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# Tactical Arms II Multi-Transform 28 Runners with Articulated Joints Dual Meki-Plated Katanas Hobby - Gundam Seed Astray - Gundam Astray Red Frame Custom MG 1/100 Model Kit

**Brand:** bandai
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## Summary

> 🛡️ Own the battlefield with the ultimate poseable Gundam masterpiece!

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- **What is this?** Hobby - Gundam Seed Astray - Gundam Astray Red Frame Custom MG 1/100 Model Kit by bandai
- **How much does it cost?** ฿9488 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- bandai enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted bandai brand quality
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- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Dynamic Articulation:** 360° swivel joints and double-jointed elbows & knees enable ultra-flexible, lifelike poses.
- • **Master Grade Precision:** 27 runners with multi-colored parts for a paint-minimal, snap-fit build—no glue needed.
- • **Action Base II Included:** Custom red display stand with 360° rotation and adjustable arms for gravity-defying poses.
- • **Chrome-Finished Dual Katanas:** Vacuum metal-plated blades with detailed scabbards add premium shine and authenticity.
- • **Transformative Tactical Arms II:** Convert backpack unit into sword, bow, claw, and flight modes for endless display options.

## Overview

The BANDAI Hobby Gundam Seed Astray Red Frame Custom MG 1/100 Model Kit is a premium Master Grade build featuring 27 color-molded runners, dual meki-plated katanas, and the versatile Tactical Arms II system that transforms into multiple weapon forms. Designed for ages 15+, it offers exceptional articulation with ball joints and double joints for dynamic posing, supported by an included Action Base II display stand. Minimal painting is required, making it perfect for both collectors and hobbyists seeking a high-detail, customizable Gundam experience.

## Description

Product Description A Dual Katana Wielding With A Giant Transforming Backpack Sword Gundam. The Red Frame Has Been Modified With Its Own Version Of The Tactical Arms That Can Convert From Backpack To Giant Sword To Bow And Arrow Forms. Comes With 2 Katanas Meki-Plated For A Bright Chrome Appearance. Features An Action Base 2 Display Stand To Help With Various Poses. From the Manufacturer A dual katana wielding with a giant transforming backpack sword Gundam! The Red Frame has been modified with its own version of the tactical arms that can convert from backpack to giant sword to bow and arrow forms. Comes with 2 katanas meki-plated for a bright chrome appearance. Features an Action Base 2 display stand to help with various poses.

