Full Mechanics Gundam Aerial Review | Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- This is the review of the Full Mechanics Gundam Aerial, the unparalleled violent machine ridden by the Witch from Mercury
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It took Bandai no time to consider making 1/100 scale kits for G-Witch, and where better to start than the titular MS, the Gundam Aerial. Having built the FM Raider Gundam before it, I thought I was going to be in for a great kit. And that's exactly what I got from the build, to the aesthetics and articulation. However, it's when it comes to the weapons that the flaws of this kit shows.
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Release Info (0:00)
Unbox (0:21)
Aesthetics (0:58)
Articulation & Handling (2:09)
Accessories (3:35)
Verdict (6:50)
Closing (7:59)
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the details on those beam saber hilts are amazing.
Absolutely
I know that it's gonna have an MG eventually. But I just can't wait that long for a 1/100 aerial.
Gotta fix the issues if you plan to get this one and not be frustrated with it
I'll wait for the MG and add-on, after that for the REpair
*Crys in G-self*
Same idea with the barbatos.
See you in 4 years bro
This was a very good review
Thank you for demonstrating the issues.
My pleasure, glad you found it helpful
10 years ago, wouldn't this be considered be a master grade with all those features and accessories.
Moving Armor Panels, Color Separation, Awesome Articulation, included decal markings.
The standards have shifted over the years, but based on my very limited experience with 1/100 kits, had they not separated the scale into MG and FM, this would've very much been considered an MG back in the olden days
the review we need, thank you
my pleasure
Great review!
I already pre-ordered mine
Thank you! Glad you managed to nab one, since they did fly off the shelves here
The flaws in this are legitimately disappointing. But I still can't wait to get this kit. It doesn't seem too bad and when that inevitable MG comes out it is most like going to be out of my price range, so I am more than happy to get my hands on this.
To be fair, a layer of top coat lessened the issues, but when they weren't present in the previous FM releases like the Calamity and Raider, it feels like a step down
@@mj2005gundam that is good to hear. That does seem like a step down yeah when this should have been the most solid FM kit to date.
Love your reviews man!
Thank you man!
damn you work fast, thanks for the review
He hustles to get these out, I swear he’s always first lately
I try my best to get these out as quick as I could, though I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing that I hustled through them. I'm glad it could be of much help though.
Thanks for the review!
You're very welcome
7:47 this pose is so dope
Thanks. I based it off of ep 1
I was afraid it was just going to be an upscaled version of the HG (which wouldn't be awful, it's a good HG) but glad it's much more
Visually it is so much more than being a scaled-up HG. However, the posing experience is a step down to me
Awesome review 👍👍
Thank you
Wow this is amazing
Until the loose items hinder the experience.
After watching this video, I'm all in on the kit. More than enough in it for the price.
Just gotta fix the issues one way or another and all is well
A kit many will get as a placeholder until an MG happens.
They'll be waiting a while if the wait for the MG Barbatos is any indication.
If they do plan to wait.
@@mj2005gundam Fair.
i guess theyre reserving the full part separation and inner frame for the shield (the hollow underside of the long white pieces is an eyesore) and not requiring a central block to combine for the MG. preferably no pegs sticking out of any of the separated bits.
The parts separation is good as it is for me. Some people would like fully combining bits, but what I'd want from an MG Aerial if nothing else is a solid play experience
I love this kit and the anime💙💙💙
Loved the kits, feel a bit bleh on the anime
I think I’m going to wait because I feel there’s at least one more, final form for Aerial. Something after the rebuild.
Perhaps that's the mystery product in July, in HG of course.
I need to see the hg aerial with the fm 1/100 weapons
Gonna be impossible for that to hold them because of the thick handles
She just looks too good, I want it
Hence, suit yourself. People would most likely get this for the looks, and to that it's absolutely worth it
PG lets go!!!!!!
Might as well. Gotta cash in on G-Witch any way they could
I cant see myself getting this over HG unless I really WANT 1/100 Aerial. Will wait for eventual RG or MG
Might as well honestly. I genuinely can't justify the frustration of the filming session for the looks. Of course, if one's focus is the looks, then by all means, go ahead
this looks beautiful but I think ill hold out for a MG and probably whatever its Final form takes.
