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Finished up on Arnval just now. She is certainly one of the contenders for the best Megami Device kit. She has done away with the noodle proportions of both Busou Shinki and Megami Device similarly to how Susanowo did before her. Her body proportions are very nice. The one fault in the body is that the Shinki style joint in her lower body doesn't play well with her md style hip shell, so the hips have a tendency to try to leave the thighs floating a fair bit in front of where they should be. Much improved is the way the shoulder butterfly joint hinges out, rather than the mushroom peg that totally locks it in place its a normal peg that can be pulled out should you so desire. Said peg pushes into a pom core inside the torso that feels quite rigid, so my fear that that may crack ar some point is minimal. What isn't so nice is the way the knees work. Arnval introduces a new "shinki" runner that contains the generic parts that can be used (and undoubtedly will be used in Strarf) for future kits. It has a rather unique structure for the knees that features a sort of inner frame. Problem is is that the 3mm peg that goes into the joint is quite tight, and rightfully so, it has to support the weight of any future hypothetical Shinki, said 3mm peg is attached to a 1mm strip of plastic that is EXTREMELY fragile. Should that piece break the structure of the knee is likely totally compromised since the lower leg shell holds no tension on the peg and would likely split should the remaining tab end up turning due to the joints tightness. It's not a good setup, though when properly assembled it works perfectly.
