The z'gok was my first RG and I loved it, the joints get pretty loose when you play with them unfortunately. It's not a hand grenade and it's not super floppy but it's not great. And because of the pre-molded joints in the earlier RGs it's not the easiest to tighten it. But it's a fun build and you can pose it somewhat. It's a bit like trying to move a stretch Armstrong though lol.
@@TokyoFilthy yes the joints can hold up but you can notice a-little bit loose from the arms because of The armor separation and the claw is to big maybe because i played to much from the articulations... 😂 Try to watch RG Z’gok review... all i can say about the kit is the body is solid and heavy... rate 9/10... 🦀
@@KyubiMaster100 I get it, but trust me this kit is a fucking hand grenade. The moment you touch this thing.. it explodes. I regret buying it to the point I bought the hg and prefer it.
I have the RG Freedom but my god how the parts are so fragile. I have broken some parts and I decided to put it in the box until I can handle fragile kits even more carefully.
the wings arent too bad if u pinch the two halves together when posing. the real crap here are the waist, hips and shoulder joints, and knees too to an extent... not sure what made them think a soft plastic rubbing around another soft plastic would hold their weight
i owned it a while ago, nothing problem at all except for the loose shoulder joint so i used hot glue to thicken the ball joint and BAM! a perfect solid kit i got there. u just unlucky.
@@Bartholo-meow I just crafted my RG Freedom according to the manual. Hence why it is so fragile, that is all. Would love to build it again but this time with every joint tightened up.
RG Strike Freedom was my first model kit ever. I was just getting into Gundam 5 years ago and when I saw this, I wanted it cause it looked really awesome. In one day I built the entire thing...with no knowledge of building models. It looked terrible, but I loved it. I saw tutorials on how to properly build a kit, went back, disassembled it, cleaned it up, then put it all back together. It still looks amazing after 5 years, but man that ERG... This kit is probably why I love RG's so much and why it's my main go to. I absolutely love the RG line.
Most reviewers forget about this. I hv the clear color version, and the bigger navy flaps are so tight I couldnt open them without breaking something. Did you have the same problem?
@@monk0113 they gave Destiny everything he needs They made Strike Freedom's box art look absolutely amazing They gave the wings of light and the amazing beam effects to the P-Bandai version.
I mean you could get 3rd party wing of light if you don't wanna buy the p bandai set. Plus the p bandai is priced fairly in japan at the time of its release so not really bandai's fault its just that the resellers inflate the price so much
This guy has been in my backlog forever. I built the RG Strike and that thing falls apart when I look at it, so I've been terrified of building this one, even though it's gorgeous.
Built it, and lemme tell you something m8, you gotta be careful after you finished building it. Those two railguns on his waist? It’s so weak and brittle. One wrong move, and it will fall off and you would have to glue it there permanently. It’s also super back heavy and an absolute pain to pose in a ground position, god why didn’t they include a stand in the kit. So yeah, just be prepared.
I ended up repainting the gold parts whilst still on the runners, using automotive plastic primer and some different golds for the various parts. Doing this added the reinforcement needed for the joints. However I did have to file back the paint for the sliding mechanisms in the waist mount beam rifles. I didn’t touch the chrome yellow though. That looked awesome as it was.
The HGCE strike freedom was my first of many kits, so this suit has always held a special place in my heart. If I had the money I would buy this one in a heartbeat, even if it does start to get loose over time.
I've a little question. I'm interested on learning about joint tightning, so can you make a video where you shows your techniques on joint and old kits "restoration"?
I honestly liked this kit. Its detailing was incredible. The weakness is 1) shoulder is easilt popped off (i thicken the joint with marker), 2) fragile waist (easily changed in orientation when slightly finger pushed), 3) heavy backpack. And also lamee gold. I painted it with Gundam Marker Gold GM05. I accidentally broke the joint between left foot and heel. And also, the beam shield is horrible compared to HGCE infinite justice (but considering its age, i think it's okay). A small difference compared to its anime-rendered, its beam cannon mounted on its abdomen, is slightly upward to the chest, which in anime, it's on lower near abdomen
I feel i got lucky with mine, it has hold up decent, nothing broke, the action base adapter holds well and it’s overall one of my favorite gunpla kits.
