Gundam ZGMF-X56S/B Gundam Sword Impulse MG 1/100 Scale

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Product Features

• 1/100 Scale Master Grade very detailed assembly model kit
• It comes with a snap-fit assembly, matching-colored pieces, accessories and fully illustrated construction manual.
• You don't need paint or glue.
• Imported product from Japan.
• Instructions are written in Japanese.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001R2IQTM
• Manufacturer recommended age: 15 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,708 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #76 in Toys & Games > Hobbies > Model Building Kits > Robots
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Product Description

Shinn Asuka's Sword Impulse Gundam made its flashy introduction in the first episode of the "Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny," and now is offered as this much-anticipated Master Grade kit! Utilizing the same hyper-detailed and extremely well-articulated body frame from MG Force Impulse Gundam, the Mobile Suit comes packed with its Sword Silhouette to complete Sword Impulse Gundam. Sharply molded in color, the transformable Impulse Gundam is formed by three main parts: Chest Flyer, Core Splendor, and Leg Flyer. Core Splendor's cockpit can be opened to insert an in-scale sitting pilot figure. In addition, landing gear are provided for both the Chest Flyer and Leg Flyer as a original gimmick that's never seen in the anime! The Sword Silhouette pack carried by the Silhouette Flyer can be attached to the back of the Mobile Suit to form Sword Impulse Gundam. Its weapons include a pair of Anti-Ship Laser Swords that can be combined into a double-bladed sword, a Beam Rifle, two Assault Knives, and an openable shield. The wing section of the Sword Silhouette pack is detachable for use as a giant boomerang, plus it can also be turned into a pair of Flash Edge beam boomerangs. Unpainted 1/100-scale figures of Shinn Asuka and Lunamaria Hawke (both molded in white) are packed in the set along with foil stickers, dry-transfer decals, and marking stickers to add detail to the completed model.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Something diffirent, December 24, 2011

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Lone shark... "One that travels" (Around) - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Gundam ZGMF-X56S/B Gundam Sword Impulse MG 1/100 Scale (Toy)

I enjoy building models a lot. From cars to planes. So why not try something different? Even though the instruction is in another language. Pics are easy enough to understand to put the model together. For painting, that in a nut shell not easy. But there sights online to help understand how to paint models, and applying the sticker. If you don't paint, the model is colorful enough to not really need any. But if your like me with detailing, thats different. Its either guess or look at pics and go from there.

Pros: just like the show, you can have model set to ready formation of three parts, or have it combine.
Model can be poses in many ways, legs, arms, hands.
Weapons: 2 blade knifes, two long swords, that can be put together! I post a pic of this model to show.
Wings are blades as well, and one riffle. one shield.
Sands up strong

Just like the show, this guy is few peaces put together to form the robot! You can display it as peaces or 2 other forms for robot mode.

Cons: Because the bot is put together in three peaces. It takes little fiddling to put it together and don't hold it upside down or it will fall apart. So putting into different poses you tend to have to fix it up some (you can glue it to fix the problem: personly I did not glue it). There is another peace that replaces the plane. But just don't feel the same. Still lots of ways to display it.. Which is a plus so every blue moon, you can make changes to what you like.
You can have shild close up (but there a peace that little lose and falls off) or have it open up.

This kit just sword display. Thinking about getting the others sets to show all modes... Put I put up a pic with the sword combined and simple pose. sword combine taller then the model lol!

I really enjoy putting this kit together! I really enjoy watching the show, its funny I put the model together before I seen the show!

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best elements of a terrible anime series, September 18, 2011

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Kay One (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Gundam ZGMF-X56S/B Gundam Sword Impulse MG 1/100 Scale (Toy)

Those who know me know that I'm no fan of Gundam Seed Destiny, the rather terrible sequel to the hit show Gundam Seed. From every aspect including plot, characters and even MS design GSD seemed to be worse in nearly every way. This is however not a review of the series so I'll move onto the MS design. GSD does many questionable things like recycle UC Zion MS desings as the 'upgrades' to the older ZAFT suits (ok) and then when it comes to the Gundams, they took the idea of overdone backpack designs and turn it up to 11 here, and not in a good way. Among the 'hero' MS, the Destiny itself was a poor design, Strike Freedom is just a fanwank ripoff of the Freedom, a much better design IMHO and Infinite Justice which looks exactly the same as the original Justice...

The one shining design in this rather poor show turned out to be the melee version of the first title suit, the Sword Impulse Gundam. With it's non traditional sports car red color scheme and rather imposing anti-ship swords (ASSes) this has to be one of my favorite designs in the Seed universe, and they capture the design very well in the MG kit, which was one of my favorite builds this year.

The kit comes in the large MG sized box and not only includes parts for the MS, but the backpack accessory weapons/jets including the core fighter and Sword flier unmanned craft. Details on the inner frame and outer armor plates are nicely done and the kit is designed to transform into it's component parts (which was frankly a dumb design) but one cool gimmick is you can remove the core fighter to have it on display as well as the sword flier...and the kit comes with a fighter dummy plug to fill the empty space inside including an adapter back plate making it compatible with other weapons packs from different Seed MG kits including the Strike Noir and Freedom.

Articulation is very nice as you're able to position the kit in some of the craziest poses making show accurate dioramas but be warned some of the joints are a bit tight at first so you might be concerned about breaking joints when you pose your newly built kit.

Parts are molded in color matched plastic and it comes with a set of stickers and dry rubon decals which are a pain to apply, but look so good compared to stickers or even waterslides.

5.0 out of 5 stars MG Sword Impulse, February 25, 2011

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Bill - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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Hi,
The mg sword impulse is very impressive. This is my first master grade kit and I will definitely be getting more in the future. Even though it is a mg it was not as hard to build as i expected. The build was fun and the final product is impressive. Now for the pros and cons.

Pros
-nice beam effect parts for the flash edge (beam boomerang things) and the Excalibur swords.
-stiff joints
-good assortment of accessories (1 beam rifle, 2 flash edges, 2 Excalibur, 2 dagger and the big boomerang and shield)
-Its hard to know what to say there is just so much

cons
-stiff joint-the joints are still witch is real nice but it feels like I might break something trying to repose it. (be careful thats all)
-just a nitpick but I wish the ankles were more articulated. They don't have much side to side movement.
-It looks like the shield can have a beam shield effect part put on it but it does not come with one.

After all is said and done I would definitely recommend this model to any one who is in to gunpla and wants a master grade. I am very grad that I picked this model kit.