It's possibly a better bet to wait for a potential MG so that the issues can be ironed out
The cons mentioned just remind me it's an FM not an MG. I'll still pick it up since I've come to absolutely love the Aerial. Great poses btw. I might have to steal that gunblade pose.
I'm glad you like the poses. The reason I'm disappointed with the hands is because both the Calamity and Raider before it have grooves that fixate the weapons into the fingers, assuring a solid connection. They could've done that here but decided to skimp out
@@mj2005gundam molding grooves in to the weapons would not have costed them extra and if they really wanted to save cost then they would have gone for hg style hand instead of making the thumbs separate pieces. Which to be honest would have probably been better then what we ended up getting with this.
Will def buy one. Is anybody not so excited about the hips? I understand the concept, but to me, slimmer legs would give it a more mech-badass vibe.
Nah, I prefer the eccentric looks JNTHED gave it. Just stands out a bit more compared to convention
As someone who paints and modifies, the issues are an easy workaround. However, I'd skip this kit altogether in favor of a future MG. Issues aside, the engineering and aesthetics are phenomenal. Makes me want to see just how further they can push this via RG or MG.
The looks are on par with what they did with the FM Raider, which makes it such a shame they skimped out on the basic functionality. Of course, I did a layer of top coat and those issues are ironed out, but it's just baffling why they chose to omit it here when the previous two releases have things that fixate the weapons in the hands and solid gimmicks.
Aerial and Kyrios should form the Super Crab Siblings.
The claw gimmick is original to the FM Aerial, while the Kyrios has it in canon
Yeah that action base adapter was also used for the Calamity and Raider and it doesn't work at all. Had to use the stupid fork adapter and even that doesn't fit that well.
The Raider has its own adapter for the backpack, can't say for the Calamity. I do remember something similar in the MG Eclipse and MG Virtue, yet I don't see theirs suffer. I feel like the Aerial's failing is less a fault of the adapter itself, but moreso one of the port
This vanished my hype. Thanks for the honest review
No problem. I feel like in stuff like this, honesty is important to look beyond what people commonly praise this kit for, the looks
Do any of permit crystals glow under UV light or blacklight and MJ thank you for this delight i was travelling for a whole day for industrial visit and your video gave one good thing about this day and u cleaned up nicely and the end result of kit soo goood. Btw do you have any gunpla display i would love to see your display. And your favourite kits from last 50 videos
The Permet crystals don't glow under UV unfortunately. I've thought of making them do so, but I didn't want to ruin the chrome
@@mj2005gundam i found a way if u can print the pattern on an a4 white sheet of printing paper and cut them according to the chest and head piece u can make permet score 10 version which will glow under UV light it worked wonders for my HG
@@1996starter The HG can get away with using a film, while the FM crystals are integrated into the design. You'll need more than a sheet of paper to replicate the effect on the FM
@@mj2005gundam so theres no space between the clear part and the permet crystals which can be covered by a rightly cut paper pattern?
Sounds like a liberal application of glue after picking a form to pose it in will be nessecary to avoid frustration. Bit of a shame, but there's no denying that the look of the kit is top-notch.
Which is what makes this kit an extra shame. The looks can be considered perfect, yet posing it is the main downside because of the loose parts and lack of weapon fixation mechanics
Seems the most articulated full mechanics so far
Perhaps, but out of the FM releases, it's the most flawed out of the three
at least eri is alive
Girl needs a hug, where's her pink bunny plushie?
The hands and weapon adaptor definitely depends on the batch you get because mine has no issues
The waist is a universal problem tho
It's still ridiculous how they thought that was solid enough when they had implemented locking mechanisms into the Raider's hands
looks like the chrome shell units would be easy enough to paint blue if u wanted a permet 6 version
And someone already did in Japan
I love this thing, the only issue I have in mine is the torso connection is loose as fuuuuuuudge
So it seems like the waist is a universal issue.. sadge. how are the weapons though?
