BANDAI Mobile Suit Gundam MS-07B-3 GOUF CUSTOM

This machine was a joy to build and has some really nice posing potential. The accessories are awesome, and the colors look really nice. Pros: Foil stickers look way better than the matte ones. Accessories: Metal wire head rod, heat saber that fits in its shield, triple machine gun, and gatling shield. Joint strength. I'm really impressed that it can hold the gatling shield directly perpendicular to the mobile suit itself. It has notches in the shoulder to help accomplish this. Keep this in mind. Attention to little details, including the clear plastic for the orange windows of the cockpit. Cons: Blue elbow joints don't look the best in my opinion. No waist or skirt articulation. A peg underneath the skirt helps mitigate the horizontal restrictions, but the forward and back movement of the legs are reduced. The strength of the arms are a real selling point for this kit. It's nice to see this thing able to lift and carry all its accessories without consequence. It holds its poses really well, and is very photogenic in how it does so. Definitely recommend.

This kit is very well designed and quite sturdy compared to other HGUC kits. It looks great and has some really nice looking accessories. I would definitely recommend it, as it's probably the coolest Zeon grunt suit available. Pros. It looks amazing out of the box. The nubs aren't in awful places, and are easily sanded down. It comes with great accessories (shield/sword scabbard, 3 barrel gun, Gatling gun, heat rod) and a can carry each of them on it's body at the same time. The heat rod is an actual metallic wire under a layer of plastic, and is highly possible. No painting required to achieve the look of the suit in the OVA. Only two stickers and both look great. The mono-eye can rotate to replicate the model looking at different directions. The joints are very strong and easily hold up the heavy accessories. Very easy to put together (I built mine in the time it took to wash and dry a small load of laundry). Cons. The articulation isn't very good at all (granted you can still make a ton of cool poses with it). There are two nubs on the leg that even after being cut down and sanded will still need a light blue cover of paint to conceal (neither are all that bad). In order for the shoulders to look their best you'll need to do some lining around the spikes at their base (not hard to do at all). If you like Zeon suits, particularly the Gouf, you should definitely buy this kit. You'll love it!

Where to start. The build is a lot of fun. I got to see elements hidden in spots that we're not clear from high res photos and it gave the kit some real suprise. The left arm is full of detail and variations including the Gatling gun, shield, sword , and blaster. The right arm has the port for the grappling hook which looks great. I found the kit was full of poseibility and mostly was completely stable. The least stability can come from the shield arm, which the weight can cause the lower part of the arm to detatch from the upper arm. I use the included stickers and am not a big fan of painting, but I liked the limited use of stickers here in order to provide the scope and cylon eye. I loved the way the tubes are designed. Offered a great deal of detail and being separate parts will allow painters great flexibility. I intend to return to this kit one day when I start kit-bashing for my own ideas.

This gouf is great on its own but with a little bit of paint it becomes awesome!! Be careful with the ankle joints though I snapped one with minimal force and that's only the second piece I've ever had break on well over a dozen sets I've built

When it’s all over it’s a really cool figure. But building it takes some effort. It comes in like a 3d printed grid and you got to assemble it like a Lego. Got it for someone for Christmas and they loved it. Beware even when it is assembled together, some parts are sort of loose. I’ve seen some YouTube videos of people using super glue to keep it together. Very poseable.

I had this MS years ago and really liked it. Couldn't find it locally so I decided to buy it online. For a HG model this kit looks really good. It has the shied, sword, gatlin gun, sword, electric probe and forearm cannon. I didn't paint it back then but I do plan to add some more color and weathering to this kit. Overall I loved this kit. The only minor gripe is that the gatling un is so long it cases some poseability issues, such as the suit being to heavy on one side that it tips over easily. Without a base, it is pretty hard have the gun in an aimed pose. Overall this is a great kit that looks badass and has plenty of accessories and good amount of detail.

Speaking as a person who had built six other Gundam kits when I built this one, I must say that this is probably the best HGUC kit I've ever built. It's simple, holds it's shape despite having a severe amount of weight on one side, it's colorful and only asks that you apply two decals (Both of which are very easy to apply.) This suit is incredibly sturdy, while you can't smack it with your fist and expect it to stay upright, it'll certainly hold it's own against wind and strong fans. This kit is simple but it's far from the easiest kit, the Head can get you tricked up but if you take your time with this suit then you are in for a treat upon completion. Highly recommended and well worth the investment.

I haven't built a gunpla model for a long time. Simple, easy to understand instructions. The model is the same quality i remember of models I've built in the past. This is one of my favorite mobile suites from gundam, I might also purchase the master grade. I would definitely suggest purchasing one of the model clippers or even the sets. I purchase a small set with clippers, tweezers & sanders. It made the assembly much better then I remembered.