@@matthewmob2860 yes he can review “the best” every week. Because if it’s better than the previous week than well it becomes the best. It’s not his fault he keeps building kits that out do the previous ones. He will show a clunker and he will say so.
Safe to say Bandai blew expectations out of the water with the model kits this year -HG Shenlong -RG GaoGaiGar and God Gundam -30MM Spinato Knight -Figurerise Suletta -Re100 Blitz Gundam And the crown jewel of 2022 is a MGEX to cap off the year of Gunpla *Still not forgiving these people for making HG Rose Gundam PB exclusive*
About the finish on your Hyaku Shiki, the plastic and paint does degrade with time, it is what it is, but you can restore them back up by dusting them off with a makeup brush and coating them or using something like Gunprimer's Glazer to give them a semi gloss sheen. Try it out.
On the note of those possible hands, DONT CUT THE BALL JOINT OFF. That is there on both MGEX kits because, as I’ve found in kits like the MG NU ver.ka, the wrist is exceptionally loose and drops the hand easily. That’s why your remove the present ball joint and replace it.
@@cabellism I think you are misunderstanding my post because I am complaining about that same issue, because mecha said to probably not take off the ball joint like the instructions tell you too. But if that isn’t clear, please let me know and I will fix it. Or I am misunderstanding you lol
@@gundamenjoyer217 Idk honestly, i hadnt got to that point in the video, but i was replying to what you was suggesting. Mech Repair is pretty simple coming from a Mini wargaming background. When in double double it and Pin it.
I hope I can afford this beauty at some point next year... The Strike Freedom is my all time favorite Gundam and to see Bandai giving it this level of attention and grandiose does my heart good.
I won’t be able to afford it in a long time, but it’s still my dream. This is my favorite Gundam ever as well, and this version is just… *absolute beauty* .
I bet they're gonna make a clear armor p bandai expansion somewhere in the future, just like the PGU. The inner frame is just too good to be covered by the outer armor.
I honestly haven't had much interest in this kit until now. I've always respected and appreciated your reviews. You do such excellent work, and we seem to have similar building tastes. I don't really have the time or funds to get into painting and customizing, beyond panel lining and top coats, so your reviews are spot on for me. Thank You
Thanks for taking the extra time and effort on this review... it's super informative and definitely helpful for fans to decide if this is worth... For me, it's going to be on my wanted list once I reduce my backlog a bit...
I've been acting as the primary builder for my friends kit and after taking the large metal frame from around the etched parts. You can take a alcohol swab and rub it around the back of the etched bits allows the parts to lift off the tacky green film easier. Any remaining gunk comes off with a good rubbing of the swab aswell. But clean the metal before gluing the metal etched parts on as the alcohol will effect the finish on the metalic parts.
@@dsupreme4058 yes it's nice but it looks less practical because it's very luxurious, feels weak if you understand what I mean, like a wrench 🔧 that has gold parts and looks intricate, feels like it's for view only
Strike freedom is up to date my favourite gundam. I feel so happy to see Bandai puts their effort into this kit. Its just out of this world. Love your vids.
I purchased this kit about two months ago. I saw it in a local imports bookshop, and knew that if I let it go, I'd regret it forever. I'm so excited to build it. Your displays show off how absolutely gorgeous it is.
Mecha, the dragoons can clip onto the gold part of the wings, there in the middle there's a bit of a clip you can slot the side of a dragoon onto so they all pount forward around it.
The reason they changed the wrist on the articulated fingers is because that part often comes undone over time if there is a weapon being held up. Every single kit I own with one of those has the wrist come apart and start drooping awkwardly in the weapon holding hand.
Hey Mecha, you might be interested in DDB’s third party MGEX Wings of Destiny effect parts set. It really takes this kit to the next level. It includes Wing effect parts, little stands to hold the dragoons, and even effect parts for the dragoons themselves. Would love to see/hear your opinion on it.
I just finished building this one! This was my first MG build, and I was absolutely blown away with the amount of detail. I accidentally fudged up the adjustable hands, but I don't plan on posing him with them. I want to learn how to place the watersides now.
Im surprised nobody on youtube has displayed this as half inner frame and half with armor on. That will look great on Hangar stand. Coz the inner frame has great detail.
I almost fell out of my chair at the hands in how you displayed them. not many content creators would take the time to actually show the detail by giving viewers the bird. Love it!!
I can see Bandai making an MGEX Wing Gundam Zero EW (Custom) in the future. It’s inevitable. I mean, if they handle it like they did with the Ver. Ka, then it’ll be a solid MGEX. Give it the Drei Zwerg weapons and the Neo-Bird Mode and it’ll be the definitive, ultimate Wing Zero EW kit.
