There was only 1 piece on the leg frame that I had to cement but the rest of the build was solid. The axe on the hand was a little finnicky and would fall off easily when posed but is fine when left in one position. 3rd MG kit and is my favorite so far.

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The Barbatos design is definitely not traditional. It's very slim, especially in the waist region compared to other kits. However, it's accompanied by sturdy joints that can move around quite a bit. It has many sharp edges that accentuate the unique design. Mechanically, the MS itself was very enjoyable and clean. Not many challenging parts of the assembly (I had a little trouble with attaching the head), and it had great posing potential as well. I did feel like the weaponry was a little difficult, as it was hard to keep in place unless I added a bit of superglue to increase the volume of the piece. Regardless of the mechanical flaws, it has amazing potential and is still such an entertaining build. I do recommend also purchasing water slide decals for this kit because the normal stickers don't really look nice.

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It’s not my favorite MG, that goes to the full armor gundam (tb) however this easily takes top 3 for the simplest of reason. Let me elaborate, so all the MG’s I’ve built so far have been fun kits but a consistent issue I have with them is that the instructions don’t separate the frame from the armor which isn’t anything major but I like to build the inner frame then add the armor. Update: I have finished building the Barbatos and boy was it a fantastic experience, now I’m even more excited for the MGSD version to be released. I would recommend this kit for for any builder, for new builders it doesn’t have any super complicated but it takes time to build and pay attention to the silver pistons as those are the only parts that are weird.

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