Hammond Collection Spinosaurus:
The first HC dino I ever picked up and still probably my favourite. Though to be fair, I am biased since it is my favourite dinosaur of the whole franchise. The figure is great, poses well, is easy to balance, and while not 100% accurate to the movie design it looks fantastic and captures the essence well. A 10/10 in my eyes. I love it so much!!!
Real Grade Evangelion Mark 6:
My third ever model kit and... it's and evangelion. If I'm being honest, these kits are all pretty similar, though that makes the differences all the more noticable. Mark 6 is a bit taller due to an extra segment in the chest, the shoulder pilons are are different, and it had the halo and the spear, which really complete the look. Mark 6 is my favourite design in the franchise, so of course I love this pretty much perfect recreation of it. The multicoloured part in the heat is also really impressive and the more model kits I build the more I can appreciate it. Building it is really fun and if you can find it for a good price I'd really recommend it. Finally this fantastic the design can get the spotlight it was denyed in the movies
High Grade Gelgoog Menace:
When I fist saw this kit on the store shelf I thought it would be bulky and hard to fit in amongst my other figures here. In a way I was right, but I#ve come to love the bulkiness and precence it has. For a fairly small and simple kit it stands out quite well. The biggest drawback it has are the stickers. The wings on the back specifically are just black and all the colours on them come from massive stickers you have to put on. Their not too bad but some do cover up some great molded details and that's a real shame. I've actually left a few stickers off for that reason. Still, what is here is good and I like it a lot
Hammond Collection Stygimoloch:
Look at them headbutting! A very fun little figure. Why do I have two? Bought one myself and got the other as a gift. These were really easy to find here and really cheap, even going on sale sometimes. If you can still find it for retail price, pick it up! It looks great, if a bit inaccurate, poses really well despite the head looking big enough to make it fall over, and it's just really cute :)
Figure-Rise Standard Nyaan:
From Gundam GQuuuuuux, Nyaan here is a great kit that comes with a lot more than I had expected. She has two seperate options for the upper body to change her outfit, hair open or in a pony tail, some optional parts to iproove posability and the cute little crab robot that sits next to her (though that one is unfotunate really colour inacurate compared to the show). She looks like she jumped straight out of the show and does a lot for how simple it is compared to other kits I've built
You can also see the back of the High Grade Aerial Rebuild here but that will be covered in another section
High Grade Gundam Aeriel Rebuild:
I'll be honest, I like the regular Aerial design a lot more but the Rebuild here isn't bad at all. While looking similar at a glance the build of this is completely different from the regular Aerial. Additionally it comes with a unique weapon and a unique way to use all those Bits. Here they can not only attache to the Mobile Suit and act as a shield but they can also go onto the rifle which looks great. A great kit and good design that I'm happy to have on my shelf (though it is unfortunatelly a bit hidden in these pictures)
High Grade Gundam Aeriel:
While small, this is an absolutely beautiful looking kit and one of my favourite gundam designs ever (I haven't even seen the show it's from). It also pairs up really well with the Suletta next to it. The build is fun and quick, colour seperation is fantastic, only lacking a bit on the bits, and the sticker options allow you to choose which version to build. The pre molded chest pieces are also fantastic and look beautiful. I also really love the effect piece for the beam rifle. This kit is all around fantastic and I would recommend it to anyone, experienced or not, fan of the show or not
Figure-Rise Standard Miorine Rembran:
She looks as if she jumped right off of the screen and onto my shelf. The kit was fun to put together and looks great, especially next to her wife here. She comes with some accessories to do gardening as well as an included stand which is always a nice addition. I'm really happy to have her now after Suletta has been looking a bit too lonely for too long