I just received this as a gift this year, it’s gloriously awaiting in the backlog, just have to finish my mg Zeta 2.0 & HG Michaelis, beyond excited for this build
Considering how Bandai have been with P Bandai Expansion sets as of late, as well as this being one of their most popular mobile suits, there is no doubt in my mind that there will be a wings of light + flying dragoon stand expansion set coming sometime in the near future.
It totally has the complexity of PG unleashed. So, in the future for kits like this, in MG scale it will be called MGEX, and for PG scale it's PGU. I wonder if they're gonna do the same for the 1/144 scale, considering the modern RG is a big upgrade from the HG line in terms of details for 1/144 scale. Even the SD line got the MGSD treatment, i cant wait what the future will bring to the gunpla world
@@haitang6062 *stares hard at the RG sinanju. i totally agree, the RG sinanju is a very beautiful kit, aesthetic wise. but the inner frame makes it one of the most hated kits around. wish bandai make an RG 2.0 for old RG models, but it's just wishful thinking
Damn, truly worthy of the MG EX line. Wish it was even more flashy with the gold though!!! Truly the peak Strike Freedom look. Better than the PG I would argue.
I just finished this kit and enjoyed it a lot. I had trouble with the metal etched sticker parts sticking at some points and one of the articulated fingers fell off and when I put it back on it would pop off really easily, but enjoyed the building process and the final product a lot. Thanks for the review, it was really helpful in deciding to get this kit. Found this video after you mentioned it in BEST GUNDAM MODEL KITS OF 2022 | MECHA GAIKOTSU.
I AM WAITING FOR THIS REVIEW! I can't go to sleep without refreshing your channel first. Damn! What a beautiful kit, I hope Bandai will make a dynamic dragoon stand and Wings of Light for this. Can't wait to have one and build one.
Thank you for answering my question :) I'm actually surprised that the MGEX is a higher quality cause the HiRM felt really premium to me and the funny thing is that I didn't even realize that I have the MGEX Unicorn in my backlog lol. I'll have to build it soon so I can compare that MGEX version (it could lesser quality since it was the first version) to the 4 HiRM I currently have (Barbatos, Both Wing models and the God Gundam) cause I know there is definitely a quality difference there between when Barbatos released and the God Gundam version.
How I see it is the MG is the anime drawn version due to the artists having to draw it tons of time in many types of poses but the MGEX is how it actually looks in the anime universe, how it's meant to look.
for anyone who hate how Mecga Review, just leave man... he is just being a gunpla lover, and at that he passionate about... not like some of us who just build gunpla, Beside working or taking care of children... he work on Gunpla review and i like his video, has character on editing and reviewing.... not like some youtuber who just tired and didn't even care to put Spirit in their video like "yeah i love gunpla, and i make video just because"
9:30 The fact that most of the red plastic stickers in the inner frame are circular and most of them are in what would be high-friction articulation areas on the actual suit really makes me think those are supposed to be actual jewels - mechanical watches use a ton of circular pink sapphires in high-friction areas to help reduce friction and hold lubricating oil.
Man I can't wait to get mine. I preordered mine from Big Bad Toy Store and I'm glued to their new releases just waiting for them to come in lol This thing looks beautiful.
MG strike freedom full burst was my first modelkit to build, i cant believe they actually made a version with improvement, i have been hoping bandai would do this! really happy to see this one!
Just a wow masterpiece and i hope i can grab one coz here in our country it gets more pricey as the kit becomes rare and hard to find finally a Strike freedom that surpasses all
I will have to get this kit in the coming year because anytime I am looking at a kit I loom to see if you have reviewed and go off of how you feel about it. I have a MGEX Unicorn that I still have yet to build that I got when it came out I guess I will check the leds before hand again
now i really want bandai to make a MGEX Destiny kit. like come on, imagine they make MGEX Destiny and by itself Destiny doesn't have that many part because it has like at best 7 weapon, the only real way they can jack up the price into the same range as MGEX Strike Freedom is they have to include the light wing effects.
I think you should have shown the moving mechanisms during Phase One, without the armor, but I guess I can't complain since I didn't think to mention it on the previous video.
The MGEX really is in a class of it own! I wanted to display it next to my Freedom 2.0 in a hangar with frame exposed on both. but side by side my freedom just doesnt hold up! Im going back into my freedom and giving it a Die-Cast frame and hand painting many more details so they will look more like a package side by side. Lookng forward to what they do next with the MGEX line!