I had to super glue the action base adaptor on this little guy because of how often it fell. This was also my first RG so I did not expect it to be so fragile
Awesome dude. Thank you for taking my suggestion! Is there a way for you to select a few models that you have (and not reviewed) and get us to vote which one to review next?
after reviewing the white glint I'd honestly go straight to reviewing a gundariam tier model, you gotta treat yourself sometimes, don't suffer twice even if the suffering looks pretty good
I remember that one of the earliest things i did once i started collecting Gunpla was to buy all the Real Grades after getting the Z'Gok as my 2nd ever kit. I kept that up until 2018 when i got the Unicorn, Banshee Norn, Johnny Ridden Zaku R-2 & Tallgeese. Haven't bought an RG since cos they're expensive (Especially since they're making larger ones now) and i'd rather focus on my HGUC collection.
yeah i do agree i had the kamiki burning for 3 years now and its very easy to build so its a good kit for everybody cuz this eliminated the build and try burning issues and there are some gimmicks that are unique and very cool and pretty much perfect dont get me wrong,ok i guess the plain white sword is sd level appearance
Thanks to this review right here I hopefully took some preparatory steps while building this to forestall the early RG syndrome. I painted the gold ABS with a gold Gundam marker and the improvement was noticeable immediately in the build of the inner frame. Hopefully that and the matte clear base coat will keep the joints a bit tighter longer but the ankles are definitely too weak to support that backpack. Because of this, I also made sure I had a display stand for it. But on display in the air it looks incredible, particularly when the wings and dragoons are fully expanded. Mecha only opened the wings themselves without popping them open to reveal the gold inner frame. Railguns swivel behind the legs, as well. All-in-all a very detailed kit for such a compact size. I particularly like that with the wings fully expanded it is star of the show but closed and folded back it is [mostly] nondescript. Lots of hands and gimmicks and a bit cheaper than the MGEX grail.
I actually got this as my introduction into gunplay. And it was a good pacer into what to expect in building and experimenting with posing balance. Sad my second was the 1/100 full armor Unicorn gundam. That thing almost killed me.
Oh man, how was it? My first kit was the RG Sinanju, which I got because I had ordered a couple of kits online, but I wanted to buy something locally to get the experience before they showed up... I knew it was going to be a hand grenade, but I fortunately have like, a decade and a half of fine arts experience, so I wasn't too put of by troubleshooting. (The MG Exia on the other hand... The only reason I got it was to get converted into the Silveroaks Dynames... and I'm still not sure if it was worth it.)
@@RamadaArtist being my first kit, it took almost 2 days to make sense of the directions. Glue? Where? Snap-on? Moving armor? (Thankfully I decided not to use any glue) Did I miss anything on the runners? Should have started with a high grade for introductions. Awesome kit. The end result was a kit I proudly always put at the forefront of my collection alongside my third kit, the RG rx-78-2. A solid kit, not prone to grenading, but I has survived a fall from a 6ft shelf with the only noticeable effect being a few dragoons popping off their wing mounts. Sadly no stand adapter was found or included in the kit. The full-armor Unicorn however needs a whole shelf dedicated to it. Fully transforms from normal to destroy mode with red and green effect parts included. Accessories included is a base jabber that can be converted into the mounted boosters, 3 transforming gatling shields, a beam axe, four sabers, two bazookas, grenade racks, and a beam magnum with variable e-caps. Also included is a miniature Banagher for an accessible cockpit.
The overcomplicated buttflap joint system is because they are meant to raise up and hide the now-exposed frame, when the hip railgun move forward, and then the skirt drops back down to make space for them to swing back
You can remove all ugly marks and whiten plastic without painting. Just using sand paper 400 and step up to - 600 - 1,000 - 1,200 grit. I got this kit and this sanding technic help a lot and works well even on the dark color parts too.
The wings of light had a stand that can ACTUALLY hold the dragoons, so there you go. and btw, a premium coat of this had an inner frame that's ACTUALLY painted gold if you're interested.
This is a very detailed kit with a lot of panel lining and a ton of stickers. Take your time with this model and get every detail right, and you will be happy with the results.
If the MG 2.0 of this MS is just an upscaled and updated version of the RG, then I am going to be super stoked. Hopefully the kit won't have the same hip joint problem as the Freedom 2.0.
Hey Mecha, how do you save your extra accessories and keep them organized? Would you mind having a quick segment in a video to show us your organization methods- for when you need to review kits you've held on to for awhile?
