Kit Review

Straight build + Panel lining + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack — the universal standard for scale reference

HGUC GM Striker - Upper body close-up. Lots of molded detail. The red on the chest and the yellow trim around it are all hand

Upper body close-up. Lots of molded detail.
The red on the chest and the yellow trim around it are all handled with seals.
Simple backpack. Color separation is pretty decent. The small verniers on the side are seals.

HGUC GM Striker - The legs with their flashy camouflage pattern. The yellow parts on the knees are all seals, and they're a b

The legs with their flashy camouflage pattern. The yellow parts on the knees are all seals, and they're a bit tricky to apply —
They're a bit tricky to apply. You can definitely tell. -.-;
The photo on the right shows the back of the legs.

Side view and weapons. The unique Twin Beam Spear is the highlight.

HGUC GM Striker - The Twin Beam Spear is essentially a spear with two beam sabers plugged into it. The beam saber mounts can

The Twin Beam Spear is essentially a spear with two beam sabers plugged into it.
The beam saber mounts can move at the angle shown, and moving one automatically moves the
other — it's a linked gimmick.

HGUC GM Striker - Head unit. The front nose area is a seal. The front and rear head parts are different colors, which is a di

Head unit. The front nose area is a seal.
The front and rear head parts are different colors, which is a distinctive feature — to be precise, the rear is the head color and the front piece is a visor;
The 180-degree bendable hand used on the Powered GM is carried over here as well.

Articulation. The arms can fold fully, but the legs are limited to 90 degrees due to the armor structure.

Action po~se

Twin Beam Spear equipped!

Basic thrusting pose

It can pull off a kneeling pose, but it's not the most natural-looking.

The Twin Beam Spear is quite long at around 20cm.

HGUC GM Striker - The wrist joint is a bit weak for the weight of the Twin Beam Spear... it doesn't fall out, but it doesn't

The wrist joint is a bit weak for the weight of the Twin Beam Spear...
It doesn't fall out, but it doesn't hold firmly either, so it wobbles around.

Twin Beam Spear bent 90 degrees. Beam saber action

Compatible with the Asshimar/Gabthley stand.

Action pose on the stand

Together with the Zaku Sniper, the first entry in the Harmony series

HGUC GM Striker - Together with the Powered GM, which serves as the base kit. You could say pretty much all the major exterio

Together with the Powered GM, which serves as the base kit. You could say pretty much all the major exterior armor has been changed.
Not really related, but here it is alongside the MG GM Sniper, which has a similar vibe and name.

It's got its own kind of cool to it..

Straight build photos

The second entry in the Harmony of Gundam series — which you could call the latest MSV line — is the GM Striker. True to form as a setting-breaking machine, it comes equipped with the Twin Beam Spear, made by plugging two beam sabers together (a double-bladed spear of sorts?).

The entire body is wrapped in reactive armor, and the armor has fairly complex molding, so adding some panel lining really brings the kit to life. The base body borrows heavily from the Powered GM — the most recent GM kit at the time — but since all the major exterior armor has been completely swapped out, it feels practically like a brand new kit. Just like its predecessor the Powered GM, the overall quality is very clean, and while the joints don't feel super tight, the kit is small and light enough that they don't feel loose either. That said, it does occasionally lose its balance when holding more demanding poses, which is a bit of a shame.

There are quite a few small areas across the body that are set as yellow, and this kit covers most of them with seals. The color of the seals themselves isn't too bad, but the surfaces they go on are a bit awkward in shape. So you can definitely tell they're seals... T_T Still, those areas would be pretty tough to hand-paint, so going with seals is honestly the easier call.

The Twin Beam Spear is a bizarre weapon unlike anything I've seen before, but the detail is decent and the overall look isn't bad. The beam ends can bend about 120 degrees, and I do like how the two beam sabers are linked and move together — but in practice it's a bit stiff, so trying to move one side and have the other follow along is a little tough. It's honestly easier to just grab both and bend them at the same time.

In some ways this kit doesn't have any particularly standout features, but there's definitely something appealing about a GM with such bizarre, complex armor and weaponry. As an MSV kit, the quality is very clean. It's got a slightly awkward origin, but it's a fun kit to build for the heck of it or to use for kitbashing parts. ^^

HGUC GM Striker | 2006.12 | ¥1,400

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.