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overall, in the end, I felt that I built a MG Strike Freedom ver2 Extreme Blast Mode
you will feel gipped cause of the gold, not all the gold parts are undergated, and most of the undergated parts are the ones that are hidden.
I am also hopeful that they kinda reuse the frame to make IJ ver 2 and Destiny ver 2. even if the frame is simplified.
I think Bandai overall, kinda did this kit dirty. I think they kinda lowkey swapped the gold from the other sprues and did not add the necessary accessories so it can do the HiMat Dragoon pose, just to save money. I can understand, because if my sources were right, MGEX Unicorn sold wild for the first print, but didnt sell well on the second print. So I guess they got scared to ask for 25000 yen for a MG kit.
Overall my verdict: Only get this if you have money to burn. the initial wow of the gold will impress you, but once built, you start to have these negative thoughts.
like "why is this a MGEX? there is nothing here besides the gold plating!! It could have been released as a MG SFreedom v2 and the gold plated version as a P-Bandai!"