I bought the clear color version of this from the Gunpla Expo event earlier this year (it looked so silly that I just had to do it) and a couple of the joints have this weird resistance to them. The shoulder rotation--which I notice Mecha didn't bother with, gee I wonder why--is either too stiff or too loose to really work...which I suppose is easy to blame on the ERS inner frame. But then there's the neck. The kit absolutely refuses to look straight ahead. Every time I try to rotate the head, it feels like there's some friction or it's getting caught on something, and if I move the head so it's facing forward it immediately turns slightly to the right all by itself, which is really annoying when trying to get it into a forward shooting pose like the full burst. I've reseated the head a couple times trying to make sure that I have it on right, and sometimes putting the head on facing forward works, but it eventually ends up turning again. There's no visible nub remaining there getting in the way or anything, so I'm not sure if the part was molded wrong or what.
Just found this at my local game shop the other day for like $37 and picked it up not realizing how old it was, dear lord. Still in the box atm but will update when it's done cus why not. lol
This is the kit that started it all for me. The beginning that started the hours of building and raging at stickers, spiraling down the slippery slope of the plastic crack that is called Gunpla.
you forgot that you can open up the navy blue sections of the wings and flex the twinkly gold sections, also the buttflaps look complicated because it can drop down to make way when the railguns are moved to the ass to give way to the sideskirt rifles
bought this a few months ago, had fun building it and it looks great on the shelf so even if it does develop early grade syndrome I've got no complaints.
for a sec i thought some plastic parts of this Strike Freedom had starry glitter on it. Which honestly would be a fun optional idea, similar to the starry glitter design in certain Gundam Build/Fighter kids
I gotta make a correction, the first RG that used a partially full innerframe was the RG exia, and the rg 00 raiser took things further with replacing the runners of the exia arms with new arms that you have to build with runner parts, thats why the RG 00 line was way more solid and argubly the best at that time, also i think the Rg stray used parrtially builded inner frame.
While RG Exia has less Advanced MS Joint Parts in its inner frame than say RG Wing Zero EW or other RGs of the same general time, in my experience, RG Exia suffers from these problems even worse than its contemporary RGs. RG Exia is the single least stable kit I own, and was floppy and loose literally immediately upon being built. It looks really great now that it's finished, but OOB with no modifications, Exia is pretty exemplary of everything wrong with early RGs.
They also released the rg strike freedom wings of light "expansion set?" which came with light effect parts (no actual LED just the effect) and and action base with the mounting hardware for the dragoons, using it as a Christmas tree star :)
Mine got the WORST case- the leg units have snapped due to the plastic material used to mold the kneecap mechanism maybe as weak as those gold polycaps as seen on the High Grade version of it, but still posseable Plus- the waist- torso mechanism have become loose causing it to bend backwards due to the weight of the Wings; The metallic gold on the wings are starting to fade... And the connector pegs for the Xiphias 3 Railcannons, were destroyed, but thanks to resourcefulness- I managed to fix it using the peg-like protrutions on the RG Strike Freedom's Advanced MS Joint Frame in order for the Xiphias 3 Railcannons to be swiveled backwards in place of the beam rifles... Nevertheless the armor split gimmicks are epic- plus both rifles can extend out their barrels making them function as scoped beam shotgun and the other as beam magnum... Somehow worth having the RG Strike Freedom- I do expect a Real Grade Version 2.0 of these kits that came before RGs Unicorn, Sazabi, Nu, Hi- Nu and Force Impulse- hopefully they come out with a new pair of fixed holding hands rather than relying on the loose RG Advanced MS Frame Hands- and also the complete set of effect parts that goes with their respective units, rather than being sold as limited/ Premium Bandai Spirits Edition Add-ons
Those gold hands remind me of God Gundam's Godfinger. AND that pose where you had Strike Freedom doing a dab makes it seem even MORE like it. "Ikuzo, Shakunetsu...GODDOFINGAAAAAAAAA!!!"
What about your real grade gundam mk 2??? Took a look at one that I helped my friend build a few years back not using the b parts and going through several moves with little to no touch ups or clean ups on it and to my surprise it was still as solid as when it was first built, articulation was solid too, and it had no problem standing whatsoever not even when widening the stance for the legs. It surprisingly held up far better than the rg astray red frame which was just a mess really quick.
How would one go about tightening the inner frame on one of these? Like, out of the box, could you just hit the moving bits with some floor polish and be okay?
@@RandomPerson-cm2wg i had it worse, i was 13 then and didnt know anything, i had the money for the rg nu gundam but i fsr decided to spend it on 2 old hgs and thus
@@gabesam1145 making the mistake of quantity over quality? I see XD Let’s make this a contest of who made more mistakes in our hobby careers. When I was new to gunpla, I bought the hg Sazabi thinking that was the rg.