I know I've mentioned it in the past, but since you really like that ankle armor articulation, I'll once again plug the Knight of Dark Sky model kit. That was the first kit I've seen that does a similar sliding ankle armor gimmick, plus lots of other small neat things throughout the frame.
As a kid I would always take all the armour of my bionicles leaving a scrawny “inner frame” I’d then put the mask on followed by the rest of the armour and make believe they were powering up, I get very nostalgic building kits like MG Barbados, PG unleashed and now this where you have the inner frame first then add the armour to “power up” the inner Frame
When i looked at Metal Build SF, i thought that bandai can never reimagine the design way cooler than that. Well how wrong i am when they release MGEX SF.. Glad i pre-ordered it!
who knows, maybe they can finally make a wing zero custom that doesnt self destruct, i mean, i know they are trying to go for anime accurate, but there's a limit...
Can’t wait for mine to arrive! I hope that the wing joints on this one are sturdier than the ones on the old MG and don’t warp as easily after spreading the wings a few times. Crossing my fingers for a future Wings of Light expansion too!
in the korean bandai channel it had a demo where you can attach the dragoon bits in way that its facing forward you may want to look into that but the official manual doesnt suggest it so it might not be recommended, mileage may vary
If the Transformers line of toys is any indication; trying to make gold plastic or even gold-coating (using enamel paints) ABS plastic results in more brittle plastic. If Bandai mistakenly issued some of the gold-plated parts to be molded in ABS, then when they went back to coat it, they reduced the structural integrity of the parts.
Maybe they could try the drum laquered gold that lego uses nowadays? I don't know the science behind it so it might not be possible but that gold looks really good.
@@muisverriet This was largely because they mostly stopped trying to inject the gold into the plastic and went with the default of "lets just paint it after molding" like everyone else does. Chrome gold parts are as sturdy as any other, but the ones with the swirling metallic color in the plastic itself still have problems - gold or otherwise; more recent examples have been in the "gunmetal" colored parts. Case in point, the 2015 Motormaster figure had a fragile waist due to GPS.
@@Madara8989 Well, the Motormaster figure in question was also the last ever appearance of the issue. The problem was the type of plastic used, something at the microscopic level caused it to break down and shatter. Newer gold plastic used has a different formula that doesn't have the issue anymore.
@@muisverriet it wasn't the plastic, it was the fact that the color was achieved by mixing metal fleks in the mixture, and those fleks couldn't bond properly with the plastic, causing microscopic air bubbles in said plastic. Motor master may have been the last new figure to suffer from the problem (as they no longer mix metal into the plastic), but the issue was only solved relatively recently. There's still 30+ years worth of figures that suffer from the issue.
It's a little busy for my taste, but not as egregiously busy and overly-detailed as the PGU Granddaddy. Definitely nice to hear that they undergated it so nicely. Maybe we'll actually see it on more than 1/10th of the pieces on a handful of kits like we've seen so far.
Got that one and boy, what a pleasure it was to assemble and to deal with the final product, I can only wish for MGEX infinite justice now to make the pair, maybe MGEX providence or Destiny as well (or both).
It look more like an over size real grade, wich is fantastic. I was about to buy this kit but it was too expansive, so I decide to go for the past gumpla king (rg hi nu gundam), but that doesn't mean I dont going to buy this kit in a near future 🤫. This review just show me that maybe this is one of those things you cant missing out. Thanks Mecha, amazing work as always.
This is something I'd really love to see with a "paint it yourself" option, kind of eco-pla style. Toss whatever recycled PS they've got into the molds and you could do all the finish work on the parts and paint them on your own. Honestly I'd like that option on any kit, but I understand that'd be super tough to handle logistics wise.
I thought the Ecopla kits would be less expensive since they don't have colored parts, but all the ones I've seen are like double the normal price for some reason?
While Its not one of my favorite gundams and strongly perfer the original freedom this kit is really well made and such a treat for the eyes, great review.
"So you actually throw some of these plastic stickers on, AND THEN COVER IT, a bit strange..." Not thirty seconds prior: "You're almost tempted to grab two of these!" I think you answered your own question there, my guy.
Great review. Unluckily not available to purchase at now. After having airbrushed my RX78-2 Unleashed… I’ll sure paint this one as well: too nice! Any examples out there?
