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Gundam Breaker!

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Pros:
1. Evil. Absolutely evil looking. Says more about the brilliance of designer Akitaka than the actual engineering of the kit. The Neue Ziel does resemble the Zeon emblem when viewed from the front.

2. Pretty cheap at only 1200 yen for something which dwarfs most HGUCs. 

3. The spinning claws are a nice touch although it would have been sweeter if the claws were movable. You could try to close them but it means dislodging them from its original position and they will be at risk of falling off.

4. Gorgeous Zeon logo on the stand. Should have come in gold !

5. Nice to have the tiny GP03 and Zaku F2 but both will need a lot of painting and steady hands. Funny that they gave the GP03 instead of Karius's Rick Dom II.

6. It's quite detailed for a tiny scale kit. There are parts underneath the larger armour parts. All the thrusters are actual separate grey pieces when Bandai could easily cheat by moulding them in green together with the armour pieces. Ideally the hip armours should have detachable missile tubes, and it'd be great to have the rear binder hatch open up for the micro missiles; but it's still acceptable for a small kit.

Cons:
1. It's an old kit, hence expect hard and somewhat brittle plastic from the older days.

2. No polycaps, meaning the joints may end up loose with time and repeated posing.

3. The lack of proper elbow joints mean the claws are somewhat limited in posability. The claws area meant to be detached from the arms and posed with the cables, but there's no additional stand to support them in detached mode so this is still a problem.

4. Mechanical subarms are fixed. Again, limited posability.

5. No rotating waist.

6. The olive green is a bit darker compared to the original shade but I don't mind a single bit.

7. Only 1 beam sabre, and it comes in solid white. Easily fixed by using spare 1/144 beams from other kits. You can't put beams in the main forearm claws either, but this can be fixed with a hot pin and some gentle force.

8. The rear antenna comes in white instead of green. Makes absolutely no sense since Bandai could easily put this part in the green parts tree.

Conclusion:
It's a good kit, but not a great one considering how limited its range of mobility is. There's a much better 1/400 scale Neue Ziel out there but the downside is it's bundled together with the 1/1400 Dendrobium Orchis hence making it pretty pricey, not to mention its rarity.

Next up... RG GP01Fb.