MODEROID Ikaruga

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1. 

   73%

   devildeville reviewed this! -2y

   Sep 25, 2021

   Verified Purchase

   High investment kit, but worth it As a big fan of Knights & Magic, I was very excited to see this kit on the market and had to pick it up as soon as I could. Now that I've received it, spent 2 full days working on it, and had a day to rest and just look at my finished product...I can 100% say it was definitely worth the effort.
   
   However, I must warn those planning to buy this, it WILL require a lot of effort. Unfortunately, Good Smile's MODEROID line doesn't come with the same build quality as Bandai's Gunpla lines. The articulation is fairly limited, especially around the legs, the arms can't manage much more that a 60 degree angle and the legs can barely even move to the sides as they connect to the waist via ball joints, like old high grades would. In addition many parts simply don't hold tightly in their socket and moving them around causes them to simply fall out or pop off, the head being the worst offender.
   
   The swords also come premolded in the hands, and the hands themselves are just simple balljoint connections, not much room for flexibility. The front skirt also tends to get the in the way of the upper leg armor, so the legs need to be turned to prevent this from being an issue, but this can also cause that same armor to pop off.
   
   On top of the limited articulation, this kit comes with a horrendous amount of color inaccuracies. If you're looking for it to match any of the pictures, be prepared for a LOT of painting. I, myself, painted no less than 34 unique segments (175 total segments) of the kit, in order to get each part matching the anime colors as best as I could. And this is before you get to applying the 211 required stickers to get as close to the anime accurate detailing as you can.
   
   Lastly for the coloration issues, the gold that comes with the kit is abysmal. I would recommend cutting out each and every piece that comes in gold, cleaning them up, and then air brushing them all with a nicer, more solid gold color instead. You can also do this if you want a different shade of blue or an actual black for the joints
   
   Finally there is a lot of gluing recommended for this kit in the instructions, but the only part I actually ended up glueing was the blue section of the front skirt. All the other parts I skipped the glue and it holds together just fine.
   
   Despite these problems, I still think this kit is very solid. The plastic holds all the grooves and small details you would want from it, they're just often in the wrong color. If you're willing to bust out some gundam markers, spray paint, and apply all those stickers, this kit is absolutely worth it for appearance alone. It looks amazing on my shelf, this gets a 7.5 out of 10 for me.
   
   Bonus points: It can stand easily on its own, even holding all of its weapons, with minimal to no wobbling. Very sturdy.

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2. 

   arandomhero64 wants this! -2y

   Jul 1, 2021

   I want this! I loved the Anime and the mech designs in it.

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3. 

   80%

   eggsnbreky reviewed this! -7m

   Feb 25, 2023

   neato pointy guy Got this as my first moderoid kit though I'm familiar with (and spoiled lol) by bandai kits. I didn't really know what to expect with this in comparison but found the plastic to be much softer than I'm used to though watch out for the sharp bits! It definitely requires work put into it which I didn't do as I don't really paint my kits other than some panel lining here and there. The sticker sheet is massive - lots of cool detail but it's a lot. This thing does require glue which I didn't use much save for a few armor pieces that were loose. Joints and other things popped in/moved around well enough.
   
   Overall, I'm happy with this kit. It looks cool even if you do the bare minimum to it though don't expect the box art (example, the swords are entirely blue with black handles and molded on hands - there is no black or gray on the blades). I'm not familiar with the series it's from so just as a cool mech design, I love it and the multi arm gimmick looks great posed. For the price, I would have wished it was a bit more higher quality but again, my expectations stem from bandai kits.

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4. 

   coevus wants this! -3y

   Jan 24, 2021

   Preorder June 2021

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5. 

   spartan wants this! -3y

   Nov 8, 2020

   Can"t wait for this one

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6. 

   spiffymooge wants this! -3y

   Oct 8, 2020

   Looks so close to the Light Novel illustrations :)

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7. 

   100%

   jaycen reviewed this! -3y

   Aug 15, 2020

   Must See Anime! This was an Awesome Anime! Was worth watching. The main character was mecha crazy in his world, gets killed and reborn into a new world of sorcery and Real mecha. Hope they give it a sequel. A MUST have!

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8. 

   Roberto Weismann wants this! -3y

   Sep 19, 2020

   Holy hell! I loved this mech design!!! Definitely buying one

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