I took a quick look at the instructions, and other pictures, up at Hobby Search.
PROS - The back shoulder plates are attached to the torso, but it appears that they can swivel forward and backward. - It appears to follow the "Version 2" standard of having an internal frame that can be displayed without the external armor. - The shield is very well detailed - The shoulder armor pieces are connected to the back plates, but not with hinges like the older kit. - The storage compartments can slide in and out and fit the cow. - It appears to be extremely poseable. - The seat can shift for the core fighter transformation. - It appears that the hatches are actually opened via a key that is inserted in the back. If this is correct it shouldn't be a floppiness problem. - The Action Stands mount in the back so there is no odd piece covering a hole in the crotch. CONS - To be honest I am not thrilled about the transformed Core Fighter. I actually prefer the separate Core Fighter that came with the original 1/100 kit. The bland flat wings just ruin it for me on the MG kit. Technically the skirt wings match the original Syd Mead painting better. I like the wings a lot in MS mode, but not for the Core Fighter. - It is missing the beam spear. IIRC this was in the anime. That being said you can just borrow the spear from the MG RX-78-2. - The pilot is molded into the cockpit. Painting will be a pain. IIRC the only other possible occurrences of a pilot molded into the cockpit in the MG line would be the GP-01 kits, the ZZ Kits, and the S-Gundam kits. It was probably unavoidable though to accommodate the rotating cockpit for the Core Fighter. - The Action stands mount in the back so there could be repercussions for the poseability. All in all this is a must have kit for me. I have come to love the Turn A Gundam design and minor quibbles aside this is near perfect. -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
