kotobukiya new scifi line of kits

[TimMather]

the new line is called hexa gear and is all new "in house" line ie not from any existing license, it looks like the designers were given free raign to go nuts. i love it.

[Blastvader]

The second, third and fifth look intriguing. 

[Pete in Lincs]

Slightly bonkers.

Like them.

[Andy Moore]

They look great. Really like the looks of the flier thing in the third shot.

 

Andy

[Sgt.Squarehead]

Lovely looking models, but I find the subjects rather childish TBH.....This stuff just doesn't look at all futuristic to me, it just looks fantastic and implausible, knights in shining combat suits. 

[Will Vale]

I quite like the flying thingy as well, but the repeated hex elements make it look a bit like a "toy system" - in the same way the Zoids have those rubber caps.

 

Mind you, I like Zoids (childhood bias!) so maybe I'll be tempted in the end. The mech suit in the concept image is pretty cool too.

 

Cheers,

 

Will 

 

 

[Richard Baker]

I think the Japanese have some wonderful concepts but most of the time the hardware designs come across as both needlessly complicated and needlessly stylized. I see some potential in these models but none of them look practical as combat units.

To be honest I have the some issue with the Ma.K stuff- machines designed for combat should not have a lot of exposed hardware and hoses sticking out everywhere to be tangled with or damaged.

 

I do think it is great kotobukiya is making in house designs instead of just making replicas of existing subjects.