@@RandomPerson-cm2wg i saved up for the rg unicorn, when i bought it i was like "hey what if i just bought the hg and another one, it looks the same anyways" i hate myself
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holy shit the legend itself, the tale of strife. EARLY REALGRADES
Right up there with IBO Gundam Frames
Strife Freedom
@@yeetusdeletus8161 *strife kreedom
@@Noobnormality you Made it worse
It'd be cool to also see a review of the RG Z'gok you showed in the aquatic set
Agreed... with all my RG collection... RG Z’gok is one of my favorite...
@@MrGoatFish10 oo, i really want to get one, but I cant find anyone who owns it and talk about it, do the joints hold up?
The z'gok was my first RG and I loved it, the joints get pretty loose when you play with them unfortunately. It's not a hand grenade and it's not super floppy but it's not great. And because of the pre-molded joints in the earlier RGs it's not the easiest to tighten it. But it's a fun build and you can pose it somewhat. It's a bit like trying to move a stretch Armstrong though lol.
@@TokyoFilthy yes the joints can hold up but you can notice a-little bit loose from the arms because of The armor separation and the claw is to big maybe because i played to much from the articulations... 😂 Try to watch RG Z’gok review... all i can say about the kit is the body is solid and heavy... rate 9/10... 🦀
I personally would like to see a lot of the old rgs and early reviews from mecha redone like this.
I really appreciate reviews like kits that have been put together for a while to really see how they'll hold up.
This was my first gundam that I've ever built! So when I saw the thumbnail, I just needed to! Awesome review, Mecha! ^^
I actually loved the idea of the skeletons for the early RG. If only the joints can hold better over time.
would love for them to a 2.0 of this real grade not gonna lie
Same bcoz strike freedom ks my favorite gundam. Also have the hgce version and i prefer it over the rg
Just buy the MG, it's cheap and it's a fantastic kit if you put some time on it. I prefer it over the rg, better proportions imho
@@RoyalTrashing Some of us like 1/144 scale more.
@@KyubiMaster100 I get it, but trust me this kit is a fucking hand grenade. The moment you touch this thing.. it explodes. I regret buying it to the point I bought the hg and prefer it.
@@RoyalTrashing I've had the kit since launch and it's still solid as a rock. Y'all don't know how to build.
I have the RG Freedom but my god how the parts are so fragile. I have broken some parts and I decided to put it in the box until I can handle fragile kits even more carefully.
Well i agree with you and the wings are easy to pop up
the wings arent too bad if u pinch the two halves together when posing. the real crap here are the waist, hips and shoulder joints, and knees too to an extent... not sure what made them think a soft plastic rubbing around another soft plastic would hold their weight
i owned it a while ago, nothing problem at all except for the loose shoulder joint so i used hot glue to thicken the ball joint and BAM! a perfect solid kit i got there.
u just unlucky.
@@Bartholo-meow I just crafted my RG Freedom according to the manual. Hence why it is so fragile, that is all.
Would love to build it again but this time with every joint tightened up.
have you tried Destiny???
RG Strike Freedom was my first model kit ever. I was just getting into Gundam 5 years ago and when I saw this, I wanted it cause it looked really awesome. In one day I built the entire thing...with no knowledge of building models. It looked terrible, but I loved it. I saw tutorials on how to properly build a kit, went back, disassembled it, cleaned it up, then put it all back together. It still looks amazing after 5 years, but man that ERG... This kit is probably why I love RG's so much and why it's my main go to. I absolutely love the RG line.
Honestly this is probably my favorite of the early Real Grades. Had to paint the gold that isn’t painted but once you do it’s absolutely gorgeous.
there exists a premium coat of rg strike freedom with gold inner frame out there in the universe...
*it's p-bandai*
@@Noobnormality …
You forgot the opening navy flaps on the wings which are the best part of this kit..now I'm sad
Most reviewers forget about this. I hv the clear color version, and the bigger navy flaps are so tight I couldnt open them without breaking something. Did you have the same problem?
I have this kit, unfortunately one of the beam saber hilts is broken
Is it the guns on the waist? If it is mine is too
mine cracked a little as well.
At least it is an easy fix
I broke the pegs the rail gun attach to on both side and one of the winglets when mine skydived off the shelf
what did you expect
when r u gonna review the HGCE Strike Freedom????
AND WHY IS THE WINGS OF LIGHT VERSION P BANDAI????
