MG 1/100 XXXG-01W Wing Gundam (ver.Ka)

Data:

MSRP: 3675 yen
Purchase Price: 2940 yen
Where: Gamers, Akihabara, Japan
When: May, 2004

Review:

At long last, Bandai gives us a Master Grade model of a mech from Gundam Wing. This is a beautiful model, which unfortunately also has a fair share of problems.

First of all, the model is fairly easy to build compared to other MGs, which is good. And as you can see from the pictures below, this thing is amazing looking.

But here are the complaints. First of all, I wish they had included a stand for this model. With the big wings and the oversized gun, it's nearly impossible to pose. The ammo cartriges that attaches to both forearms, while a cool concept, are really crappy in design -- they fall off sooooo easily it's not funny. They also included an ungodly amount of decals and stickers to use... it was definitely a bad idea to stick most of them on, as they crowd the design, and a lot of them are peeling off a year later. And while we're on the topic of parts falling off too easily, my model is missing a small red part on the facemask... notice in the pictures that it has one on the right but not on the left. Blah. With all these things falling off left and right, I'm too scared to try the messy transformation... so even though this model is supposed to be able to transform, I've never done it. Not even once. ::sigh:: I've also only changed the pose of this model once... and that's when I moved.

Sooo in conclusion, this model is great for eye candy, but incredibly crappy to handle.

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