Bandai Hobby - Gundam Seed Destiny - Strike Freedom Gundam, Bandai Spirits MGEX 1/100 Model Kit

This is my First Gundam that I have ever built, I went in blind while asking my friend for pointers on tools and watching vids to expand my knowledge. For First timers this build may be a nightmare but when finishing it, It makes everything worthwhile. Now I'm addicted to the Gundam build World. Just bought myself the upcoming PG 1/60 UNICORN GUNDAM 03 PHENEX (NARRATIVE Ver.), and on my amazon cart the PG 1/60 GUNDAM ASTRAY RED FRAME and PG 1/60 RX-O Gundam Unicorn white.At first it was very overwhelming building this, Took me about 10-20 hours and I never thought I would finish but the end result looks like it came out of a showroom in Japan. Word of advice take your time and don't rush, I had to do some back jobs and remove pieces back and forth because I was trying to finish it. It's not a race and doing so may break a piece you're not suppose to if you don't read the manual with pictures carefully. All in all amazing kit and I would build again if I had the chance to. 5/5 stars.This kit is not for beginners but if you like the challenge please do some research before going on this expenditure like I did. Welcome to the Gundam Family.

This is the pinnacle of Gunpla engineering. It is by far the most complex, articulated, detailed, accented model I've ever assembled. I couldn't even fit all of the sprues on my kitchen table, there's SO much. It comes with its own stand because it has to: when you attach the wings to the main body, the whole model is so heavy that its knees can't hold it up. It does stand up on its own if you remove the backpack + wings.To be honest, I think this is at or even a little bit beyond the limit of what you can physically do with plastic. The legs are incredibly articulated, the thing can cross its ankles and go on tiptoe and honestly it could probably twerk in stop-motion if I spent the time on it. However, with so many articulation points in the legs, just getting a single leg into the pose you want is an exercise in joint isolation: you gotta hold all 3 other joints still and then move just the one you want, and then repeat that for every single joint. I almost wish it was simpler and less articulated, now that it's built.The inner gold frame is amazing, and it was super fun to build the whole thing twice: once for the inner frame, once for the outer armor. However, I didn't realize just how covered up the internal gold frame would be. There's a dozen etching stickers (which are a nightmare to work with, by the way), and while they're all visible on the inner frame, more than half of them are *completely* covered up on the finished model, and the instructions don't indicate which ones those are, at all. I almost wish I hadn't bothered with putting them all on.Also, I straight up broke off one of the four wings when trying to pose it. I wasn't even using that much force, I was just pivoting in the wrong direction. This should be considered an experts-only kit, if that wasn't obvious already.I got this for $180, and I'd say it's definitely worth that price. A lot of sellers are offering this for $250 and I don't think it's quite that good, but I don't think any model is that good.

Very beginner friendly build, looks amazing out the box without any extra dressing up. One of the most articulated model kits I've built and has a great presence on the shelf even next to the PG unleashed RX-78.

So beautiful and package carefully.

This is my second time doing this the product looks amazing when finished but it was truly a challenge.WarningsBe careful of the following breaks :Hipthe hip placement rails under mounts. I broke the pice that holds that part the hip on both sides and had to superglu.. post build only made the rail guns not posableWing joint: ensure you have them placed right moving the piece brok the joint and I had to superglue the wing to the wing arm in a position I'd be okay displaying.Posable hands: i didn't understand how the expected the fingers to stay in the hand joints but they all fell out. Can't use sabers now as those were the only way to hold them.Stickers: didn't even bother with the water ones they were too smallDidn't bother with some of the metallic ones as they were also too small would recommend a magnifying glass or something if you truly want to get all of those on thereMetal stickers 5/5Overall.The level of detail was insane there are internal details you won't see once the build is final and I love the experience that you are seeing internals meant for the builder to seeQuality: some parts broke so kinda meh... would give that a 3 out of 5. Would say 4 out of 5 if I was really experienced and knew what to avoid.Build time: it took an average of 2.5 dedicated days to completeValue: it's pricey for a master grade but the details make it totally worth it.Experience: 10/5 what a memorable experience. It's beautiful in every detail. I would consider this an amazing gift or purchase for anyone that likes gunpla.

It exceeds expectations make sure you have proper tools so you don't end up with any regrets. If you are considering it stop considering ti and buy it, once I have cleared out more of my backlog I will be adding a second to my collection. I can't wait for more MGEX models.

One of the best!

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