Snapbuilt: MG Unicorn Gundam part 3

RX-0 Unicorn Gundam "Ver.Ka"
Bandai's 1:100 Master Grade No.102
~ Snapbuilt and Kit Review Part III ~

good day everyone. here's the third part review for the Master Grade Kit #102 RX-0 Unicorn Gundam. i just finished snapbuilding the whole kit with the white armors last night. hope i can shoot some photos of it to upload it this evening. ^^,

ok, here's the last part review for the Unicorn's internal Psyco Frame.

P s y c o F r a m e S n a p B u i l d i n g
~ some things worth noticing ~

here's both profile shots of the internal frame of Unicorn Gundam in its Unicorn mode and NT-D Destroy mode. the NT-D Destroy mode shows the expanded internal frame. it's not that obvious though compared to when its have the white armor parts. but so far i can say that i like the details of this frame work. the bad part is it doesn't have the articulations of the recent Version 2 internal frame (e.g. MG Char's Zaku II ver.2). but when it comes to design, this one's rock! ^^, after building it, i fully understand Bandai statement saying this is the first comprehensive internal frame for an MG kit. imagine an internal frame that expands and with some mechanism to help expands other parts simultaneosly in sequence. esp the leg / knee part. how cool is that? ^^,

here's some close-up shots of the internal Psyco Frame. look how gorgeous it is. first encircled photo shows the location of the cockpit. sorry if i forgot to take some photo of the opened cockpit. i'll post it next time. i also wonder how the Unicorn Gundam's internal frame will look like if it has a Perfect Grade kit counterpart? ^^,

A r t i c u l a t i o n s

hmmm... ok, this is the sad part on this kit. articulation-wise, it's really not that good. i think the Version 1.5 MG kits is a lot better than this new kit. though the elbow, knee and ankle sports double-joints, it's really really limited when it comes to posing. though you can still do some decent pose but to imitate some pose from the Gundam animes, it cannot. the first 2 photos shows the famous Dalong pose. plus my maxed out arm spread with bended elbow. in my honest opinion, that's the maxed out pose that you can do with this kit. unless ofcourse you modify all the double joints and cut some parts of the frame and the white armors maybe it can. i might do that in the future when i'm ready to mod and paint my kits. but for now, i'm happy with it. looks like all "Ver.Ka" kits suffers some posability in favor of the design. look for example the RX-78-2 Ver.Ka. the designs and look are great but somehow lacks the posability that the RX-78-2 Ver.1.5 have. to think that the Ver.Ka is more recent than the Ver.1.5 kit. but in fairness with Unicorn, i can say that i'm happy with it. i love the looks of it. and i don't regret buying 3 kits of it. hehehe. ^^,

to be specific on the joints, i encircled all the things worth noticing on the kit joints. the 2 photos showing the circled shoulder joint, that's the maximum movement that you can do with the shoulder. next is the double joint feature on the ankle. it's not your typical polycap joints. this one made of two ABS joint connectors. it's rigid yet it's stable. somehow i missed polycap joints...

and lastly, the pelvic joints. it's the same pelvic joints from the Ver.2 MG kits. though it doesn't compensate the lack of posability in the other joint areas. but all in all, like i said earlier, i'm happy with this kit. ;)

Thanks for looking. ^^,