Exia Review Part III

Ok, been a bit lazy, so havent bothered putting up pictures even though i have finished building the MG Exia
So, starting from where we left off last time.
Torso
45 pieces if you dont count the core

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gives you some simple forward and back roll, and also some side to side roll action

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Front and Back

The hip
24 pieces including beam sabers
Similar to most of Bandais lastest MG releases, nothing really special about it. Though, the front skirt armour was a big improvement from the 1-100 HG. Bandai prolly stole the idea from Keta Damn that guy is a genius

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Arms
34 pieces each
Joints are stiff. One complaint i have for bandai is that the ball and socket joint holding the hand is really tight, where as the wrist joint is rather weak. While trying to pose the hands, the hand would often pop off at the wrist. I also question, why they did not bother giving the upper arm a inner frame? Bandai bothered putting in internal details for the shoulder armour, yet they simply decided to make the upper arm high grade like.

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Legs
32 pieces
Once again, simple, solid joints. On the end of each foot, is a toe joint, which seems pretty redundant, since it doesnt really do anything. The feet of this kit aren't really flat, so it is often hard to balance on surfaces. In previous MG kits, such as the Nu and Hi-Nu, bandai have taken extra care to include foot locks in the kits. Unfortunately, it seems like that Exia does not get the same amount of love.

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Equipment
Lets start off with the shield.
Only consists of 6 parts
Has a simple sliding mechanism.
The attachment unit to the Exia's forearm is unadjustable, so thats a few minus points for this kit

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GN BLADES Long & Short
7 pieces each
Well, what can i say. To be honest, I was never really impressed by the chrome bling on these blades. However, after building them, i realised that they dont look that bad after all. However, i still prefer the standard gn blades instead.

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Beam Sabers/Daggers
2 pieces each
What more can i say??
The most standard thing in all gunpla kits

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GN Sword / GN Sword R1
Well well, the last and probably the best of Exia's equipment. The GN Sword.
Each configuration uses 19 pieces, 15 of which are used in both.

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Sword mode

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Rifle Mode

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Ohwells, so i guess thats most of the parts out of the way
Now its just pics of exia
I didnt bother taking much. Will post more up once the LEDs arrive

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I've attmepted to recreated some of exia's poses.
However, within the anime, most of the time, the gundams are out of scale.
Hence, the model looks now where near as badass as the following screen shot

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From what i've seen, the R1 seems to look slightly more accurate. However, the cape does need some improvement.

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So thats about it
Overall, the kit is decent, but i guess we were prolly execting too much out of it. One of the main highlights to mention about is the clear parts which was bandais solution to the ugly rubber used in the original designs.
LED's should come in on Monday, if Tofu remebers, so maybe a few new pictures then.