Cuz cool stuff is expensive
@@monk0113 they gave Destiny everything he needs
They made Strike Freedom's box art look absolutely amazing
They gave the wings of light and the amazing beam effects to the P-Bandai version.
Well, Shinn's Destiny deserve that extra effect since Kira take his main protagonist from Seed Destiny anime, or should I say Seed Strike Freedom
And that wings priced as same price as this rg kit. (At least in my place)
I mean you could get 3rd party wing of light if you don't wanna buy the p bandai set. Plus the p bandai is priced fairly in japan at the time of its release so not really bandai's fault its just that the resellers inflate the price so much
This guy has been in my backlog forever. I built the RG Strike and that thing falls apart when I look at it, so I've been terrified of building this one, even though it's gorgeous.
I was interested in getting this kit just to kitbash the backpack with the RG Unicorn for some really OP action so this review should be interesting.
Built it, and lemme tell you something m8, you gotta be careful after you finished building it. Those two railguns on his waist? It’s so weak and brittle. One wrong move, and it will fall off and you would have to glue it there permanently. It’s also super back heavy and an absolute pain to pose in a ground position, god why didn’t they include a stand in the kit. So yeah, just be prepared.
I ended up repainting the gold parts whilst still on the runners, using automotive plastic primer and some different golds for the various parts. Doing this added the reinforcement needed for the joints. However I did have to file back the paint for the sliding mechanisms in the waist mount beam rifles. I didn’t touch the chrome yellow though. That looked awesome as it was.
The HGCE strike freedom was my first of many kits, so this suit has always held a special place in my heart. If I had the money I would buy this one in a heartbeat, even if it does start to get loose over time.
I've a little question. I'm interested on learning about joint tightning, so can you make a video where you shows your techniques on joint and old kits "restoration"?
All I do now is take them apart and give the whole thing a spray of topcoat
@@MechaGaikotsu thanks man for your answer. It seems to be a great way to do that: simple, fast and easy to remember. It will be very helpful👍🏻💪🏻
@@MechaGaikotsu do you literally spray topcoat the kit inside out? Ik it is gonna be a solid one but can you still pose it easily?
2:20 funny thing, i never use a file. I always carefully shave away the nub with an exacto-knife
I honestly liked this kit. Its detailing was incredible. The weakness is 1) shoulder is easilt popped off (i thicken the joint with marker), 2) fragile waist (easily changed in orientation when slightly finger pushed), 3) heavy backpack. And also lamee gold. I painted it with Gundam Marker Gold GM05. I accidentally broke the joint between left foot and heel. And also, the beam shield is horrible compared to HGCE infinite justice (but considering its age, i think it's okay).
A small difference compared to its anime-rendered, its beam cannon mounted on its abdomen, is slightly upward to the chest, which in anime, it's on lower near abdomen
I feel i got lucky with mine, it has hold up decent, nothing broke, the action base adapter holds well and it’s overall one of my favorite gunpla kits.
I had to super glue the action base adaptor on this little guy because of how often it fell. This was also my first RG so I did not expect it to be so fragile
RG have really good decals and it's really budget friendly. Although they could make them a bit bigger with option for modification to add led lights.
Awesome dude. Thank you for taking my suggestion!
Is there a way for you to select a few models that you have (and not reviewed) and get us to vote which one to review next?
thank you for this ive been asking for this for a long time
after reviewing the white glint I'd honestly go straight to reviewing a gundariam tier model, you gotta treat yourself sometimes, don't suffer twice even if the suffering looks pretty good
I remember that one of the earliest things i did once i started collecting Gunpla was to buy all the Real Grades after getting the Z'Gok as my 2nd ever kit. I kept that up until 2018 when i got the Unicorn, Banshee Norn, Johnny Ridden Zaku R-2 & Tallgeese. Haven't bought an RG since cos they're expensive (Especially since they're making larger ones now) and i'd rather focus on my HGUC collection.
I feel like there should be reviews like this, it's great to see how long otb builds can last.
Hey mecagaikotsu can you review the kamiki burning gundam? I’m planning on getting it for Christmas
Cool kit
Easy build
Looks great
Just clear coat it
I highly reccomend it
Yep, if you built previous Burning series and Denial, it's pretty much the same.
