Product Description
Includes
- Buster Gundam
- 1/100 Dearka Elsman figurine (sitting)
- Gun Launcher
- High-energy Rifle
- Manipulators (articulated thumb with other digits interchangeable)
- Trigger-finger (1 pair)
- General weapon-holding (1-pair)
- Closed fist (1 pair)
- Widespread fingers (1 pair)
- 1/100 Dearka Elsman figurine (standing)
- Adapter for Action Base
Kit Features & Gimmicks
Articulation
- The head can swivel/pivot on a ball/hinge neck joint.
- The torso can tilt back and forth, or sideways.
- Shoulder joints can swing frontwards/raise upwards.
- The arms can...
- Swing on a peg-and-socket joint.
- Raise horizontally. (May be slightly hindered by the Assault Shroud armors.)
- The upper elbows can turn.
- The elbows and knees are double-jointed.
- The manipulators can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
- Waist can also turn in some extent.
- Front, side, and rear skirt armors can pivot to avoid interference with the leg articulation.
- Each of the hip joint axis can slide down for expanded leg articulation.
- The upper thighs can swing frontwards/backwards on a peg, raise horizontally and/or rotate (in some extent) on each piece.
- The ankles can pivot back-and-forth/tilt sideways.
- Front feet can pivot frontwards.
- The waist features two pairs of poseable arm units for the Gun Launcher & the High-energy Rifle.
- The panel that holds the arms can pivot on a joint shared with the side skirt armors.
Weapons/Other Gimmicks
- The Index-to-Pinky finger parts can be swapped.
- The launchers can be wielded by the hands, though it depends on which interchangeable finger you're using.
- Gun Launcher & High-energy Rifle can be...
- Deployed from the backpack on the poseable arm units.
- Combined in two different configurations.
- Missile pod hatches can be opened or closed.
- Buster Gundam can also mount onto Action Bases 1 or 4 (sold separately) with an adapter.
Tips & Tricks
- For better results, some or most of the details are needed to be applied/panel-lined with Gundam Markers and/or Mr. Color paints.
- Topcoat (Mr. Hobby recommended) can be used to protect applied stickers/marking decals and if any, painted details.
Notes & Trivia
- This Gunpla is...
- The first Master Grade iteration of the Buster Gundam.
- Released in conjunction with the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED HD Remaster project.
- Though not intended to combine with the backpacks, the back of the Buster (if the backpack is removed) features a panel-shaped hardpoint that is used for the MG Aile Strike Gundam (Ver. RM).