I feel like this mgex is bandai's response to how good that bootleg looks, bootlegger: bandai can't deliver you this good of detail in strike freedom bandai: hold my beer
Just started Gunpla this year April, and I already have built 49 MGs. Glad to see such positivity for this kit despite the high price tag. Amazing review, and thanks for guiding me on my own gunpla adventure as well. You rock!
@@Daskanoess he probably has the money for it probably a good job I started building about 3 years ago and I have about almost 100 of all grades of kits built but I alot ey to control my budget per month
Im waiting for mine to ship, but hotdamn im super excited to ge it here. Strike Freedom is my favorite gundam ever and even tho im still amateurish in gunpla I went and spend on this one because I need a crown jewel of my collection.
if i get it someday, i'll wash the gold plastic with Agrax Earthshade to darken the recess & panel line. because that looks hell of a work to paint on.
I actually bought two of these because the first one will arrive and the 2nd one, I saw a shop that sells it in a lower price that will arrive in January. Time to sell the other one!!!
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Mecha Gaikotsu, this is the 7th week in a row you've shown the Single Greatest Mecha Model Kit in class
lmao need a custom ultra lord gundam now
but it's true
U feel me smh. They all can’t be the best. Then your opinion is jaded and can’t be trusted.
@@matthewmob2860 yes he can review “the best” every week. Because if it’s better than the previous week than well it becomes the best. It’s not his fault he keeps building kits that out do the previous ones. He will show a clunker and he will say so.
Overhyped product as usual 🙄come here, pause video at 0:01 second, comment and close the video 😏
Safe to say Bandai blew expectations out of the water with the model kits this year
-HG Shenlong
-RG GaoGaiGar and God Gundam
-30MM Spinato Knight
-Figurerise Suletta
-Re100 Blitz Gundam
And the crown jewel of 2022 is a MGEX to cap off the year of Gunpla
*Still not forgiving these people for making HG Rose Gundam PB exclusive*
I’ve built the RG GOD GUNDAM last week. It’s seriously a masterpiece! But yeah, this MGEX will take the crown, no question.
An HG Rose that looks like is gonna be a good kit at that.
Re 100 blitz?? You mean full mechanics raider?
Yeah, I was just confused what it was on of the top of my head at the time
They're stocked on Newtype and Gundamplanet last time I saw
About the finish on your Hyaku Shiki, the plastic and paint does degrade with time, it is what it is, but you can restore them back up by dusting them off with a makeup brush and coating them or using something like Gunprimer's Glazer to give them a semi gloss sheen. Try it out.
On the note of those possible hands, DONT CUT THE BALL JOINT OFF. That is there on both MGEX kits because, as I’ve found in kits like the MG NU ver.ka, the wrist is exceptionally loose and drops the hand easily. That’s why your remove the present ball joint and replace it.
Sadly im having to do alot of that with my Nu's, Hi-Nu's, Sazabi Verka, and Unicorn FA. Every fucking one is limp dick wrists.
@@cabellism I think you are misunderstanding my post because I am complaining about that same issue, because mecha said to probably not take off the ball joint like the instructions tell you too. But if that isn’t clear, please let me know and I will fix it.
Or I am misunderstanding you lol
@@gundamenjoyer217 Idk honestly, i hadnt got to that point in the video, but i was replying to what you was suggesting. Mech Repair is pretty simple coming from a Mini wargaming background. When in double double it and Pin it.
I don't know why they r so eager to using that kind of hand.... I rarely play with my kits but man, have i seen better posable hand than that....
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3:46 Mecha-senpai noticed me! Thank you very much!
I hope I can afford this beauty at some point next year... The Strike Freedom is my all time favorite Gundam and to see Bandai giving it this level of attention and grandiose does my heart good.
Yeah I’m going to try and save up for one next year too the price is crazy 250$ at most up here in Canada
I won’t be able to afford it in a long time, but it’s still my dream. This is my favorite Gundam ever as well, and this version is just… *absolute beauty* .
Hopefully they make more, because all the stores I look at are Out-of-Stock on preorders right now
strike freedom also my favorite gundam ever as well, gonna save up for this masterpiece
it's a regular release thankfully
I bet they're gonna make a clear armor p bandai expansion somewhere in the future, just like the PGU. The inner frame is just too good to be covered by the outer armor.
I sure hope so! This is a great idea.
I honestly haven't had much interest in this kit until now. I've always respected and appreciated your reviews. You do such excellent work, and we seem to have similar building tastes. I don't really have the time or funds to get into painting and customizing, beyond panel lining and top coats, so your reviews are spot on for me. Thank You
Thanks for taking the extra time and effort on this review... it's super informative and definitely helpful for fans to decide if this is worth... For me, it's going to be on my wanted list once I reduce my backlog a bit...
