>>9602682Bro, I don't know when the last time you built a Gundam was, but I feel like many modern kits have alleviated a lot of this. A good modern Bandai HG doesn't take long to snap, will be engineered to be quite sturdy and playable, will have near-perfect color separation and minimal stickers so they look good as a straight build, and some even don't require tools, with stuff like the easy release gates. No, not all kits are like this, but there are quite a lot of gems by now that do all of the above.
You sound like you came up during an older era, when things weren't as good.