HG 1/144 RX-78[G]E Gundam EX (RFV)

The RX-78 "Netflix" Gundam is an absurd model kit compared to the rest of the HG line. It is three quarters of a Real grade jam-packed onto efficient runners. It is all about looks and not so much the mechanics.

Aesthetics:
There is no High Grade like this kit. Due to the model being based on a 3D animated show, it leans much more towards realism and as such it has a completely different visual composition and level of detail.
In a way, this is more 'real grade' than RG is. That means lots of layered armor pieces in different colors and tons of greebles (surface detail).
The head is very beetle like, ala Kamen Rider and those type of Japanese superheroes, while the body is very human like for a mecha, looking almost more like a robot suit than a 20 meter tall war machine.

Comes with a small sticker sheet (eyes, gun camera and a couple of little details) as well as an RG style form-cut decal sheet, where the stickers fit the entire panel that they go onto (for the most part), which is a very good thing, since if you top coat the kit, you can't tell they're stickers (apart from a few).

Mechanics:
As impressive as it looks and while it has most of an actual inner frame, the articulation is relatively limited. No toe-bends, can't lift its arms above or even parallel to its shoulders, low shoulder placement, almost no torso rotation and there's a tendency for the ball-socket shoulders and feet to pop off easily. It's not a broken kit, it's just more limited due to being based on a CGI Gundam, rather than the other way around. It doesn't even have ball-socket hands, rather they're pegged in and have an up/down swivel and rotation, but no sideways movement. It also means you can't swap out the hands (and besides, they're white, which is uncommon).
In short, it does nothing special, but it can pose well enough. The legs are on separate hinges, so the hips can lower down, enabling kneeling and kicking without being limited by the waist 'diaper'.

Equipment:
1 Beam Rifle that can be attached on the back of the waist.
1 shield, held in hand
1 Over-the-shoulder 'minigun' that can be tilted back and can turn
3 Beam Saber hilts mounted on a shoulder rack that also tilts up and down (plus an extra hilt, not mountable anywhere - Spare part)
2 light pink Beam Saber effect parts
1 Base Adaptor, 3mm hole for a round peg

Conclusion:
Regardless of whether you like the show or even the design, it is definitely a unique gunpla kit and a fun build experience. It takes very well to panel lining due to all of the detail (grey for best result, black for a dramatic and gritty look) and it has several molded in mechanical details dotted around the model, that are perfect for painting with metal markers or paint.
You can't get many poses out of it, it's not exactly made for jumping or aerial poses and it's not that well balanced, suffering from a lack of toe bends and its torso being so heavy (nice ab-crunch, but no backwards movement). Plus, the skirts are prone to popping off, as the thighs catch on them and they are *very* tiny parts! Beware. All in all, it's very cool looking and best for 'poster posing', walking menacingly towards the viewer.

probably one of the best HG kit ever released, up there with the HG Calibarn. The details are unreal for HG, this kit is so near to RG it should be a grade of its own, it is just that good. I'll probably get another kit just because I enjoyed it that much.

Again just anoter amazing kit!