HG AGE #01 - Gundam AGE-1 NORMAL

Includes

Gundam AGE-1 Normal
- 2 Beam Saber/Daggers
- Manipulators
  - Weapon-holding (1 pair)
  - Open-palm (left)
DODS Rifle
Shield

The head can swivel/tilt on a double ball-joint neck.
The torso can tilt backwards/sideways in an extent.
Shoulder joints can tilt upwards, and/or frontwards/backwards in some extent.
The arms can...
- Swing on a peg-and-socket joint.
- Raise horizontally.
The upper arms can rotate.
The arms and legs feature double-jointed elbow/knee parts.
The manipulators can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
The waist can rotate.
Front, side, and rear skirt armors can pivot to avoid interference with the backwards leg articulation.
The hip joint axis can swing frontwards/backwards on one side.
The upper thighs can swing frontwards/backwards on a peg, raise horizontally, and/or rotate on each piece.
Ankle joints can tilt/pivot.

The left hand is swappable.
Any of the included weapons can be wielded by the default hands.
DODS Rifle can convert between one-handed or two-handed modes via minor parts swapping.
- The foregrip can swing out for the left hand to hold.
Beam Saber/Dagger hilts can be optionally removed from the waist armors as handheld weapons.
The shield can...
- Mount onto either of the forearms, though the default position in on the left.
  - The front end of the forearms can be rearranged by removing and reattaching if one wants to swap the shield-holding position.
- Rotate on the adapter.
The panel underneath the crotch can be removed to reveal a 3mm mounting point for any Action Bases, where the Gundam AGE-1 Normal can mount onto.

For better results, some or most of the details are needed to be applied and panel-lined with Gundam Markers and/or Mr. Color Paints.
Topcoat (Mr. Hobby recommended) can be used to protect applied stickers and if any, marking decals and painted details.
As an unadvertised feature, a small plate that is shaped like AGE-1's chest can be trimmed off and mounted onto the kit's chest cavity to form Gundam AGE-1 Flat (which is not revealed until the 22nd episode of the Asemu Asuno Arc).
Care must be taken while assembling the ball-jointed waist armors: depending on the thickness of your painted waist sockets, the ball joint can eventually create stress marks (or even worse; potential breakage) on the sockets. It's recommended to wipe off the excess paint on the sockets with a cotton swab doused with either thinner or the Gundam Marker Eraser pen's liquid.