The Helios has really grown on me over time. It's kinda brilliant how the Helios is a kitbash but looks original at the same time. Hopefully Bandai reissues the HGAW Gundam X and X Divider soon, my tiny X collection desperately needs more units and I'm not paying $100+USD for two early 2010's HGs
Man, are the X and Divider being scalped that badly? Though they really haven't been reprinted for a long time. I kinda want a Divider myself, love that Divider shield
Do you plan on getting all the models from this series? Kinda interested in that Commando Quant, and to know if the four "recolors" kits do have renewed joints or are just the old kits with a new coat. Overall not a fan of Battlogue being a V-fin fiesta, if everyone has a gundam, then the gundam isn't special anymore.
I'm surely not going to get the recolored kits, though I don't know if they're even retail products outside America (they're PBandai in Japan) My money is on the kits being straight recolors without updates, because of course Bandai would do that
@@HobbyClubhouse With the Red Frame Inversion, they included backpack adapters for the flight unit and ball joint arms to replace the peg joints: cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-y1v29fqbay/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/4544/5334/XB2__64248.1637449887.jpg?c=1 Urban Combat Ground Gundam received updated shoulders: cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-y1v29fqbay/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/4566/5356/XA__31263.1637460043.jpg?c=1 Gouf Crimson Custom received backpack adapter and waist updates: cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-y1v29fqbay/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/4536/5326/XB1__14416.1637448324.jpg?c=1 Kind of a shame that these are not available for the original incarnation of these suits.
I am a proud owner of the Helios after becoming a fan of the Artemis from the Gundam Breaker Mobile game. Honestly, I thought the upside-down Freedom wings were kinda wonky and preferred the Destiny wings from the Areus, but after building it and posing it...they kinda grew on me. As for the clear parts, I used a chrome marker to paint behind the clear parts and they now catch the light beautifully. I have no regrets getting this.
The wings actually help out when posing on an action base so they do add to the kit (when they aren't toppling the poor guy over). I bet the clear parts on the shoulders especially benefit from having chrome paint backing it up
@@HobbyClubhouse Oh yeah they really do, specially the large clear part in the chest. The result kinda reminds me of what Bandai did with their MG Gundam AGE kits, putting a chrome sticker behind a clear blue piece to help them shine.
Honestly, this is really the kit from Battlogue, I'm glad we got a review from you on it, also, i do really prefer the upsidedown wings rather than the regular ones
I think for handling, I like the wings pointing down 100% of the time. But ultimately, I think the upturned wings gives the Helios a very strong character - even though it doesn't work as a physical object...
this is what i've been waiting for I thought you wouldn't review this kit but I'm glad you did Even though I'm not going to buy this kit I'm just enjoying your review
Glad you enjoyed the review:) I think if I had a choice of all six US releases, I'd want to do Barbataurus and Command Quanta first, though I think i grew to like the Helios a lot too as I reviewed it
I used to think the upside down wings looked tacky, but I’ve grown to think that they actually look better! I think seeing the product images from the Bandai hobby website and also videos of the model, I’ve gained more respect for it. Same with the LiveLance and the blazing(??) Gundam
The kit looks a bit better too in person than in pictures and videos. The large wings feel more ridiculous looking at them from afar. As a thing you can hold, they're a bit fun to pose, I gotta admit
The return of one of the best Gunpla reviewer! Glad to see your back with a review of a nice kit, I honestly did expect this to be a massive kitbash but seems like Bandai decided to put more effort here so that's neat Shame about the backpack/Wings making things a tad hard to pose around but hey the normal config at least lessens that
Tons of stuff to sort of so my uploads have been (even more) chaotic recently! I was quite surprised myself, since this kit is now the oddball among the GBB kits with the most newly molded parts - even though it doesn't look like it at all
i wonder if i could make some kind of ANA Freedom Gundam with the parts in the kit (i have a spare Freedom head and bits of it's parts (God Kira ain't got nothing against a teen labrador lol)) neat review as always, and i appreciate you going in with no decals, as we can see the details much better this way.
You really can, the sky blue should be the same as the one used on the Freedom, and the bits of dark blue left works with the color as well I actually want to try and see what it looks like when I have my own Freedom assembled Glad you enjoyed the review:)
It's a beauty but I had to glue the torso to the waist, I'm not a fan of the ball connecting piece cause the bottom half always falls off. Blows me away on how perfectly balanced this model is for being so top heavy. Can't wait to paint, gonna need to choose a special color combination for this.
The ball joint used on it are standard, but if you swap it for another mid-section, most other stock waists will be smaller. You can custom-make one or reshape it though
lmao you hit the nail on the head when you say that this kit is for builders. On it's own, the baby blue of this kit and its protagonist looking-shape are really jarring with Destiny's clearly villain head, but if you take it apart, it can enhance a whole bunch of other kits. And, fun fact, with VERY minimal modifications, you can give this kit's shoulders to the HGCE Destiny.
