@@i334t_pizza2 Yea it is. Its supposedly very high performance, but reduced to worthless grunts in the show. You can watch Kakarot's vid on it. I'll link it in the next reply
Yeah. I wish Windams weren't piloted by a group of racist people who want to exterminate all Coordinators in the show. Cool Suits deserve more classy pilots.
This kit introduced me to Gunpla and is the reason why I started collecting them. im actually so obsessed now and have over 100+ kits and a lot of rare P-Bandai kits. Forever grateful for receiving this kit for free and being bored one day and decided to build its 10/10 kit and perfect for beginners
I love and hate Kotobukiya kits... The ACIV and ACV kits are so detailed, but you get many of the same woes as with the Frame Arms line (i.e. sunken panels/flats, poor nub placement, color inaccuracy, etc.). Most of the issues are RELATIVELY straight forward, but I've been getting spoiled with the Gundam kits I've tried lately. Oh, a JX-25F/SJi-Dao SAF Custom with an ACV Karasawa and a AU04 Kestrel looks GOOD.
I love your videos not only because of the topic, not because you help me decide what to buy, but because I love seeing you being happy talking about your kits and how much you like them. You're bad at hiding your happiness
I remember the times when me and my cousins would watch ur gundam reviews (we prefer your reviews rather than other people’s)I remember that’s when I saw so many gundam well mostly gundams my cousins used to build lots of gunpla when we were watching it reviews it really made me want to understand what it felt to build and pose gunpla so I got a hg and loved it this channel and gunpla in general made my relationship with my cousin a bit closer than we already were we talk about which kit to get when we talk so I thank you, Mecha Gaikostu
3:51 there's only one purpose for a missile, sure But in this case it means it isn't limited to one type of Target (I.E. only being able to lock and fire on air targets)
Considering it was up against Deus Ex Machina shit like the Strike Freedom and infinite justice, that's understandable. If this thing were in use in Strike's Hayday, it'd probably have performed so much better.
I think the reason it's only compatible with older style backpacks is specifically because backpacks were it's gimmick along with the Strike. Like Destiny for example isn't necessarily designed with swapping backpacks in mind, but the Strike and Windam were which meant the designers decided what kind of detail was around the connection point. When they did that they pigeon holed the current designers into the one peg design that had been decided on at the time.
So good this was my first gunpla and I made it into windam kai =3 so now it is not only beautiful but also strong with metallic anti beam custom made stickers
That windam is cool as hell. I’ve found out about a lot of gundams that I didn’t know about thanks to this channel. Tbh I haven’t watched the series since g gundam but am doing a builder’s model collection.
The leg ankle tilt was limited not because of the armor, but because of the balljoint cup on the foot. I believe you can make it better by cutting it a bit and leave a room for ankle tilt.
I've got two of these now, and I would just keep building them if I could find more. It's a very fun build. My only complaint is they could've easily hidden all of the worst nub marks on this kit. The teal parts on the shoulders being the main offenders. Huge pieces, the nubs should have been on the inside, not right on the front and rear that we see. Insanely good kit though. :)
My thoughts as the review moved on: The visor and V-Fin remind me HEAVILY of the V2's torso V and my personal favorite grunt-style visor. One can do so much with simply posing the head. Love the almost insect-like feet. Holy moly, single-joint low crouch dab pose AND it can cross it's arms? Yes, please!
As far as i know thst this gundam is perfectly had frames and joints it also has nice Shoulder pads and also the visors looks badass as hell so i hope this is gundam
My take on seamlines and other grunt kits: It adds to the mass production feel, so the more obvious the better. Scribe to accentuate them, and in that regard grunt units are perfect to practice scribing as any flub can be considered "factory errors", adding to the charm.
Personally i like the striker pack style connection because it holds it in more securely ive beeb playing around with my hg build strike which has the same striker pack connection and it is still tight and solid as a rock
The todesschrecken is the CIWS model name that Windom use, has smaller caliber then usual CIWS other ms use. Full name: M2M5 "Todesschrecken" 12.5mm Automatic CIWS
Another impressive review. To be honest, it is actually good that Bandai started making this grunt suits with today's technology. They are pack w/ impressive parts, articulations & gimmicks for a budget model kits. Just a few cleanups & panel lines & they already look awesome & ready for battle pose on your display cabinets. Its a shame that some expensive kits nowadays are kinda dull compare to this. Hoping Bandai will give us more grunt suits like this & the MG G-Self which most fans are eager to buy for... :-)
Man I might need to get a couple. I hate buying the same thing again but these things would just look so good with different colors palets and striker packs
Mook mechs look best in a squad though, sucks for the wallet. Some of the Build expansion packs like the Sky High Wings have an adapter to fit single peg backs into a two pegs, it was relevant for Build Strike and Build Strike Galaxy Cosmos. So you're not entirely limited to the old striker packs from the SEED stuff.
