HG Age #35 - Gundam AGE-1 Full Glansa

Product Description

GUNDAM AGE

Includes

• Gundam AGE-1 Full Glansa
  • 2 Beam Sabers
  • 2 Shield Rifles
  • 2 Glastron Launchers
  • Manipulators
    • Weapon-holding (1 pair)
    • Open-palm (left)

Kit Features & Gimmicks

Articulation

• 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.

Weapons/Other Gimmicks

• The left hand is swappable.
• Any of the included weapons can be wielded by the default hands.
• If one chooses, the armor can be detached to form a default Gundam AGE-1 Flat.
• 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.
• Glastron Launchers can wedge out.
• The missile launchers can be deployed by flipping out the panels (Knee parts) and via parts rearranging (shoulder armors)
• The panel underneath the crotch can be removed to reveal a 3mm mounting point for any Action Bases, where the Gundam AGE-1 Full Glansa can mount onto.

Tips & Tricks

• 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.
• 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.  
• The original shield can be built as there is enough parts to do so.

Variants

• Reissues of the kit from 2019 onwards will bear the blue Bandai Spirits logo.

Notes & Trivia

• Rather than using the undocumented chest cover piece from runner A, The "A" mark uses a sticker to cover it instead.