Kit Review

Straight build + Panel lining + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

RE/100 Efreet Custom - Detail shots (1/4)

RE/100 Efreet Custom - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

Sole detail

RE/100 Efreet Custom - Open up the head and there's a lever for rotating the mono-eye. Usually you'd adjust it from the botto

Open up the head and there's a lever for rotating the mono-eye.
Usually you'd adjust it from the bottom of the head, but interestingly this one has you do it from the top.

The only weapons are two heat sabers.

RE/100 Efreet Custom - The antenna parts that plug into the front and back of the shoulders tend to fall out easily. You're p

The antenna parts that plug into the front and back of the shoulders tend to fall out easily.
You're probably better off just gluing them in place for your own sanity...

Two hand types are included: fists and weapon-holding hands.

A joint part is included for mounting on the separately sold Action Base 1.

RE/100 Efreet Custom - As you can see, it slides into a T-shaped bracket and locks in place, so the connection to the hip joi

As you can see, it slides into a T-shaped bracket and locks in place,
so the connection to the hip joint is really solid.

Leftover parts.

Articulation is pretty average.

The knees could originally bend further, but the extra armor limits the range of motion.

The shoulder forward/backward articulation gimmick.

RE/100 Efreet Custom - A convincing unsheathing pose. (1/3)

A convincing unsheathing pose.

Action pose 1

RE/100 Efreet Custom - Action pose 2 (1/3)

Action pose 2

RE/100 Efreet Custom - Posed on Action Base 1. (1/3)

Posed on Action Base 1.

Together with the RE/100 Gundam Mk-III and Dijeh.

Straight build

The RE/100 lineup keeps you waiting for all kinds of unusual mecha, and the first release of 2016 is the Efreet Custom. The Efreet first appeared in the 1995 Super Famicom game "Mobile Suit Gundam: Cross Dimension 0079" as a Zeon mobile suit. In terms of its place in the setting, it sits somewhere between the Gouf and the Dom. This kit specifically represents the Efreet Custom from the 1996 game Blue Destiny. The armor on the forearms and legs differs from the original Efreet, and given the large number of system injection gates on the runners, there's a good chance an original version will be released down the line.

First off, even as a straight build it already shows off a really colorful and striking color combination, and the panel line detail is fairly dense too, so once you add panel lining it looks even better. Articulation is on the average side, so really dynamic poses are a bit tricky — the pipes on either side of the waist are especially limiting since they restrict the waist rotation angle, which is a bit of a shame. That said, the overall look is so good that poses using the two heat sabers still come out looking pretty cool. Joint strength feels just right — not too tight, not too loose.

The biggest appeal of the RE/100 line is how easy and quick it is to build, and the satisfying feel of snapping together those big, colorful parts is as great as ever. If anything, that enjoyable build experience feels even more refined compared to earlier entries in the line. Anyway, if you like the look of it, this is a clean kit I'd highly recommend — personally, it's my favorite RE/100 release so far. :-)

RE/100 Efreet Custom | 2016. 4 | ¥3,500

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.