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Killer silhouette and very faithful to the Katoki design. Side skirts are a pain, though.

Looks great after the build but all the extra equipment bogs down an already precarious ver. Ka design. It really ends up being a big brick that stands there looking very good. Be prepared for the monotony of repeated steps on all the equipment. The booster bed, while cool, will most likely never be used in shelf display...

Figures were larger than expected. Each comes with a placard with a fun little blurb. A holder is included to also display the card.

I thought the build would be super quick and easy and I'd be able to get to painting in the same day. Boy, was this kit a super detailed build and took me all afternoon to put together. While the end result has no articulation (head can pivot a little), the silhouette and details are crisp and worthy of a place in any display (especially when dressed up past the base brown plastic). Highly recommended for any dino and science fans.

Plastic quality: somewhere between Bandai and Kotobukiya. Not as great and smooth as Bandai, but also better than a lot of Koto’s hard plastics. Engineering: Has some fit issues. Some parts/joints are loose while others are hard to snap together. There are some obvious seam lines. Nicely color-separated for what it is, but not completely color accurate. The pre-printed faces are good. Articulation can be somewhat limited. Overall: Great kit and definitely exceeded what I expected out of it. The design is cute and unique. I can see it being a great base kit for customs and kitbashes. Note: there is an error in the instructions but is easy enough to spot.

I don’t like Koto’s plastic as much as Bandai’s. That said, the kit is easy to put together, requires no stickers or decals, and embodies modern styling. It can easily be part of a diorama or customized to taste.

Amazing when paired with lacquer paints (Mr. Hobby, G-Paints, Gaia/Nazca). I use it to both thin paints and clear out the cup during color swaps. Does an amazing job even in small quantities.

The details and overall proportions are great. There is a lot of color accents that aren’t separate parts (though quite a few are understandable) and end up as stickers. As always, the print quality of the face plates are top-notch.

Combines the awesome SDCS Zaku with a fixed-pose Hello Kitty. The special helmet is super cute and there is the optional pink mono-eye sticker for it. It can be separated into just the two different characters, but that isn’t really why you buy this kit.

Slightly dated in terms of tech and engineering of the kit. But the finished kit looks a million bucks. The minimal surface detail is both a blessing and a curse: heaven for modification but not much to look at out-of-box. The real fun is in all the accessories that come with it. Not only do you get most of the Ground GM’s load out, the main sniper rifle and pack+generator changes the game for grunt suits. Love it. If you haven’t built one, put it on a wishlist and get it.

These are too big for the typical mono-eye.

These are the old 3-plus-1 setup. There is the small holding tab in the palm (that doesn't really help).

Yes.

This is a color variant that bundles the 2.0 and G-Fighter together.

This is lacquer.

This is lacquer-based.

Bandai doesn't abide by the exchange rate set by banks. They build in logistics and personnel costs when pricing for MSRP in overseas markets.

It includes stickers in the box.

This set is included in the PG Millennium Falcon and is compatible with Bandai's 1/5000 Star Destroyer kit.

This uses injection gold plastic.