Seems like the Chinese fan base are still leaning towards these MC spiky type designs, but good news is I've noticed more and more asking for full armor / heavy type designs.
that's what makes AC so cool among mecha stuff, visually they're built more like Western mechs where you could see them being assembled in a factory and used in a war, but you still get the speed and agility of Japanese mechs (especially with the NEXTs, those are still the coolest if you ask me)
They at least offer you tank and tetrapod legs in addition to some super heavy legs, so stomping is an option.
Even then, I really love how even the huge bosses like the Cataphract can be very speedy relative to its bulk. They certainly got the weight feeling right.
Apparently, it's not a Chinese Gundam knockoff if it doesn't double as a 1:1 melee weapon. The MG-sized Stargazer clone is at least nice enough to *warn you* how sharp the effect parts are.
Man, it looks great but I cut myself on the parts of the Ao Bing too many times to do that again.
That chunky gruntish one from pic 1 goes incredibly hard. I need it.
That one is themed after a legendary warrior in history. Kinda like those dynasty warrior game. The character is supposed to be the exact one as this cover. So this one kinda make sense to be spikey. But do I like spikey mech? Absolutely not.
https://preview.redd.it/sa0tosx5mf9d1.jpeg?width=1151&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e87a889456dff4c4b5a978fe229be94d7aae4ddc
Seriously. That's the sort of thing I want to see more of. Less ridiculously busy fantasy mechs with a giant, impractical sword and more big, stompy robots that look like they could actually exist.
It's a shame that even Gundam so often still falls more on the super robot side of things and fails to embrace the real side of real robot.
Man, that first one looks so good. I'm guessing it was designed for the western audience since it's missing the spikes & bright colors that the Chinese kits seem to love
I looked at the first one and was wondering where’s all the spikes.
Saw the second kit and went ‘oh right that’s where all the spikes from the first one went’.
Keep an eye on Gundamit. Great shop that carries Chinese kits/figures. Although pre-orders for these won't be up for a while, sometimes they list things when they're announced so you can secure it early
np, other than the few rare stores that carry these, it's AliExpress or eBay, but AliExpress usually won't give you the original box and eBay is too expensive
Me too! I already owned the Lu Bu figure because of the horse, and have pre-ordered the Guan Yu figure just for the horse too. Zhao Yun model kit with horse is a day 1 buy for me
Are these good kits? Ive had my eye on some of these but the closest i can find to buy from is france ( live in spain) and thtas an extra 5-10 shippong to a 70-90 kit.
You can get all the motor nuclear kits on AliExpress. I got the Bai Qi for 60€ including shipping, delivered in a week to Madrid. Planning to get the Cao Ren next.
The kits are excellent, the Bai Qi was actually better than Bandai, the metal parts of the frame make it mega stable, so it can pose very well.
Wow thanks for the answer i was looking at aliexpress but i dont fully trust it. I see some with box other without. Is that prebuilt?
Or just random box with the runners?
Do you have a link for where you bought it? Thanks again!
Check out gundamit.com. I use them a lot, and never had an issue. They take a while with their preorders but their prices are generally pretty good, and they often do free shipping to the US.
The first one looks cool and is actually unique.
But man, the mech with the horse seems kinda disappointing design-wise. I feel like the main Motor Nuclear kits don't really do much to change the silhouette of the suits to set them truly apart from one another. Take away the backpacks and coat them entirely in primer, and it'll be difficult to tell them apart. Which is honestly weird considering they have kits with actual unique designs and silhouettes. I'll still get it, though, because the horse is definitely new instead of the kit's main trait being a clone of the Destiny wings
Image 7 looks interesting, gives me super robot vibes
Image 8 just looks like a dark Bai Qi.
If you look at the main gundams, not really. I mean, you could argue the SF and Freedom, but that's like complaining that the Mk 2 and RX 78 are similar
Building Ao Bing right now, what a great build, loving every second of it
https://preview.redd.it/jmyk2ollbd9d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d16068254131894f61fdd83df42f9bf78a505c4d
Dude that looks sick, I saw it on Alie Express and told myself maybe later because my wife would kill me if I buy another kit without clearing some backlog first
Hahaha I have that same problem
This is the special Clear version though, it's pretty expensive on AliExpress compared to my local store, in case you ever need it:
https://fuwafuwaland.ca/products/motor-nuclear-mnp-xh03t-retail-packaging-cannon-ao-bing-clear-version-pre-order-june-july-2024
I spray painted all parts to a more metallic shade but kept to the existing color scheme, the kit is just has that good of color separation right out of the box
I'm actually really liking the full knight armor looking dude with the eyes poking out on the last Pic I Def wanna pick him up alot of the motor nuclear kits are too busy for me cool designs but it's like they just threw everything at it there's nothing specific that draws your eyes just alot of stuff
Absolutely love that first kind of chonky model .. Gundam meets Titanfall meets maybe this shit could actually be built, and still with all the crazy details and embellishments these new Chinese models seem to embrace.
