Been hearing a lot of good stuff from this 1/144 HG Gundam AGE-1 Normal model kit that is why we bought one to give you an out-of-the-box-build review and to see what is good or what is new for ourselves. It seems Bandai have done a nice job on this one. The articulation is great, the color separation is good and the details are sharp! I think I will recommend this kit to those who wants to start on with collection Bandai Gunpla. For us this is comparable to an RG (real grade) model kit. I think now I know why Bandai was all out on advertising Gundam AGE.
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Box art
Side of box
There is supposed to be a coupon for the Gundam.info contest inside… but here in the Philippines, the sellers remove them and they are the ones entering the contest… 😦
Unboxing
Manual
Single sheet, folded into pages…
5 runners including polycaps and 1 foil sticker set
Good part separation ^_^
Foil stickers for eye, chest part and head cameras
The link on the runners seems to be thinner than before…
BUILDING THE KIT
Body unit
The parts are nicely separated which makes it easier for those who would like to paint their kits.
Head unit
The way the head was constructed was different especially on the EYE part
head finally attached
Arm unit
right arm completed | left arm exploded view
You only have 1 spare hand
I always prefer to use the open palm one
Articulation is really nice for a 144 kit
Hi BRS!
Arms attached!
Leg Unit
Exploded view of the main section and the parts
Articulation is really nice as I have told earlier
Waist unit
Articulation was considered here as well
legs and waist attached… hi BRS!
Dods rifle?
I separated the hands to be able to let him hold the rifle
Shield
Beam saber
Everything attached! ^_^
Playing more with the articulation
First 1/144 kit that I saw do this… Oh yeah!
PHOTOSHOOT!
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Wacky!
He likes BRS!
SIZE COMPARISON!!!
SD red frame astray versus 1/144 Gundam Age-1 Normal
1/144 Pink Bearguy versus 1/144 Gundam Age-1 Normal
1/100 MG DS EW versus 1/144 Gundam Age-1 Normal
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Gundam Philippines 
Ang daya naman nung sa gundam.info 😦
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true… marami sa mga “opened for inspection kits” daw eh wala na laman na coupons…
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inspected for coupons na eh hahaha… buti pa si coldfire, hindi ginalaw yung mga coupons namin. pero nanalo pa rin sya dun sa raffle. good karma ^_^
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oo nga! hahaha
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wow,may nanalong pinoy? XD asteeg..XD
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really fun build… looking forward to the MG version. i think we’re looking at the new starter gunpla kit of the next generation of gundam fans ^_^
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indeed!
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Wow! Tama ka nga, ngayon lang ako nakakita ng 1/144 na ang ganda ng articulation…I like the leg split part..lol!!
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yep, i will recommend this to newbies…ganda eh! haha
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Sir, magkano price?
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nasa 800 pesos average price
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Really worth to buy! Me, especially my brother really love the anime which is the reason why he bought the kit. Took him 3 days to really complete it ^^
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your brother sure can make a nice clean build! congrats! ^_^
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Could tell me what size in CM of 1/144 and 1/100?
Please could you kindly send the response to my email? [c4ponne@gmail.com]I would be grateful.
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