BANDAI Mobile Suit Gundam MS-07B-3 GOUF CUSTOM

This gouf is great on its own but with a little bit of paint it becomes awesome!! Be careful with the ankle joints though I snapped one with minimal force and that's only the second piece I've ever had break on well over a dozen sets I've built

This kit is very well designed and quite sturdy compared to other HGUC kits. It looks great and has some really nice looking accessories. I would definitely recommend it, as it's probably the coolest Zeon grunt suit available.Pros.It looks amazing out of the box.The nubs aren't in awful places, and are easily sanded down.It comes with great accessories (shield/sword scabbard, 3 barrel gun, Gatling gun, heat rod) and a can carry each of them on it's body at the same time.The heat rod is an actual metallic wire under a layer of plastic, and is highly possible.No painting required to achieve the look of the suit in the OVA.Only two stickers and both look great.The mono-eye can rotate to replicate the model looking at different directions.The joints are very strong and easily hold up the heavy accessories.Very easy to put together (I built mine in the time it took to wash and dry a small load of laundry).Cons.The articulation isn't very good at all (granted you can still make a ton of cool poses with it).There are two nubs on the leg that even after being cut down and sanded will still need a light blue cover of paint to conceal (neither are all that bad).In order for the shoulders to look their best you'll need to do some lining around the spikes at their base (not hard to do at all).If you like Zeon suits, particularly the Gouf, you should definitely buy this kit. You'll love it!

Where to start.The build is a lot of fun. I got to see elements hidden in spots that we're not clear from high res photos and it gave the kit some real suprise.The left arm is full of detail and variations including the Gatling gun, shield, sword , and blaster.The right arm has the port for the grappling hook which looks great.I found the kit was full of poseibility and mostly was completely stable. The least stability can come from the shield arm, which the weight can cause the lower part of the arm to detatch from the upper arm.I use the included stickers and am not a big fan of painting, but I liked the limited use of stickers here in order to provide the scope and cylon eye.I loved the way the tubes are designed. Offered a great deal of detail and being separate parts will allow painters great flexibility.I intend to return to this kit one day when I start kit-bashing for my own ideas.

When they say you'll assemble it they mean it. This was my first model kit. I found it very interesting to build. I do recommend a building kit. I had some tools for working with larger plastic items, but using a knife and a red devil is subpar for fine cleaning of stubs when compared to a sandpaper stick and precision tools.The finished custom Zaku stands at 5&3/8 inches tall at tallest point and can hold all of its weapons on the left arm and support that weight surprisingly well. Instructions are in Japanese but as easy to follow as any Lego instruction. Note the peel icon refers to applying a decal.After all is said and done you will have some extra pieces on the "PC" card, this is apparently normal. I enjoyed it and have sent out for quite a few more bandai models.

really good only problem js the leg joints they are pretty loose but not rlly a problem for me other than that its a rlly good kit

After getting Ez8 getting this Norris Packard's mighty Gouf inevitable and it doesn't fail to deliver. Building is a bit more involved than the Gundam, the tubes for the jetpack and the ammo belt for the gatling gun require bending make, make sure no nub marks are left on the circular monoeye piece or else you won't be able to move the eye. Articulation is great even if the tubes on the skirt limit hip movement you can still get him many of the epics stances he makes in the 08th Team anime. The gatling shield looks amazing and a simple tab in the shoulder ensures that he'll never have any trouble holding it forward.My few complaints are be that the connect between the knee and the "boot" doesn't feel as stable as I'd like but I assume this can be easily fixed with some glue. the open hand doesn't grasp the sword at all though this does let you tilt it forward giving you more posing options that would otherwise only be possible with a vertical wrist swivel.

This machine was a joy to build and has some really nice posing potential. The accessories are awesome, and the colors look really nice.Pros:Foil stickers look way better than the matte ones.Accessories: Metal wire head rod, heat saber that fits in its shield, triple machine gun, and gatling shield.Joint strength. I'm really impressed that it can hold the gatling shield directly perpendicular to the mobile suit itself. It has notches in the shoulder to help accomplish this. Keep this in mind.Attention to little details, including the clear plastic for the orange windows of the cockpit.Cons:Blue elbow joints don't look the best in my opinion.No waist or skirt articulation. A peg underneath the skirt helps mitigate the horizontal restrictions, but the forward and back movement of the legs are reduced.The strength of the arms are a real selling point for this kit. It's nice to see this thing able to lift and carry all its accessories without consequence. It holds its poses really well, and is very photogenic in how it does so. Definitely recommend.