Bandai Hobby - MG 1/100 MSN-04 Sazabi Version Ka

Lordy lord this kit is amazing. What's not to love? HUGE shelf presence, huge shield, cool weapons, gimmicks upon gimmicks, enough panel lines and stickers to really bring out the detail (don't judge me for not putting all stickers or waterslides on), overall this kit is fantastic and just soooo awesome. Couple cons of course, his wrists are bulky so posing guns is a slight challenge, and as well his hands don't hold weapons that well. The head and the backpack unit were kind of funky to build but overall once they're don't right it looks amazing. The shield is so heavy it's hard to hold up in a pose, but that could be fixed with some super glue on the shoulder ball joint (not to the point it can't move just enough to tighten the joint. If you don't know how to do that, Google it.)I love this kit. It looks amazing next to the Nu Gundam and even looks good next to the grandaddy rx-78. If you're a fan of gundam you must get this.

There's a reason this kit comes as recommended as it does. The detail is insane, and there's a lot of plastic to snip together. Even with the bare minimum of effort (just snapping the pieces together with no nub cleanup, panel lining, stickers, etc) you *will* end up with something amazing so long as you can set aside the seven or so hours to make it. Of all of my gunpla, I've enjoyed making few better than this one. Looks fantastic in almost any pose you put it in and the articulation is good enough that you can definitely make a lot of poses.

My wife got me this MG kit as a gift. It took me a while to put together, but it felt great once it was finally complete. The ver. Ka has a lot of extra articulation built into the suit to really make the Sazabi look like it is more kinetic when posed. The build is also really stable with the exception of perhaps the mount for the shield on the arm. The only fault I had with the build was a vent in the under section of the hip. A little yellow piece which I had to apply a light bit of glue to keep it in place. I also can't speak about the water slides too much. I am not a fan of doing them, and I will only do the bare minimum when it comes to applying them.Still, the complete build looks great! I love it!

The media could not be loaded. What fun model. Solidly constructed. Looks pretty awesome.

So awesome. Tons of details and gimmicks. Didn’t add the decals yet because I’m considering painting it but there’s a lot of decals with the kit. Bandai went out of their way on this one. Best MG I've made so far. Personally I think the value is higher for this than any $50-$80 kits. It is priced totally reasonably considering what you get. I want another to hold on to so I can experience building it again in the future.

The media could not be loaded. Great gundam !! Recommend if you have gundam experience built ,because is not easy to build , I recommend to customize it like how I did here ,The size is great !! It was way cheaper then my perfect grade and It has a shelf presence like no other !! Again it not for beginners!!!

Box came in with perfect condition, very satisfied

I love this thing. Assembling it was a joy tho I haven't gotten all of the waterslides on yet, and I lost one which is a bit upsetting. I would have liked to receive two waterslide sheets just in case of a screw up, I can't imagine that particular part is all that expensive to produce, and I can't find an official replacement for it. The unofficial ones I can find are all slightly off or obscenely expensive for a sheet of paper. These things are really tiny, and if you soak them for just a couple seconds too long they don't adhere very well. I strongly advise getting a clear varnish to paint over the decals as you put them on to avoid accidentally rubbing them off as you handle it. Tho make sure they are completely dried before painting over them, obviously.Granted, it's mostly the fault of my inexperience since this is both my first time assembling gunpla and my first time with waterslides. But I feel like a second decal sheet would have been nice to supplement accidents, especially given the price of the set. And it also would have given some flexibility if you wanted to have some decals on both sides of the model that you only have for one side by default.The hands are also very, very bad at holding anything. They don't hold themselves in the sockets, and the wrist cuffs are so bulky and obstructive to the wrist joint that they just straight up can't hold the guns it comes with. You really can't get it to work. And even the mele weapons are too heavy for the wrist joints to support aside from the small beam swords.It's hip joint was also not stiff enough to support the weight of the backpack or shield. I'm not sure if that's a tolerance issue and other people won't have that problem or not given how tight the tolerances on everything else is. I looked up some remedies for this sort of issue and found a coat of nailpolish on the ball really stiffens that up and fixed the problem. But I wouldn't do that on the tiny wrist joints.The shield's shoulder attachment point is also really finicky to get on and off. I wouldn't recommend using it, but the arm attachment point is simple and easy to use.Despite it's issues tho, it's still an incredible piece. The hands, despite their difficulty handling the accessories, are extremely intricate and cool. Each finger individually has 4 joints. The wrist has two, and I actually like the fold-out tab system it uses to hold weapons despite it's inability to actually do so. Tho the axe handles lack the tab which makes them even less sturdy to handle. This thing has so much articulation it blows my mind. Even after I assembled it, I was discovering points of articulation I didn't even know it had despite the fact that I put the thing together piece by piece. It's clear the creators cared about every little minute detail of the thing, and even threw in a ton of completely unnecessary stuff just because they thought it would be cool, like the fold-out cleats or the way the helmet opens up. Genuinely one of the coolest things I've ever laid my hands on. I just wish it could actually hold the weapons it came with.