Bandai Non-grade 1/220 Rick Dias Review - Hobby Clubhouse | Z Gundam Model and Gunpla Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2024
- The Rick Dias, mainstay MS of the AEUG, was a part of Bandai's forgotten 1/220 line of model kits that never made it past Z Gundam. This review takes a look at not only the Rick Dias itself, but also at a bit of history behind the 1/220 line and why it was established in 1985.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:25 - The 1/220 Line
2:50 - Release Info
3:27 - Box Contents
4:44 - Completed Overview
5:41 - Colors
6:00 - Torso
6:28 - Weapons: Clay Bazooka
7:17 - Weapons: Beam Pistols
8:06 - Wapons: Beam Saber
8:40 - Articulation
10:16 - Size Comparison
10:36 - Three-point Verdict
12:23 - Thank you so much! - บันเทิง
you know old kits like this just have that odd charm i just cant put my finger on. but still great vid with a good history lesson.
They're quite alien compared to more modern kits, and have their own set of design rules, and it makes them look like totally different things because how almost all the technologies used have been replaced by newer and better approaches:)
Love how your reviews include back story or history of that kit, hope to see more of it in the future.
Thank you so much! These old kits deserve to be documented and preserved in video form:)
It's always great to see people reviewing less common/older kits, especially if the suit doesn't get much love anymore.
1/144 scale is just as weird as 1/220 though, when compared to 1/150 or 1/100
This is such a cute looking kit.
There is something to love in it's naive simplicity
Thanks to you, I now know the existance of these little kits and they look really charming! Could be a very fun painting project
Great vid once again clubhouse :)
I bet these would look amazing too with a hyper-detailed build... hmm....
That snap-fit logo would look kickass when printed on a plain t-shirt i think lol, i may need to hunt these down..
Also, i think the 1/200 kits (i vaguely remember theres an AoZ one atleast) that we get from Dengeki or Hobby Japan is the spiritual successor for this line i guess.
I know those were in some odd arbitrary scale too, don't remember what it is off the top of my head, I wonder if it's really 1/220. Those sure have the same one-color style of these, so that'd be quite awesome if they fit together
The iro-pla logo would be great on a t-shirt too:)
@@HobbyClubhouse already found someone selling this and the marasai for ~35HKD, gonna buy and try scanning the boxarts with my wife's pro-grade scanner :D
It is 1/200 (the dengeki one i mean), so i think it would tower -a teeny bit against the 1/220s
@@HobbyClubhouseI need a “SYSTEM INJECTION” t-shirt lol
It'd be cool to see this scale to return with updated articulation and building techniques. Pocket-scale gunpla has always been a dream of mine for awhile
The closest thing was Speed Grade from 2007.
Kits of this scale would make for a really cool keychain.
Oh man I haven't ever seen one of those old 1980s kits in person. The amount of detail on that for a kit that old is pretty impressive
Stores in the US usually don't stock them when they get reprinted. I wonder if they'll start doing it when the fanbase grows more and more people would like to explore older models
@@HobbyClubhouse probably will be more interest depending how well the live action Gundam series goes
Great review and history lesson! The graphic design of the Zeta-era packaging is so cool- reminds me of 80's Japanese automobile print advertisements. Not sure if it's due to the color, but the plastic of this kit has a waxy/ soapy look to it. Almost looks like it was sculpted from that red bar of soap Ralphie's mom crams in his mouth in 'A Christmas Story' haha.
I think it's not random that you get that feeling, there was a lot of work for illustrators at the time in Japan for industrial designs -- Kunio Okawara is probably the most notable to come out of such backgrounds. Probably a lot of cross-breeding of styles.
That soap thing is such a specific reference - but on the money... the way it's a soft red and refracts light looks a bit like it could be made out of that soap...
The kit is a torture , but i have to admit - at least it has full feet . Keeping in mind what bandai have done later with 1/144 no-grade Gundam Seed line . And again , this kind of item is completely a collector's target . Rick - Dias is great design and very nicely aged later in 2000's HGUC line even 3 times ! Sadly nowadays to get an regular bandai release is a quite a chore.
