The 2.0 is intended to look like it is strait out of the anime. thats why it has all those smooth armor plates. even the back is anime style, look at the thrusters on the back of the gundam in the anime and you will see what I am talking about. from a builders standpoint I love the 2.0, its so poseable that I am trying to create my own web comic featuring gundams of all shapes and sizes.( If you are wondering what that may look like check out www.neomonsterisland.com and you will see where I got my insperation from. I freaken love that comic!) I want to use the 2.0 for the simple reason that it does look so wierd compaired to the other RX-78-2's out there, nothing against the others, I mean I love my OYW version, but the new kit just has more ability for expresion than the other kits. also, it is a nice break from all the hardcore mil spec looking gundam kits. I guess I am just a sucker for Tomino's gundam, the original, not that seed bull crap (sorry if you are a big seed fan, I am not.)
OK, rant over. thanks for the complements! I hope I didnt break anyones pride or something like that, just had a sudden surge of words (this is rare for me) so I spat what was on my mind. on the plus side, I have a test pic using my new backdrop for shooting pics! Can anyone guess what the name of the bot in the pic is? It happens to be one of my favorite super robots at the moment. old as hell too.
Oh, and about using the armor from ver. Ka, it would take months of converting the armor so that it would fit properly, and I just dont have that kind of time or even feel the need to mess up an already sound kit. if you get around to it, I would love to see a work up on it. later!
Jason...................