MSIA Sword Impulse Gundam

I personally don't like Shinn Asuka - I just don't know why but I think he is quite ignorance and annoying character...

But somehow, his mobile suits in Gundam Seed Destiny is likable... I like the Sword Impulse the most simply because of those lovely twin big sword...

Force Impulse, Sword Impulse and Blaster Impulse is as MS (mobile suit) system that have the same purpose like Aile Strike Gundam, Sword Strike Gundam and Launcher Strike Gundam...

The Strike and the Impulse is basically sharing the same concept but the Impulse is far more enhanced because it is from a different type of structure design and components.

I think when ZAFT first saw the GAT-X105 and the SWS in actions (owned by OMNI / Earth Federation) in Gundam Seed... they have this idea to adapt the concept and build their own MS with lots of improvement and enhancement... and 2 years later in Gundam Seed Destiny they finally have this MS at their disposal...

OK let's have a look...

The box/packaging;




Out of the box;


All the stuff... The Gundam, Silhouette flyer, Core Splender, 2 Folding Razor Anti Armor Knife, 1 pair of extra hand, 2 Excalibur anti ship sword (that big twin sword), a shield, Flash Edge boomerang and the Silhouette pack.

First we gonna look at the body...



I can see some error here on the left shoulder...






Now let's see the joint system... on the elbow



And on the knee...



Nothing much to see on the ankle...


This is the Core Splender...






You can transform or fold it to be in this shape...


And then you put it inside here - the big empty space at the back of the Gundam



This is it...


Now let see the Silhoutte pack...







Remove the Silhouette flyer and attach it at the back as well...




Now we have the ZGMF-X56s/B Sword Impulse



The Folding Razor on the side skirt...





The shield...



You can expand the shield size - just like it was in the anime...


Yeah... now the shield looks bigger...



OK let's do some posing with the weapons... starting with that Excalibur...

















And now let's see the Flash Edge beam boomerang...





That is quite big for boomerang... you can actually cut a MS easily with it...




And now a little continuation from the MSIA Aile Strike Gundam review yesterday...

While I was in the office yesterday, I didn't really have a close look at the body of the Strike Gundam. Last night when I did some size and design comparison between the MSIA Aile Strike and my Quick Model Strike Gundam and HG 1/144 Aile Strike Gundam I suddenly realize 1 "production faults" on the Aile Strike...

But first let's see the size comparison...


HG 1/144 Aile Strike Gundam / MSIA Aile Strike Gundam / QM Strike Gundam




In terms of height... obviously the 1/144 HG is taller (a standard 5 inch for HG) and the MSIA is slightly a little taller than the QM - just by a few mm... nothing much


OK let's see the MSIA body closely again...








There... on this photo, look at the legs... the right leg specifically (this is rear view so that means it's on your right side)... that suppose to be painted in gray/black just like the left leg... I guess this is what we called "factory fault" or "productions fault... could happen in 1 or 3 in every 100 stock...


A little comparison between QM and the MSIA








Body wise, the MSIA have more details... more panel lines... the QM is just plain simple... but it's still Strike Gundam and I love it still...

And another notable differences is the face...

This is the QM, come to think of it, the face looks like Zeta Gundam... well, the design of Strike actually taken and modified/enhanced from the design of Zeta Gundam.


And this is the MSIA... looks so Strike Gundam...


Lastly another differences is the side skirt compartment to accomodate the Armor Schneider...


The MSIA at least have it and you can open it up like this...


But the QM dont have it...


I love GAT-X105 Strike Gundam...