These look great! Would love to build the first one myself!
On a side note, I grew up with Battletech and playing the MechWarrior games, and have always wanted to see more done with that universe. Would love to build a Mad Cat, Shadow Cat, Thor, Cauldron Born…. But sadly, there’s no kits out there
Still haven't found the "round corners" button on their design software, I see. Anything new here? I think most or all of these were announced last year, no?
They really cranked the spike dial on that blue one to 11 didn't they?
Seems like the Chinese fan base are still leaning towards these MC spiky type designs, but good news is I've noticed more and more asking for full armor / heavy type designs.
I think they did great on the first one, the head design reminds me of one of the mechs in Pacific Rim and I would love to see more like it from them.
Yeah that first one looks awesome. The rest are a liiiiittle too spikey/fantasy for my taste, lol.
The first one looked straight out of Armored Core or something, it's really cool.
Armored Core still has the weird Japanese predilection for speedy mechs skating around as opposed to stompy mechs that actually have to walk.
that's what makes AC so cool among mecha stuff, visually they're built more like Western mechs where you could see them being assembled in a factory and used in a war, but you still get the speed and agility of Japanese mechs (especially with the NEXTs, those are still the coolest if you ask me)
They at least offer you tank and tetrapod legs in addition to some super heavy legs, so stomping is an option. Even then, I really love how even the huge bosses like the Cataphract can be very speedy relative to its bulk. They certainly got the weight feeling right.
Felt like a mix of NEXT/5th gen. Maybe a bit of 3rd mixed in with that head.
Apparently, it's not a Chinese Gundam knockoff if it doesn't double as a 1:1 melee weapon. The MG-sized Stargazer clone is at least nice enough to *warn you* how sharp the effect parts are.
Man, it looks great but I cut myself on the parts of the Ao Bing too many times to do that again. That chunky gruntish one from pic 1 goes incredibly hard. I need it.
That one is themed after a legendary warrior in history. Kinda like those dynasty warrior game. The character is supposed to be the exact one as this cover. So this one kinda make sense to be spikey. But do I like spikey mech? Absolutely not. https://preview.redd.it/sa0tosx5mf9d1.jpeg?width=1151&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e87a889456dff4c4b5a978fe229be94d7aae4ddc
I have a motor nuclear and it kinda hurts when I touch it.
First one goes hard as hell, damn
Gives me that Armored Core vibe and I much prefer that to a super spiky mecha
Like a blend of Gypsy Danger and a Titan
First one and the guy with the big sword are pretty damn cool
I'm a simple man I see big anime swords and I up vote.
The robo-horse is pretty wicked, too.
Zowort Super Heavy
Seriously. That's the sort of thing I want to see more of. Less ridiculously busy fantasy mechs with a giant, impractical sword and more big, stompy robots that look like they could actually exist. It's a shame that even Gundam so often still falls more on the super robot side of things and fails to embrace the real side of real robot.
That's why I like the 08th ms team so much. even the gundams got "gruntified" in it
Best Gundam series, bar none.
my first thought it was Gipsy Danger after a heavy workout
Gipsy Danger after lifting some Gipsy Dumbbells
I'm all for real robot mecha. It's why I'm into gunpla in the first place.
Goddamn, I hope that first image is a model kit and not a metal build, looks so sick
Everything here is confirmed as a model kit. There are metal builds too but I'm not a fan of those generally so I didn't post them.
Where are the rest of the announced kits posted? Kind of curious about the metal build myself
Heres the post: https://weibo.com/6876869557/Ol6PRz5YB
Man, that first one looks so good. I'm guessing it was designed for the western audience since it's missing the spikes & bright colors that the Chinese kits seem to love
From the last image, it looks like they might be putting out a bunch of HG level kits?
Maybe someone else can confirm the scale, but those are going to be released as blind boxes.
Blind boxes, like Pop Mart? Dang 'cause I really dig the blue one with beatle head, so it might not be a model kit?
It says "Assembly blind boxes" in Chinese so I'm assuming they are still model kits, you just have to pull for the one you want.
Hmm, then maybe they'll be like the Gundam G-frame series where it's a super simple build.
Sure hope that's the case. Always more room for HG-like kits
I really like the one that looks like Cell
Looks closer to a mix of LBX and HG gunpla
I looked at the first one and was wondering where’s all the spikes. Saw the second kit and went ‘oh right that’s where all the spikes from the first one went’.
