To start things off, this kit is phenomenal. There is only one sticker that isn’t holographic and it is entirely optional. Like the other Gundams from WFM the head is very color accurate, vulcans and all, and it looks amazing needless to say. Articulation is great even with the oddly shaped legs and you can get some awesome poses out of it, it is my personal favorite kit to pose. I would’ve given the kit 5 stars had it not been for the backpack, the two boosters are attached by c-clips which are not tight at all and like to flop back if you have it in an aerial pose. For my kit specifically 2 of the bits also fall out of the boosters and it’s very annoying if you don’t have the stand for them. Overall thought, I love this kit, not only building it but also posing it. Would recommend 100%

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just be sure to look out for those c clips, because they have gotten better but they aren't perfect

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I fell in love with this design the first time I saw it and I'm glad to say that this high grade did it justice. The long, angular silhouette on this kit makes it so that it looks dynamic in basically every pose you put it in. I take this kit off the self like once a week to take new photos of it because there's so many little moving parts in it that I'm still finding new ways to display it. This kit has a polycap-free build and uses some unique construction that makes it feel rock-solid for the most part. The only part of the construction that feels questionable is in the backpack. There are 4 c-clip connections in the backpack that look a bit dainty, but so far they've only fallen off when I've tried posing the kit. They hold everything up and stay still when left on the shelf. I would just say to be careful with those parts and re-enforce them if they bother you. Ultimately though, the backpack is so stylish and multi-faceted that I don't mind putting in a little extra work to display it. Aesthetically, this kit is really impressive even when snap-built. Almost all of the plastic is color-accurate, most of the stickers are reflective ones that are covered by clear plastic parts, which makes them look a lot more natural than most high grade stickers. The lack of exterior stickers also means there's no eye sticker that most Gundam-style kits have. Some people might be disappointed that there's no shine to the eyes, but the final effect is so impressive that I do not miss that detail at all. The plastic itself is really impressive too, the dark-grey armor has a bit of gloss to it that contrasts really nicely against the more matte light-grey interior parts. It actually took me a few weeks to panel-line this because it looks so nice out of the box that I didn't feel any rush to start detailing it. While I was building this, all I could think was how I wish the kits I built as a kid were this good. I'm so excited to know that people getting into Gunpla for the first time will get to start with kits that are this visually and structurally impressive. This kit has immediately become my favorite child on my shelf and I'm sure it'll stay that way for a long time.

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