Even my HG Aerial has the waist issue smh
Fairly certain the only reason they chose to make the Aerial a fm kit is so they can release a mg aerial rebuild down the line
I swear, if they make an MG Aerial Rebuild based on this kit without ironing out the issues, I'm gonna be pissed. When the beam blade rifle can't be handled well, I don't want to imagine what the BFG would handle like
FM lately become like light version MG, have some decent gimmick and some innerframe like normal MG
Until the FM Raider shattered it, before the Aerial forgot about what made that kit work so well besides looks and articulation.
As much as I’m excited for the FM Aerial, I felt Bandai didn’t give more stability for the rifle and the Bit On Form. Now I’m worried if those flaws will be either resolved or pass through on the upcoming FM Aerial Rebuild.
Wait, there’s an upcoming Aerial Rebuild?
@@YU_ZU98 not yet announced, but it’s a possibility for it
@@YU_ZU98 not announced but very obvious there will be more
prob the MG will be the aereal rebuild
The fact that the FM Raider and FM Calamity had grooves in the weapons to stabilize them in the hand makes the lack of locking mechanics a massive oversight. Let's just hope future FM G-Witch releases won't have the same issue.
Debating whether to get this or wait for the rg/mg
The mg or rg will be no doubt much better eliminating the issues that we have here in fm but it will take them 2-3 yrs from now till we see it
Just get the HG if you're dying for "A" version of the Aerial. If not, and if you can't be bothered to fix the issues of this one, just wait for another grade for the Aerial to be released in
She’s beautiful. Especially at 3.30 oh dear.
She does have the figure for those poses, a beauty she is
2:10 gigidy gigidy gigidy
All hail the chicken neck
So is the kit stuck with the red shell units or can you build it deactive?
stuck, unless you paint them
They're stuck active
@7:45 which action base is that?
It's an Action Base 2, while the bits are propped up with the G-Witch weapon display base
Can you do an episode for the best system from Gundam and non-Gundam mobile suit?
Perhaps I'll do an episode of that after we get the full scope of what the GUND-Format is. We need to talk about these MacGuffin systems in one vid
Honestly if they want to do a MG Aerial, I wouldn’t mind seeing just a modified FM Aerial. The only thing they need to fix is the pegs and hardpoints, the gun, give a sturdier connection to hand and weapons, and just fix the ab joint. I might wait for the MG but if I’m that bored or wanting to do a custom, knowing MG is coming…I’ll pick this up and have my fun with it. Hope to see more FM kits as they seem really good
It's so simple on their part, especially when they've done it before, but they have skimped out on those aspects for this release apparently
hmm... that's quite alot of issues.
guess I'll wait for the master Grade
Might be a better bet unless you're just after the looks
This kit is definitely a mixed bag for me. While it is drop dead gorgeous and blows any WFM kit out of the water when it comes to aesthetics, the stability issues are absolutely disappointing. The peg connecting the two torso joints are extremely lose that just a slight touch would make the whole upper body bend backwards. The feet joints are also quite loose as well, that when trying out foward-reaching poses the Aerial has a chance to fall forward due to the feet bending up on me. I used clear nail polish to fix these, and even then I'm quite scared of playing around with it. Right now I just leave it in your typical Gundam standing pose on my desk, but to be honest it already looks good as it is. For me it's more of a display-rather-than-play piece compared to the HG kits which are way more stable and less headache-inducing.
If they ever decide to introduce Full Mechanics kits of the Aerial Rebuild and Calibarn, I hope they redesign the torso structure and manipulator of these kits because the much heavier weaponry of the Aerial Rebuild and Calibarn are going to absolutely obliterate the kits' stability.
It is certainly disappointing how close this kit is to being perfect, had it had more locking mechanisms and a more solid structure
Its a shame about the somewhat loose attachments because this kit looks great.
Aesthetics are tuned to 11, while gimmicks and accessories just make do with what works. It's honestly such a shame
@@mj2005gundam even from looking at it, i can see it had so much potential. let down once again buy those crappy 1/100 hands
@@johnnypowers2489 at least the hands are still better then then the old mg style with three conjoined fingers.