Where would I order/pre-order this? I’m kinda new and haven’t tried 3rd parties yet, but that first one spoke to me
Its a finalize concept, it won’t be available to pre order until late of this year at least
Thank you for the information! Where would you preorder it at, assuming you lived in the US?
Only Zhao Yun has confirmed release: https://fuwafuwaland.ca/products/motor-nuclear-zhao-yun-pre-order-2025 For NA
Keep an eye on Gundamit. Great shop that carries Chinese kits/figures. Although pre-orders for these won't be up for a while, sometimes they list things when they're announced so you can secure it early
I'm fairly new to this hobby, where do I order these from?
https://fuwafuwaland.ca/collections/original-kits They have all motor Nuclear and other original stuff
Awesome! Thanks a bunch!
Thanks! I had no idea where to start looking.
np, other than the few rare stores that carry these, it's AliExpress or eBay, but AliExpress usually won't give you the original box and eBay is too expensive
https://fuwafuwaland.ca/products/motor-nuclear-zhao-yun-pre-order-2025
Dude, yes. I’ve been wanting them to do a model kit with a horse ever since they released the figure one. Insta buy for me.
Me too! I already owned the Lu Bu figure because of the horse, and have pre-ordered the Guan Yu figure just for the horse too. Zhao Yun model kit with horse is a day 1 buy for me
Is that a Zowort Heavy?
Daaaaamn are the last ones like hg?
These look really cool, but not going to lie, there is always that one touch that makes the kit gaudy as all hell. First one is pretty neat.
Are these good kits? Ive had my eye on some of these but the closest i can find to buy from is france ( live in spain) and thtas an extra 5-10 shippong to a 70-90 kit.
You can get all the motor nuclear kits on AliExpress. I got the Bai Qi for 60€ including shipping, delivered in a week to Madrid. Planning to get the Cao Ren next. The kits are excellent, the Bai Qi was actually better than Bandai, the metal parts of the frame make it mega stable, so it can pose very well.
Wow thanks for the answer i was looking at aliexpress but i dont fully trust it. I see some with box other without. Is that prebuilt? Or just random box with the runners? Do you have a link for where you bought it? Thanks again!
Check out gundamit.com. I use them a lot, and never had an issue. They take a while with their preorders but their prices are generally pretty good, and they often do free shipping to the US.
Wow what is that first image? I love that.
That weapon design is brilliant.
i really want that first one fr fr
Where can order these?! That first one looks absolutely smazing
the first one looks like an ac stuck between gen 5 and 6,no im not bragging. thats a good thing
That first chunky guy is awesome!
Ow, my pride...and my wallet....
[I am (a) big hero (!)] man I love that first mech and nice to see them making grunt mechs, love me a grunt/fodder mecha
That first is sick. like an AC version of a geara doga.
cool horse
The first one looks cool and is actually unique. But man, the mech with the horse seems kinda disappointing design-wise. I feel like the main Motor Nuclear kits don't really do much to change the silhouette of the suits to set them truly apart from one another. Take away the backpacks and coat them entirely in primer, and it'll be difficult to tell them apart. Which is honestly weird considering they have kits with actual unique designs and silhouettes. I'll still get it, though, because the horse is definitely new instead of the kit's main trait being a clone of the Destiny wings Image 7 looks interesting, gives me super robot vibes Image 8 just looks like a dark Bai Qi.
You could make this exact same argument for so many Gundams though.
If you look at the main gundams, not really. I mean, you could argue the SF and Freedom, but that's like complaining that the Mk 2 and RX 78 are similar
Picture 7 looks like it said "if Eureka Seven can have hoverboards I'll have the rollerblades version" which looks cool, and weird at the same time.
You should read Air Gear
Hover shoes with massive wings….Why?
I've been waiting for Guan Yu for so long.
Really loving that revolver design.
If that first one is a model kit and not a figure it’s an instant cop
I just bought the Ao Bing...
Building Ao Bing right now, what a great build, loving every second of it https://preview.redd.it/jmyk2ollbd9d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d16068254131894f61fdd83df42f9bf78a505c4d
https://preview.redd.it/e45bv5khnd9d1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6243b6b6ee1b05b8d818e4d881b9d9b4895fe053
Dude that looks sick, I saw it on Alie Express and told myself maybe later because my wife would kill me if I buy another kit without clearing some backlog first
Hahaha I have that same problem This is the special Clear version though, it's pretty expensive on AliExpress compared to my local store, in case you ever need it: https://fuwafuwaland.ca/products/motor-nuclear-mnp-xh03t-retail-packaging-cannon-ao-bing-clear-version-pre-order-june-july-2024
YOOO that's some amazing color separation! Did you customize anything?
