The upper torso has a joint that allows it to bend forward a little, but unfortunately the lower torso connection is loose enough to pop the whole upper body off if you push it even a little. As usual the binders make it a bit back heavy when unarmed.Īll the joints are nice and tight, and the hip joint does wonders for letting legs do the splits. The completed kit stands about 13 cm tall to the top of its wing binders. Painting the yellow on the rifle was a bit tricky without masking tape. The weapons also are no slouches in the details department, though I wish paneling small parts like the beam saber handles was easier. I always hated having to paint/apply stickers to that area. I wish Bandai would figure out a way to make the yellow at the top a part. The wing binders have plenty of panel lines on the inside to detail. The front skirt armor comes as a single piece that can be cut at the middle to allow each side to move individually. The back of the leg armor can swing up a bit but that’s only to accommodate the transformation. Only the front leg armor moves and has a tendency to pop off. Long story short this allows the legs to rotate independently of the hip connection which is now a peg instead of the more restrictive ball joints of old. ![]() The earliest HGUC implementation I could find was on the Fullarmor Gundam 7th from 2009, but it didn’t get wide spread in new non-G Gundam molds until about 2 years later. Some kits from the second season of Gundam 00 started using them and the Gundam AGE line used them on pretty much all Federation kits. Of particular note are the hip connections, which is a design dating all the way back to the early Perfect Grade kits then imported into the Master Grade line and finally into High Grade. The lower legs are hollow to accommodate the transformation gimmick, but the joints make up for any deficiencies. The arms have a bit of an internal frame going on, and the shoulders alone are composed of 10 pieces with no less than 4 moving parts. The eyes are generally the only part on kits that I generally use the sticker for because I don’t quite have the confidence and the tools to paint it myself. Lots of nice panel lines on the white parts to detail. So I’ve taken to habitually painting the parts on the runners as much as possible then doing any fine detailing later. ![]() I’m not an expert modeler by any means, but I’ve always tried my best to not rely on color stickers. ![]() Inside the box you get 9 runners and a sticker sheet. Unlike the 2013 Master Grade version, this kit sticks more closely to the original Okawara design without any fancy deviations. You know the drill by now: Stupidly powerful big gun, makes its pilots go crazy, yada yada yada. This meant that Gundams from pre-2002 Alternate Universe shows would see the light of day at a faster pace after the slow trickle of them that started back in 2010.Īfter releasing Wing Gundam in late 2013, Bandai followed up with Wing Gundam Zero around six months later to round up the two main mobile suits from New Mobile Report Gundam Wing. Bandai’s All Gundam Project aimed to have all lead Gundams from the animated shows available in High Grade 1/144 scale kit form with universal joints to allow for easy part swapping.
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