Kit Review

Straight build + Panel lining + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Straight build

SD Ex-Standard Freedom Gundam - With seals and panel lining applied (1/4)

SD Ex-Standard Freedom Gundam - With seals and panel lining applied (2/4)

With seals and panel lining applied

Weapons loadout

Two beam sabers can be combined together for use.

Shield interior detail

The beam rifle can be stored on the rear skirt.

Limb articulation

Wing deployment

SD Ex-Standard Freedom Gundam - Action pose (1/8)

SD Ex-Standard Freedom Gundam - Action pose (2/8)

SD Ex-Standard Freedom Gundam - Action pose (3/8)

SD Ex-Standard Freedom Gundam - Action pose (4/8)

SD Ex-Standard Freedom Gundam - Action pose (5/8)

SD Ex-Standard Freedom Gundam - Action pose (6/8)

Action pose

SD Ex-Standard Freedom Gundam - The weapons can be combined into an original weapon configuration and used with HG-grade kits. (1/3)

The weapons can be combined into an original weapon configuration and used with HG-grade kits.

Together with the 1/100 Full Mechanics Freedom Gundam Ver.GCP released at the same time.

SD EX-Standard Strike Freedom Gundam

Together with the BB Senshi Freedom Gundam released in 2003.

This kit is the SD EX-Standard Freedom Gundam Ver.GCP, a Gundam Base exclusive. Like the Full Mechanics 1/100 released alongside it, it was made to commemorate the life-size Freedom Gundam on display in Shanghai, and just like the 1/100, it translates that Shanghai exhibition form directly into SD form.

Since Freedom Gundam had never been released in the standard SD EX-Standard lineup before, this kit comes as a completely new mold rather than a variation. True to the EX-Standard style, color separation is handled with a large number of seals, and it comes with a slender proportion. On top of that, befitting the Ver.GCP treatment, it features an impressive amount of panel lines that you don't often see at the SD level — once you add panel lining, it really does put on quite a striking look.

That said, true to the lineup's nature, applying the seals still takes longer than the actual assembly, and there's also an original weapon-combining gimmick thrown in. All in all, this is a Freedom Gundam that stays faithful to the existing EX-Standard concept, so if you don't mind putting in the seal work, it should be a fun little build to enjoy. :-)

SD Ex-Standard Freedom Gundam | 2021.9 | ¥700

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.