Just maybe wanna paint the katana to make it more badass
@@thedandy6765 hi
@@uchihairmysaidgundamseedde8761 hello
yeah i do agree i had the kamiki burning for 3 years now and its very easy to build so its a good kit for everybody cuz this eliminated the build and try burning issues and there are some gimmicks that are unique and very cool and pretty much perfect dont get me wrong,ok i guess the plain white sword is sd level appearance
Thanks to this review right here I hopefully took some preparatory steps while building this to forestall the early RG syndrome. I painted the gold ABS with a gold Gundam marker and the improvement was noticeable immediately in the build of the inner frame. Hopefully that and the matte clear base coat will keep the joints a bit tighter longer but the ankles are definitely too weak to support that backpack. Because of this, I also made sure I had a display stand for it. But on display in the air it looks incredible, particularly when the wings and dragoons are fully expanded. Mecha only opened the wings themselves without popping them open to reveal the gold inner frame. Railguns swivel behind the legs, as well. All-in-all a very detailed kit for such a compact size. I particularly like that with the wings fully expanded it is star of the show but closed and folded back it is [mostly] nondescript. Lots of hands and gimmicks and a bit cheaper than the MGEX grail.
RG SF FINALLY BEING BLESSED BY YOUR REVIEW!
The very first gunpla that got me addicted ever since :)
I actually got this as my introduction into gunplay. And it was a good pacer into what to expect in building and experimenting with posing balance.
Sad my second was the 1/100 full armor Unicorn gundam. That thing almost killed me.
Oh man, how was it? My first kit was the RG Sinanju, which I got because I had ordered a couple of kits online, but I wanted to buy something locally to get the experience before they showed up... I knew it was going to be a hand grenade, but I fortunately have like, a decade and a half of fine arts experience, so I wasn't too put of by troubleshooting. (The MG Exia on the other hand... The only reason I got it was to get converted into the Silveroaks Dynames... and I'm still not sure if it was worth it.)
@@RamadaArtist being my first kit, it took almost 2 days to make sense of the directions. Glue? Where? Snap-on? Moving armor? (Thankfully I decided not to use any glue) Did I miss anything on the runners? Should have started with a high grade for introductions.
Awesome kit. The end result was a kit I proudly always put at the forefront of my collection alongside my third kit, the RG rx-78-2. A solid kit, not prone to grenading, but I has survived a fall from a 6ft shelf with the only noticeable effect being a few dragoons popping off their wing mounts.
Sadly no stand adapter was found or included in the kit.
The full-armor Unicorn however needs a whole shelf dedicated to it. Fully transforms from normal to destroy mode with red and green effect parts included. Accessories included is a base jabber that can be converted into the mounted boosters, 3 transforming gatling shields, a beam axe, four sabers, two bazookas, grenade racks, and a beam magnum with variable e-caps. Also included is a miniature Banagher for an accessible cockpit.
6:42 how did u rotate the arm backwards?
I was waiting this dude,thx man
Honestly, it's one of my favorite Real Grades.
I have the exact same model and it looks amazing I almost didn't even build the wings but I did anyway and it looks 10x awesome!!
My very first RG kit. And i love it so much...😍
My RG SF's railgun connectors broke off not long after building it about 5 years ago.
Wild that you upload this, I'm almost done building mine.
The overcomplicated buttflap joint system is because they are meant to raise up and hide the now-exposed frame, when the hip railgun move forward, and then the skirt drops back down to make space for them to swing back
I love this mobile suit. I have the PG version of this and it's fantastic imo. Love all the gimmicks with the weapons and dragoons.
finally i've been looking for you to review strike freedom, because i see strike freedom in your other video the other day
hoping for an R.G 2.0 of this kit together with the Freedom, and Justice having the same quality with RG Force Impulse.
And better proportions too. Rg Strike Freedom's wings looks malnourished compared to the HgCE counterpart
You can remove all ugly marks and whiten plastic without painting. Just using sand paper 400 and step up to - 600 - 1,000 - 1,200 grit.
I got this kit and this sanding technic help a lot and works well even on the dark color parts too.
The wings of light had a stand that can ACTUALLY hold the dragoons, so there you go.
and btw, a premium coat of this had an inner frame that's ACTUALLY painted gold if you're interested.
I really love the old gunpla review videos! Please do more!
I painted this kit for my mom and it holds up really well. I have it in a flying pose because strike freedom rarely ever fought on the ground
This is a very detailed kit with a lot of panel lining and a ton of stickers. Take your time with this model and get every detail right, and you will be happy with the results.
This is my first gunpla. Man, how time flies.
Heh, I got this kit for Christmas. I very much love how it looks. But dang tho, I didn’t know about the internal part of it.
