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Full Mechanics 1/48 MAILeS KENBU (First Edition Clear Armor Set)
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Good Enough FM Kit It's a good kit, hard to balance due to the funky design of the kit. Not too many gripes besides the weapons feeling very looks and the joints feel odd while no issues being apparent.
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I'm glad a got it. Befitting something marked 1/48 scale it is pretty large. Not only that but it also feels really solid. This kit is the exact 1/72 kit scaled up, having not built the smaller one, I am pretty confident in saying this kit is no more complex or detailed. I did struggle with fitting the cockpit inside the body of the unit and the access hatch is still to tightly fitted and pops up. Otherwise the kit is very straight forward, mostly with large pieces to fit together.
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A hero will rise to fight the tyranny... of boring conventional gunpla design sensibilities. You can only have so many iterations of "sandwich two arm peg hole parts between two flat pieces and attach bicep and forearm armor" and apply so many types of calf/thigh armor to the same shade of gray before it starts to get monotonous, and then here comes AMAIM to blow those expectations out of the water. It's a legitimate breath of fresh air that feels like actual innovation coming along at Bandai's plamo department. The build is surprisingly simple, though some nubs on the edges of corners of its red parts make for some tricky cleanup. I've seen Master Grades with less color accuracy and more seam lines than this. So long as you sand the nubs and give the panel lines some love, it's otherwise plastic perfection out of the box. The reason MG Turn A stands out so much among the MG line, why it gets so much love in the community is because the build process and design is so unconventional you've built nothing like it before, and you won't build anything like it again. The 1/48 FM Mailes Kenbu delivers on that front. I have never built anything like the Kenbu, and I might not ever build anything like it again. I kinda hope Bandai gives another shot at Eureka Seven HGs or hell, even Full Mechanics. I can't imagine just how they'd make a RG or MG Nirvash; and that's the point: Gunpla assembly has become so obsessed with visual fidelity or mechanical gimmicks that they've forgotten that the actual assembly process is part of the process, case in point, the MG 1/100 Eclipse Maneuver Striker. Striking, sleek, and beautiful, but the build is the very definition of mundanity. I had to give myself multiple sessions to build P-Bandai Backpack McEdgyboi because I got tired of building it, but the 1/48 Kenbu just made me want to keep going, the same way you wanna hit "next episode" at the end of an episode of a good show. Not Kyoukai Senki though, heard that show sucked
- Reproduce the arm raising and lowering action of the rear skirt. It is also possible to direct the boarding of Amou Shiiba.
- The portable cannon is partially textured to express the high-density details of the surface mold.
- Amou figures are also included, with standing knees and sitting.
- "Arm super heat swing type battle claw" and "dagger with shield" are included and can be attached by rearranging.
- The legs that have achieved a wide range of movement due to the special structure are equipped with a gimmick that can pull out the knee armor when touching the ground.
- With the metallic 3D sticker, the color of the sensor mold of the limbs can be selected from "green" and "red".
- Meiles Kembu's armor comes with a mechanical frame and weapons that are in the process of being assembled. Can be reproduced by replacing parts.
- This product of the first production comes with the first limited clear exterior. The mold of the inner frame penetrates, and it is possible to assemble it to a finish that feels a mechanical design.
- Accessories: 60mm portable cannon x 1, Super heat swing type combat straight sword × 1, Arm super heat swing type battle claw × 1, Shielded dagger x 1, Weapon rack x 1, Hand parts Flat hand (left and right), weapon handle (left and right), gun handle (left and right), Parts for reproducing the unfinished state x 1 set, Pilot figure x 2 types, Metallic 3D sticker x 1, Marking sticker x 1, First-time limited clear exterior parts x 1 set
BASIC TOOLSPlastic nipper
Panel liner
Finishing: Top Coat/Super Clear
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INSTRUCTIONYou don't need cement.
You don't need paint.
Recommended for 15 years & up
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