Kits: Metal Gear Rex Announced
Posted on : 21-08-2012 | By : Cacophanus | In : Toys/Kits
Hardware: GameCube, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
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Whilst it was recently revealed at this year’s Wonder Festival, Kotobukiya have officially announced the release of a truly gorgeous 1/100 scale Metal Gear Rex kit in December of this year. This is not to be confused with the huge and hugely expensive threeA toy, as this kit is smaller and costs a lot less (as well as needing to be assembled and painted obviously). The sculpt also looks spot on and for the money this is something I’d rather have over the threeA toy, as the latter has no diecast to speak of (which at that price is fucking disgraceful). As always, you can pre-order the kit here for a very reasonable 6,240 yen.
AWESOME!!!
I just can’t get into this design. It was clearly made the way it was to be low on polygon count so that early 3D hardware could render it…and I just can’t get that out of my mind. The Virtuoids were designed with similar motives, but its nowhere near as obvious. Its just…a couple of big grey slabs all slabbed together.
Shinkawa thought it reflected the playstation’s design aesthetics and capabilities.The Ray was designed to show off the PS2s abilities (hence it smooth,rounded design).