@@lonewolf646 yeah, at least its an improvement on those damn things
Is the stand for gunbits are included?
They are the sold separately “The Witch From Mercury Weapon Display Base”. They work for the HG kits too
The stands for the bits are not included. You need to purchase those separately
Sana all meron na
Same here man, same here, for those who want it of course
Certainly, an MG of this one will release.. but you will have to wait for what, like 2 years?
For me I'd settle for this one first, then if an MG will come out years later then I will grab it then and then...
Thicken the loose joints and the issues will be less of a bother. A layer of top coat seemed to have done the trick
For something so hyped up I'm kinda let down here. It's like 95% perfect and then 5% wtf? Will I buy it? Yes. But should I wait 4 years from now for the mg? I'm thinking so. This totally reminds me of the i.b.o full mechanics line... then came the mg barbatos. Undoubtedly the best mg kit ever in my opinion. Being that wfm is the most popular gundam series ever and the highest seĺling kit ever being the hg version of this peticular gundam I would've thought they'd put 150% into this kit. J.s.
It's not the loose grips alone that's the issue, it's the fact that the preceding kits, the Calamity and Raider, have grooves in the handles to help fixate the weapons. Everything except the posing experience with the weapons is enjoyable throughout the recording, and somehow Bandai decided to skimp out on that part
with how long it takes to design kits + the production of molds, this kit was probably already far in to production when the hg started selling.
Action base adaptor
Make me feel like it doesn’t meant for 1/100 FM Aerial
It sucks, terribly
Would be perfect if the weapons used peg locks
Yep..
Not including right opening hand is a big bummer for me, because it's such an easy thing to do and yet they didn't do it 🗿
I wonder why you say that? Is it because of its application in the kitchen or repelling mosquitoes I wonder, hmm
@@mj2005gundam She gotta slap some cheeks, at the very least 😂🤣
Video posted recently... checks link... "This item is discontinued and is not expected to come back into stock." FML
I'm just as shocked as you are..
@@mj2005gundam I'm JUST getting into Gunpla, so its... its hard not to get discouraged... feels like GPU's, like if you don't get it right then, and there, and you don't know where to go, or when to pre-order, etc you're stuck... and at the mercy of scalpers. :'(. Oh well, thank you for showing the model, appreciate your videos, and happily subscribed!
It feels like there were two different people designing this kit. One guy who went all out on the legs and another one who couldn't even manage to get the basics right when it came to the upper body and failed horribly when it came to the accessories.
The upper body looseness I'm not too fused by. It maintains its pose, and is only a real issue when you hold it by the torso. The weapons on the other hand are the baffling part. Like, why would they rid the precedent of locking mechanisms in the fingers established by the previous two releases? A cleaner look on the handles? Someone at the table got the looks down hard, there's no denying that. At the same time, it's just frustrating to pose
@@mj2005gundam another issue that i have is the elbow bend. while it bends a little bit further than the hg it looks atrocious in comparison when you bend it more then 90 degrees. The the two joints are just to far apart making it look so awkward that i prefer the hgs single bend.
The amount of adapters needed are a bit of a turn off for me, with the shield's back panel the worst. The HG can get away with it because of it's size, but for a kit this big and expensive to need a huge piece just for the shield to stay together is disappointing. Just my 2 cents
Gives me more hope and reason to wait for an MG, I guess. Thanks for the review!
No problem. I really hope an MG Aerial could iron out most of the issues of the FM
how is 3800 yen expensive for you? it's barely twice the hg, the newer MG cost more than 6500 yen,
it's cheap compared to other kits, other brands and even western figures,
kotobukiya, sentinel and flame toys are truly expensive for something with less quality than a hg
@@troloinkto Um, limited budget and a few HGs on it already, so buying a 1/100 on top of it is a big hit to what's on top. Also, store prices differ from the RRP, and kits as hot as the Aerial are often marked up from the RRP. I have my reasons
@@troloinkto different walks of life, bro. And it may be 3800 yen srp but when it's Aerial, the price sky rockets up the sky because of scalpers and fees. So yes. Particularly for me. This is expensive, and for this quality, I'm not sold. Not gonna stop me for earning a buck for the MG, though. That is, if the quality is up to par
I understand that money is sometimes a big problem, however if you buy directly from japan is very cheap compared to local resellers,
and man, you gotta explore the world if you believe a kit like this is "not worth it"
sentinel and kotobukiya kits are way worse and far more expensive than this, bandai is the only company with this level of engineering and quality,
even an old hg kit has better build and plastic quality than a sentinel kit
thats figure-rise amplified ericht samaya
Disappointing. Where's her bunny plushie?