I've been acting as the primary builder for my friends kit and after taking the large metal frame from around the etched parts. You can take a alcohol swab and rub it around the back of the etched bits allows the parts to lift off the tacky green film easier. Any remaining gunk comes off with a good rubbing of the swab aswell. But clean the metal before gluing the metal etched parts on as the alcohol will effect the finish on the metalic parts.
This is definitely an upgrade to the original MG strike freedom for sure
Are you sure?
1000%
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not really, mgex sf use much weaker plastic and wont last long and also some people like me prefer simpler style because its more realistic
@@dsupreme4058 yes it's nice but it looks less practical because it's very luxurious, feels weak if you understand what I mean, like a wrench 🔧 that has gold parts and looks intricate, feels like it's for view only
Strike freedom is up to date my favourite gundam. I feel so happy to see Bandai puts their effort into this kit. Its just out of this world. Love your vids.
It’s my all-time favorite as well! Can’t get enough of it, and now it’s in mind-blowing gold.
While I perfer the original freedom gundam, its great you love it I strongly support that
*kit
@@thanhvu2377 my bad, i will fix this immediately 😭
The original wrist of the articulated hands were notorious for breaking or popping off, so I personally think the new white wrists are an improvement
I purchased this kit about two months ago. I saw it in a local imports bookshop, and knew that if I let it go, I'd regret it forever.
I'm so excited to build it. Your displays show off how absolutely gorgeous it is.
Mecha, the dragoons can clip onto the gold part of the wings, there in the middle there's a bit of a clip you can slot the side of a dragoon onto so they all pount forward around it.
I love the engineering they put into this. Hopefully they have a mechanical clear version on pbandai eventually to show off that inner frame better.
That is such a good idea
Imagine clear color version of that
or maybe a deactivated mode
The reason they changed the wrist on the articulated fingers is because that part often comes undone over time if there is a weapon being held up. Every single kit I own with one of those has the wrist come apart and start drooping awkwardly in the weapon holding hand.
Hey Mecha, you might be interested in DDB’s third party MGEX Wings of Destiny effect parts set. It really takes this kit to the next level. It includes Wing effect parts, little stands to hold the dragoons, and even effect parts for the dragoons themselves. Would love to see/hear your opinion on it.
Do you happen to know if the wings of light from Daban/Dragon Momoko for the MB are compatible with the kit?
@@alvarosolorzano5405 I would say they most likely are not
@@Nevermxre_x yeah you’re right, the shape for the wings are similar but the connection points seem to be shorter compared to the MB wings
I just finished building this one! This was my first MG build, and I was absolutely blown away with the amount of detail. I accidentally fudged up the adjustable hands, but I don't plan on posing him with them. I want to learn how to place the watersides now.
Im not a fan of the seed series but this is definitely not a pass when it comes to building. I'm excited to get this kit! My first MGEX kit!
Im surprised nobody on youtube has displayed this as half inner frame and half with armor on. That will look great on Hangar stand. Coz the inner frame has great detail.
I almost fell out of my chair at the hands in how you displayed them. not many content creators would take the time to actually show the detail by giving viewers the bird. Love it!!
I can see Bandai making an MGEX Wing Gundam Zero EW (Custom) in the future. It’s inevitable. I mean, if they handle it like they did with the Ver. Ka, then it’ll be a solid MGEX. Give it the Drei Zwerg weapons and the Neo-Bird Mode and it’ll be the definitive, ultimate Wing Zero EW kit.
The HG Strike Freedom was the first kit I've ever built, so I have something of an attachment to the suit. The temptation to pick this up is unreal...
Strike freedom is not my favorite gunpla, but i have to approve that the inner frame looks so ridiculously good.
I just received this as a gift this year, it’s gloriously awaiting in the backlog, just have to finish my mg Zeta 2.0 & HG Michaelis, beyond excited for this build
Dear lord almighty, just by that introduction ALONE it tells me this is going to be a GOOD GUNPLA…. Finally, THE MGEX STRIKE FREEDOM!
Considering how Bandai have been with P Bandai Expansion sets as of late, as well as this being one of their most popular mobile suits, there is no doubt in my mind that there will be a wings of light + flying dragoon stand expansion set coming sometime in the near future.