High Grade Tickbalang:
It'S a plane. That's kind of it. Cheap and quick to build this thing did kind of surprise me. I thought it would just be a static brick but this thing has moving thrusters and landing gear that can be flipped out as well es some moving parts on the top. It's meant to go with another kit as a sort of transport planeit so it just fills out the background of my Witch from Mercury collection
High Grade Lfrith Thorn:
This little gremlin looking guy is great. Despite the weird proportions it is posable and as with all kits from this line it looks great. A very unique esthetic while still looking like a Gundam, it stands out on the shelf in the best way possible
High Grade Calibarn:
The final Gundam from the show, this thing looks great in model kit form. The Shell Units in rainbow colours look as good as they did in the show and the weapon is really unique and unlike anything that comes with any other model kit. The pure white design might seem boring to some but I'm a bit fan and there is more than enough detail sculpted in that it doesn't get boring to look at. The build is as good as the other kits in this series and while looking similar to the other Gundams it, like all of them, feels unique to put together
High Grade Lfrith:
My favourite Gundam design ever. The colours are unique, the design is fantastic and the posing is fantastic. This was a bit of a grail kit for me and it was the one I went out of my way to get the most so far. The build is easy but really fun and I've been playing around with it frequently since I got it. If they made a Master Grade of this I would get it. Real Grade? I'd get it. Super Deformed? I would get it no questions asked
Figure-Rise Standard Suletta Mercury:
My first human model kit and a great one at that. She looks just like she does in the show. The build is fairly simple, a lot of fun and a nice change of pace from the robots. There are three faces included that are simple enough to switch out though only one of them is painted. The other two have to be customised using included water slides that can be a challange to put on if it's your first time (which it was for me. There are many choices for facial expressions and it's hard to only choose two of them. The kit also comes with unique stickers that have to be rubbed onto the plastic to make them stick. These look fantastic and where a joy gto put on. Over all, Suletta here is great and I really recommend this kit. It also comes with a cute little Haro!!!
High Grade Gundnode:
My first ever Premium Bandai kit, and what a kit it is. I got two of them since the kits are made to connect to each other like they did in the show. You could build a massive grid of these so two isn't really that much, but it's enough for me. I'm happy with the two I have. This kit is a completely unique build and shares no parts with other Witch from Mercury kits (many P-Bandai kits are retools of other kits) and it is a great build, which is good since I had to do it twice. Also, please put in the effort and cut the hand claws appart with an exacto knife. You can get some nice extra posability out of them if you do that
Robot Spirits Evangelion Unit 13:
This may be my favourite Evangelion design, only rivaled by Mark 6. This is a figure and not a cheap one at that. That being said, it's worth the price. Unit 13 here poses fantastically and can pull off all the poses you'd want to recreate from the Movies. It comes with two Lances of Longinus and one Spear of Casius (currently helf by RG Unit 1) as well as some gray bits to attache onto the shoulder pilons and the four drones that can fly around it by attaching them to some transparent arms that can go onto the back of the figure. It has a lot of extra hands and a seperate chest piece to get rid of the two extra arms. It also has an included stand. Over all, I love this thing and it is a centerpiece in any collection, even if it is a bit covered on my shelf right now
I love the Witch from Mercury show and love the designs even more. SO far I unfortunately only have the Gundams but all the different Mobil Suits in the show are so cute and unique and I want all of them. Expect this specific collection to keep growing :P
Hammond Collection Juvenile Triceratops:
HE'S SOOO CUTEEEEE!!!
