Gundam Review #1

This was actually the inspiration behind me getting a blog in the first place.

Ooo bubbles.

Two Gundams arrived today, bound by familiar green wrapping paper and scribbles I don't dare to translate. Basically, I got new toys.

First up is called the Strike Noir. It's from a small promo from Gundam SEED. This is my second time buying it now; the first being in AE as a present for my ex, since she gave me one of my own. I let her have them both, but I always missed the Noir. So my little sister got me this.


The Strike Noir has ridiculous flexibility, which is one of the reasons I wanted it again (other than the fact it has little handguns >>). Plus, it's just plain badass.


No, really, it's awesome.

I don't really have much to say for review standards, because I know it's subpar to the Damashii series they're releasing now, and I'm a little tainted from it. But as far as its predecessors go, this thing is very pleasing, especially for armament. If I had to complain, I'd say that you simply can't balance this thing easily. It's very, very top heavy, and takes a lot of manuevering to stand right.

If I had a stand, this toy would be my favourite.

Next is Nadleeh, the "femme" version of Virtue.

I don't really understand why she has white shoes when Virtue has red... or why her penis is bigger than his.

Again, there's not a whole lot I'm able to review here, because I'm very biased due to the new Damashii line. However, I wasn't all too impressed. Actually, in honesty, I was pretty upset with it. It's a neat toy, if you're a collector, or you like to relive the anime scenes. Then it's fine. But if you're like me, and see them as toys to be, y'know, played with, it falls short. The gun is really under-detailed, and doesn't feel like it was made from quality plastic. The suit is also pretty stiff, thus why I've only taken pictures of Nadleeh in one pose. Honestly, she'd either fall over, or fall apart otherwise..

I wanted to make an over-compensator joke here, but I don't think it's valid...

The Virtue's cannons confused me as to why there were added to the toy when I first saw it. Nadleeh uses them for all of 3 seconds in the anime. Now I know why. This is a toy only for people who collect. It falls apart like a house of cards. I grabbed my Virtue and compared, and it's not even the same plastic. And the hair? It does NOT stay on. Whomever says otherwise is lying. Nadleeh fired each piece off from her head when I removed her from her box. I've been wrestling trying to keep them in place, but she's a dyke.

I hate to say that I like the look of the suit more this way.

It's a little disheartening, considering how interesting she was in the anime. The shield is my favourite part, and that frustrates me. I wouldn't recommend personally, unless you intend to shelf her for life, or have a LOT of krazy glue and don't care about the hair.

Without exaggeration, I spent 13 minutes trying to keep the hair on just for this pose, and it's not even that interesting...

Nadleeh does make the Virtue look pretty cool though, so it's worth it for that factor. Hopefully I'll get my hands on a Damashii piece to have some fun with later.

I just wanted to take pictures, lol