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I honestly love the giant, it's details and intricacies, its a sight to behold all along the build
5 stars for 'shelf presence', but read the review.
The only way I can recommend this, is for its size and presence. When built and if posed successfully, this will be the visual crown of your collection, unless you have something extreme like a Neo Zeong.
If having a model that is around 60cm X 60cm (W/H on the stand with wings spread out open), is not something you need/*must* have, then I say get the MGEX and forget about this, because the MGEX is an extremely high quality kit/experience and this is not.
Here's why I can't recommend it:
1. There is no other way of saying it, the wings are bad and incredibly frustrating to pose.
- They can't spread like the other Strike Freedoms (they get in the way of themselves and the skirt cannons)
- The auto mechanics inside make them *worse* not better
- They are so heavy that they sag/droop almost immediately (which is why I bought joint guard with this kit)
- They struggle to stay either open or closed
2. The dragoons suck
- They are pointlessly spring-loaded
- They are *very* hard to mount
- They fall off super easily
- They make posing even more difficult
3. Nub marks/ugly plastics/seams
- The only undergating is on internals which doesn't matter
- There are hundreds of outside nubs and they are in bad places
- Gold plastic is always kind of ugly, but the chrome plated and hand sprayed gold is inconsistent and ugly - At that point just don't have it! The matte gold outside is not undergated and is full of marks
- The shoulders don't close all the way. It's a tolerance issue
4. This feels like a 1/60 Master Grade, not a Perfect Grade.
- I have a 2001 PG Mk-II and it's a far better build experience and way more fun with opening hatches and gimmicks, This kit has almost none of that.
- What the PG Strike Freedom does better, is that it's more solid, but also more limited. For example, its shoulders do not move out, something basic HG kits have done for over 20 years...
- Color correcting stickers. To be fair, they're optional and look nice, but it's embarrassing.
All in all a very expensive and middling kit that is highly repetitive to build. Bandai tried to put all of the interesting mechanics in the wings, but instead they are HINDERED by their shape, mechanics and weight. The idea is that you assemble everything, then turn the wings and get impressed by how they spread open and slide out with dragoons that you can remove. In practice it just makes them very difficult to deal with and a hand-grenade to touch, so when the title says 'set it and forget it' it's becaue you don't want to touch it after you're done displaying it and if you dust it off, all 8 dragoons WILL fall off.
A 'Mega Size' would unironically have been better.
For all the downsides, do I regret buying it? Eh, not really, but I was already aware of what I was getting into and thought of it as a challenge. If you want a big and impressive PG, consider the GP01, Unicorn/Banshee or one of the 00 models instead. If you want a great build experience, get the PGU or Mk-II.
With some modification (literally breaking its mechanics, removing springs, glueing it together), painting, panel scribing and 3rd party water slide decals, this will be a 9/10 model kit. Out of box, it's 3/10.
The kit includes:
- A base that can change between 2 positions
- 1 LED for the head (no batteries)
- 2 beam rifles that combine into 1
- 2 beam sabers that also combine into a dual saber
- 2 'chop stick' sized beam saber effects, in red color (normally they're pink)
- 1 pilot inside and 1 Kira figure
- 1 Booklet in Japanese
Pictures show the MGEX and RG in comparison and the PG by itself.
Got my set perfectly in my mail. Perfect packaging of the set in the box.
Looking forward to the build!
Thanks a lot for the service, will buy more
Third model of the MGSD line and the first MGSD I've built - I can't compare it to the other two, but I can compare it to other Wing Zero EW models, notably the SD (Cross Silhouette) and MG Ver.Ka. and it honestly might be the best Wing Zero EW out there (and the Ver.Ka. is *good*!). Only thing I'd mention is that if you struggle with tiny parts, this might be difficult - It has quite a few of them and they are easily lost.
First off, it really is a Master Grade model kit with multiple layers of inner frame in gunmetal plastic (with micro-flakes) and a shiny metal injection plastic spread throughout the model and wings.
Second, it's huge, 13cm tall (about twice the size of a regular SD, around the height of HG/RG) but it's twice as wide too and massive in its build. The Wing Zero EW in particular has huge wing binders and the guns are likewise disproportionately enormous. It easily takes up more space than an MG, because of those wings.