Robot Spirits Evangelion Unit 2 Alpha:
I'm not the biggest fan of the regular Unit 2 design but this one hits the spot for me. It's unique and looks great. The figure isn't cheap but it was well worth it. The rocket launchers on the back are detachable and can really reduce the bulk of this design. The massive gun looks fantastic and has some movable parts to make posing with it easier. The only complaint I have is that it doesn't come with the other weapons this Unit uses in the movie. That being said, it would have just made it even more expensive so maybe it's for the better
High Grade Gundnode:
My first ever Premium Bandai kit, and what a kit it is. I got two of them since the kits are made to connect to each other like they did in the show. You could build a massive grid of these so two isn't really that much, but it's enough for me. I'm happy with the two I have. This kit is a completely unique build and shares no parts with other Witch from Mercury kits (many P-Bandai kits are retools of other kits) and it is a great build, which is good since I had to do it twice. Also, please put in the effort and cut the hand claws appart with an exacto knife. You can get some nice extra posability out of them if you do that
Hammond Collection Giganotosaurus:
This big boy is the reason I started to like the Dominion Giganotosaurus design. Is it perfectly scientifically accurate? No, not at all. Could they have made it accurate? Yeas, most definatelly. But I don't care! This thing looks cool and I'm all here for it. It poses well, looks exactly as it does in the movie and is just so big and fun to play around with. Maybe I'm biased because this was a Christmas present from my Boyfriend (I love you honey), but I think I'd still love it without that
High Grade Gyan Hakuji-Packs:
I didn't think I'd like this kit. The knight like Gundam designs never really appealed to me but after building it and holding it in my hands for a while it did grow on me. Still, the regular Gyan design looks stupid to me. The big lance looks really cool and while there is a stand included to hold it up, I find that the kit is more than capable of holding it on its own. The gun shield is a really fun idea too. It looks even better now that it has a cool mount to ride on :P
No Grade Galabagos:
This thing is old and I just found it sitting on a shelf at my local store. It's not even a reprint! this thing is from the 80s and they had three (!) of them there. I bought one, built it and had a lot of fun with it, so guess what. I got a second one! And it's been months and the third is still there, on the same shelf, collecting dust (metaforically speaking). I'm currently painting the second one so it will end up on the shelf eventually. Be aware that this thing needs to be glued and the building experience is very different comapred to the newer kits, but it is still fun and a sort of novelty to put together now. I'm debating whether I should get the third one to finally give it a happy home or if I should leave it there so that maybe, eventually, someone else can experience building this kit
High Grade Red Gundam [Customised]:
The red Gundam has a great mold but the colour scheme just didn't appeal to me so I decided to take a rist. This thing is hand painted and was my first attempt at customizing a model kit. It was a lot of fun but also a lot of work, and I realised during this process that my patience is more limited than I thought. That being said, I'm really happy with how it turned out and seeing the result of my effort on the shelf next to me every day makes me really happy. I'm currently working on my second custom and my patience is once again running thin, but alas, it makes me happy
No Grade Evangelion Unit 1 Awakened:
It poses worse than the real grades. It does not scale with my other Evangelion kits. The build was a bit overly simple. However... doesn't this look great? This design of Unit 1 is so cool and the glowing arm is awsome and the scene from the movie is amazing and aaaaaahhh!!! I'm really happy with this thing, despite its drawbacks and I do not regret it at all (though I am happy that I got it on sale since it is a bit too expensive otherwise I feel)
Super Deformed Gundam Calibarn:
It's cute. It's awsome. It's the SD Clibarn! Secifically the SD Cross-Silhouette Calibarn, which means that you can bild it the way I have it here or make it even mpre chibi and cute and give it big expressive eyes. I went with this look since it fits the SD Aerial I have better. The Calibarn here is surprisingly posable, even having working (limited) knees and an ab crunch and the weapon has some posability too. This thing is an easy recommendation since it looks great and is easy to build, even for beginners. Get yourself a cute little robot
Hammond Collection Ornitholestes:
Ornitholestes shows up at the start of the second book (well, as a corps at least) and it looks n othing like this figure. The book version is green and has no feathers, and while having an accurate version would have been nice I also get why they changed it. Most dinos in the books are green, scaley and aren't really described in great detail. In a way, they would all look about the same and that would be boring. I really like this figure. The swapable hands don't really do much since they look almost the same, but it's nice to have them still