Review: Go ahead and purchase Red Frame, he's worth every penny!! - || REVISION 4-6-2015 || As I said before, this is a fun build. Being my first Master Grade, I was surprised by every little detail this Model Kit had to show, and the mechanics within' the inner-frame. Honestly, my mind was blown. Anyway, being a MG, the build time should take around 7-10 hours. But man, you will enjoy every bit of it. Anyway, once you're done, you will have a Mobile Suit, a pair of katanas along with scabbards, Torch gun and the Tactical Arms II. And a lot of spare parts from the Blue Frame Second L Revise. (Since you know, the Tactical Arms II is practically a copy from Blue.) Possibility: Since it's a MG, you're going to get a ton of it. At least 28 + the fingers (Depends if you split the three fingers.) So, starting from the torso, you get a nice ab crunch and side to side movement, along with a ball jointed waist that pretty much allows you to rotate the whole thing 360 and swivel it around as well. Above the torso is the head that sits on a ball joint, so again, swivel in all directions and you can rotate it all around, and thanks to its double jointed neck, you get a pretty good range going up and down. After that, the arms are pretty superb, so you start off with what I believe is a butterfly joint, so you can have his whole arm practically touch its chest. The arm itself allows you to rotate 360 and pull it out around 120 degrees, then you have the bicep which again, allows you rotate it 360, you got the double jointed elbow which pretty much goes almost 180, below that you have what it seems to be a wrist joint that only allows to pull it up a good 90. Now, the hand starts off with a hinge that connects to the wrist, the hing allows you to bend the hand 90 degrees in both directions, and the ball joint that connects to the wrists lets ya swivel it and rotate it 360, and then you have the single jointed fingers which'll give you some emotion for the poses as well as gripping the weapons. We then head to the lower torso, it's pretty similar to the arms in a way, but you don't have that weird wrist articulation and such. So, it starts you off with an L joint, that lets you rotate it 90 in both directions and even bend it out to do the splits, then you have a thigh swivel and you have a double jointed leg which will allow you to bend his leg back an entire 180, his ankles have a nice pivot which bend around 60 degrees from what I remember, then his feet are plugged in with a ball joint so you got a swivel going on as well, its toe section also can do a slight bend. Did I mention the skirt units also have a little swivel and a couple bends as well? So you can get some pretty dynamic poses with Red Frame. BUT, certain joints are a tad loose, so it'll be tricky for him to hold a pose without him falling over to the side. Especially if you have the Tactical Arms equipped. Also, some parts are a little fragile, so don't go out and play around with him, because, something will break. Onto the accessories: Like I said before, you get the katanas Gerbera Straight and the Tiger Pierce, along with its scabbards, you also get the torch gun along with its Tactical Arms II, and you get a pair of yellow beam effects for the Torch gun. The katanas are nicely detailed and are painted in a beautiful vacuum metal finished blades, giving off that silver finish to it. The guard and the pommel are this dark yellow color that try to imitate a gold finish, and the handle is this mat black hue (Which is also used for various other parts of the MS and TA-II), As for the Tactical Arms II, its a wonderful accessory and really have a lot of play value to it. You have various transformations that belong to the Red Frame and then you have the spare parts to transform it into something only Blue Frame has. (Yay recycled parts.) And the transformations are... SWORD, ARROW, DELTA, V, WORK and FLIGHT. The transformation names pretty much imply what each form is, Sword is basically a giant buster sword, Arrow is a large bow that uses the Torch Gun as the handle and the secondary bow to fire out the Beam effect arrow, Delta pretty much has the wing/blade unites transform into a turn Delta shape, while the V is similar to the Delta, just in the shape of a V. Flight is pretty much the V form but you just flip out the unit and make it look like wings. Now, Work form is a kinda like lobster claws, you transform the TA-II into the pincer cape and have Red hold it with his hand. As I said before, you have some left over parts from the Blue Frame, meaning you'll have the gatling unit, which you can replace to create the Gatling Form or Arm! The Form is basically a torrent that uses the wings/blades to balance itself, while the Arm form is simply the TA unit without the wing parts. You also be able to build the handle part so that you can make the Sword Mode look a little snazzier. You also get an extra heels along with a hidden knife that slips behind the heel units, so you could probably replace the current feels on Red with Blue's. Speaking of knives, you get two Armor Schneider Combat knives with holsters, so you could equip it onto Red as well. Being the Tactical Arms that were also used on the Blue Frame, you can also remove the Blades/wings and equip them onto Red Frame's forearms to create the Sword Arms. The transformations with the Tactical Arms II are endless! Now all Tactical Arms in any form will require you to use the Action Base II! Which is a base provided by Bandai and can be bought separately in various colors. Now, being the Red Frame, the stand comes in red. It can rotate 360 degrees at the base plug, bend upward while having it locked in said position, you can extend the secondary arm as well (It also has a lock.) then you have the secondary base, which rotates up and down pretty well, and the main base swivels left and right. So thanks to this Action Base II! You can do some pretty snazzy poses with Tactical Arms equipped to the Red Frame. Also, the cockpit of Red can flip open to reveal the pilot, Lowe Guele. You also get a 1/100th scale figure of him. So, with all of that laid down, we go onto what's inside the box! Inside you will find: 1x manual 28x Runners ( 6x Red, 6x White, 7x Black, 1x Silver, 1x Dark Grey, 1x Gold, 1x Multi-Color and 1 Transparent yellow) 1x Runner of poly-caps 1x bag of screws and nuts 1x Runner for the Action Base II 1x Dry Transfer Decal sheet 1x Sticker sheet 1x Foil sticker sheet Alright! Manual time: The manual is pretty standard, you got a simple Front Cover art, and a back cover with the Mobile Suit. Inside you'll find a layout of all of the Runners with a few parts crossed out. The next page will then begin your build of the Astray Red Frame, instructions are straight forward and you will not have any problems understanding them since everything is in pictures and such. You also have a few colored pages of artwork of the Red Frame. The last page will include a layout for the decal placements including a little pallet for the paints you'll want to use if you choose to paint Red. Verdict: As I said in the very beginning, this build is fun. You'll enjoy every bit of it, but keep in mind that it'll probably take up your entire day building this. The Mobile Suit itself is incredibly detailed for its kind, and its overall stature as a Gundam is phenomenal, probably the uniquest one in its time. The Inner-frame allows you to create some incredibly flexible poses, BUT, some joints are loose so you'll have to be creative with it in order to keep it standing. The Tactical Arms II gives you so many possibilities with transformations, which means you'll have a lot of play value with it! Both the Gebera and Tiger are beautiful on its own as well. I highly recommend the MBF-P02Kai Gundam Astray Red Frame Kai. You'll have a blast the entire build through and you won't be able to resist posing him around with his TA-II and his Katanas. (I've included a link to another store that showcases the contents of the GunPla with pictures, so feel free to click on it if you're in need of pictures.) Link: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10106665 Sadly, as of today, Red Frame has gone out of commission to do the excessive play with him, the L joint on the leg broke and the finger slots on the hand broke as well, not to mention the secondary bow arms broke as well. So I extremely recommend you being careful with Red, or at least enforce the certain joints with copper wire through said joint. || ORIGINAL REVIEW 1-23-2012 || This kit was fun to build, took me 7 hours to build and it was worth it. The possibility is fantastic it has double leg, neck, wrist, foot, arm, shoulder and finger articulation. It came with about 27 runners and these colors are chrome silver, gold, red, dark grey, white and some see through green. The accessories are the beam torch, the tactical arms II, 2 Swords, 2 scabers(it what holds the sword) 2 beam arrow effects and some parts from the blue frame. The tactical can transform to the sword, arrow, delta, v, if you want to you can use the blue frame parts to make the Gatling gun, the 2 bladed arms and can have a better use handle for the sword mode. Also the T.A.II has this claw mode seen in the art in the manual. It also comes with stickers for the head, and the gundam it self and come with some decals. Let's sum it up it's the nice it's better than the high grade and the 1/100. It's the only one with the tactical arms and It's comes with a action stand it can work the astray any 1/100 also it works w/ high grades. So buy it it's worth it, it's fun to build and it looks nice for play and display.
Review: Why haven't you clicked the buy now button yet? - I knew when I started building that this had to be my first MG kit. I loved the design of the red frame since way back when, and the double sword and Tactical Arms combo just sealed the deal for me. The kit looks amazing, and also comes with a few bonus features in the way of spare blue frame pieces (you can switch the TA to the blue frame version with the parts included and also make use of the armor schneiders if you want to). The kit has a good amount of decals, though nothing close to the amount of a real grade. My biggest gripe with the decals is that there are quite a few that go over curved or raised surfaces. It is unfortunate that the stickers are not designed with that shape in mind, so it can be awkward to apply them so that it looks the way it should. I love the simple red/white/black/gray color scheme of the build, but I just wish that the sword guard and butt were made in shiny gold instead of this weird semi-clear glitter yellow. The articulation, sturdiness, and poseability of the kit is very nice. The Tactical Arms are heavy, but this can be taken care of with the included action base (win) or with some fiddling. The only problem I've come across is that for some reason my kit's right shoulder is looser than the left, so it doesn't hold as well (or at all) vertically. I may go back later and fix that with some glue. The V-fin absolutely loves to fall off, and I've ended up losing mine .By the time I realized it, it had been in 2-3 places and I didn't know where it came off. This particular box was not distributed by bluefin, so I will need to have a friend from Japan bring me the part, but that was my carelessness and not a fault (for the most part) of the kit. Even with some minor, minor problems, this kit has so much going for it, I have to give it a 5.