I got one just to make a light blue and white Freedom, I love the colors. The translucent parts could use some oomph, they are really dark, but they look nice otherwise. And my version is using a Gundam X beam effect, so they work on mine :)
I wonder what the Freedom looks like with the colors of the parts here, I have yet to see anyone put up pictures online. Some people say it's like an ANA limited version
@@HobbyClubhouse it reminds me of Crossbone X-3, mainly white and some light blue with red accents. I can't decide what colors to make the details, though! Gold, silver, bronze? I can't decide.
A couple of pointers. I think the Helios, areus and Artemis never used the handles for the cannons, as for articulation it has a tiny drop down gimmick in the waist, giving a bit more range in leg movement. I don’t know why Bandai didn’t include it in the manual🤷🏻♂️. As for removing the gems in the forearm it may vary from kit to kit since mine can be removed easily. I think it’s better to use a thin plastic card to remove those gems.
The gems on the arms are ironically so well made, they fit really flush with the bottom piece - which is supposed to be good. A thin card would work too indeed if you thin the very edge of it. Good to know it's easier to take off on some kits though, because I like that shield so much
Thx for the review, i enjoy posing this kit like in the game and anime but i dont have a problem with the back unit for posing, i have problems with the waist.
I've been seeing that mentioned more and more after the release. The poor ball joint really is buckling under all that weight on the back for a lot of people
Such a good review! Thank you! It can be so hard to get a clear answer how tall a kit is! So annoying. Please, always do a height comparison. I'm gonna get it. Thank you!
I feel like it comeing to the us first is due to it being based on the us only game gundam breaker mobile which use to be gundam battle gunpla warfare (iv had it since its launch) and being released to the rest of the world later as people get aquatinted to them via the anime then they get this kit line to build
So its not really a kitbash. Its just disguised as a kitbash. I wonder if you can replace the freedom wings with the destiny wings. I prefered the Areus that came before this.
i think the old X torso looks a lot better and has better part separation minus the clear shoulder part. also the DX does a better job with the peacocking imo
The fewer colors limits the Helios overall really and makes it look quite conservative and not as heroic as X Not gonna argue against any support for Double X either:)
not really a fan of gundam kits, I notice one missing aspect... seam lines and mold parting lines, would be nice to see if a kit is painting-prep friendly
That is indeed something I don't always cover. For parting lines, if it's not mentioned in the video then it probably wasn't anything egregious - Bandai kits barely have them except for cylindrical pieces that use multi-part molds. The accuracy of their molds and the precision of the injection pressure is no joke
When the knees age a little and the polycaps there go softer, the kit will buckle even more under all that weight on the back. Good thing the hip joints are hard polystyrene though, that should stay strong enough
@@HobbyClubhouse nah, here in Australia it takes like an extra 2 months for some kits to go in-stock even sometimes restocked kits, for example I "pre ordered" (what they put so you have the older kit secured) the mg Zaku HM in October for my birthday 10 days ago but they said it won't be coming in till January
The Helios has really grown on me over time. It's kinda brilliant how the Helios is a kitbash but looks original at the same time. Hopefully Bandai reissues the HGAW Gundam X and X Divider soon, my tiny X collection desperately needs more units and I'm not paying $100+USD for two early 2010's HGs
Man, are the X and Divider being scalped that badly? Though they really haven't been reprinted for a long time. I kinda want a Divider myself, love that Divider shield
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Thank you for your thoughtfulness. I have enough existential dread keeping me up at night without not seeing the sword go into the hilt.
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Do you plan on getting all the models from this series? Kinda interested in that Commando Quant, and to know if the four "recolors" kits do have renewed joints or are just the old kits with a new coat.
Overall not a fan of Battlogue being a V-fin fiesta, if everyone has a gundam, then the gundam isn't special anymore.
I'm surely not going to get the recolored kits, though I don't know if they're even retail products outside America (they're PBandai in Japan)
My money is on the kits being straight recolors without updates, because of course Bandai would do that
@@HobbyClubhouse Actually they dont hide the fact they are recolors. So yeah. they are straight recolors.
@@HobbyClubhouse With the Red Frame Inversion, they included backpack adapters for the flight unit and ball joint arms to replace the peg joints: cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-y1v29fqbay/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/4544/5334/XB2__64248.1637449887.jpg?c=1
Urban Combat Ground Gundam received updated shoulders: cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-y1v29fqbay/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/4566/5356/XA__31263.1637460043.jpg?c=1
Gouf Crimson Custom received backpack adapter and waist updates: cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-y1v29fqbay/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/4536/5326/XB1__14416.1637448324.jpg?c=1
Kind of a shame that these are not available for the original incarnation of these suits.