It totally has the complexity of PG unleashed. So, in the future for kits like this, in MG scale it will be called MGEX, and for PG scale it's PGU. I wonder if they're gonna do the same for the 1/144 scale, considering the modern RG is a big upgrade from the HG line in terms of details for 1/144 scale. Even the SD line got the MGSD treatment, i cant wait what the future will bring to the gunpla world
man i love some old RG design, wish they renew them with new frame
@@haitang6062 *stares hard at the RG sinanju. i totally agree, the RG sinanju is a very beautiful kit, aesthetic wise. but the inner frame makes it one of the most hated kits around. wish bandai make an RG 2.0 for old RG models, but it's just wishful thinking
@@vince7202 to me I want is a redone GP01 idk why almost every GP01 kit is so out of date or engineered bad besides the PG
@@Viper-jr4sp need a MG GP02 2.0 in my lifetime.
My buddy bought this for me as a late birthday gift, can't wait for it to get here in the mail
Damn, truly worthy of the MG EX line. Wish it was even more flashy with the gold though!!!
Truly the peak Strike Freedom look. Better than the PG I would argue.
I just finished this kit and enjoyed it a lot. I had trouble with the metal etched sticker parts sticking at some points and one of the articulated fingers fell off and when I put it back on it would pop off really easily, but enjoyed the building process and the final product a lot. Thanks for the review, it was really helpful in deciding to get this kit. Found this video after you mentioned it in BEST GUNDAM MODEL KITS OF 2022 | MECHA GAIKOTSU.
This thing might be the Perfect companion in an angelic pose near the the zero gravity judge, so gorgeous
"So Far..." Technology is always evolving, look back on your models kits from this time last year, 5 years ago, and 10 years ago if you want proof.
I AM WAITING FOR THIS REVIEW! I can't go to sleep without refreshing your channel first. Damn! What a beautiful kit, I hope Bandai will make a dynamic dragoon stand and Wings of Light for this. Can't wait to have one and build one.
Thank you for answering my question :) I'm actually surprised that the MGEX is a higher quality cause the HiRM felt really premium to me and the funny thing is that I didn't even realize that I have the MGEX Unicorn in my backlog lol. I'll have to build it soon so I can compare that MGEX version (it could lesser quality since it was the first version) to the 4 HiRM I currently have (Barbatos, Both Wing models and the God Gundam) cause I know there is definitely a quality difference there between when Barbatos released and the God Gundam version.
This Gunpla kit looks good even when it's under-detailed (straight-up assembly & sticker application only).
How I see it is the MG is the anime drawn version due to the artists having to draw it tons of time in many types of poses but the MGEX is how it actually looks in the anime universe, how it's meant to look.
for anyone who hate how Mecga Review, just leave man...
he is just being a gunpla lover, and at that he passionate about...
not like some of us who just build gunpla, Beside working or taking care of children...
he work on Gunpla review and i like his video, has character on editing and reviewing....
not like some youtuber who just tired and didn't even care to put Spirit in their video like "yeah i love gunpla, and i make video just because"
9:30 The fact that most of the red plastic stickers in the inner frame are circular and most of them are in what would be high-friction articulation areas on the actual suit really makes me think those are supposed to be actual jewels - mechanical watches use a ton of circular pink sapphires in high-friction areas to help reduce friction and hold lubricating oil.
This thing is amazing.😱😱😱😱 Now I need to sve some money to get one. I have the original MG and now I need to make it look better. Great review.
Man I can't wait to get mine. I preordered mine from Big Bad Toy Store and I'm glued to their new releases just waiting for them to come in lol
This thing looks beautiful.
MG strike freedom full burst was my first modelkit to build, i cant believe they actually made a version with improvement, i have been hoping bandai would do this! really happy to see this one!
Just a wow masterpiece and i hope i can grab one coz here in our country it gets more pricey as the kit becomes rare and hard to find finally a Strike freedom that surpasses all
I will have to get this kit in the coming year because anytime I am looking at a kit I loom to see if you have reviewed and go off of how you feel about it. I have a MGEX Unicorn that I still have yet to build that I got when it came out I guess I will check the leds before hand again
you're wife is the real mvp for finding that missing edge part
She had it found before I even finished the sentence saying I had lost it. She has feckin’ eagle eyes
now i really want bandai to make a MGEX Destiny kit. like come on, imagine they make MGEX Destiny and by itself Destiny doesn't have that many part because it has like at best 7 weapon, the only real way they can jack up the price into the same range as MGEX Strike Freedom is they have to include the light wing effects.
If that gold plastic is like the gold Hasbro uses in Transformers figures, it'll be brittle later down the road.
I'd love to see Noir done in MGEx
The inner frame looks like gem jewelery 💎
Great review as always but interesting you bring up those metallic stickers as I had a bit of a nightmare with them on my unleashed RX-78-2 build.