It's jam packed with movable parts and one of the more interesting things is that the calves are the same as the Ver.Ka. - Several panels split open when the knee is bent. There are a lot of moving parts, even the 'ears' open up, along with a high degree of details.
The degree of articulation is very high, you can get pretty much any pose out of it and it's plenty capable of holding its guns. The four wings enable the model to stand on its feet and help balance it, though I'd recommend putting this on a stand/action base.
It also has two bird modes - At some point Bandai decided the Zero EW needed a transformation and that's why this model, along with the Ver.Ka., has a shield, which previous iterations did not (PG/RG/MG and various HGs).
Even if you don't like SD kits, this and I imagine its two predecessors the Barbatos and Freedom, stand apart. These are not kiddy-kits, they take themselves very seriously, even if they look cute.
Comes with:
Beam sabers + effect parts
Buster rifles that combine
Shield
Sticker sheet (which, as usual, sucks)
Wish the tip was thinner. It's very thick, and you gotta use this thing right and get the marker flowing; I usually let it do it on the runner to see what it looks like on the actual plastic instead of paper. When the paint isn't runny anymore and settles nicely, that's when you give it the actual coat. It gets messy easily so be careful, but it can be cleaned up like panel liner.
My son collects these sets, and now he had updated his birthday wishlist with these display bases.
The price was very good, even with the convertion to NOK, and shipping added.
Great customer service by Jesper, with a personlized Thank You note in the package.
Also, it only took a couple days from I placed the order till the package was sent from Denmark.
I will definetly be shopping at Gundam Store again.
I'm not a huge fan of the boxy, classic RX-78-2 look... But this kit, this kit charmed me. Canonically being an upgraded iteration of the grandpa gundam, this kit reflects it, & has a LOT of detail to panel line. It also has the benefit of being from the completely goated "0080: War In the Pocket" miniseries, which has fantastic suit designs that are shown off in meticulous detail with the higher quality animation allowed by the shorter runtime. Looks even better than the Gundam MK II, in my opinion.
It's color seperation is okay by modern standards, but I can imagine was exceptional for the time. Being a kit that is older than me, I really thought it'd be a difficult experience that needed alot of tools and care, but it holds up really well and looks excellent. The arsenal it includes is about everything you'd expect, except for an all-white beam saber which is very disappointing but the beam saber isn't really used in the anime so if you're trying to recreate the battle with the Kämpfer it's not an issue. The shield is a bit wonky, the arm miniguns are seperate parts but look fine. They are not completely accurate to the anime, in that a little white piece of the arm are supposed to stick to the cannon when it extends but it remains part of the arm on the HG. This is a tiny nitpick and does not actually matter. The entire chobham armor is included, and looks good too, but I choose not to use it as it covers up the really nice detail underneath which is always a shame. Looks great for pictures, though.
Overall, a dope ass kit. I can highly recommend it, even if you are a beginner, though you will probably enjoy it more if you are more experienced and willing to spend a bit of extra time working out the imperfections.
Package came in without any damages and in good condition thank you!
the figure is lovely, and looks great aswell! the delivery came surprisingly fast after the preorder got to their warehouse, and the figure was packaged well - no damages done :)
This has been the best looking kit I have built so far.
Super cool that this Master Grade cow comes with a complimentary Turn A gundam
Really unique build that holds up to the test of time. Everything except the arms poses well, the engineering is just weird and unconventional even for the time... And it's awesome. Lots of ABS parts including white ones so be careful with your panel liner. The lower legs may take some scribing as the panel lines are very shallow.
Very fun build. Not beginner friendly.
R.I.P. Syd Mead
The model looks awesome! One of my favs right now. It was little difficult to keep cutting marks off from some gold parts, but I hid them with a gold marker. And after panel lining the model look so great.
I highly recommend to get this one
It's good for getting tiny crevices and dots and details that will be difficult to get right with a pour type. That being said, since pour types are cheaper and way more effective, get that as your first gundam marker and just make sure to have a Q tip and some kind of marker remover to clean it up.
DO NOT USE THIS ON ABS PLASTIC
It will melt the plastic and ruin your build! It will say the type of plastic a given runner is made of on the back of your runner and/or in the manual. If you are in doubt, look online.
