Tuesday, 14 April 2015

HG 1/144 Murasame (Gao Gao / TT Hongli) Review Part 1




Hello bootleg lovers, today we’ll be looking at the HG Murasame from Gundam Seed Destiny series. It is one of the transformable MS in the series. It’s like flying type of M1 Astray. This kit has 2 variations, the first is the mass production type which will be reviewed here and the other one is the Andrew Custom. The Andrew Custom has different color scheme which is mostly yellow. If you like Astray-ish MS, this kit is worth to have.

Model Kit Statistics
Name: Murasame
Manufacturer: Gao Gao
Price: IDR 85.000

UNBOXING




The boxart is very attractive with the shooting pose of the MS. It also shows the Mobile Armor mode. This kit comes in only one plastic bag for runners. For your information, the plastic is dusty as usual.

RUNNERS






We get glossy finish on this kit which is good. As usual, this kit comes with standbase. Just like any other mass produced type MS, we get decals of numbers and logos.

PARTS

Head




The head is pretty good. It’s very Astray-ish. The chin is very long. I think the face mask should be higher but fortunately the eyes sticker perfectly fit so it makes the face better. The sticker on the top is awful. It’s placed on a round surface so it cannot stick well. But overall look is good.

Torso




This part will discuss the body and the backpack since they can’t be separated. The body itself has some problems. The red parts on the chest are loose and the flip mechanism for the transformation doesn’t work well on MS mode. If you can see from the side of the body there is a gap, that’s what I mean. For the backpack, they are designed well but the black stickers are annoying. I just want to put them on since it will look so plain if I didn’t do it. In term of design, the body and the backpack are very good.

Arms


The arms are all white except the red shiny stickers on the elbow. There is no problem here.

Waist



The skirts are very good, especially the front skirt. The side skirts are pegged on the side of the legs.

Legs


The legs are unique since they’re transformable. They also have that annoying black stickers. The design of the feet is very good.

Weapons and Accessories



The weapons for MS mode are not that many. Only shield, beam rifle and beam saber. But there are big missiles for the Mobile Armor mode. We also get the hip unit for transformation and the landing gears.

Standart Pose







Pretty nice kit, I like the proportion and the overall look.

Transformation


The transformation is pretty simple and it looks amazing with that aeroplane wings and Zeta-ish nose cone.

Verdict

This kit is very good in term of design, both the MS and MA mode. But how is the articulation? Stay tuned for the next part.

No comments:

Post a Comment