Hammond Collection Sinoceratops:
I've seen a lot of people online having a lot of complaints about this figure and I get it. It's too short to be movie accurate. The movie design isn't scientifically accurate. Why no glass eyes anymore. The thing is, I don't care (except about the glass eyes sometimes). The texturing is great and the paint looks really good. To me this is still a really good representation of the movie Sinoceratops. It's cute and I really like the swapable horn. The mouth could have just been a joint but I don't mind the swapable part either. I just really like having this goofy little guy on my shelf
Hammond Collection Corythosaurus:
A lucky find! I had seen onlyine that people are really struggling to find older figures for good prices, so imaging my surprise when I came across this guy in a regular store for normal retail price. They had two actually, so I hope someone else had that same happy experience I did when finding it. The figure itself is great. One of the older HC figures, but you wouldn't notice. The colours are fantastic and the dinosaur looks like it jumped right out of the screen. I'm really happy I found this guy
Real Grade Hi Nu Gundam:
For a while I had heard that this is the best Real Grade kit you can get. People have been singing its praises for years since it came out and now that I have it here myself I have to agree. This thing is fantastic. It gets rid of the Advanced MS joints that the Real Grade line was known for at the begining and opts for a much more stable inner frame that you have to build yourself. This might sound like a pain to some but since this is a big mech in the Gundam universe the kit is also bigger than its 1/144 brethren. Therefor it has fewer tiny parts to carefully assemble (though they are still here). It poses really well and has a ton of gimmicks like opening hatches all over the mech and detachable Funnels on the back that can be displayed flying around on their own. If I had to recommend just one Gunpla kit to someone it would be this. It's great
Real Grade Sazabi:
Big, bulky and really cool, this kit is massive and demands presence on the shelf. My pictures here don't really do this amazing kit justice. Despite the bulkiness it is very posable and is made even better with all the little shifting armor parts all over this mobile suit. It is a joy to build and play around with. one of the best Real Grade kits and Gunpla kits in general, this thing is worth it. Now I just have to wait until the Nu Gundam shows up so it can have a perfect opponent
Real Grade Nu Gundam:
While looking similar to the Hi Nu Gundam (since they are sort of the same Mobile Suit) the two kits share no parts in (except for a few on the Funnels) and the building experience is refreshingly different between the two. The Nu Gundam builds up well and has a fantastic inner frame that uses no pre assembled joints and holds together really well. It has a number of shifting pieces and opening hatches, some of which are for attaching additional part while others just reveal cool details underneath. I love the pose I got it in here since it was the one I had envisioned for it ever since I ordered it online. It also nicely rounds off my little Char's Counterattack corner here
Hammond Collection Troodon:
Mean looking little guys. I really like the pose I put them in here. One is on the hunt while the other is doing its best meerkat impression, putting its head up high to keep a lookout. These where easy to get and I still see them at stores even though they are already out of production as far as I know. Get it if you can. I get that it's not a movie design or based on anything really, but these little guys are great. Look great, pose great, everything about them is just great
Hammond Collection Atroceraptor:
While ath first glance this might look like your average Jurassic Park Raptor I really like the Atroceraptor, maybe even moreso than the usual Veloceraptors (though it can never beat the JP3 one for me). This figure is great and surprised me a lot. It poses really well, the glass eyes look great and it is a perfect representation of the movie animal
30 Minute Sisters Ilshana
Ouch! This kit was a bit of an impulse purchase since I just wanted more Girlpla and this was the only one I could find at my local store. While it is simple it was a lot of fun to put together and the 30 MS line gives a lot of oportunities to customize this kit. It's neat :)
Hammond Collection Therizinosaurus:
Initially I did not care much for this dinosaur and the same goes for this movie design of it. However, seeing it in action in the film made me fall in love with it and I'm happy to say that this figure perfectly captures this animal as it was seen in the movie. Even the finger claws are posable and I love it. It is a unique animal and stands out among the other Hammond Collection dinos
Real Grade Evangelion Unit 0:
A little hidden in the current position, Unit 0 looks great and poses just as well as the other. I have less to say about this one since the build is largely the same as the other, though you do have the option to make two different chest pieces and shoulders. I like this design a lot more than the blue TV version and this kit came with the big gun from the first rebuild movie. It's a great kit and I would recommend it just as much as the other Evangelion Real Grades