## Features

- Runner x27, Foil Sticker x1, Dry Decal x1, Tetron Sticker x1, instruction manual x1
- Easy to snap together, no glue required
- Molded in separate colors, minimal to zero paint required
- Bluefin Distribution products are tested and comply with all USA consumer product safety regulations and are eligible for consumer support

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0042VJ018 |
| Age Range (Description) | 15+ |
| Art Craft Kit Type | model kit |
| Brand | BANDAI |
| Color | Gundam Astray Red Frame Custom |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (2,201) |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 04543112620477 |
| Included Components | Instruction Manul |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 1.8 pounds |
| Item dimensions L x W x H | 12.2 x 15.35 x 3.74 inches |
| Item model number | 2072104 |
| Manufacturer | Bandai Spirits |
| Manufacturer recommended age | 36 months - 8 years |
| Material | Plastic |
| Model Name | Astray Red |
| Number of Pieces | 27 |
| Paint Type | Acrylic |
| Product Dimensions | 12.2 x 15.35 x 3.74 inches |
| Release date | February 2, 2010 |
| Seasons | All Seasons |
| Set Name | Gundam Astray |
| Size | Small |
| Style | Minimalist |
| Theme | Anime |
| UPC | 787799824795 641022550502 719040490343 899998906254 899998674504 798627024164 |