RG strike Freedom is my first gunola, bought it when it first released. I guess this is my 2nd one.
Pretty sure we will see a P-Bandai wings of light + DRAGOON stand effect parts for MGEX Strikefreedom in a couple of weeks
I think you should have shown the moving mechanisms during Phase One, without the armor, but I guess I can't complain since I didn't think to mention it on the previous video.
The MGEX really is in a class of it own! I wanted to display it next to my Freedom 2.0 in a hangar with frame exposed on both. but side by side my freedom just doesnt hold up! Im going back into my freedom and giving it a Die-Cast frame and hand painting many more details so they will look more like a package side by side.
Lookng forward to what they do next with the MGEX line!
I know I've mentioned it in the past, but since you really like that ankle armor articulation, I'll once again plug the Knight of Dark Sky model kit. That was the first kit I've seen that does a similar sliding ankle armor gimmick, plus lots of other small neat things throughout the frame.
As a kid I would always take all the armour of my bionicles leaving a scrawny “inner frame” I’d then put the mask on followed by the rest of the armour and make believe they were powering up, I get very nostalgic building kits like MG Barbados, PG unleashed and now this where you have the inner frame first then add the armour to “power up” the inner Frame
I hope this kit gets to me before x-mas. It looks so awesome :D
Love your videos dude. Got me to dive into Gunpla this past year. Absolutely amazing fun hobby.
Always happy to get another builder hooked!! Glad you’re enjoying it!!
@@MechaGaikotsu Same here, you got me addicted lol
im not a huge fan of clear kits, but i imagine this would be stunning with clear translucent armor
I want my MGEX Strike Freedom to fall and break. Not because I hate it, but because I love it and I want a excuse to buy a new one to build
If it breaks sell it to me
such a bummer most sites are sold out of this, been wanting a Strike Freedom MG for quite a while
When i looked at Metal Build SF, i thought that bandai can never reimagine the design way cooler than that. Well how wrong i am when they release MGEX SF.. Glad i pre-ordered it!
YES I’ve been waiting for an English reveiw keep it up mecha AMAZING vid as always
Hope they make MGEX versions of the Nu and Wing zero gundams as well. Fantastic review BTW, can't wait for mine to arrive.
who knows, maybe they can finally make a wing zero custom that doesnt self destruct, i mean, i know they are trying to go for anime accurate, but there's a limit...
If this had come out at the same time as the Metal Build, I would have purchased this kit instead especially since it would have saved me over $200.
I see it as strike freedom as it was intended finally made reality. I prefer this design over what we got but both are good
Can’t wait for mine to arrive! I hope that the wing joints on this one are sturdier than the ones on the old MG and don’t warp as easily after spreading the wings a few times. Crossing my fingers for a future Wings of Light expansion too!
Ngl kira's cockpit seat must be insanely warm considering he sits on top of a giant cannon
Thank you for this great review. Im looking forward to get my order for this. Kudos and more power to your channel.
in the korean bandai channel it had a demo where you can attach the dragoon bits in way that its facing forward you may want to look into that but the official manual doesnt suggest it so it might not be recommended, mileage may vary
If the Transformers line of toys is any indication; trying to make gold plastic or even gold-coating (using enamel paints) ABS plastic results in more brittle plastic. If Bandai mistakenly issued some of the gold-plated parts to be molded in ABS, then when they went back to coat it, they reduced the structural integrity of the parts.
FYI the fragile gold plastic on TF toys doesn't exist anymore
Maybe they could try the drum laquered gold that lego uses nowadays? I don't know the science behind it so it might not be possible but that gold looks really good.
@@muisverriet This was largely because they mostly stopped trying to inject the gold into the plastic and went with the default of "lets just paint it after molding" like everyone else does.
Chrome gold parts are as sturdy as any other, but the ones with the swirling metallic color in the plastic itself still have problems - gold or otherwise; more recent examples have been in the "gunmetal" colored parts. Case in point, the 2015 Motormaster figure had a fragile waist due to GPS.
@@Madara8989 Well, the Motormaster figure in question was also the last ever appearance of the issue. The problem was the type of plastic used, something at the microscopic level caused it to break down and shatter. Newer gold plastic used has a different formula that doesn't have the issue anymore.
@@muisverriet it wasn't the plastic, it was the fact that the color was achieved by mixing metal fleks in the mixture, and those fleks couldn't bond properly with the plastic, causing microscopic air bubbles in said plastic.
