Bandai Hobby - Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - #08 Darilbalde, Bandai Spirits HG 1/144 Model Kit

This is one of the best HG gundam kits I have ever assembled. There are so many different ways to pose the kit. It's feet can be used as claw like projectiles, it's hands and forearms can become projectiles as well. Not to mention it's 2x shields can also be used independently of the Darilbalde mech. The red, whit and grey look awesome! Articulation is very impressive! And the build is so fun and unique like most of the Witch From Mercury kits. Zero policaps are used. It comes with 2x purple energy blades that mount to the secondary forearms that are stored on the backpack. (no blade hilts included). No rifle in this kit either. It has a bunch of unique weapons built into the body. The beam anchor and beam kunia can be used as 1 weapon or separated into 2 weapons. This is a must buy. I highly recommend.

I received the kit on time and was complete with all of the plastic parts and stickers as well as the manual. Although the box itself was somewhat worn and a couple of large pieces had broken out of their sprues, there wasn't really any significant damage. I was able to put together the model with few issues, and as I expected from Bandai it looks great.Brief warning to anyone looking to buy this kit: You WILL likely need sandpaper or a hobby knife for this kit in addition to the nippers. At least one set of parts requires you to be extra careful when cutting it out, and any remaining stub of plastic may prevent you from inserting it without damaging other pieces.

A GREAT Model kit

Hi!I like to start with my rating and overall thoughts. For me, this model is an easy 5 out of 5 stars and has become one of my favorite models. I feel that this model has a unique design, quite a bit of articulation, a good amount of accessories and neat features, like the beam sabers can be held in the forearms.I wondered how this model would look with two Phased Array Cannons and Beam Diffuse Guns. The price was good, so purchased two of this model to make my vision come true :)–Stickers.I didn’t use any of the stickers that came with the model and there is nothing wrong with them; I just envisioned my model having different colors in those areas. Also, I added the 3 vertical colors to the neck area; there are no stickers included for that neck area and that is fine. I know the colors I chose do not follow the anime.There are stickers for inside the chest, but I forgot to put them there. So, am now deciding how I want to color those.–I snapped some pictures, to help show some various articulation (I didn’t cover all articulation… sorry) and poses.–The leg articulation doesn’t have extreme range, but I feel it is okay. The knee has two bends, which allows for a little better than a 90 degree bend (screenshot).Ankle articulation (screenshot).Built as it is supposed to be, the ankles do not have much forward lean/articulation. By turning the lower leg 180 degrees and then attaching it to the knee, this allowed the foot to have more forward lean.–I think the only thing that might be frustrating for some people is that (for example) the lower leg is attached with a C-clip and can come off easily. And some parts might come off, if used too much. They are easy to put back on, so it wasn’t an issue for me. I feel I’d rather have parts un-attach than break, so this didn’t affect my score.–Pictures with two model kits.The two pictures where I used two of this model kit, I wrote "Two kits" in the upper right hand corner. In those pictures, I made DIY (Do It Yourself) adapters to attach the Phased Array Cannons to the Beam Diffuse Guns.Note: the stand in the photo is not included with the model.–I was extremely pleased with this model. With the 2nd model’s parts, I want to use to try kitbashing the parts :)Hope this review and the pictures were helpful. Take care! :)

Everything looks great, poses well, and the inclusion of a stand is great, I really like this model, but the spear slides extremely loosely in the hands, which may be intentional, but it's not possible to make certain poses look right without using tricks to wedge it, if you use other weapons with it everything looks perfect though, personally I gave it a las pistol and holding the spear in the offhand, where everything looks right that way

Missing chest piece, couldn't finish the build. So cool upuntil that step though.

Muy buena calidad del plástico y divertido de armar

Bonito