This is a short review of Bandai 1/10 Scale Exploring Lab ISS Space Suit Extravehicular Mobility Unit.
I have fully assembled mine and pasted on the all of the foil stickers only.
It comes with a manual booklet, 10 sprues, a sheet of foil sticker and a transparent ones, a LED unit with 2 LED and 3 LR44 batteries (included) with a bag of screws and bolts for the transparent stand (included).
Sprue A is multicoloured, Sprue B, C, D and E are white, F, BAF-1 and G1 are transparent, G2 is gold coated and PCF-1A is black.
Sizing in at +/- 8 inches, the optional parts is for the right hand, either open palm or holding a screwdriver-pistol-like thingy.
Articulation:
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Head:
Swivel left to right, a bit of up and down.
With helmet on head won't be able to move, and the helmet itself won't move. Helmet cover can either be transparent to reveal head or close in with another cover (gold coated).
LED mounting on upper left and right of helmet are ball jointed, and the LED is quite bright as well.
Arms:
Shoulders swivel 360, a bit of up and down as well as in and out.
Below shoulders swivel 360.
Elbows bend at two joints, bend at around 150.
Wrists are utilizing Revoltech joints.
Pegs in palm is for screwdriver-pistol-like thingy.
Torso:
Ball jointed torso allowing of left and right, front and back as well as side to side swivel.
Backpack:
Backpack cover can be open to store LED unit.
Legs:
Legs move in and out, front and back (back is hindered by backpack).
Knees are double jointed, bend at around 120.
Ankles move left and right, up and down and also include ankle rockers.
Stand:
Stand connects to backpack, and another stand is provided that the feet can slide in. Both are articulated and the backpack stand can extend.
Comparison:
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Size is a bit taller than an average MG. This time I am comparing it with a MG Zaku 2.0
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Head would require a nice painting for it too look nice. As for now, mine will be covered by the gold cover.
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Dead Space much? Or does it reminds you of Aliens?
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Notes:
Personally, I have been aiming this kit, but the price was the thing that won't allow me to have it, until now. For MYR 70, this Yen 6,000 kit is actually very good in terms of details.
Articulation is not really a big thing considering that this is a man wearing a bulky suit in space to do maintenance works (I presume, hence the screwdriver-pistol-like thingy).
Transparent stickers provide option for other nationalities and individual numberings. The plus point for me about this kis are the gold cover and the LED unit.
Comparatively, it has less sprues and part than Scopedog (Which I also acquired at MYR 70), but at least this is something different than building a mechanical robot.
This can also be utilized as a learning tools for kids who like space adventure, I guess.
The price listed is at Yen 4,600, less 1,400 than this one. Maybe no LED included, IDK.
The differences are:
- different head mold
- different helmet cover
- different sticker sheet for both foil and transparent
- no bottom part of backpack
- absent of feet-stand but you'll get a cute pup in space suit
- absent of screwdriver-pistol-like thingy but you'll get a space wrench (whee)
- pup leash
- extra head
Jun 8 2012, 05:48 PM
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the kit looks great overall, but in need of some proper touch-up/painting to make it really nice
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