Its been almost a year after my last review.. I've been busy last year and wasn't able to find time finishing my backlog kits.. But hey! I'm back again! And I'm happy to share to you guys my review for this awesome kit! the RG 1/144 Gundam Wing ver. EW. The kit is so good, I went ahead an put the decals on it!
(the Hero Yuy pose...kind of)
Unboxing
Yup! some of the runners are recycled from the earlier version RG 1/144 Wing Zero with recoloring and some additional parts. But the kit still gives an unique build into it.
HEAD
It amaze me that they were able to put three (excluding the white) different colors to such a small head. For my case, the part that is covering the upper lens camera keeps falling off, Gluing this part will solve this problem though.
BODY
The body is same as the RG Wing Zero, with recoloring of course. The body can tilt side to side, do a little ab crunch, and it also hides a machine gun on it's shoulders (I forgot to take a picture on it). It also has a opening cockpit with the same mechanism of its earlier version.
ARMS
The arms has a double jointed elbow that can bend in two points. It has a clear plastic parts on its arm guard, this will give you an option if you want to paint it green and will still leave you a glass effect, or you could just put the metallic green sticker. I just put the sticker in this case. Also, I thought that the yellow claw (sort of) can be easily fall of, but I guessed wrong. This doesn't give me an issue at all. :)
SKIRTS
Each skirt can move independently... same articulation as the previous one.
LEGS
Looks familiar? Yes! It's the same as the previous version. I'm not sure though if it has the same shade of white. But the articulation is the same. (Disappointed? not at all.)
WINGS
The wings can bend upward and downward, forward and back and you can spread the yellow part to extend it's width. It is still amazing and I like the color separation. When attached to the body, the base of the wings can be lowered (this feature is for the transformation)
ACCESORIES/HANDS
(Sorry for the blur pic)
This is everything that it comes with. A big beam riffle, shield, beam saber (with two beam effects), and two battery canister (or something). For the set of hands, it has a pair of closed fist, pair of holding hands, pair of open hands and of course a pair of RG hands.
Overall Articulation
Posing this kit is simple. But the circle part of the shoulder armor keeps falling off that really annoys me. But gluing this part should solve the issue. Plus posing this with the batteries attached to the arms! oh boy! it really annoys me a lot!
The arm cannot support the beam riffle due it weight.
For the wings, well it has some weight issue. So posing the wings forward is impossible.
And the top piece of the head keeps falling off!
Aside from those complains, everything should be fine. :)
Aside from those complains, everything should be fine. :)
BIRD MODE
It looks amazing on the top view and it looks like a gundam in disguise on the bottom view. But still, it looks great.
OVERALL
Build: 8/10
Articulation: 7/10 (I could give 9 or 10 if it wasn't for the falling pieces)
Design: 10/10 (It's Gundam Wing! everybody loves gundam wing!)
I still believe, even with the issues mentioned, that this kit is awesome! The kit gives the nostalgia of the awesomeness of the days during 90's! (For my case, Gundam Wing series is the first gundam series I have watched that brings me loving Gundam). Even with the recycled parts, Building this kit gives enjoyment and fun! Specially when playing with it..
If you like Gundam Wing or its series, I really recommend this kit.
(I even hope Bandai release the other four Gundams in the series in RG line)
If you like Gundam Wing or its series, I really recommend this kit.
(I even hope Bandai release the other four Gundams in the series in RG line)
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