Just finished the high grade Gundam aerial!
Here are my thoughts on it; Starting with looks, although I like a big bulky flashy Gundam as much as the next person, I like how simple the aerial is. Sometimes less is more, and this is a perfect example of that. I'll give a comparison to the rebuild below; ... Although the rebuild isn't a bad design by any means, I prefer the original. For weapons, the first one is the shield. Just like the rebuild it can separate into several gund-bits and fly around like little drones. I can't demonstrate this since I don't have the weapon stands, but I have finally ordered them. This shield is actually a bit different from the rebuild, it used less stickers and some of the parts attach differently.
For example, the grey segments attach to the long ones with a connection point that can be hidden; In shield form the original is actually better than the rebuild and I don't even need to be biased for that. It's attached with a circular connection point, meaning it can rotate separately from the arm, unlike the slot connection on the rebuild; You can attach the grey parts of the shield to the beam rifle and it can be stored on the backpack with a small adapter part. Here's the bit-on form and the rest of the weapons. It has two beam sabers and a beam rifle with a bayonet-like effect part. The beam saber's connection to the backpack feels a little loose, but that could just be a small defect on mine. The effect parts on the other hand are SUPER tight; Other than just making the aerial look ✨fabulous✨ the bit on form also adds more to the hip armor than on the rebuild, and I think it looks pretty cool; The shoulder armor gets in the way sometimes but other than that the arms don't have any problems. Don't let the shape of the legs fool you. They actually have a pretty good range of motion.
There's plenty of movement forward and back, as you can see there's PLENTY of outward movement, but unless you have it doing the splits like this they can't really face any direction other than forward; Ankles/feet are mostly the same. PLENTY of forward and backward movement; But not very good tilt and non existent side to side rotation. These are always gonna be facing the same way as the legs. Even though it has issues, as all kits do, I still think this is pretty good. And of course, better than the rebuild. 9/10
