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Just finished my very first build!
My brother got me Gundam Aerial for my birthday. Of course I knew what Gundam was but I never watched an anime or bought any kit from them before that.
Took me two evenings to build and it was really fun. From my old Lego days I know building the kit is part of the experience, just listen to some stuff in the background and chill building it, it's pretty cool (and adds to modularity).
The only thing I didn't like was some parts that are a bit loose (if I add the beam to the rifle, it's so heavy that the arm holding it sags) and the use of stickers instead of prints. But those are honestly minor things. A thing that should've definitely been included is the stand which makes him float though, it would make for way more and dynamic poses (like the one on the cover), but I guess it would've increased price too.
But also
>tfw I tried to remove a small nub from the beam saber and made it 10x worse but actually cutting into it a solid 2 milileters
I absolutely love how it looks. At first the dimensions were a bit weird with the long, thick legs and skinny waist, small torso but it definitely grew on me very quick. A Youtube comment explained it as the Gundam being "female", because she is the daughter of her creator or something, and looking at it like that, the design makes sense.