I built some Gundams; I’m cool now, right?
So the other day I was at Hot Topic of all places when I noticed they had Gunpla model kits; they were like $16 each since everything in the store was on sale, and my initial thoughts were “oh, cool, I’ll build these and then they can be used in stop motion”… and then I ended up watching The Witch from Mercury and started Iron Blooded Orphans, and…
shit. I’m one of those tumblr Gundam tgirls now.
The first kit I bought from Hot Topic was the HG Rouge Strike + I.W.S.P., and… yeah. It was definitely a first model, lol.
I dunno if you can tell in the pictures, but… I didn’t use nippers for this thing. I started out cutting the pieces off the sprues with scissors, but by the end I was just punching them out with my hands xP . Miraculously, none of the parts snapped, but there are a LOT of nubs left on this thing, even after I tried cleaning it up with an xacto knife and nippers when I got some.
It’s a so-so kit. Definitely my least favorite of the three I’ve built so far, but not bad at all. It’s a rerun of an older kit, apparently, and it definitely feels that way. It’s a little flimsy.
My next kit also was done without nippers, but this time it was okay since it was an EG kit which quite literally requires no tools. This is the Build Strike Exceed Galaxy, to be specific, and to be honest I couldn’t find what anime it’s from.
I vibe with this thing heavily. It’s sturdy, the articulation is great, and its accessories are top-notch. Not only does it come with a gun, but another gun that can turn into a sword and a shield that can turn into a sword. That’s not even the best part; it’s got a backpack that’s actually a spaceship!
This was also the first kit I did that had color-separated eyes as opposed to the Rouge Strike’s annoying eyes sticker, so that was also a plus. Finally, last but certainly not least, we have my third kit; The HG Gundam LFRITH Ur, from The Witch From Mercury .
This thing is a beast. It’s big, it’s heavily armored, and it comes with a giant Gatling gun. It was pretty much what I thought the Rouge Strike was gonna be when I looked at its box… I LOVE it. It also helps that Sophie was one of my favorite TWFM characters and this is her mech :P
Not much else to say about this one, tbh. I bought nippers along with this thing when I got it online so it’s much cleaner looking than my first go at an HG kit.
here’s all three of my kits side to side. It really shows the size of the LFRITH Ur, lol.
This… is not the last I’ll be talking about Gundam. I have two more kits to be assembled, after all; the sister of the Ur, the LFRITH Thorn, and the Barbatos from Iron Blooded Orphans. Please excuse me while I go do that.