Genesis Model Kit

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   arzipan reviewed this! -11m

   Jan 20, 2023

   Verified Purchase

   Intricate & Detailed Plastic Model Kit BEWARE OF UNDERGATES!!! I loved building this, but i only have a couple of nitpicks with it (in my personal opinion going from descending severity aka top is minor bottom is major):
   1. Plastic Type Not Identified (aka whether it's ABS, PS, PC, PE, etc)
   a. FYI the above is only for my convenience so as to know which runners to not use pour type panel liners {which can & will crack ABS plastic}. In which case i played it safe and stuck to felt tip gundam markers.
   2. Robot Head fins (aka the 2 fins right above the blue headband thing) are very loose, liable to pop off with minor movement (not as bad as the ball joints of insect legs on original beast wars transformer figures but pretty close. Granted it could probably be fixed using the standard loose ball joint method {aka nail polish to thicken joint} but i was too lazy and wanted to move on with building it; I was having too much fun!
   3. Included stand doesn't really hold up model kit in ship mode, aka it's very saggy, tried multiple different angles & connection points and it just either flopped/sagged straight down or outright fell over to the floor/building area desk. Might be resolved with alternative stands (i really only had action base 1 on hand)
   4. My major gripe with this kit: UNDERGATES, UNDERGATES, UNDERGATES!!! Practically 85-90% of the kit is undergated and i ended up snipping/filing/sanding too far since if I didn't at least try to minimize it, it'd not snap fit together properly [I didn't test this so take with a grain of salt] (i'm 60% sure this is user error and not by design).
   
   BUT even with all of the above issues I'd still recommend getting this kit (maybe don't try to do this all in 1-2 sittings like I did [most of which {1.2 sittings} was spent panel lining, painting, waiting for paint to dry, trying {and mostly failing} to clean up excess paint & panel lines)
   
   Overall I'd definitely recommend getting this kit! You won't be disappointed!!!

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