>>7191871I wouldn't say they are bad, it's just that they haven't started thinking about making their kits snap-fit friendly. For example, on this 008R Huckebein there are big ugly seams running down the arms and legs. Koto was actually slightly ahead of Bandai at that point because they would prepaint some of the parts (eyes and yellow vents).
Nowadays, Bandai would design away obvious seams like that and color-separate the parts