BANDAI SPIRITS 05 Freedom Gundam 1/144 Real Grade

Bandai's 1/144 RG Freedom Gundam is an excellent kit. It's definitely one of the better and more impressive looking Real Grades I have assembled. Like all RG kits, it possesses an incredible level of detail, more so than the HG and MG, while maintaining a level of articulation that rivals Master Grade. With the wing binders fully deployed and mounted in an action base, this kit has presence. There a couple spots of looseness; the smaller blue wing parts can get loose over time and not stay in place, and the arms can loosen resulting in drooping gun poses. The beam saber blades that it comes with it are rather large as they are the 1/100 scale blades that normally come with Master Grades and when used do end up looking a bit ridiculously long, especially with the combined saber. Getting it into HiMAT mode is not difficult, but posing the upper cannons is tricky as they contact the head's v-fin often. Still it is doable. It comes with the beam rifle, shield, two beam sabers and blades, pair of RG hands, a pair of closed fists, trigger hand for rifle and an open left hand(supposedly to grab the RG Justice Gundam's hand). I would HIGHLY recommend getting an action base as this a very back heavy kit and it only looks natural up in the air.

Excellent kit of the Freedom Gundam, lots of very small parts though so be careful.

Doesnt take long to build. But after building you might lose the wrist manipulator. Also the peg in the beam rifle breaks very easily. Otherwise great looking gundam.

The finished build looks amazing: plenty of colour with several pieces, some very small, and a HUGE amount of stickers make this REAL GRADE a very detailed model which looks the part on a display shelf. It's certainly not a toy! You'll need a sharp craft knife, tweezers, nippers, nail files and a lot of patience. Some stickers are so small...and placing them correctly will test your patience, as well as giving you the occasional 'light-headedness'! I found part of the mechanism that's used to open the wings not as sturdy, when trying to open them some parts tend to come loose so care is required when trying certain poses but this should not affect your overall judgement as, once finished, this is going to go on a shelf or inside a display cabinet. I quite like the inner frame as well, the articulations allow for great posability as well as being very solid. Shoulders, ankles, torso, hips...they all move, as well as having 180 degrees rotation on knees and elbows, better than some MG. Overall the robot is about 5 inches tall from feet to head, plus another couple of inches depending on how high you decide to go when you spread the wings and these's also two spare pair of hands (one which articulates), and a mini pilot to paint, if you dare! Great overall, highly recommended!

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