The High Grade After Colony builds use polycaps, which can be a little problematic on their own. But this kit has a transformation which just makes matters worse. Some of the joints have extra wiggle-room to facilitate the transformation and that just makes things a little loose and fragile. I had real issues with things popping off while trying to pose this model. And the transformation itself just isn't great. This isn't really a problem with the model though... "Bird Mode" was never very impressive even in the anime. It basically just looks like the robot is wearing its shield for a hat.

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This is a pretty good model, only took about 2.5 hours to assemble. The model apparently transforms but I don't really care too much about that. It's a little awkward to stand and I think would be better with a stand. The quality of the plastic itself seems cheap but I suppose that's normal. Stickers suck and I'd rather paint them or use water decals instead.

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