Take on a unique journey with the HG Aerial Rebuild Gundam Review 1/144. As a fan of the Mobile Suit Gundam: The witch from Mercury series, the show demonstrates an exciting narrative and a unique line of Gundam designs that has their own charm. Bandai has delivered yet another amazing designed Gunpla with the HG Aerial Rebuild. Furthermore, this kit revises the series’ mascot the Aerial with new features and design concept that takes inspiration from the original while being its own Gunpla. Moreover, whether you’re a beginner or experienced builder, the HG Aerial Rebuild has loads of appeal. Let us take an adventure of this model kit and see what makes it an intriguing choice for your collection.
First Impressions: HG Aerial Rebuild Gundam Review 1/144
Firstly, the HG Gundam Aerial Rebuild is a strong evolution of its predecessor. The model kit has a perfect blend of familiar design with new distinct features that makes it stand out on its own. Furthermore, the box art quickly draws attention, it showcases the Aerial Rebuild in a dynamic pose with its enhanced weapons and vibrant colour palette. Moreover, the box provides a great insight on the kit’s details and lore, making it a great addition to any Gunpla collection. Inside the box, you’ll find multiple primary runners with additional runners for smaller pieces. Furthermore, a feature that grabs my attention is the clear parts that are in this set. This helps bring the energy charged effect of the Aerial Rebuild alive and offers layers of dynamism.
With a price at around $27 CAD (Varies by store), the Aerial Rebuild at its price point offers great value due to its detail and quality.
Colour and Design
The HG Gundam Aerial Rebuild attracts attention for its modern aesthetic and silky design, incorporating the best aspects of the Witch From Mercury Gunpla designs. Furthermore, the model kit features a shiny red, blue, white and yellow colour palette, accompanied with subtle details of accents that mimic the “power up” effects seen in the anime. Moreover, the GUND-BIT system provides different levels of customization and display options. Additionally, it can be assembled into a shield or separated into individual parts, this adds layers of versatility to the model kit.
FUN TIP: For builders looking to add a personal touch to their model kit, consider adding panel lining to the white sections to add detail to enhance their look of the Gunpla.
Building Difficulty: HG Aerial Rebuild Gundam Review 1/144
Due to the model kit being a HG category, the Aerial Rebuild is an easy and straightforward kit to build. This makes it good for beginners while offering plenty for experienced builders to have fun. Furthermore, the building experience is fun and smooth making it an enjoyable time. Moreover, Bandai Namco did a good job with part separation ensuring minimal use of colour correcting stickers.
- Easiness to Assemble: Majority of the parts fit very easily together, with only a couple of seam lines that are visible, especially on the legs and shoulder. Overall, the model kit is good to assemble.
- Custom Details: The kit offers you the option for personal customization. You’re given the option between all black or red-orange stickers for a powered-up or neutral look.
- Beginner Friendly: This model kit has an intuitive building experience and minimal runners alongside it. Making the Aerial Rebuild a great choice for beginners.
- Build Time: Expect to spend around 3 – 5 hours building and detailing this model kit.
Articulation and Posing
The HG Aerial Rebuild articulation is great, offering you a solid range of motion for when you’re posing the Gunpla. However, with many model kits in the High-Grade category, there are strengths and weaknesses.
Strengths:
- The Aerial Rebuild’s shoulder joints allow for wide arm flexibility and movement. This allows for poses such as grabbing the beam saber on the backpack
- The hip and knee articulation on the model kit grants the model kit kneeling poses that look natural.
Limitations:
- The ankle joints do have restrictive movement and stability, ground poses may be less stable and dynamic
Finally, the articulation on the HG Aerial Rebuild is good ove21rall. This model kit is a good choice for your display collection. Furthermore, the Aerial Rebuild does even better with an action base for aerial poses.
Weapons and Extra
The HG Aerial Rebuild weapons are perfectly designed and bring extra personality to the model kit. Firstly, the Aerial Rebuild’s beam rifle incorporates a sleek design with a customizable option. You can use the rifle on its default look, or in-corporate the attachable GUND-BITS for an enhanced look. Furthermore, the model kit comes included with two beam sabers for a different option. The handles can be attached on the backpack, but there are parts that can be attached if you want to use the saber as a weapon. Lastly, there is the GUN-BIT shield. The shield is the most customizable of all the weapons in this kit. It can be transformed into multiple configurations. It can be combined into a shield, or separated into different individual parts that can be attached to the model kit’s armour or backpack.
These extras provide plenty of variety and allow the builder to get creative and personalize the model kit to their own preference.
Final Thoughts: HG Aerial Rebuild Gundam Review 1/144
The HG Aerial Rebuild is a great model kit that mixes bold aesthetics with obtainable building mechanics. Furthermore, it has a combination of detailed design, versatile weapons, and is beginner friendly to assemble thus making it a great choice for those fans of the series or Gundam in general. However, even with its articulation having limitations, the overall quality and enjoyability outweighs those cons. Moreover, If you’re a fan of the Witch From Mercury series or looking to add another one to your collection, the HG Aerial Rebuild is a great choice for your collection. In conclusion, it is sure to look amazing on your display.
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