I am a proud owner of the Helios after becoming a fan of the Artemis from the Gundam Breaker Mobile game. Honestly, I thought the upside-down Freedom wings were kinda wonky and preferred the Destiny wings from the Areus, but after building it and posing it...they kinda grew on me. As for the clear parts, I used a chrome marker to paint behind the clear parts and they now catch the light beautifully.
I have no regrets getting this.
The wings actually help out when posing on an action base so they do add to the kit (when they aren't toppling the poor guy over).
I bet the clear parts on the shoulders especially benefit from having chrome paint backing it up
@@HobbyClubhouse Oh yeah they really do, specially the large clear part in the chest. The result kinda reminds me of what Bandai did with their MG Gundam AGE kits, putting a chrome sticker behind a clear blue piece to help them shine.
I love your channel because you review a kit in a very detail way! Keep up the excellent work!
Just noticed that you called the X and DX HGCE and HGAC,lol
Either way,it’s a great review, as all hobby clubhouse reviews are,good job!
Yes I did:) shhhh
Glad you enjoyed the review!
Thanks for detailed review. With it I can imagine what gunpla I need to modify custom gunpla from it.
Honestly, this is really the kit from Battlogue, I'm glad we got a review from you on it, also, i do really prefer the upsidedown wings rather than the regular ones
I think for handling, I like the wings pointing down 100% of the time. But ultimately, I think the upturned wings gives the Helios a very strong character - even though it doesn't work as a physical object...
this is what i've been waiting for
I thought you wouldn't review this kit but I'm glad you did
Even though I'm not going to buy this kit I'm just enjoying your review
Glad you enjoyed the review:) I think if I had a choice of all six US releases, I'd want to do Barbataurus and Command Quanta first, though I think i grew to like the Helios a lot too as I reviewed it
I used to think the upside down wings looked tacky, but I’ve grown to think that they actually look better! I think seeing the product images from the Bandai hobby website and also videos of the model, I’ve gained more respect for it. Same with the LiveLance and the blazing(??) Gundam
The kit looks a bit better too in person than in pictures and videos. The large wings feel more ridiculous looking at them from afar. As a thing you can hold, they're a bit fun to pose, I gotta admit
"Now for sanity's sake, let's have the wings pointing down here!" I'm so glad I'm not the only one with serious OCD! 😂
The return of one of the best Gunpla reviewer!
Glad to see your back with a review of a nice kit, I honestly did expect this to be a massive kitbash but seems like Bandai decided to put more effort here so that's neat
Shame about the backpack/Wings making things a tad hard to pose around but hey the normal config at least lessens that
Tons of stuff to sort of so my uploads have been (even more) chaotic recently!
I was quite surprised myself, since this kit is now the oddball among the GBB kits with the most newly molded parts - even though it doesn't look like it at all
Alright Hobby Clubhouse is back! 😎
After a week of absence:)
Awesome review. I bought mine last week and I enjoyed it quite a bit.
It really surprised me how it reused so many runners but didn't actually use most of the old parts. It's such an unusual kit
@@HobbyClubhouse yeh. I’m actually using the extra parts to build my own custom build
i wonder if i could make some kind of ANA Freedom Gundam with the parts in the kit (i have a spare Freedom head and bits of it's parts (God Kira ain't got nothing against a teen labrador lol))
neat review as always, and i appreciate you going in with no decals, as we can see the details much better this way.
You really can, the sky blue should be the same as the one used on the Freedom, and the bits of dark blue left works with the color as well
I actually want to try and see what it looks like when I have my own Freedom assembled
Glad you enjoyed the review:)
It's a beauty but I had to glue the torso to the waist, I'm not a fan of the ball connecting piece cause the bottom half always falls off.
Blows me away on how perfectly balanced this model is for being so top heavy.
Can't wait to paint, gonna need to choose a special color combination for this.
What do you do with the extra parts that came with the Helios?
Awesome review bro! Excited for the Barbataurus review HAHA
Bandai will have to be in the mood to sell it to the rest of the world first ._.
@@HobbyClubhouse Well hopefully it reaches other countries as well :'( Thanks for the review bro!
the shoulder clear inserts would contrast with a silver sticker behind it
The Full Burst mode is called Sestet Cannon
Thanks! It's weird the instructions didn't have that
I wonder if we can replace the waist..i don't know if there's a way to fix it though..
