Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

HGCE Sword Impulse Gundam - Detail shots (1/4)

HGCE Sword Impulse Gundam - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

The Sword Pack comes packed with a ton of content.

Sword Silhouette

Combined with the Silhouette Flyer

Beam parts can be attached to the Excalibur and Flash Edge beam boomerangs.

You can also connect two Excaliburs together as per the show's setting.

HGCE Sword Impulse Gundam - There's also a bonus image-posing Excalibur included. It gets progressively wider toward the ti

There's also a bonus image-posing Excalibur included.
It gets progressively wider toward the tip of the blade.

Two clear stands are included for collaboration with the HGCE Freedom Gundam.

Joint parts for the stands.

There are only 2 leftover parts.

HGCE Sword Impulse Gundam - Excalibur action poses (1/6)

HGCE Sword Impulse Gundam - Excalibur action poses (2/6)

HGCE Sword Impulse Gundam - Excalibur action poses (3/6)

HGCE Sword Impulse Gundam - Excalibur action poses (4/6)

Excalibur action poses

Poses using the image-posing Excalibur.

Flash Edge beam boomerang action poses

Together with the MG Sword Impulse Gundam released in 2008.

Together with the HG Sword Impulse Gundam released in 2005.

HGCE Force / Blast / Sword Impulse Gundam group shot

HGCE Sword Impulse Gundam - A bonus HGCE Freedom Gundam upper body is included for recreating that iconic scene — though it

A bonus HGCE Freedom Gundam upper body is included for recreating that iconic scene.
Though it has zero color separation.

HGCE Sword Impulse Gundam - You can disassemble the image-posing Excalibur and reassemble it to look like it's piercing thr

You can disassemble the image-posing Excalibur and reassemble it to look like it's piercing through the body.

HGCE Sword Impulse Gundam - That iconic scene from the show, recreated using the bonus parts and the HGCE Freedom Gundam. T

That iconic scene from the show, recreated using the bonus parts and the HGCE Freedom Gundam.
The confrontation scene comes together surprisingly convincingly.

This is the HGCE Sword Impulse Gundam, released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. The regular retail release only got the Force Impulse, while the Sword and Blast went the Club G route. The kit features the body in its proper setting colors and adds a newly tooled Sword Silhouette.

Since the main body only has some color changes with all parts otherwise identical, for a detailed look at the Impulse Gundam body and its standard features, check out the HGCE Force Impulse Gundam review. The Sword Silhouette comes with two Excalibur anti-ship laser swords and beam boomerangs along with beam parts, and the color separation is excellent. There's also a bonus image-posing Excalibur that gets progressively wider toward the blade tip, though the colors are done with stickers rather than color separation. You can also connect the two Excaliburs together, and combined with the main body's great articulation, you can pull off all kinds of action poses from the show.

As a special bonus, a scene recreation HGCE Freedom Gundam body and two clear stands are also included. The image-posing Excalibur can be combined with these to recreate that famous showdown from the series. The Freedom body is molded entirely in gray with no color separation, so it'll need some paint work — but it's still a fun little service parts addition either way.

So while it's not a standard retail release, the fact that the ever-popular Sword Impulse Gundam has finally gotten the HGCE treatment is what really makes this kit special. If you're a SEED fan, this one's definitely worth picking up. :-)

HGCE Sword Impulse Gundam | 2016.12 | ¥2,500

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.