There are some Build custom backpacks that might have a Seed style peg but the one I have K9 backpack has one but I dunno about the others. Sidenote: Strike Gundam (Aile pack) and Gundam Barrel Dagger have that peg plug in since they share it.
I agree with the gold tier placement here. The Windam is quite an amazing kit considering the fact that this is a FBS or Fine Build System based kit though a minor nitpick from me is that it doesn't have the Stiletto daggers on it's pockets but I guess it had to be omitted to keep costs low. Otherwise, I kit that I'm thoroughly excited to add to my growing collection.
Hey Mecha gaikotsu like it's going to say you convinced me to buy a 30 minute missions kit and the SD Valkyrie and also the core Gundam and also the 30-minute missions kit accessory thing and I'm still waiting for it to arrive you convinced me to get the quanta Gundam full saber even though I didn't build it right I still had fun thank you for recommending these kits hopefully my allowance won't have to suffer for too long seriously I have $9 left ( edit: it is 11 pm-11am whenever just watch the video that's the kind of thing I hate about different time zones like I guess I don't know)
Idk if its just me but the title looks a bit off without the caps in the second part Edit: Omg I got a heart this is epic Edit 2: And it goes away if I edit it, rip
i live in germany and i cant wait to get the two kits. my Strike Freedom needs his partner the justice. And the Windam is also very nice so i will build them^^ Thanks for your Videos. i quit enjoy them a lot
If I'm correct the bigger missiles there are more of micro missile launchers. They can probably fire 2-3 times before they're jettisoned as deadweight.
"Todesschrecken" is a compound word made from the german nouns "Tod" (death) and "Schrecken" (scare). The "Würger" missiles could be derived from the german word "Würger" (strangler).
Mecha Gaikotsu, just as a heads-up, the Diver Ace Unit from Build Divers contains a 1-peg/2-hole adapter of the sort you describe at around the 5:25 mark. I don't know whether any of the other Build Divers Support Units also contain that sort of adapter. Obviously this is sub-optimal compared to such an adapter coming with the Windam itself, but the option is available to pick up a part like that.
@@leoismaking not gonna lie, the zaku warriors are probably my favorite zaku variants in any series. they trully look like what a zaku 4 should look like. but hey, i also love the geara so i cant complain too much about it.
I first knew of this MS cos of Gundam Reborn and i wasn't impressed but after seeing the official pictures for this kit; i've grown to like it a lot more. Neo Roanoke Custom when?
HGAC Leo : "Finally! A worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!"
*HG Leo's ankle armors come loose and trips
Whoever wins will be shot down immediately after.
@@MechaGaikotsu proceeds to spontaneously explode.😂
With an audience full of redshirts and stormtroopers.
TWO GRUNTS ENTER NO GRUNTS LEAVE!!
Impulse's favorite target practice mobile suit.
kinda sad for a cool looking grunt suit
@@blastingmaxemes7099 wait its a grunt?
@@i334t_pizza2 Yea it is. Its supposedly very high performance, but reduced to worthless grunts in the show. You can watch Kakarot's vid on it. I'll link it in the next reply
@@i334t_pizza2 it is, but some can go toe to toe with freedom gundam due to its pilot.
Well atleast in the hand of ace pilot that bring out every potential of windam its really hard to impluse to fight it
The cannon fodder of Gundam SEED Destiny that deserved much more than it recieved.
Also Neo Roanoke Custom when?
P-bandai most likely
Ehh in two years
Yeah. I wish Windams weren't piloted by a group of racist people who want to exterminate all Coordinators in the show. Cool Suits deserve more classy pilots.
Also when nukes
Yep, SEED grunts are awesome! HGCE Marasume when?
Tube with fins : missile
Tube with small holes in the front : rocket pod
If you still have the high grade Build Strike Cosmos, the backpack should be compatible with the Windam
I have it around somewhere. Thanks for the info!
Thanks. Now I can upgrade my Strike
The Aile Striker pack has one peg. It should fit in too
Sayyid Abdillah basically anything designed around the HG Strike Gundam mold should be compatible with the Windam and vice versa
the new generation HG is so detailed . almost like MASTER GRADE ❤️
LOL no... but it does look better then ever before
This kit introduced me to Gunpla and is the reason why I started collecting them. im actually so obsessed now and have over 100+ kits and a lot of rare P-Bandai kits. Forever grateful for receiving this kit for free and being bored one day and decided to build its 10/10 kit and perfect for beginners
I love the feet! Gives me a Armored Core vibe. Armored Core actually has some great gunpla style kits too.
