I wish it was a stand alone vehicle because I do love the vehicle mode but cant stand the mech mode. I feel the extra parts and mechanism added for the sub par mech mode made it bigger and more expensive than it should've been. I am however excited for the booster pack 5. I feel they did it justice leaving it primarily as a standalone jet plane
The mecha mode doesn't really detract from the vehicle mode all that much, really. If you wanted it to be permanently in vehicle mode, then a couple spots of glue along the tail and just not putting the arms on would do that for you. As for the extra cost, I personally feel that the money was put into the weapons and cockpit design to make it as modular as possible while still being able to hold any of the 1/24 scale figures that they put out. The only "extra" stuff I think that could have been left out without affecting the rest of the build is maybe some of the joint polycaps in the legs/tail, but you're not really saving much there. The Hexa Gear line is still all about modularity, so they still probably would have kept the connection points to maintain that. End of the day, I don't feel the mecha mode is what's adding all that much to the price.
@@RealTimeGunpla okay, I suppose it is one of the bigger sets from the hexa hear line up. If anything probably the biggest. Are you going to review booster pack 5?
The connection was a bit tight, but otherwise, no, not even a little fiddling. I was afraid I'd have to, but after just getting it lined up and pushing a tad, it went in fine.
looks good
Thanks!
Very nice!
Thanks!
Great review, cool kit! Helicopters are a bit far and few between
They are, especially in mecha-related forms.
I wish it was a stand alone vehicle because I do love the vehicle mode but cant stand the mech mode. I feel the extra parts and mechanism added for the sub par mech mode made it bigger and more expensive than it should've been.
I am however excited for the booster pack 5. I feel they did it justice leaving it primarily as a standalone jet plane
The mecha mode doesn't really detract from the vehicle mode all that much, really. If you wanted it to be permanently in vehicle mode, then a couple spots of glue along the tail and just not putting the arms on would do that for you.
As for the extra cost, I personally feel that the money was put into the weapons and cockpit design to make it as modular as possible while still being able to hold any of the 1/24 scale figures that they put out. The only "extra" stuff I think that could have been left out without affecting the rest of the build is maybe some of the joint polycaps in the legs/tail, but you're not really saving much there. The Hexa Gear line is still all about modularity, so they still probably would have kept the connection points to maintain that.
End of the day, I don't feel the mecha mode is what's adding all that much to the price.
@@RealTimeGunpla okay, I suppose it is one of the bigger sets from the hexa hear line up. If anything probably the biggest. Are you going to review booster pack 5?
@@OfficialMINIm Probably, when it comes out. Everywhere I've seen still has it listed as pre-order.
good stuff
Just ordered mine🎉 thanks to your review. How big would you say this kit is? Some places have it listed at 13inches. Smh I’m like there’s no way. Lol
I'd say it's actually pretty close to that, honestly. It's rather long in helicopter mode, and stands fairly tall in mech mode.
@@RealTimeGunpla Nice! Would you say it stands taller than the Macross kit in Mech ?
Wait frame arms girl are compatible with this kit?
Did you have to do any fiddling to get that action base to work with the hexa gear kits?
The connection was a bit tight, but otherwise, no, not even a little fiddling. I was afraid I'd have to, but after just getting it lined up and pushing a tad, it went in fine.