Review: Bandai Bitlot Gundam GM

This is the second release of Bandai's Gundam Bitlot figures.  Since the first wave was pretty good let's keep going.

Box.  I paid $11.99 at Miniso for this.

Parts.

Disassembled.  The shield can be Defense.  the sword could

be Melee or Spotting.  The gun could be Direct Fire or

Spotting.  The hands can be removed for White die damage.

Assembled.

The shield can be stored on a stud on the back.

Size Comparison.

The Questions:

Is it below, at, or above $10 per Frame?  Above.  (-10)

Is it a good size to use in a game?  Yes.  Between a Chub and a Classic.  (+5)

How many parts does it have to represent systems?  Three.  (0)

Does it have enough parts you can remove to represent White Dice damage?  Yes.  (+5)

Score: 0 (B).  A bit better than Monday's review but still lacking.

Review: Bandai Bitlot Gundam Gouf

This is the second release of Bandai's Gundam Bitlot figures.  Since the first wave was pretty good let's keep going.

Box.  I paid $11.99 at Miniso for this.

Parts.

Disassembled.  The helmet can be Defense or Spotting.  The shield

could be Defense.  The whip could be Melee, or Spotting. The sword

could be Melee.  The hand could be removed for White Die damage. 

Assembled.

It's disappointing that it can only hold one weapon at a time.

Size Comparison.

The Questions:

Is it below, at, or above $10 per Frame?  Above.  (-10)

Is it a good size to use in a game?  Yes.  A bit larger than a Classic.  (+5)

How many parts does it have to represent systems?  Three.  (0)

Does it have enough parts you can remove to represent White Dice damage?  Yes.  (+5)

Score: 0 (B).  If this had a second usable hand like Char's Zaku it'd score better.

Review: Miniso Toys Mini City Flower Shop

I picked this up back in April after spending some time trying to figure out if it was Lego compatible or Nanoblock sized like a lot of other recent Miniso toy releases.  There are three other sets in this line -- I may review them at some point -- but I wanted the botanical parts from this one.

 

Box.  MSRP is $4.99 for a $0.05 Price per Piece.  

Instructions & Stickers.

Parts 1.  Plates, Quarter Circle Plate, 3x4 Leaves, Large Jumpers, Wedge Plate, Printed Transparent Door, Turntable Base, Round Large Jumper, Hinge Brick Top, Fence, Door, Window, Transparent 2x2x2 Round Brick, Panel, 1x1x2 Brick, Macaroni Brick, Transparent 2x2 Round Brick, Bricks, Log Bricks, Corner Tile w/Cutout, Travis Bricks, Brick w/Pinhole, Hinge Brick Base, Studless Slopes, and Tooth Plate.

Parts 2.  Dish, Turntable Top, Tiles, Jumper, Transparent Window, Tooth

Plates, Plant Stems w/Stud, Wedge Studless Slopes, Plates, Apollo

Studs, Round Plates w/Flower Edge, Clip Tiles, Bar Studs, Padlock,

Minifig Telescope, Friction Pin, Bar Bar Holders, Bars, and Tap.

   

Build.  Three 1 Hit pieces of Cover.  

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Cover.  (0)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have

  parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +15 (A).  There are some nice colors and pieces -- that 2x2x2 Transparent Round Brick is intriguing -- but there's not a lot of useful parts for building Frames.

Review: 60484 Rides Gaming Car

The set in this review is from a new in 2026 City sub-line called Rides.  I think I've heard the term "Baby Racers" being used for them though.  I thought it might have a few interesting parts worth reviewing, so let's take a look.

 

Box.  MSRP is $9.99, for a $0.16 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Microfig.

Parts 1.  Plates, Printed Tile, Large Jumper, Corner

Tiles, Tiles w/Studs on Ends, Transparent Round

Tiles, Double Studless Slope, Grille Tile, Round

Tiles, Spoiler w/Base, Corrugated Brick, Clip

Plates, Wedge Tile, Transparent Lightning Bolt,

Transparent Windscreen, and Minifig Steering Wheel.