## Product Details

- **Age Range (Description):** 15+
- **Brand:** BANDAI
- **Color:** Gundam Astray Red Frame Custom
- **Item dimensions L x W x H:** 12.2 x 15.35 x 3.74 inches
- **Theme:** Anime

## Images

![Hobby - Gundam Seed Astray - Gundam Astray Red Frame Custom MG 1/100 Model Kit - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/813abDk7G1L.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Do you have to put it together?**
A: Yes, this is a plastic model kit, and not a figurine. Assembly is done without any need for paint or glue, though the artsier types may wish to touch up the paint job for a better finish. Less artsy perfectionists will likely wish to do the panel lining with an ultra fine dark grey or black marker. As a general rule, any Gundam product with a Grade is a kit, as is any product labeled Gunpla. This is MG, or Master Grade. http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Gunpla has a list of all Gundam Plastic Model grades, most every model of each grade, and their abbreviations. If you're looking for Gundam figures that don't require assembly, I'd check that link before purchasing any Gundam you find on Amazon to make sure it isn't a plastic model kit.

**Q: Besides size, what are the differences between 1/100 and 1/144 as in posing easier, easier to put together, more joints, and so forth?**
A: The difference between a 1/100 scale and 1/144 is size. 1/100 generally stand taller at around 6 inches while 1/144 stand at around 4-5 inches. 1/100 models have more detail and generally have more articulation especially when it comes to hands. 1/144 however can have an equal amount of detail but in less of the space. So it all really depends on how much you can handle taking the time to sit down and build. 1/100 models for me generally take 4 hours to complete, while 1/144 take me about 2. However, 1/100 are generally more expensive than 1/144 so if you want to be wallet friendly to yourself get the 1/144 of a model. If you got cash then go ahead and get the 1/100 because it's very much worth the effort you put into the model.

**Q: Are the sword sheaths useable or are they just for show?**
A: They are 100% usable!

**Q: Will the "bandai 1/100 mg mbf-p02 flight unit expansion set for gundam astray red frame" work with this kit? they are both 1/100 scale.**
A: it should, but as far as i know the pbandai flight unit does come with the square male peg that would fit the hole on astray’s back

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Go ahead and purchase Red Frame, he's worth every penny!!
*by J***E on January 5, 2012*

