HGCE #237 - Dagger L

$15.00
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Tags: 1/144, bandai, Gundam, Gundam Seed, HG, Model Kit

SKU: 2553797

Category: Gundam Seed, HG - High Grade, Model Kits!

Vendor:Bandai Namco

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Description

Includes

  • Windam
    • Jet Striker
      • 1 pair of Air-to-Surface Missiles
      • 1 pair of unguided rocket pods
    • 2 Beam Sabers
  • Beam Rifle
  • Shield
    • L-shaped adapter

Kit Features & Gimmicks

Articulation

  • The head can rotate/tilt on a double-sided ball-and-socket neck joint.
  • The torso can tilt forwards or backward in a limited manner.
  • The shoulder joints can swing frontward.
  • The arms can...
    • Swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
    • Raise horizontally.
  • The upper arms can rotate.
  • Elbow joints can be bent up to 140 degrees.
  • The manipulators can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
  • The waist can rotate, though in a somewhat limited extent due to the skirt armor panels.
  • The hip joint axis can swing up or down on one side on a see-saw-type joint.
  • The upper thighs can swing frontward (and backward in a limited extent due to the single-piece rear skirt armor) on a peg, raise horizontally, and/or rotate on each piece.
    • Front and side skirt armors can lift up to provide clearance.
  • The knees are double-jointed.
  • The ankle joints can pivot, and/or swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.

Weapons/Other Gimmicks

  • Any of the weapons can be wielded by the hand parts.
  • Jet Striker can mount onto the Windam.
    • The Striker's wings can flap up or down.
    • The Striker's backpack can tilt backward to recreate the standby mode.
    • The missiles and/or rocket pods can be optionally detached from the wings.
  • Beam Saber hilts can be optionally removed from the waist armors as handheld weapons.
  • The shield can...
    • Mount onto any forearms via an adapter, though the default position is on the left.
    • Attach to two different positions on the adapter.
  • Windam can mount onto any Action Bases. (Sold separately)

Tips & Tricks

  • For better results, some or most of the details are needed to be painted and panel-lined with Gundam markers and/or Mr. Color paints.
  • Topcoat (Mr. Hobby recommended) can be used to protect applied stickers and if any, marking decals and painted details.
  • The C-clip elbow and knee joints can loosen over time if excessively posed. This issue can be reduced (but not eliminating it) by applying 2-3 thin layers of super glue liquid on both sides of the C-shaped joint's middle thin panel. While this method can also be (optionally) applied at the inner sections of the "C"-shaped area, adding more than 1 thin layer can potentially increase stress marks and further loosen the joints.

Customizing-based tips

  • If one chooses, the kit can be repainted into Neo Roanoke's unit.
  • The Aile Striker from the HGCE Aile Strike Gundam can mount onto this kit. (The red parts must be painted into blue).
  • The HGCE Expansion Set for GAT-04 Windam & GAT-02L2 Dagger L can be used on this Gunpla to create Doppelhorn or Multi Striker Windam.
  • The Jet Striker can mount onto the Dagger from the HGGS Gunbarrel Dagger to create the Jet Dagger.

Variants

Italicized items are exclusive/special edition kits.

Reissues of the kit from mid-2022 onward will feature an additional Bandai Namco logo.

  • HGBD:R Eldora Windam
  • HGCE GAT-04+AQM/E-A4E1 Jet Windam (Neo Roanoke Custom)

Notes & Trivia

  • This Gunpla is...
    • The very first model kit iteration of the Windam unit.
    • First revealed in The Gundam Base's "Next Phase: Road to 2020" event held on 28th December.

 

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