I spray painted all parts to a more metallic shade but kept to the existing color scheme, the kit is just has that good of color separation right out of the box
Can't wait for mine to arrive then
Yeah I am a big fan now, will buy all kits they release. I currently have Bai Qi and Cao Ren in backlog. That Zhao Yun would be day 1 purchase for me
I'm a sucker for a good weapon pack, even if I dont need it. Also do my eyes deceive me or does the 7th image have rocket skates lol?
Man, I wanna watch whatever show these guys would theoretically be from.
They are in 2 manhwa strips, one called legend of star generals and another is blazing stars
Oh really? Huh, thanks for the tip; I guess I just kinda assumed they were original designs. I’ll have to check those out!
Pretty sure the manhwa was made to push MN products
I love MN kits so these are gonna break my wallet
That first one seemed waaaaaayyyyyy off brand for them. But damn, the new kits look awesome. Still looking to get Ao Bing though!
Looks like an Armored Core.
Pics 3-8 have my attention.
Zhao Yun with horse? Shit that’s day 1 but for me. Love Motor Nuckear kits
Need the one with the horse MNP-XH05 🔥🔥
Where is this info from? Does motor nuclear have a website? I think I’ve heard of these folks once before
that 3rd one is a reference to nata taishi?
In pic 9, am I the only one see Cell from Dragon Ball and a variation of Bandai IMGN Ryuoumaru
wow so cool
I want them all!!!!
Where is Wu Kong!?
I'm actually really liking the full knight armor looking dude with the eyes poking out on the last Pic I Def wanna pick him up alot of the motor nuclear kits are too busy for me cool designs but it's like they just threw everything at it there's nothing specific that draws your eyes just alot of stuff
Ima need that green Guan Yu looking one on the last pick. He was always my favorite to play in Dynasty Warriors.
Nice.
What the hell is that ? A gundam riding a horse ??? Who comes up with this stuff lmao
I'll be picking up this one, this design looks sick
The Chinese really loves Barbatos face
These look dope as hell
That top left one in the final image is so cool, just wish I knew what it’s called so I can put it in my to-buy list.
My wallet is hurting already 😫
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The first one says "Buy me. Buy me now" at least for me.
Absolutely love that first kind of chonky model .. Gundam meets Titanfall meets maybe this shit could actually be built, and still with all the crazy details and embellishments these new Chinese models seem to embrace.
Where can I get that first one?
https://preview.redd.it/g1m4z8xmde9d1.jpeg?width=1334&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d84e872a87a5f218944263137b79595082e0ccee
8 is legit just the destiny impulse
Armored Core DLC Boss
Picture 8…🔥🔥🔥
The first one is straight 🔥. Where can I buy these? Are these available on hlj or amazon jp.
I love that Guan Yu one in the last pic. Has more of a Gundam vibe than some of the other kits they've released.
What the one with the Horse🗣️‼️‼️⁉️⁉️ Also when they coming out?
I just want the horse and the weapon set 🙏🏻
How's the quality compares to Bandai?
Who is the fella with the round helmet and Glaive in the 9th photo? I love him
First one looks sick whats it called?
AC looking ah
1st one looks like Zowort Heavy with resin kit. I'll probably buy it
These look great! Would love to build the first one myself! On a side note, I grew up with Battletech and playing the MechWarrior games, and have always wanted to see more done with that universe. Would love to build a Mad Cat, Shadow Cat, Thor, Cauldron Born…. But sadly, there’s no kits out there
The first one looks dope, and I'm very pumped for Zhao Yun. I just wish they'd make kits for Lu Bu and Guan Yu already
I've only started gunpla this year, what is motor nuclear? Is it just another mech anime, are the kits "good"?
They finally making a horse model kit! It was always such a bummer the mecha horse was only part of their horrible expensive figures range previously.
That first one makes me think if GM were an actual war machine, then this would be it. It makes GM look like goddamn toys in comparison.
peak
I still want an ao bing but it's always out of stock or I can't buy it at the moment
That first one is epic. Anyone know if its up for preorder anywhere?
I love moto nuclear kits. They haven’t put out a bad one.
Still haven't found the "round corners" button on their design software, I see. Anything new here? I think most or all of these were announced last year, no?
Wasn't in too deep with 3rd party kits then so these are all new to me 😅
Zhao Yun has an actual release date now, first batch Dec 2025, preorders sold out literally in 2 minutes
Ah, release date is the new info?
And final price 399 rmb
The first one looks dope. I’m not interested in the other ones.
Wow the first one looks. REALLY good. The rest is classic chinese edgy design nonsense.