harrisonchr5 ай бұрын
This is on my bucket list of kits I want to buy/build one day. Unfortunately, it costs a lot and takes up a lot of room.
@jasonc57815 ай бұрын
On a random sidenote, I was wondering if Solomon's GP02 caught your attention.
@getampedmiku125 ай бұрын
The first half second brought me back to 2020
@shauqiharris27725 ай бұрын
22 years later and still one of the biggest HGUC of all time.
@razif69165 ай бұрын
The legendary version is the 1/400 collection series...if you can get it with the right price.
@Smitty_Werbenjagermanjensen1115 ай бұрын
This is my holy grail of gunpla and the only thing i wish it had is the demolition chain but if you have a Kampfer you could use its chain.
@solomonazul33435 ай бұрын
Thank you for this comment, I need a few kampfurts for customs anyways
@sadierobotics5 ай бұрын
The giant line through the head is actually part of the MS's design in the anime. Its kinda funny IMO. 14:16
@MrDarksol5 ай бұрын
Damn that is a big box and a giant kit! Now we need the Dendrobenum vs. The METEOR if only so I can say the original massive weapon pack vs. The copycat that SOMEHOW makes the protagonist gundam even more broken for no reason. Like still in awe at how big this is despite it being an older kit.
@FlyingCIRCU1755 ай бұрын
Screw making them fight; I wanna see both pull off a Death Star trench run. It's more than doable. METEOR + Strike Freedom as tip of the spear with Dendrobium as backline, or have Kou be in front screening the turret emplacements while Kira hangs back to slap any TIE Fighters outta there.
@MrDarksol5 ай бұрын
@@FlyingCIRCU175 You know I'm surprised that that never happened in any of the dynasty warriors gundam games yet if at all. They never did a trench run before. No wait no there was a trench run in the series, it was just in seed and I think seed destiny. Although it would be entertaining to see something like that.
@lester444443 ай бұрын
aaah I had the hg stamen and zephyranthes when I was a little kid back in 2003!!! Definitely fiddly for kid me, especially since I didn't know to clean up nubs hahahaha and treated it as a pop-out-with-your-fingers and build :') found all the bits torn apart in the old toy tub abd cleaned up the nubs a decade later when I was a bit bigger, and the sub arms that never fit before folded in so much nicer lol
@The_Lunatic_Fringe895 ай бұрын
Others have already said it, but I'll say it again. We need a HG 1/144 Neue Ziel. That would officially complete the trifecta of awesome, humongous mobile suits.
@westwindzephy36685 ай бұрын
Will you be getting Solomon Model Physalis?
@MrGrandure5 ай бұрын
I've seen it. What do you think about it?
@westwindzephy36685 ай бұрын
@@MrGrandure it's amazing, the 2.0 gp02 we never had. It's like a mix of PGU and Mgex.
@internetperson5735 ай бұрын
Fun fact, there is a multiversal variant of iron man that has basically a red-gold dendrobium attachment for their suit also holy fuck this kit is two years older than me
@DonMenelo5 ай бұрын
I would pay up to 400~500 $ Just to get this in MG form.
@joecarr67905 ай бұрын
"it is big hard and probably made of ABS" requires a lot of context
@SumptuousMeat5 ай бұрын
Bandi! MGEX GPO2! Do it, or no balls
@neauthraxyeet33075 ай бұрын
0 dislikes? Drop yet another bangers vid
@Raigeko_135 ай бұрын
Got mine in and haven't built it yet. Been very excited to get around to it.
@mez45545 ай бұрын
HG Big Zam needs to get mass produced
@VainComputer5 ай бұрын
The way you built the beam rifle for the GP01 is wrong isn't the second handle supposed to the other way around just pointing it out 😊
@OvAeons5 ай бұрын
Imagine this as a RGEX kit..
@BigWired5 ай бұрын
I remember seeing this kit at a second hand store when I was in Utsunomiya, Japan... made me wish I'd gotten it, even if the cost of shipping woulda been high as hell.
@porakiyadraekojin33905 ай бұрын
I really need to get around to getting this after this video. As well as try watching/reading where it comes from. The model kit looks like an absolute spectacle to both build and display. I remember trying the suit out in Dynasty Warriors Gundam Reborn (sony! Release that for pc, or make a new one, or something!). You controlled just the Stamen portion, but you could summon weapons from the Orchis as part of the combos, and the burst attack was becoming the full Dendrobium for a short while. It was just a spectacle to play as (even if I preferred using the strike freedom)
@wanderingthedesert55995 ай бұрын
Looks great, though I do think it's kind of crazy that the Dendrobium reissue is north of $330.00..... whereas P-Bandai has the Meteor Unit for $67.00 which means I can grab two and then just grab an HG Freedom and Justice to plug in for under $200.00.
@Lavendeer2015 ай бұрын
This kit is insane! I really hope we can see this with Thunderbolt Zeong eventually (objectively the coolest suit) 😅
@twelfthknight5 ай бұрын
It's funny you mention Star Wars because for a while there it looks you're making a Star Destroyer model or something similar.
@CrispUnicorn5 ай бұрын
about those beam sabers. What I do is just cut off the beam part, drill in 1,5mm hole and you got regular beam saber handle. Then you can take regular beam and stick it in . Its a model kit, stop complaining.
@Slappy1q75 ай бұрын
My local Hobbytown has this restocked 🙏
@GundamSeltsam5 ай бұрын
24:01 doggo
@pencarinafkah88355 ай бұрын
Always make me want to scream, GATOOOOO !!!
@WinkelManBearPig5 ай бұрын
I've waited 20 years for a reprint
@jframe971528 күн бұрын
I need to build my second one.
@squeaksqueakimaknight5 ай бұрын
I hope they make a revived version of Gundam GP03 Stamen
@TokyoFilthy5 ай бұрын
darn now i wanna see thus next to the MG deep striker
@fpz_studio5 ай бұрын
34:40 the only let down on neo zeong is that its supposed to have sub arms in the front skirt
@andrewmccall8375 ай бұрын
Whatever happened to the GP03 after the delaz conflict because its wasn’t destroyed.
@LuoSon312_G85 ай бұрын
this set the bar for Gundam support armor
@JonathanMartinez-ei4up5 ай бұрын
The next one Bandai should make is The Devil Gundam, Colony Form; From G-Gundam.
@snukastyle5 ай бұрын
I'd love to see the Devil/Ultimate in its base form, with the long body and multiple legs. It'd still be a crazy big build. I've seen scratch builds of the colony version, though. Very cool stuff.
@cancersticks20485 ай бұрын
One day I will drop the big bucks to get all the mobile armors ( 2 meteor units and stuff like that ). I really wish we had more hg’s like queen mansa, Azieru, Neue Ziel and all the other insanely cool ones they could pick from. Maybe 2024 will be the year of mobile armors