HG RB-79 Ball Twin Set
Our little buddy, the unsung hero of the federation, the Ball!
Everyone loves the ball! Less a mobile suit and more a worker pod with a extra armor gun slapped on the top (and yes they made later variants slightly more suited to combat). It's not sexy. Its not super powerful. But it's a hell of a cheap support option. First off, they started out with like 1200 already made by converting worker pods, then made more. They were less than 1/4 the cost of even the cheapest mass produced suit. They were hard to hit, extremely small and more mobile than almost all suits, and often had a slightly longer sensor range. Even once the federation mass produced their first mobile suit, they still had balls supporting their MS teams.
You can read up more on some valiant but costly battles where immense amount of balls fended off zeon by themselves, or see them in most later OYW space battles. But for now, we're gonna show you this neat little high grade set. Since they're small, you get two in one kit! So basically two of every sprue.
Now, this wont be a long post. Because I built most of it at a build night at a local store, so I didn't take many pictures as I was having fun hanging out. Hopefully these pictures of other peoples suits in the display cases at the store make up for some of the missing build pictures.
Now, the build. Fairly simple. Two sides, with some holes for red colored framed. Stick in some clear parts, add like 4 part arms that rotate with one elbow and little grabbers, and put either a single or double gun on top. They come with a little "foot" to hold them up. The thrusters on the back have nice red endcaps, and there's 4 nice small red boosters at the bottom.
I'm not in love with the little foot being the same color as the body. It looks kinda like part of the suit instead of just a holdup to represent it floating. Either a dark black or a clear stand would fit WAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY better in my opinion, but I suppose I can't expect too much. I put one of each gun option on, you can do whatever you want.
And there you have it! They're actually detailed ok, the guns are well done, can't really complain about anything but the base. But unless, like me, you're determined to collect a certain set of suits at 1/144, the MG ball is probably better. It makes it big enough to see the detail and I hear thats often recommended seriously as a first MG. And it doesn't take up more space than a regular HG suit.
Everyone loves the ball! Less a mobile suit and more a worker pod with a extra armor gun slapped on the top (and yes they made later variants slightly more suited to combat). It's not sexy. Its not super powerful. But it's a hell of a cheap support option. First off, they started out with like 1200 already made by converting worker pods, then made more. They were less than 1/4 the cost of even the cheapest mass produced suit. They were hard to hit, extremely small and more mobile than almost all suits, and often had a slightly longer sensor range. Even once the federation mass produced their first mobile suit, they still had balls supporting their MS teams.
You can read up more on some valiant but costly battles where immense amount of balls fended off zeon by themselves, or see them in most later OYW space battles. But for now, we're gonna show you this neat little high grade set. Since they're small, you get two in one kit! So basically two of every sprue.
Now, this wont be a long post. Because I built most of it at a build night at a local store, so I didn't take many pictures as I was having fun hanging out. Hopefully these pictures of other peoples suits in the display cases at the store make up for some of the missing build pictures.
Now, the build. Fairly simple. Two sides, with some holes for red colored framed. Stick in some clear parts, add like 4 part arms that rotate with one elbow and little grabbers, and put either a single or double gun on top. They come with a little "foot" to hold them up. The thrusters on the back have nice red endcaps, and there's 4 nice small red boosters at the bottom.
I'm not in love with the little foot being the same color as the body. It looks kinda like part of the suit instead of just a holdup to represent it floating. Either a dark black or a clear stand would fit WAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY better in my opinion, but I suppose I can't expect too much. I put one of each gun option on, you can do whatever you want.
And there you have it! They're actually detailed ok, the guns are well done, can't really complain about anything but the base. But unless, like me, you're determined to collect a certain set of suits at 1/144, the MG ball is probably better. It makes it big enough to see the detail and I hear thats often recommended seriously as a first MG. And it doesn't take up more space than a regular HG suit.
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