Real Grade Wing Gundam Zero EW:
My first model kit that isn't an Evangelion. It's great! A very fun build that's somewhat challenging due to the small pieces and moving parts, but far from too much. While it's an older kit it still holds up well, from the building experience at least. Reading up on it online, apperently the joints don't hold up over time when they get moved too much. I myself essentially just built it, played around with it a bit and then pöut it in a pose I liked and stood it on my shelf, so I haven't had any problems at all with it yet. Despite the problems it could have down the line, I love this thing. It looks fantastic, the build it fun, and it's far from expensive (I got it for 32€ which seems fair). I highly recommend it
Real Grade Force Impulse Gundam:
This kit is fun. The transformable core fighter, the extra plain that can be attached to the backpack (I haven't seen the series so no clue what it's properly called) and the buuld is really good. That being said, the head does not want to stay on my copy here and it splits appart every time I try to pick it up by the upper body. However, I have not seen anyone else mention these issues online, so it might be user error
High Grade GQuuuuuux:
Probably the most unique main Gundam design from any of the series, the Gquuuuuux is great and so is this model kit of it. While the joints and build as a whole are simple the finished kit poses well and looks great. There are a lot of stickers in this kit and potting those on can be a bit annoying but the pay off is worth the effort. There are also two heads included that can be swapped out and both are really good, as are the other accessories that come in this box
High Grade Gundam Barbatos:
An old kit that does have its issues, espesially with the inner frame, but I still like it a lot. Barbatos has such a cool design and this kit captures it really well. It comes with some additional parts so you can recreate different forms of the Gundam. I have made a bit of a mix here. The shoulders are from the 4th form but the left arm is from the 1st. I just think it looks the best
Real Grade Evangelion Unit 1:
My first ever model kit and still one of my favourites (though I am biased due to my love of the show), the Eva Unit 1 here looks great and has way too many cool little features. To get my only complaint out of the way: the knees have become quite lose over time and it can be a bit of a struggle to get it into free standing poses. That being said, if you squeeze the joints together a bit and have some patience they will hold enough to make it work. Other than that, posability is fantastic and it can do all those organic poses you'd want to get it into. The mouth can open, the plates on the chest move when you move the arms and the thighs bulge a bit when you bend the knees enough. Some of the best model kit posability I've ever seen. Note that the spear it is holding did not come with this kit but whith the Unit 13 Figure intead. It is however compatible with the spear from the Mark 6 kit
Hammond Collection Scutosaurus:
Why did they make this? WHy do I have it? What even is a Scutosaurus? All good questions, none of which will be answered. This little guy looks great, poses surprisingly well and and is just really cute in a kind of ugly way. This thing does not appear in any of the movies, isn't a well known animal to the public and, despite the name, isn't even a dinosaur. WHat can I really say here? Just look at it. It's great and everyone should have one, The world would be a better place with more Scutosaurus in in
Real Grade Unicorn Gundam:
For how small this kit is it packs way more in it than you'd think. It poses well and has the full transformation from Unicorn Mode to Destroy Mode. While it's a bit finicky due to all the small parts but the fact that it's here at all and works as well as it does is incredible. Here it is in Unicorn Mode but you can see the transformed version further down on this site on the Full Armor Unicorn Gundam kit
Entry Grade Kirby:
This little guy is made out of 12 parts and cna be built in a few minutes. With that said, I lmove him. While he is just a static display piece he is packed with fun details. On the inside he has some items from the game that he has eaten and you wouldn't know that unless you build him yourself. Some of the parts are marked with little icons from the games to let you know which piece goes where. He is really detailed and despite the low parts count has fantastic colour seperation. There are only two stickers in here and they are essentially optional and only serve to make the cheeks a little less red than they otherwise would be. This kit is also dirt cheap so get it if you can and enjoy your own little Kirby :)
Hammond Collection Allosaurus:
One of the best Hammond Collection dinos both when it comes to looks and especially posability. It's well ballanced and all the joints move beautifully. This is an easy recommendation as it's not too big nor too small and you get a lot out of this basically perfect package
30 Minute Preference Rei Ayanami:
Despite the name, this took me more than 30 minutes to build. That being said, this kit was great. Simple, fairly quick to build and looking good, this version of Rei is fantastic. She is exactly what you'd expect and the printed faces this kit comes with llow you to capture her personality well. She poses well and has some alternate parts included to to get some more extreme poses than you could with the basic joints. She also comes with a few accessories like a pair of glasses and the Spear of Longinus. I really like this kit and can't wait to add Asuka next to her
Hammond Collection Stegosaurus:
Facing off with its real world nemesis, this Stegosaurus looks great, even if it is a bit of a brick. Posing isn't this guys strongest aspect but it more than makes up for it with the perfect screen accurate look. The paint job on this thing is so beautiful and I still can't get enough of it, even though I've had it since it came out. It is a bit back heavy due to that massive tail but it's still easy enough to balance. Sadly this thing has become a shelf warmer at my lokal toy store since it really is great and deserves more attention
Figure-Rise Standard Amate Yuzuhira (Machu):
This kit is great and a really nice recreation of the look from the show. I especially like the colour seperated accents on the hair. She comes with some outfit options to have her without the hoody and a rubber skirt so you can pose her more (though the stickers on it don't make me very happy and I doubt will stay on for long if you move it too much). She also has some nice accessories like her phone and the ever important Haro
Hammond Collection Tiger Veloceraptor:
When these came out I saw people online complaining about them a lot. They have an underbite, some moulding issue or something broke right out of the box. Speaking from my own experience, these little guys are great. I have two of them (bought one myself and got one as a gift later) and both of them are perfect. Nothing broken, no issues with the jaw, everything just works and looks great. That being said, even I have to acknowledge that the paint job deasn't look as the animal in the movie does. The tiger raptors from The Lost World are iconic and it's unfortunate that these toys don't represent them more closly. Still, on thier own I really like these and am happy to have two so I can get them in fun poses together
High Grade Gundam GFreD:
My first High Grade kit after only ever building Real Grades. It looks great, poses well and is a fun and decently quick build. This is also the first time I decided to put on all the stickers. I feel like they make Real Grades lokk a bit too busy, but here they add a lot of nice and sometimes even needed detail to the figure. Putting them on was actually kind of fun and make the kit look a lot better than it would otherwise. I also made it fly (the stand is not included but came with another Gyan kit) and it looks fantastic. A recommendation for both beginners but also more experienced builders who are looking for something simpler
Hammond Collection Mussaurus:
The first one to one scale Hammond Collection figure, according to the book at least. Back when Micheal Crichton wrote The Lost WOrld we only had the bones of an infant Mussaurus but at the time it was assumed to be an adult. While this figure is supposed to be one to eightteen scale and represents what we now know to be an adult, it also matches the palm sized animal described in the book and I just think it's really neat
Hammond Collection Dryosaurus:
Another novel dino and another fun figure. It comes with swapable mouth pieces, one closed and the currently attached open one. I'll be honest, I would like to have the closed mouth on the figure since I think it loks better, but removing the open one, which is on the figure out of the box, is really hard to remove and I'm scared of breaking something, so the open one stays on
High Grade Gquuuuuux (Endymion Unit Awakened Version):
So I have essentially built this kit three times now (regular Gquuuuuux, GFred, this one) and it has gotten a bit tiring. This isn't to say that it's bad, just not very exciting anymore. That being said, this is probably my favourite version of this kit. The new head with the opening mouth is great, if a bit fiddly to put together, and the rings attached to the shoulders and legs look good and represent what is shown in the show well. Also, you have all the pieces in the box to just build the normal Gquuuuuux, so This is essentially a two in one kit
High Grade Zaku (GQ):
I don't really like the regular Zaku design but this one won me over. The orbs on the legs and the sleeker but still chunky design are fun. The mono eye can also be posed and I love it. The stickers are a bit annoying to put on as there are a lot and many are in somewhat tricky places but they add a lot to the look of the kit so it was well worth the work
High Grade Turn A Gundam:
A unique model kit befitting of this unique design. The Turn A Gundam looks odd with its mustache like blade antennas and the overall rounded shapping that it has and I love all those quirks. While the colours are basic for a Gundam it stands out among all the others and the longer I've had it nd played with it the more I've come to like it. While the build is a bit dated and the poly cap joints don't all hold up as much as I'd like them to, it is still great unlike any other Gunpla out there