Motor master may have been the last new figure to suffer from the problem (as they no longer mix metal into the plastic), but the issue was only solved relatively recently. There's still 30+ years worth of figures that suffer from the issue.
I want to see this and the Metal Build compared together.
It's a little busy for my taste, but not as egregiously busy and overly-detailed as the PGU Granddaddy. Definitely nice to hear that they undergated it so nicely. Maybe we'll actually see it on more than 1/10th of the pieces on a handful of kits like we've seen so far.
I can see this as best kit of 2022
cant wait to get my hands on one of these and do some shading into a titanium white for the amour with a nice deep metallic blue
Definitely want to get my hands on this kit at some point maybe after I get pg banshee and mgex unicorn down the line
Got that one and boy, what a pleasure it was to assemble and to deal with the final product, I can only wish for MGEX infinite justice now to make the pair, maybe MGEX providence or Destiny as well (or both).
I'm in the middle of building this kit. I just finished the Inner Frame and the Wings and good lord this kit is awesome.
Super excited to get this model in the next few days it’s gonna be my first MGEX kit hopefully I’m prepared after PGU and PG Banshee
that feeling when you just spent all your money on MG Virtue and GM Sniper and then this vid pops up...
It look more like an over size real grade, wich is fantastic. I was about to buy this kit but it was too expansive, so I decide to go for the past gumpla king (rg hi nu gundam), but that doesn't mean I dont going to buy this kit in a near future 🤫. This review just show me that maybe this is one of those things you cant missing out. Thanks Mecha, amazing work as always.
This is something I'd really love to see with a "paint it yourself" option, kind of eco-pla style. Toss whatever recycled PS they've got into the molds and you could do all the finish work on the parts and paint them on your own.
Honestly I'd like that option on any kit, but I understand that'd be super tough to handle logistics wise.
I thought the Ecopla kits would be less expensive since they don't have colored parts, but all the ones I've seen are like double the normal price for some reason?
@@darktitan3025 yeah I thought they're be cheaper too considering they're ecopla
Yesterday my BF finished this build and holy crap its an amazing one!
For the tiny stickers, you can paint them in instead of trying to get them in their spot.
While Its not one of my favorite gundams and strongly perfer the original freedom this kit is really well made and such a treat for the eyes, great review.
"So you actually throw some of these plastic stickers on, AND THEN COVER IT, a bit strange..." Not thirty seconds prior: "You're almost tempted to grab two of these!"
I think you answered your own question there, my guy.
This looks like a metal build gundam straight out from seeing it . I LOVE IT
This MGEX is amazing such a beautiful master piece that another level :)
Great review. Unluckily not available to purchase at now. After having airbrushed my RX78-2 Unleashed… I’ll sure paint this one as well: too nice! Any examples out there?
I feel like this mgex is bandai's response to how good that bootleg looks,
bootlegger: bandai can't deliver you this good of detail in strike freedom
bandai: hold my beer
Hoping we get the Infinite Justice next so we can pair both together.
Bro, Infinite Justice needs an update so badly. We need to start a movement.
Me still waiting for a MG Legend Gundam🥲
It's gorgeous! Unfortunately I may need to wait for another year or two to get this as the reseller's price may require an arm lmao
you know its good when mecha gaikotsu put up a 40+ mins video review🤣
The Strike Freedom is perfection incarnate.
Just started Gunpla this year April, and I already have built 49 MGs. Glad to see such positivity for this kit despite the high price tag. Amazing review, and thanks for guiding me on my own gunpla adventure as well. You rock!
49 MG's? I have build 33 HG/RG/MG model kits since 2-3 years lol
I envy your wallet
@@Daskanoess he probably has the money for it probably a good job I started building about 3 years ago and I have about almost 100 of all grades of kits built but I alot ey to control my budget per month
Im waiting for mine to ship, but hotdamn im super excited to ge it here. Strike Freedom is my favorite gundam ever and even tho im still amateurish in gunpla I went and spend on this one because I need a crown jewel of my collection.
if i get it someday, i'll wash the gold plastic with Agrax Earthshade to darken the recess & panel line. because that looks hell of a work to paint on.
I actually bought two of these because the first one will arrive and the 2nd one, I saw a shop that sells it in a lower price that will arrive in January. Time to sell the other one!!!
I can already see the future of top 10 gunpla for this year!
This Gunpla is so shiny, you could also put it on top of your Christmas tree 🎄
If my parents let me, I actually might try to do that lol
I jumped into the deep end, this is my first Gunpla!! so hyped!!!