1/100 MG Destiny Gundam - Seed Destiny

Product Description

Includes

• Destiny Gundam
  • 1/100 Shinn Asuka figurine (Sitting)
  • "Arondight" Beam Sword
    • Beam effect parts
  • Long-Range Beam Cannon
  • 1 pair of Beam Boomerangs
    • Beam Boomerang effect parts
    • Beam Sword effect parts
  • Manipulators
    • Poseable (1 pair)
    • Beam Sword-holding (right)
    • "Palma Fiocina" Open-palms (1 pair)
• High-Energy Beam Rifle
• Shield
• Beam Shield effect part
• 1/100 Shinn Asuka figurine (Standing)
• 1/100 Stellar Louisser figurine 
• Display Stand

Kit Features & Gimmicks

Articulation

• The head can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint, or slightly pivot back and forth on a hinge joint.
• The upper torso can slightly tilt back and forth if the stopping point panel is flipped up.
• Shoulder joints can raise upwards, or slide out and swing frontwards.
• The arms can...
  • Swing on a rod joint.
  • Raise horizontally.
• The Beam Boomerang holders on the shoulder armors can pivot up and down.
• The upper elbows can turn.
• Both elbow and knees are double-jointed.
• The Manipulators...
  • Can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
  • Feature 3+1+1 articulation on each finger.
• The waist can rotate, though it can be hindered by a few skirt armor panels.
• Front and waist skirt armors can swing up and down to avoid interference with the legs.
• The upper thighs can swing frontward (and backward in a very limited extent due to the non-poseable rear skirt armor) on a peg, raise horizontally and/or rotate on each piece.
• The ankles can slightly pivot back and forth/tilt sideways.
• The front feet can pivot.
• The wings are jointed, allowing some articulation.
  • The joints can slightly extend for a wider poseabilty.
• The Beam Sword and Beam Cannon racks are jointed, allowing some articulation.

Weapons/Other Gimmicks

• The hands are swappable.
  • Since there is only a pair of dorsal parts, you must remove and attach them to the other.
• Any of the weapons can be wielded by the poseable hands.
  • Each palm features a molded tab for gripping stability.
• By flipping the lower crotch's stopper backwards, the hip joint axis can be extended for widening the legs.
• The Wings can be unfolded.
• Beam Sword can be optionally removed from the weapon rack as a handheld weapon.
• Long-Range Beam Cannon can be wedged out with the weapon rack to form firing mode.
• Beam Boomerangs can be optionally removed from the shoulder armors as handheld weapons.
  • Beam Boomerangs can attach with two different effect parts.
• High Energy Beam Rifle's foregrip can swing left and right.
  • The front sight can be removed to reveal mechanical details.
• Beam Rifle can mount onto the rear waist armor for storage.
• The bottom section of the physical shield can slide down.
• Beam Shield can be optionally mounted onto either of the dorsal parts.
• Destiny Gundam can optionally attach onto the included display stand (or Action Base).

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.
• The middle, ring, pinky fingers can be sliced off for individual articulation. (NOTE: May decrease gripping stability.)
• The Gundam Decal for MG Destiny Gundam / Destiny Gundam EBM can be applied to this kit.

Variants

Italicized items are exclusives.

• Later reissues of the kit from September 2018 onward will feature a blue Bandai Spirits logo.
• MG ZGMF-X42S Destiny Gundam (Extreme Blast Mode)
• MG ZGMF-X42S Destiny Gundam (Clear Color Ver.)
• ZGMF-X42S Destiny Gundam Gunpla 30th Anniversary Ver. - Released on December 3, 2009, as part of the Gunpla 30th Anniversary ​MG Clear Parts Campaign, this limited-edition Master Grade kit features a new clear colored runner, which consists of the lower legs, lower forearms, shoulder parts, and Beam Boomerangs.
• MG ZGMF-X42S-REVOLUTION Destiny Gundam (Heine Westenfluss Custom)

Notes & Trivia

• First Destiny Gundam kit to utilize the stylized appearance in the Anime, rather than Kunio Okawara's design.