The ball joint used on it are standard, but if you swap it for another mid-section, most other stock waists will be smaller. You can custom-make one or reshape it though
I always found it funny that bandai chose to use freedom for this design because the freedom's wings are a reference to dx
lmao you hit the nail on the head when you say that this kit is for builders. On it's own, the baby blue of this kit and its protagonist looking-shape are really jarring with Destiny's clearly villain head, but if you take it apart, it can enhance a whole bunch of other kits. And, fun fact, with VERY minimal modifications, you can give this kit's shoulders to the HGCE Destiny.
I got one just to make a light blue and white Freedom, I love the colors. The translucent parts could use some oomph, they are really dark, but they look nice otherwise. And my version is using a Gundam X beam effect, so they work on mine :)
I wonder what the Freedom looks like with the colors of the parts here, I have yet to see anyone put up pictures online. Some people say it's like an ANA limited version
@@HobbyClubhouse it reminds me of Crossbone X-3, mainly white and some light blue with red accents. I can't decide what colors to make the details, though! Gold, silver, bronze? I can't decide.
i love ho openly kitbashy the kits feel
It's really quite odd how it's a kit-bash-themed brand-new kit
i like the Helios if you flip the wings right side up
A couple of pointers. I think the Helios, areus and Artemis never used the handles for the cannons, as for articulation it has a tiny drop down gimmick in the waist, giving a bit more range in leg movement. I don’t know why Bandai didn’t include it in the manual🤷🏻♂️. As for removing the gems in the forearm it may vary from kit to kit since mine can be removed easily. I think it’s better to use a thin plastic card to remove those gems.
The gems on the arms are ironically so well made, they fit really flush with the bottom piece - which is supposed to be good. A thin card would work too indeed if you thin the very edge of it. Good to know it's easier to take off on some kits though, because I like that shield so much
Thx for the review, i enjoy posing this kit like in the game and anime but i dont have a problem with the back unit for posing, i have problems with the waist.
I've been seeing that mentioned more and more after the release. The poor ball joint really is buckling under all that weight on the back for a lot of people
Such a good review! Thank you! It can be so hard to get a clear answer how tall a kit is! So annoying. Please, always do a height comparison. I'm gonna get it. Thank you!
I actually didn't think I'd enjoy this kit as much as I did when I picked it up tbh.
The blocky shape of the body works really well with the larger size, and you can't help but want to play around with it for a bit when you handle it
I feel like it comeing to the us first is due to it being based on the us only game gundam breaker mobile which use to be gundam battle gunpla warfare (iv had it since its launch) and being released to the rest of the world later as people get aquatinted to them via the anime then they get this kit line to build
the hg nu gundam is scared hearing the EG announcement
Just from the photos, the EG Nu already has insane color separation. I won't let my boy go out of work though, he'll always be our upper-end benchmark
So its not really a kitbash. Its just disguised as a kitbash. I wonder if you can replace the freedom wings with the destiny wings. I prefered the Areus that came before this.
My friend tells me the wing pegs should be the same between the Freedom and Destiny, so if he's correct, you can swap them without any issues at all
Oooh I saw Vfinn in the scrolling on twt there lololol
To be honest, point 3 was what drove me to buy 2 of these suckers.
I regret nothing!
Will you use both for parts or keep one as Helios?
@@HobbyClubhouse Just the one.
I'm crazy, not insane after all. XD
Hope they do the Artemis and Areus.
A lot of people have been wondering about that too, and it seems feasible enough as a P-Bandai release
I just wanted to know how to connect extra parts smh
i think the old X torso looks a lot better and has better part separation minus the clear shoulder part. also the DX does a better job with the peacocking imo
The fewer colors limits the Helios overall really and makes it look quite conservative and not as heroic as X
Not gonna argue against any support for Double X either:)
not really a fan of gundam kits, I notice one missing aspect...
seam lines and mold parting lines, would be nice to see if a kit is painting-prep friendly
That is indeed something I don't always cover. For parting lines, if it's not mentioned in the video then it probably wasn't anything egregious - Bandai kits barely have them except for cylindrical pieces that use multi-part molds. The accuracy of their molds and the precision of the injection pressure is no joke
I bought this so i can flip the wings the normal way and stop getting nightmares 😂😂
This kit isnt that bad but the heavy backpack is a real problem even in early Real Grades wish bandai re invent balancing the scales
When the knees age a little and the polycaps there go softer, the kit will buckle even more under all that weight on the back. Good thing the hip joints are hard polystyrene though, that should stay strong enough
I could make a HG 1.5 Gundam X
If not for the size, I'd love to have that new chest on the X
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I cant wait for the GOUF crimson custom
It should be in stores now if you're in the US:) it looks sharper and smarter than I expected
@@HobbyClubhouse nah, here in Australia it takes like an extra 2 months for some kits to go in-stock even sometimes restocked kits, for example I "pre ordered" (what they put so you have the older kit secured) the mg Zaku HM in October for my birthday 10 days ago but they said it won't be coming in till January