Please review the MG Sazabi Ver ka
Man I have to say, I have been waiting for this!
If the MG 2.0 of this MS is just an upscaled and updated version of the RG, then I am going to be super stoked. Hopefully the kit won't have the same hip joint problem as the Freedom 2.0.
This comment aged really weirdly. Not really sure what was trying to be said here, but the MGEX Strike Freedom now exists, which is an awesome kit.
HRM Wing Zero ED: brother is that you?
Hey Mecha, how do you save your extra accessories and keep them organized? Would you mind having a quick segment in a video to show us your organization methods- for when you need to review kits you've held on to for awhile?
Love this old kits review!
I bought the clear color version of this from the Gunpla Expo event earlier this year (it looked so silly that I just had to do it) and a couple of the joints have this weird resistance to them. The shoulder rotation--which I notice Mecha didn't bother with, gee I wonder why--is either too stiff or too loose to really work...which I suppose is easy to blame on the ERS inner frame.
But then there's the neck. The kit absolutely refuses to look straight ahead. Every time I try to rotate the head, it feels like there's some friction or it's getting caught on something, and if I move the head so it's facing forward it immediately turns slightly to the right all by itself, which is really annoying when trying to get it into a forward shooting pose like the full burst. I've reseated the head a couple times trying to make sure that I have it on right, and sometimes putting the head on facing forward works, but it eventually ends up turning again. There's no visible nub remaining there getting in the way or anything, so I'm not sure if the part was molded wrong or what.
Just found this at my local game shop the other day for like $37 and picked it up not realizing how old it was, dear lord. Still in the box atm but will update when it's done cus why not. lol
How was it?
Honestly, it's a super solid and beautiful kit to build. The only issue is the wings will start to droop with time as the joints age@@sushiatsushi1538
Until now, I have never truly appreciated this kit but now that I do, I love it
This is the kit that started it all for me. The beginning that started the hours of building and raging at stickers, spiraling down the slippery slope of the plastic crack that is called Gunpla.
I was literally looking for mecha's review of this yesterday if he had one. Omfg
Nice, pls review more older real grades if you want
Atleast this Early Real Grade kits aren't made out of "HARDENED SEMEN" Material. 😏
Lmao
I wonder if the RG Wing Gundam Zero EW build is like that too.
Nope, it has newer inner frame
Nah its starting yo be good
Good 'cause I just got mine this week. 😅
@wurstbrotmitbutter nah not for me
I got that kit on one of my shelf, built a few months ago, and I can confirm it's a good one
Aside from how loose every parts in this kit, this is still the best looking strike freedom kit EVER
Metalbuild Strike Freedom says hi.
MBSF trashes RG, both in design and build (well, the latter is expected).
@@geenx8 to be fair the rg thrashes the mb in price while also having the option of being customized since it's a model kit
what's the point of buying a die cast gundam? i don't get it😒
@@haisibanaag1563 is that a model kit? or preassembled
you forgot that you can open up the navy blue sections of the wings and flex the twinkly gold sections, also the buttflaps look complicated because it can drop down to make way when the railguns are moved to the ass to give way to the sideskirt rifles
Mine did a front flip off my desk as I was building it, so I had to glue some of the parts back together.
I'm quite intrigued how do people tighten the inner frame of Early RGs... Since I'd like to to tighten it up asap, and I'm very new to this hobby
bought this a few months ago, had fun building it and it looks great on the shelf so even if it does develop early grade syndrome I've got no complaints.
for a sec i thought some plastic parts of this Strike Freedom had starry glitter on it. Which honestly would be a fun optional idea, similar to the starry glitter design in certain Gundam Build/Fighter kids
Do you have any tips to tighten the legs to stand without falling backwards?
Bruh why didn’t you open the wings up to show the gold... ya know full burst mode...
I gotta make a correction, the first RG that used a partially full innerframe was the RG exia, and the rg 00 raiser took things further with replacing the runners of the exia arms with new arms that you have to build with runner parts, thats why the RG 00 line was way more solid and argubly the best at that time, also i think the Rg stray used parrtially builded inner frame.
While RG Exia has less Advanced MS Joint Parts in its inner frame than say RG Wing Zero EW or other RGs of the same general time, in my experience, RG Exia suffers from these problems even worse than its contemporary RGs. RG Exia is the single least stable kit I own, and was floppy and loose literally immediately upon being built. It looks really great now that it's finished, but OOB with no modifications, Exia is pretty exemplary of everything wrong with early RGs.
