Product Description
HGUC
Includes
- Force Impulse Gundam
- α Force Silhouette pack
- 2 Beam Sabers
- Silhouette Flyer
- Core Splendor back piece
- α Force Silhouette pack
- Beam Rifle
- Shield
- shield piece (Collapsed state)
- shield piece (Expanded state)
- Core Splendor
- Adapter for Chest Flyer
- Adapter for Leg Flyer
Kit Features & Gimmicks
Articulation
- The head can rotate/tilt via a double ball-joint neck.
- The torso can very slightly tilt back and forth.
- Due to being used for transformation, the shoulder joints can raise upwards.
- The arms can...
- Swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
- Raise horizontally.
- The upper arms can rotate.
- Both the elbow and knees are double-jointed.
- The manipulators can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
- The waist can rotate 360 degrees, though it can be hindered by a few skirt armor parts.
- The hip joint axis is a see-saw-type joint.
- The upper thighs can swing frontward (and backward in a very limited extent due to the single-piece rear skirt armor) on a peg, raise horizontally and/or rotate on each piece.
- The ankle joints can pivot and/or swivel (though limited) on a ball-and-socket joint.
- The lower wing thrusters on the Force Silhouette are poseable.
Weapons/Other Gimmicks
- Any of the weapons can be wielded by the default holding hands.
- α Force Silhouette pack is compatible with other HGCE Force Impulse molds, including Ninpulse Gundam (Core Splendor backpack piece is needed)
- Force Impulse's main body can separate into Chest & Leg Flyers.
- Beam Rifle's foregrip can flip left or right.
- Beam Rifle can mount onto the rear waist for storage.
- Beam Saber hilts can be optionally removed from the Silhouette pack as handheld weapons.
- The shield can convert into default and expanded states via parts swapping.
- Leg and Chest flyers can mount onto the Action Bases via their respective adapters.
- Force/Impulse Gundam, the Core Splender, and/or the Silhouette Flyer can mount onto the Action Base.
Tips & Tricks
- For better results, most/some of the details are needed to be applied/panel-lined with Gundam Markers and/or Mr. Color paints.
- The Gundam Color for HG Force Impulse Gundam can be used to paint this kit. (Air Brush required)
- Topcoat (Mr. Hobby recommended) can be used to protect applied stickers and if any, marking decals and paint details.
- Force Impulse can mount with other backpacks from 2010's HG kits. (Some of them may not be compatible)
Customizing-based tips
- Core Splendor can use the missile pods from the HG Sword Impulse Gundam kit.
- HGBC The Northern Pod can be used for this Gunpla to rebuild into ZGMF-X56S/gma Impulse GM wktk Custom or ZGMF-X56S/gmb Impulse GM (Mahiru Specification).
- The Excalibur accessory from the HGCE Sword Impulse Gundam can be used for this kit.