I was looking forward to building this kit, I have built all of Amuro's Master Grade Gundams leading up to the Nu Gundam, and by far this was my least favorite one to build. While I will say that the overall detailing of the body itself is impressive this is also why the kit itself is such a hand grenade. When I finished the kit itself it felt like it was ready to break into bits in my hand. I had to go back over the kit and add super glue because I had a lot of loose-fitting parts. Anytime I tried to pose the kit before gluing pieces would fall off every time. The worst part about this kit that really grinds my gears is the hands. I have dealt with these on the RX-78-2 The Origins version and thought maybe they would be better with this kit since it is Ver.Ka and nope just as terrible as always. On my kit, I can't even close the fist without having the index and ring finger pop out. Overall if you have a short temper don't buy this kit.

It was a solid build for the most part, the fin funnels are very flimsy and the more you interact with the kit the looser it gets. The backpack doesn't really support the weight of the fin funnels, and the hands just drift downward. Overall the Real Grade version is the better kit.

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Keep in mind this is my first VerKa. I’ve never used Bandai branded waterslides and they’re so much more fragile than 3rd party variants, but they look so much better imo. The psycho frame is super cool, although putting the foil stickers on can be a pain. Polycaps are used throughout, but they’re implemented well. Fin Funnels are a bit of a pain, you just have to be extremely delicate with them or they’ll tumble off. They’re attached well to the backpack, but they don’t attach well to each other. After only being into the hobby for about 6 months, this was a pleasure. Still working on the kit, but I gave some comparisons with and without waterslides depending on what you want to do.

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