|| REVISION 4-6-2015 || As I said before, this is a fun build. Being my first Master Grade, I was surprised by every little detail this Model Kit had to show, and the mechanics within' the inner-frame. Honestly, my mind was blown. Anyway, being a MG, the build time should take around 7-10 hours. But man, you will enjoy every bit of it. Anyway, once you're done, you will have a Mobile Suit, a pair of katanas along with scabbards, Torch gun and the Tactical Arms II. And a lot of spare parts from the Blue Frame Second L Revise. (Since you know, the Tactical Arms II is practically a copy from Blue.) Possibility: Since it's a MG, you're going to get a ton of it. At least 28 + the fingers (Depends if you split the three fingers.) So, starting from the torso, you get a nice ab crunch and side to side movement, along with a ball jointed waist that pretty much allows you to rotate the whole thing 360 and swivel it around as well. Above the torso is the head that sits on a ball joint, so again, swivel in all directions and you can rotate it all around, and thanks to its double jointed neck, you get a pretty good range going up and down. After that, the arms are pretty superb, so you start off with what I believe is a butterfly joint, so you can have his whole arm practically touch its chest. The arm itself allows you to rotate 360 and pull it out around 120 degrees, then you have the bicep which again, allows you rotate it 360, you got the double jointed elbow which pretty much goes almost 180, below that you have what it seems to be a wrist joint that only allows to pull it up a good 90. Now, the hand starts off with a hinge that connects to the wrist, the hing allows you to bend the hand 90 degrees in both directions, and the ball joint that connects to the wrists lets ya swivel it and rotate it 360, and then you have the single jointed fingers which'll give you some emotion for the poses as well as gripping the weapons. We then head to the lower torso, it's pretty similar to the arms in a way, but you don't have that weird wrist articulation and such. So, it starts you off with an L joint, that lets you rotate it 90 in both directions and even bend it out to do the splits, then you have a thigh swivel and you have a double jointed leg which will allow you to bend his leg back an entire 180, his ankles have a nice pivot which bend around 60 degrees from what I remember, then his feet are plugged in with a ball joint so you got a swivel going on as well, its toe section also can do a slight bend. Did I mention the skirt units also have a little swivel and a couple bends as well? So you can get some pretty dynamic poses with Red Frame. BUT, certain joints are a tad loose, so it'll be tricky for him to hold a pose without him falling over to the side. Especially if you have the Tactical Arms equipped. Also, some parts are a little fragile, so don't go out and play around with him, because, something will break. Onto the accessories: Like I said before, you get the katanas Gerbera Straight and the Tiger Pierce, along with its scabbards, you also get the torch gun along with its Tactical Arms II, and you get a pair of yellow beam effects for the Torch gun. The katanas are nicely detailed and are painted in a beautiful vacuum metal finished blades, giving off that silver finish to it. The guard and the pommel are this dark yellow color that try to imitate a gold finish, and the handle is this mat black hue (Which is also used for various other parts of the MS and TA-II), As for the Tactical Arms II, its a wonderful accessory and really have a lot of play value to it. You have various transformations that belong to the Red Frame and then you have the spare parts to transform it into something only Blue Frame has. (Yay recycled parts.) And the transformations are... SWORD, ARROW, DELTA, V, WORK and FLIGHT. The transformation names pretty much imply what each form is, Sword is basically a giant buster sword, Arrow is a large bow that uses the Torch Gun as the handle and the secondary bow to fire out the Beam effect arrow, Delta pretty much has the wing/blade unites transform into a turn Delta shape, while the V is similar to the Delta, just in the shape of a V. Flight is pretty much the V form but you just flip out the unit and make it look like wings. Now, Work form is a kinda like lobster claws, you transform the TA-II into the pincer cape and have Red hold it with his hand. As I said before, you have some left over parts from the Blue Frame, meaning you'll have the gatling unit, which you can replace to create the Gatling Form or Arm! The Form is basically a torrent that uses the wings/blades to balance itself, while the Arm form is simply the TA unit without the wing parts. You also be able to build the handle part so that you can make the Sword Mode look a little snazzier. You also get an extra heels along with a hidden knife that slips behind the heel units, so you could probably replace the current feels on Red with Blue's. Speaking of knives, you get two Armor Schneider Combat knives with holsters, so you could equip it onto Red as well. Being the Tactical Arms that were also used on the Blue Frame, you can also remove the Blades/wings and equip them onto Red Frame's forearms to create the Sword Arms. The transformations with the Tactical Arms II are endless! Now all Tactical Arms in any form will require you to use the Action Base II! Which is a base provided by Bandai and can be bought separately in various colors. Now, being the Red Frame, the stand comes in red. It can rotate 360 degrees at the base plug, bend upward while having it locked in said position, you can extend the secondary arm as well (It also has a lock.) then you have the secondary base, which rotates up and down pretty well, and the main base swivels left and right. So thanks to this Action Base II! You can do some pretty snazzy poses with Tactical Arms equipped to the Red Frame. Also, the cockpit of Red can flip open to reveal the pilot, Lowe Guele. You also get a 1/100th scale figure of him. So, with all of that laid down, we go onto what's inside the box! Inside you will find: 1x manual 28x Runners ( 6x Red, 6x White, 7x Black, 1x Silver, 1x Dark Grey, 1x Gold, 1x Multi-Color and 1 Transparent yellow) 1x Runner of poly-caps 1x bag of screws and nuts 1x Runner for the Action Base II 1x Dry Transfer Decal sheet 1x Sticker sheet 1x Foil sticker sheet Alright! Manual time: The manual is pretty standard, you got a simple Front Cover art, and a back cover with the Mobile Suit. Inside you'll find a layout of all of the Runners with a few parts crossed out. The next page will then begin your build of the Astray Red Frame, instructions are straight forward and you will not have any problems understanding them since everything is in pictures and such. You also have a few colored pages of artwork of the Red Frame. The last page will include a layout for the decal placements including a little pallet for the paints you'll want to use if you choose to paint Red. Verdict: As I said in the very beginning, this build is fun. You'll enjoy every bit of it, but keep in mind that it'll probably take up your entire day building this. The Mobile Suit itself is incredibly detailed for its kind, and its overall stature as a Gundam is phenomenal, probably the uniquest one in its time. The Inner-frame allows you to create some incredibly flexible poses, BUT, some joints are loose so you'll have to be creative with it in order to keep it standing. The Tactical Arms II gives you so many possibilities with transformations, which means you'll have a lot of play value with it! Both the Gebera and Tiger are beautiful on its own as well. I highly recommend the MBF-P02Kai Gundam Astray Red Frame Kai. You'll have a blast the entire build through and you won't be able to resist posing him around with his TA-II and his Katanas. (I've included a link to another store that showcases the contents of the GunPla with pictures, so feel free to click on it if you're in need of pictures.) Link: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10106665 Sadly, as of today, Red Frame has gone out of commission to do the excessive play with him, the L joint on the leg broke and the finger slots on the hand broke as well, not to mention the secondary bow arms broke as well. So I extremely recommend you being careful with Red, or at least enforce the certain joints with copper wire through said joint. || ORIGINAL REVIEW 1-23-2012 || This kit was fun to build, took me 7 hours to build and it was worth it. The possibility is fantastic it has double leg, neck, wrist, foot, arm, shoulder and finger articulation. It came with about 27 runners and these colors are chrome silver, gold, red, dark grey, white and some see through green. The accessories are the beam torch, the tactical arms II, 2 Swords, 2 scabers(it what holds the sword) 2 beam arrow effects and some parts from the blue frame. The tactical can transform to the sword, arrow, delta, v, if you want to you can use the blue frame parts to make the Gatling gun, the 2 bladed arms and can have a better use handle for the sword mode. Also the T.A.II has this claw mode seen in the art in the manual. It also comes with stickers for the head, and the gundam it self and come with some decals. Let's sum it up it's the nice it's better than the high grade and the 1/100. It's the only one with the tactical arms and It's comes with a action stand it can work the astray any 1/100 also it works w/ high grades. So buy it it's worth it, it's fun to build and it looks nice for play and display.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Why haven't you clicked the buy now button yet?
*by B***E on March 1, 2014*