這將是第二個fm了
這確實是我的第二個 FM 模型
哦，那麼第一個是？
FM Raider
I'm wondering why they didn't just go MG on this one. I would be willing to wait even another year for an MG rather than this FM. FMs to me are just place holders. It's okay for the likes of Calamity, Raider and Forbidden since they are not main MS and most likely won't get an MG.
They gotta milk as much money as possible out of this. I mean, it's their best-selling Gunpla series to date, of course they're gonna stuff G-Witch stuff into every grade imaginable. Watch as this becomes the new Unicorn Gundam
Did you build any of the three kits you just mentioned? Because I've built the Raider, and has been a better build than the average MG hands down. With no stability issues and more detail and gimmicks lol what do you need? An inner frame?
Its cool but I would rather stick to the HG and MG version
After my experience, I'd stick to the HG too, despite the superior looks of the FM
Guess that full mechanic can't defy square-cube laws yet, the details are amazing yet somehow -GW- Bandai didn't improve the Aerial further than an oversized HG
They improved the looks and put their sole focus on that it seems. The hands remind me of the very reason I wanted to avoid MGs back in the day
Easily dislodged pegs 😩😩😩
It's such a shame they didn't iron that out
make me wonder why wouldnt they just make this an MG instead doing FM and MG eventually.... i mean MG for main ms and fm for the rest already a thing (especially today FM getting closer to MG than HG), but somehow they r wasting they effort and money trying to scrape as much money as they can and if that failed they shoved us with Pbandai exclusive that literally a killjoy....
"G-Witch is popular, we must cap on it as much as possible". Trust me, we'd probably see a PG Unleashed Gundam Aerial in the future
I hate that style of hand to the bottom of my heart, unstable for holding weapons and the open fingers option is too relaxed
There's no need to hate those hands for being what they are alone. After all, the Calamity and Raider have the same style of hands holding onto much heavier weapons. Difference being, they have grooves in the fingers and weapon handles to fix them in place, while the Aerial doesn't
Kinda funny that the HG is more solid compared to this 😂
The HG is simpler, and does things in the bare minimum way possible. Surprising, simpler is better, instead of half-assedly trying something more advanced and having the kit suffer for it.
to be honest, after i went on an mg buying spree and started building one of the kits i began to realize that i hate most of my master grades. And they were supposed to be among the better ones in the line.
i really don't see the point of this honestly... we all know there's going to be an MG thats much better... maybe even an MGEX.. if this was loaded with accessories then i could see it but..
If they made it close to the FM Raider, I won't be able to see the point in an MG. Unfortunately, that only applies aesthetically because they decided to skimp out on the most basic stuff when focusing on the aesthetics
I still do not look at this kit and think "Feminine". It looks like a giant robot with no gender. Some fans need to learn how to disconnect themselves and their perceptions from the characters. It's like you want it to look feminine because you know the pilot is a girl. However, I never had a clue who the pilot was until after seeing the HG kit, and my own thought never dug around for a way to justify saying it looks female in any way. It's a machine. It doesn't have boobs, or a dick, or anything else.
Look. Bandai themselves have considered some designs feminine or elegant, evident in the HG G-Portent manual. Stuff like the Nadleeh and the Nobell are designed to look feminine without any connection to the character, and to me the Aerial is no different. Perception is subjective, and if you don't think it's feminine, that's fine, but don't go around saying how someone perceives something is wrong because you disagree with the sentiment.