I love and hate Kotobukiya kits... The ACIV and ACV kits are so detailed, but you get many of the same woes as with the Frame Arms line (i.e. sunken panels/flats, poor nub placement, color inaccuracy, etc.). Most of the issues are RELATIVELY straight forward, but I've been getting spoiled with the Gundam kits I've tried lately.
Oh, a JX-25F/SJi-Dao SAF Custom with an ACV Karasawa and a AU04 Kestrel looks GOOD.
every Kotobukiya kit I ever built is trash. they fail to pose and build poorly. avoid them like the plague.
15:10
windam can cross arms
mecha: i'm very happy
also mecha: let's give it gundarium tier!
Any pilot that can cross arm any mobile suit should be an ace.
Visor is the coolest thing ever!!!
They look like shades!
I want to buy the kotobukia mech police parts from the msg line and make my own cop ms
I hope it doesn’t get scratched up like my RG Tallgeese’s visor
@@dylanfrancis5996 the visor is actually a sticker, and because its so inside the head, i dont think that's something to be worried.
Hughes Rubens, nice pfp
I love your videos not only because of the topic, not because you help me decide what to buy, but because I love seeing you being happy talking about your kits and how much you like them.
You're bad at hiding your happiness
I remember the times when me and my cousins would watch ur gundam reviews (we prefer your reviews rather than other people’s)I remember that’s when I saw so many gundam well mostly gundams my cousins used to build lots of gunpla when we were watching it reviews it really made me want to understand what it felt to build and pose gunpla so I got a hg and loved it this channel and gunpla in general made my relationship with my cousin a bit closer than we already were we talk about which kit to get when we talk so I thank you, Mecha Gaikostu
13:17 best transition ever
I was really happy that they finally brought out the Windam. Now I want a regular Strike Dagger please.
Joke's on you, it's P-Bandai!
3:51 there's only one purpose for a missile, sure
But in this case it means it isn't limited to one type of Target (I.E. only being able to lock and fire on air targets)
I wanted to say that thanks
The grunt suit without any confirmed kills in Seed Destiny
Considering it was up against Deus Ex Machina shit like the Strike Freedom and infinite justice, that's understandable. If this thing were in use in Strike's Hayday, it'd probably have performed so much better.
Pretty sure it managed to damage the minerva or something
And don't forget the Nuke variant of it in while not manage to kill anything, it makes even the elite of ZAFT shit themself
Well...Neo did put up a bit of a fight with the freedom, saviour and impluse
It' around Strike gundams level
Windam + Strike = Build Strike Gundam
Windam + Impulse = Build Burning Gundam
Just noticed 😄
Holy FUCK why did I not notice this
well we know sei’s family likes seed
Don't get it 🤨
Wait, how?
correct me if i’m wrong, but in episode 23 of build fighters sei’s mom is humming the seed op
And this just got blown away as soon as it's been released by the Entry Grade RX-78-2 Gundam.
This is one of my all-time personal favorite mass produced mobile suit.
3:26 "Gotta know this thing has a TODESSCHRECKEN""
I think the reason it's only compatible with older style backpacks is specifically because backpacks were it's gimmick along with the Strike. Like Destiny for example isn't necessarily designed with swapping backpacks in mind, but the Strike and Windam were which meant the designers decided what kind of detail was around the connection point. When they did that they pigeon holed the current designers into the one peg design that had been decided on at the time.
I love that backpack and missiles. I'd like to modify it to work with a 30MM kit.
I'd love to see someone take this guy into Build Divers and give it the stellar performance it deserves.
So good this was my first gunpla and I made it into windam kai =3 so now it is not only beautiful but also strong with metallic anti beam custom made stickers
I like the head sculpt on this guy
It reminds me of Tailgate from Transformers
Also, your build strike galaxy cosmos contains the old seed backpack adapter. That is if you didn't already toss the galaxy booster!
The Windam's legs go from "Slav Squat" to "sticks ma leggy out real far", and I love that
If you have HGBC Powered arms Powereder, it has a Y adapter for that one slot for it to be able to use the 2 peg connector
IIRC, Build Booster (Build Strike Full Package) set have the Striker adapter 1-to-2 9mm holes.
Mecha: eerrr gundarium tier eeer never mind
Me:*laugh*
That windam is cool as hell. I’ve found out about a lot of gundams that I didn’t know about thanks to this channel. Tbh I haven’t watched the series since g gundam but am doing a builder’s model collection.