I actually really enjoy buying old kits. Having to use glue or adhesives to build some of the older ones just gives me a different build experience that I find to be a nice change of pace.
I actually bought a few of the mecha collection kits like the Gouf and Dodai Ys. And I recently purchased a 1/220 Marasai because that's my favorite Zeta grunt.
Awesome, thanks for reviewing another odity. Didnt know anything about these besides seeing pictures of em in the catalogues :)
These were quite a strange and short-lived experiment from Bandai back then - they probably learned to not make such nice kits for 300 yen afterwards:)
I have put a preorder on the next gundam artifact set, and planning to do some painting. In Hobby Link Japan, they have these paints from a maker called VicHobby. If possible, can you do a review on those?
Hm, I've never heard of VicHobby before, I don't think I've seen them around here in Hong Kong - or do you mean reviewing the Gundam Artifact 2 set?
@@HobbyClubhouse I meant about the Paint.
You already did a review on the first set, so I thought you might do the second set too.
I had no idea a 1/220 line ever existed. How cool!
Ah, exactly why I wanted to review this kit when I saw it in a store recently:) Bandai themselves doesn't seem to like mentioning these kits either (like when they show old kits in Gundam Base stores, these guys are left out)
Oh damn, I didn't know they made 1/220 Kits, Good Job on making me learn more of Gunpla as always! 👍
I was exactly thinking that a lot of people probably never saw these kits, even for those who have heard of the line, so I picked it up when I saw it in the store. The box was so dusty...
Great one mate!
I regularly visit my local model kit store here when ever I can, but I never heard of this classic kit before .
honestly I would buy one , something like blast from the past colloection .
Thanks for dropping by as always!
I bet you could find one or two of these online if you keep an eye out. They're quite old but they're not too valuable since people don't pay much attention to them sadly
Great video on actual history of gunpla. Where do you find these older kits? Anything older than 2005 that isn't a master grade seems to never be stocked by US based gunpla stores.
I'm in Hong Kong so there are a physical stores that have been open for many years and this is stuff they can't get rid of for decades. Sometimes they also dig up old stock tossed into the back of their storage too
@@HobbyClubhouse alright looks like moving to Hong Kong is the best action then
I'm actually really tempted to get one of those if I can find any! I've lately started painting small models and minis, so this can be pretty fun to paint! Besides, very cool bit of Gunpla history :D
Even though I see Japanese fans buying these, I've never seen the new stock myself so they're a bit elusive. I wonder if anyone is reselling them online
You should pre order the gundam artifact line!
Definitely suits mini painters
@@gtanusetiawan Oh, I definitely intend on doing that, actually!
@@HobbyClubhouse Welp, I sure do hope that I'll find one eventually-
all this time, i thought the shop i got an old kit from had re-bagged the runners on purpose with staples.
For kits even older than this, the bags were even stapled by hand by ladies (I've only seen female workers for some reason) in a warehouse around tables.
They moved onto clear tape for a good few years, and then they finally used heat-sealed bags
Man, the Rick Dias sure does need an updated, the P-Bandai HG is overall disappointing. I don't care about the Grade, give me a new Rick Dias kit!
I actually thought they would have when the Revive Hyakushiki came out, but of course they never did it... and while I'm complaining, why the hell didn't they make a Hyakushiki Kai out of the Revive kit!?
These things were legit?! I had a knockoff hizack kit back in the 90s that I got from a corner store back in the day.
Mh, chances are that kit was Korean. There were so many Korean knockoffs of Zeta kits back then. I wish I could buy and review all of them today...
And yeah, these tiny kits were a thing:)
The Rick dias has always had blocky hands so they don't look too bad
I've certainly seen clumsier sculpts both from the 80s and the 90s. The Rick Dias really does have big hands now that I think about it
Maybe the gundam artifact line is kinda bandais way to reboot this line lol
They really do share that trait of being really small and condensed. I'd love to see a hyper-detailed build of these 1/220 kits... hmm....
The articulation is sometimes overrated for mecha. Just saying you need several models for diorama. Or test some variations with modified parts.