HGCE 1/144 Force Impulse Gundam

Hello everyone! 

This time, let take a look on this kit that I have been wanting for so long... the HGCE 1/144 Force Impulse Gundam

UNBOXING

Now.. on the anime, this mobile suit was divided into four parts the core fighter (not sure what its called), the upper body and the lower body and the force silhouette (the plane carrying the backpack)

Unfortunately, the core fighter and the silhouette flyer comes with all white... well, that is expected since this is just a high grade kit.

LEGS

The legs can bend at two point that results to a nice bend on the knee. The feet is connected by a ball joint and a peg, so you can swing the foot a little forward and backward. You can also bend the foot downward.

SKIRT

Not so much to say in here. The front skirt is molded together but can be separated, it can also swing forward. The side skirt is connected by a peg and you can move it front, back, in and out. The back skirt is a solid piece and not movable.

ARMS

The shoulder armor is connected to the body (which I forgot to take picture) by a ball joint.. there is a swivel on the bicep and two point bend at the elbow.

HEAD

No stickers here aside from the head cameras in front and at the back and also the eye stickers. As you can see, I messed up on the V-fins... I'm trying to sharpen this using my nipper but I just didn't do it correctly.. I may need some more practice on sharpening this. 🌝

Once all together...
 You will be given a folded core fighter that will be attached on its back..

ACCESSORIES and WEAPONS

So it came with the (of course) the force silhouette pack attached with two beam sabers, a beam riffle and a shield...

The force silhouette has a huge red sticker on its wings...You may want to take some time placing the stickers... or you could simply paint them if you want to.

There are two options for the shield, one with the short one and the other is extended one... you just need to swap the parts if you want to choose either of the two.

The beam sabers that is attached at the backpack can be easily be taken off but with solid connection. Unfortunately that is not the same once it was held on the hands, the beam sabers can be easily slide off. Two beam saber effect parts is given on this kit.

The beam riffle, the white part on the scope is a sticker. The scope can move side to side, same with the secondary handle(?) below.

The beam riffle can be stored at the back of the skirt if not in use.

OVER ALL

This is a great kit for a high grade.. not sticker dependent for color accuration. Also, this kit is very articulate. You can have some grate poses on this kit. The kit is recommended for Gundam Seed fanatics :)

building process: normal (good for beginners)
design: 9/10
details: 8/10 (considering that its a HG)
articulation: 10/10

overall: 9/10

Well, that is all and please look forward on my next review. Thanks for reading.

RG 1/144 Unicorn Gundam

Hello everyone,

My gunpla builder side is on! this is my third kit that I have built for this month...

Today we're going to look at this kit, the RG Unicorn Gundam.

UNBOXING

LEGS

The legs has a lot of details. The feet is connected by a peg with a hinge connected to the legs. The leg has a nice bend.

WAIST

Pretty nice details on this one. Each skirts are connected by a ball joint and a hinge that can move up and down. Connection on the skirt is pretty secured.

BODY, ARMS and BACKPACK

The body has a nice part separation and has a lot of details on it.
The arms can bend pretty well and also has a lot of details.
For the backpack, it comes with blue and dark blue..has great details and the attachment for the beam sabers can be move up and down and side to side as part for its transformation. The boosters on the backpack is connected by a ball joint.

HEAD

The head has a nice details. They will give you three options for the antenna. An open V fin for destroy mode, a closed horn for unicorn mode and a transformable V-fin. I choose the latter. It is connected by a ball joint

MOBILE SUIT

This is what it looks like once build together. I pretty like the red inner frame that can be seen a little in between the parts of the kit. It somehow give the vibes that the kit is shouting that it can transform.

This kit is very articulated. It can do any poses anything that I can imagine for a kit.

WEAPONS and ACCESSORIES

The kit came with a beam riffle, bazooka, transformable shield, two beam saber effect parts, a pair of open hands and trigger finger hands.

The beam riffle is on full grey part. it has a movable hand on the side and can extend for inserting the magazines.

The bazooka can be extended longer. Also it has a movable part on the hind part for inserting the bazooka's magazine. It also has a movable handle at the side.

The beam sabers effect part is on the light pink color and can be hold by using the trigger finger hand. The shield can be connected by a clamp on the arms. It has a circular movement since it is connected in peg.

DESTROY MODE

I will not indicate how this kit can be transform to destroy mode. However, the transformation is not complicated and is very simple. 

Once transformed, you can see how detailed this kit can offer.

It is really a great kit since the great articulation is not affected on its transformation.

Also, once in destroy mode, the beam sabers on the arms can be bend forward.

This kit can hold all of its weapon at the same time.

OVER ALL

Details: 9/10

Articulation: 10/10

Design: 10/10

Playability: 9/10

Gimmicks: 10/10

Overall: 9.6/10

This is really an amazing kit. The gimmick, details, transformation, articulation and how solid the connection of every part is.

Color separation is not that visible for the white parts. It has white and off white for the armors, red and gray for inner frame and blue and dark blue for the feet and backpack. 

Again, the transformation is not that complicated. The way that Bandai engineered this kit is really awesome. 

Truly, this is one of the best RG kit that I have built so far. This is a must buy for Unicorn series fan.

BONUS:

If you are wondering if the weapons for the HG Full Armor Unicorn can be attached to this kit... Unfortunately it can't. However, I tried just slabbing the gatling shield on its arms, some it holds but not securely... It's a shame though.. I really hoped that this kit is compatible for the weapons on HG FAU

Well, that's all for today. Thank you for your time and and for reading this. Please look forward on my next review... Thanks.