Absolutely loving those outdoor shots. More please
Just finished my build of this. Even more solid than the Leo. The stickers for the pack are easy to apply and look good too.
I've had the HG build strike (which was based on the new HGCE Strike) the build is good on that one. The arms has it's own inner frame
@Mecha Gaikotsu Love your mobile suits intro and details. Looking forward to buy Windam kit.
The leg ankle tilt was limited not because of the armor, but because of the balljoint cup on the foot. I believe you can make it better by cutting it a bit and leave a room for ankle tilt.
I bought the Justice gundam and the wind am on two different occasions completely oblivious to how well they compliment each other.
the 1/144 SKY HIGH WINGS comes with an adapter to use the mother kits on the single peg style
One cool thing is you can swap the head with that of the strike (or any gundam head that fits the aesthetic of the body) and you got a Gundam type
The "hehehe" after the missted joke just finished me for a few days, thank you
I think Impulse's plane is a converter if you want to use 2 pegged style backpack on strike style back
I just bought one today to practice scribing on. Now knowing the eyes are color separated, im gonna buy another one to practice air brushing on 😊
Lovley, made me preorder it for tomorrow I hope its as fun to paint as it looks to build
I've got two of these now, and I would just keep building them if I could find more. It's a very fun build. My only complaint is they could've easily hidden all of the worst nub marks on this kit. The teal parts on the shoulders being the main offenders. Huge pieces, the nubs should have been on the inside, not right on the front and rear that we see. Insanely good kit though. :)
My thoughts as the review moved on: The visor and V-Fin remind me HEAVILY of the V2's torso V and my personal favorite grunt-style visor. One can do so much with simply posing the head. Love the almost insect-like feet. Holy moly, single-joint low crouch dab pose AND it can cross it's arms? Yes, please!
Look so beautiful, so simple, less colours but look much better than most goofy gundams.
As far as i know thst this gundam is perfectly had frames and joints it also has nice Shoulder pads and also the visors looks badass as hell so i hope this is gundam
In principal, the Windam was more than capable for giving ZAFT the fight of their life. In the show, it was Leo but more stylish.
I loved his matches back in the 80s with Flair. (Barry Windham, get it?)
My take on seamlines and other grunt kits: It adds to the mass production feel, so the more obvious the better. Scribe to accentuate them, and in that regard grunt units are perfect to practice scribing as any flub can be considered "factory errors", adding to the charm.
Looks good, sharp looking kit. Gotta admit though, the ace glasses style sticker makes it look 80% better than it probably is.
Looking forward to your A-Z review!
OH SHIT didn't know this was getting made! Love the Windam
Personally i like the striker pack style connection because it holds it in more securely ive beeb playing around with my hg build strike which has the same striker pack connection and it is still tight and solid as a rock
Painting and sanding is a must in the world of gunpla unless u like having seamlines
*my perfect strike glaring in the corner*
Aight, Perfect Windam is on the way
The todesschrecken is the CIWS model name that Windom use, has smaller caliber then usual CIWS other ms use. Full name: M2M5 "Todesschrecken" 12.5mm Automatic CIWS
"Gundarium tier!"
WOAH EASY THERE, TIGER
Another impressive review. To be honest, it is actually good that Bandai started making this grunt suits with today's technology. They are pack w/ impressive parts, articulations & gimmicks for a budget model kits. Just a few cleanups & panel lines & they already look awesome & ready for battle pose on your display cabinets. Its a shame that some expensive kits nowadays are kinda dull compare to this. Hoping Bandai will give us more grunt suits like this & the MG G-Self which most fans are eager to buy for... :-)
Man I might need to get a couple. I hate buying the same thing again but these things would just look so good with different colors palets and striker packs
P-Bandai HGCE Windam Neo Roanoke-color might be incoming.
Mook mechs look best in a squad though, sucks for the wallet. Some of the Build expansion packs like the Sky High Wings have an adapter to fit single peg backs into a two pegs, it was relevant for Build Strike and Build Strike Galaxy Cosmos. So you're not entirely limited to the old striker packs from the SEED stuff.
gtf234 Oh I didint know that, thanks. Yeah it will be cool to see what people do with all these options
There are some Build custom backpacks that might have a Seed style peg but the one I have K9 backpack has one but I dunno about the others. Sidenote: Strike Gundam (Aile pack) and Gundam Barrel Dagger have that peg plug in since they share it.
I agree with the gold tier placement here. The Windam is quite an amazing kit considering the fact that this is a FBS or Fine Build System based kit though a minor nitpick from me is that it doesn't have the Stiletto daggers on it's pockets but I guess it had to be omitted to keep costs low. Otherwise, I kit that I'm thoroughly excited to add to my growing collection.