I knew when I started building that this had to be my first MG kit. I loved the design of the red frame since way back when, and the double sword and Tactical Arms combo just sealed the deal for me. The kit looks amazing, and also comes with a few bonus features in the way of spare blue frame pieces (you can switch the TA to the blue frame version with the parts included and also make use of the armor schneiders if you want to). The kit has a good amount of decals, though nothing close to the amount of a real grade. My biggest gripe with the decals is that there are quite a few that go over curved or raised surfaces. It is unfortunate that the stickers are not designed with that shape in mind, so it can be awkward to apply them so that it looks the way it should. I love the simple red/white/black/gray color scheme of the build, but I just wish that the sword guard and butt were made in shiny gold instead of this weird semi-clear glitter yellow. The articulation, sturdiness, and poseability of the kit is very nice. The Tactical Arms are heavy, but this can be taken care of with the included action base (win) or with some fiddling. The only problem I've come across is that for some reason my kit's right shoulder is looser than the left, so it doesn't hold as well (or at all) vertically. I may go back later and fix that with some glue. The V-fin absolutely loves to fall off, and I've ended up losing mine .By the time I realized it, it had been in 2-3 places and I didn't know where it came off. This particular box was not distributed by bluefin, so I will need to have a friend from Japan bring me the part, but that was my carelessness and not a fault (for the most part) of the kit. Even with some minor, minor problems, this kit has so much going for it, I have to give it a 5.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Difficult but satisfying model to build
*by Y***I on August 7, 2017*

Great model kit. The only japanese mecha kit I've done previous to this was a Kotobukiya 1/100 Alt Eisen kit - with which I was very impressed, but this blows it out of the water. The level of detail is insane. How do each piece fit together - without any glue, is genuinely impressive. There's an incredible amount of parts - and it even comes with its own 1/100 scaled, tiny pilot, sitting inside its (openable) cockpit. That being said, there are some flaws to such a system - some parts are unfortunately too loose, and I had to glue a few parts with Tamiya Cement, some joints are also too loose and there wasn't much I could do about that. Additionally, the model kit instruction manual only came in Japanese - thankfully, I found a translated version online. The decals were excessively hard to place, and extremely tiny. I think the instructions should of told us to put the decals during assembly instead of at the end completely, because by then it was an absolute misery to do so. To make the model look really good, I strongly suggest getting a gundam marker - or a really fine permanent marker like I did, to trace the armor panels in. It really outline the details of this model, otherwise it looks like a rather cheap plastic toy - when in reality, this is an amazingly engineered display piece, hardly appropriate for toying with (many fragile parts). To further improve, I strongly recommend buyers to purchase some hobby gold paint for the trim on this gundam's sword (In my case, I bought Testor enamel gold paint) to apply over the otherwise awful looking plastic yellow that comes by default. In general, I'd say the difficulty of this model is quite a massive step up from what I was used to. I was pleasantly surprised at the complexity, and quite like the display once done.

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