Moreover, the Aerial has been canonically referred to as female. I doubt that's much a coincidence to why it's designed to look feminine.
@@mj2005gundam Of course the Nobel looks feminine, it has a skirt and high heels. That means nothing to the Aerial. The Nadleeh is also your own thought. I myself don't have some mental insistence that long hair is automatically feminine. Proportionately the Nadleeh is comparable to the Exia or the Dynames, and one calls them feminine. Guys can have long hair, just so you know for future reference. Again, I think you may have some confusion between machine and pilot there. In that case you should probably still go with androgynous for the Nadleeh, since that's the main thing people remember about the pilot.
The only point of design you mention that looks feminine is the the wider hip placement. The Pharact has the same weird hip placement, how come no one is calling that feminine? What about the Graze units? They all have stiletto heels and hips set the same way. Are they feminine looking because of one tiny detail? Just about every new Gundam design since 00 has had a slimmer waist causing the hips to look wider. Suddenly people are calling one particular machine feminine looking over a single design feature that is not unique, and isn't normally called out.
As for "canonically referred to": What does that have to do with what it looks like? This is my entire point. I look at the thing and it it not obviously designed to look feminine. You are so stuck in a story that you can't separate your opinion between story and visual design choices. That's my point. That kind of hip design is not new, and is not usually referred to as feminine, but give it a girly pilot and people trip over themselves trying to justify why they see it as female.
@@simpleanswer8954 Technically guys wear skirts and that as well, but that is besides the point. Anyways, besides the obvious story stuff for it that refers to Aerial as female, the reason why the Aerial is considered Feminine by a lot of other people besides the Pharact is mostly because of the body build it has. A.k.a. the Hour glass figure, which is usually used for more feminine silhouettes for characters. The other bit for Aerial usually being referred to femininely is from the round shapes and certain other proportions to it. Compared to the rest of the Machines in the series, Aerial did seem to be designed with more "human like" proportions compared to stuff like Pharact, which definitely looks more like a machine.
I get if you don't see Aerial feminiely (and will respect that), but there are details to it that have others see it in a feminine light. Be it the machine itself story, or how it is drawn or designed. The story of the machine is just as important as the looks of it. (Not connecting the pilot being female to it, if we were to do that we would be having to bring the Alex in here. XD There are stuff to it that refer to it as female besides just the pilot.)
(And if we want to go into a deeper rabbit hole, other robots at times are referred to as sister units/ people refering to ships femininely in the real world even if there is nothing feminine to them. XD)
@@knightx605 I have no issue with what someone sees in their own head when looking at the design. For me it's a combined issue where I have a pet peeve for people who act like their perception is just accepted universal truth, and a hyper annoyance for people who are too wrapped up in a story to disconnect their brains from that.
If the review said "I feel the design looks a bit feminine." that would not draw a response. But as I have noticed in other reviews for the HG kit, the people who throw the word feminine out as a universal fact are also the people who very quickly refer to the in universe facts to justify that. It certainly seems that the people most likely to claim that it just is feminine looking are the same people who have engrossed themselves in the story. Just a quick search shows that fans on Reddit have had discussions over whether or not it's supposed to be female. I think that pretty clearly shows that the whole idea of it being obvious in the physical design is just off base. If it was something like the Nobel Gundam there wouldn't be that kind of discussion.
I don't see an hourglass figure myself. I see a slimmer waist than an old school Gundam, but as I already mentioned that's a trend for Gundam design in general. Exia has it, Barbatos has it. I'm working on the MG Dynames right now, and there's that slim waist between a wider chest and hip section. In an artistic sense there needs to be more curve and flow for me to see femininity. Aerial has too many angles, or design aspects that are entirely neutral in my eyes. There are rounded pieces, but they don't flow together.
You're definitely right about female pilots for other machines. No one calls the Kshatriya feminine, but Marida isn't exactly a girly personality either. This whole WfM series seems filled with extra girly-girls, and a story focused on female bonds like sisterhood and mother-daughter relationships. I truly think that perception is spilling over to how people view the machines.
I have always called my cars girls and and I know many pilots refer to their planes as girls