3:50 The proposes they’re referring to are air to air and air to ground missiles
This fine build system is great! I’d love to see the murasame ,ginn, Zaku, Strike dagger, astray, The Heavygun, Aries, and other grunts made with it
HEAVYGUN!
An underrated suit in desperate need of a revival
I’ll strongly encourage you to try the new HGCE Aile Strike. For the price, and for its time, it blew everyone away.
Hey Mecha gaikotsu like it's going to say you convinced me to buy a 30 minute missions kit and the SD Valkyrie and also the core Gundam and also the 30-minute missions kit accessory thing and I'm still waiting for it to arrive you convinced me to get the quanta Gundam full saber even though I didn't build it right I still had fun thank you for recommending these kits hopefully my allowance won't have to suffer for too long seriously I have $9 left
( edit: it is 11 pm-11am whenever just watch the video that's the kind of thing I hate about different time zones like I guess I don't know)
windam: just as capable as strike
also windam: has no bodycount on mobile suit kills
Can't wait for the murasame, like the design of that
The old HG Murasame is actually a pretty good kit even for today's standard. And it's cheap too if you wanna buy more than one.
There's an old murasame!!??
0:56 i panic a bit because there's no beam sabers there until you show the box....
Currently building the V2 assault buster as I’m watching. It uses one peg in the back. Do with that information as you wish
This kit gives gm and heavyarms custom feels, i gotta buy a couple to go against my ginns. Id defs buy this boi
Idk if its just me but the title looks a bit off without the caps in the second part
Edit: Omg I got a heart this is epic
Edit 2: And it goes away if I edit it, rip
Also: Wonsan could almost be mistaken as a gundam, it just needs eyes and red on it and it be set
Waiting for the Astray Orb grunt suit. Those blades are 🥰
This kit looks so cool
i live in germany and i cant wait to get the two kits. my Strike Freedom needs his partner the justice. And the Windam is also very nice so i will build them^^
Thanks for your Videos. i quit enjoy them a lot
Looking forward to your kyrios review :)
Me too!!!
Now i can wait to Mecha Gaikotzu to reviewing MG Kyrios.
OMNI : How long we need for the V fin?
Windam designer : Yes.
"unless its packages of bombs" Cue laughing at own joke!
If I'm correct the bigger missiles there are more of micro missile launchers. They can probably fire 2-3 times before they're jettisoned as deadweight.
I just bought that kit today, absolutely worth it
I have a hazel 2
(I will ship them)
i feel like this guy painted into the 3 color setup of kamen rider ooos would look really good without any kit bashing
i love the silhouette of the windam
you actually have a strike adaptor, if you still have the sky high wings their is an adaptor for a single peg to 2 slot peg
"Todesschrecken" is a compound word made from the german nouns "Tod" (death) and "Schrecken" (scare).
The "Würger" missiles could be derived from the german word "Würger" (strangler).
That jetpack was compatible on HGBF Build Strike Gundam.
I liked the look of it so I'm using it as a base to make my own Gundam
Multi-Striker(Nuclear Missile Pack) of this will clearly be P-Bandai variant released.
All time best looking grunt suit. With a cool striker pack. Too bad it never saw glory in destiny
Mecha Gaikotsu, just as a heads-up, the Diver Ace Unit from Build Divers contains a 1-peg/2-hole adapter of the sort you describe at around the 5:25 mark. I don't know whether any of the other Build Divers Support Units also contain that sort of adapter. Obviously this is sub-optimal compared to such an adapter coming with the Windam itself, but the option is available to pick up a part like that.
I love its wing backpack!
0.0 of o wasn’t broke I would buy it.... thanks for the review m8.... cheers
and now we wait for a nuclear missile striker pack or even better the red (or pink) variant of the windam
Maybe
I want to kitbash the Hell out of this.
Also, i think the Cosmos BD striker pack has that single peg.
I'm surprised they made this MS before any grunts from the first SEED series, like the GINN or Strike Dagger. Definitely not complaining though.
@@leoismaking not gonna lie, the zaku warriors are probably my favorite zaku variants in any series. they trully look like what a zaku 4 should look like. but hey, i also love the geara so i cant complain too much about it.
Totally must get this!
I first knew of this MS cos of Gundam Reborn and i wasn't impressed but after seeing the official pictures for this kit; i've grown to like it a lot more. Neo Roanoke Custom when?
I love that backpack. Wish it was color accurate tho
Let’s all be honest. This thing looked amazing.