Did you glued the hips? Mine doesn't hold well while using the backpack. Feels like I should glue it.
I was actually looking for your review of RG Strike Freedom a few years back... hahahah
this is the first kit i ever built, early RG syndrome is crazy with strike freedom
You gotta review strike freedom gundam hgce next .
Thank you i wanted to see the rg strike freedom review before
Rg strike freedom was my first kit
it's my first RG there, I love building it, but haven't played it at all.
Funny thing is, I just got this kit for my birthday
They also released the rg strike freedom wings of light "expansion set?" which came with light effect parts (no actual LED just the effect) and and action base with the mounting hardware for the dragoons, using it as a Christmas tree star :)
yeah same with wol effect parts for destiny
with this review I actually want to buy it now it looks so cool
Mine got the WORST case-
the leg units have snapped due to the plastic material used to mold the kneecap mechanism maybe as weak as those gold polycaps as seen on the High Grade version of it, but still posseable
Plus- the waist- torso mechanism have become loose causing it to bend backwards due to the weight of the Wings;
The metallic gold on the wings are starting to fade...
And the connector pegs for the Xiphias 3 Railcannons, were destroyed, but thanks to resourcefulness- I managed to fix it using the peg-like protrutions on the RG Strike Freedom's Advanced MS Joint Frame in order for the Xiphias 3 Railcannons to be swiveled backwards in place of the beam rifles...
Nevertheless the armor split gimmicks are epic- plus both rifles can extend out their barrels making them function as scoped beam shotgun and the other as beam magnum...
Somehow worth having the RG Strike Freedom- I do expect a Real Grade Version 2.0 of these kits that came before RGs Unicorn, Sazabi, Nu, Hi- Nu and Force Impulse- hopefully they come out with a new pair of fixed holding hands rather than relying on the loose RG Advanced MS Frame Hands- and also the complete set of effect parts that goes with their respective units, rather than being sold as limited/ Premium Bandai Spirits Edition Add-ons
Even with the real grade syndrome I'm still inclined to get this.
I want to see a review of the RG MK II AEUG/Titans version. They're good RGs despite being an "early RG".
Astray and the 00 kits were also good
Those gold hands remind me of God Gundam's Godfinger. AND that pose where you had Strike Freedom doing a dab makes it seem even MORE like it. "Ikuzo, Shakunetsu...GODDOFINGAAAAAAAAA!!!"
I pose my kits regularly and that advanced ms frame is the bane of my existence.
Review the TItanium Finish variant comin out early 2021 please!
When will you be reviewing the HGCE Strike Freedom?
What about your real grade gundam mk 2??? Took a look at one that I helped my friend build a few years back not using the b parts and going through several moves with little to no touch ups or clean ups on it and to my surprise it was still as solid as when it was first built, articulation was solid too, and it had no problem standing whatsoever not even when widening the stance for the legs. It surprisingly held up far better than the rg astray red frame which was just a mess really quick.
How would one go about tightening the inner frame on one of these? Like, out of the box, could you just hit the moving bits with some floor polish and be okay?
I suggest you get the HG Strike Freedom Revive.
Fourth lmao, i have this kit and i wish I hadn't bought it... Looks great tho
Lol same, I could’ve bought the Moon gundam with that money...
@@RandomPerson-cm2wg i had it worse, i was 13 then and didnt know anything, i had the money for the rg nu gundam but i fsr decided to spend it on 2 old hgs and thus
@@gabesam1145 making the mistake of quantity over quality? I see XD
Let’s make this a contest of who made more mistakes in our hobby careers.
When I was new to gunpla, I bought the hg Sazabi thinking that was the rg.
@@RandomPerson-cm2wg i saved up for the rg unicorn, when i bought it i was like "hey what if i just bought the hg and another one, it looks the same anyways" i hate myself
I made the same fcking mistake twice lol
I'm sorry but do you have Metal Build Freedom Concept 2.0? Just wondering if you could do a review cuz I have one but am nervous.
An ERS review? Where is that GP01?
I just broke my inner frame of this
Same, and I had to buy another one. And so, I got spare parts for modifying other kits. 😂
Inner frame? Yikee
My RG Unicorn right hand's ball joint broke inside it hand and I have no way to get the extremely tight and stuck ball joint in it.
will this one be updated soon with new inner frame? I'll wait it out but if not i'll grab for my collection.
actually the Master Grade-like frame that replacing the pre-molded RG frames already existed before the Unicorn in form of the Tallgeese.