   

Parts 2.  Mudguard Bricks, Wheels, Brackets, Printed Tile

w/Studs across Center, Mudguard Plates, Axle Plates,

Translucent Brick, Large Cheese Slopes, Translucent Plate,

Bar Bar Holders, Plates, Wedge Tile, and Translucent Cones.

Build.  IO Escort Frigate (2Rpd+d8/2W)

[Systems are Dark Bley and Color Tagged.].

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Above.  (-10)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have

  parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +5 (B+).  The chibi microfig is cute, the printed parts are nice, but the PpP is awful.

MFZ Pride 2026

The calendar has turned to June which means it's time, once again, for the Mobile Frame Zero Pride Build Invitational!  For those of you unfamiliar with this event, members of the community make Frames in the colors of Pride flags. These can be new designs or old ones converted into new colors.  I believe some people are also trying this challenge with starships too.  There is even the chance that the "best" design will become the MF0 Discord server logo for the next year.  We have a dedicated topic on the Hangar for those that want to share their designs there.

This is my design from last year.

I'm working on more designs and hope to have them posted on Flickr before the end of the week.

Don't forget we have a hashtag, #MFZPride, for better connecting all of the community's builds for this challenge.  There's also the "MFZ Pride" tag on Flickr.

 

Terrain Workshop: Tree 34

This idea chased me out of work one night.  The basic premise was to have stacked, multiple 1x2 Rounded Plates w/Rounded Leaf with all of them at an angle to the one below it.  That's not quite how it turned out but I like the final version more.

The center of this is an Axle Connector w/4 Bars & Through Axle Hole.  Two

1x2 Rounded Plates w/Rounded Leaf are placed on each bar of the connector.

The inner one is placed in a vertical orientation, the outer is placed horizontally.

Another 1x2 Rounded Plate w/Rounded Leaf is placed on the open stud of each

inner Leaf in a diagonal orientation.  A 2L Axle w/Pin w/Friction Ridges is placed

through the center of the Axle Connector, axle side down.  A 2L Smooth Axle Connector is connected to the 2L Axle w/Pin, a Notched Axle goes in the

bottom of that with another 2L Smooth Axle Connector attached to that.  A

1x1 Round Brick goes on the other end of that assembly.  This is eighteen

pieces which is 3 Hits.  It's 25 feet tall and 28 feet across in 6P Scale.

I haven't got that many Sand Green 1x2 Rounded Plates w/Rounded

Leaf so right now this is an orphan build.  I hope this gives people

ideas or techniques to use in their terrain builds.  Flickr page.

Terrain Workshop: Trees 33

I dug these out of my storage bin the other morning in a "quest" to unify a group of trees into one terrain set.  Except, it turned out I had never taken pictures of them and never posted about them.  Weird.  This design is a riff on my Tree 8 with elements of Tree 19 added in.

The core is a Travis Brick with four Appendages, Bladed w/Pin plugged into it, and four 6x5 Swordleaves w/Clip on the end of them. This is mounted on a 1x1x6 Solid Pillar then a Fez and a Cone are mounted on the Travis Brick.  This is a total of twelve pieces which is 2 Hits.  The tree is 38 feet tall and 30 feet across in 6P Scale.

To expand and toughen this build we have to add another Travis Brick with four 

Appendages, Bladed w/Pin, and four 6x5 Swordleaves w/Clip mounted at an angle

to the first.  New to this version are three 1x1 Round Plates sandwiching

each Travis Brick.  All of this is placed on the 1x1x6 Solid Pillar then the Fez

and a Cone are popped back on top.  This is a total of 24 pieces which is 4

Hits.  This expanded version is 43 feet tall and 40 feet across in 6P Scale.

As you can see, both versions are tall and cover a decent amount of space.  Once again I hope I've given people ideas or techniques to use in their terrain builds.  Flickr page.