Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack.
It's pretty big for a 1/144.

Detail shots

Outer armor removed

Internal frame

The frame articulation is top-notch —
interestingly, the ankles bend forward quite dramatically.

You can open the cover on the underside of the shoulder and attach the separately included machine gun parts.

The feet can be swapped between two options: spread open or closed together.

You can slide the lower part of the face down slightly to open up the spherical sensor a bit more.

HG Graze Ein - The pile bunker on the back of the forearm can be extended via a sliding mechanism, and there's also an extra

The pile bunker on the back of the forearm can be extended via a sliding mechanism,
and there's also an extra articulated joint at the wrist.

HG Graze Ein - There are 2 sets of hands in total, but since each is molded as a single part, you can see some hollow areas o

There are 2 sets of hands in total, but since each is molded as a single part, you can see some hollow areas on the palm side.

Leftover parts.

The articulation is great — everything folds up nicely.

Dual axe action

Drill kick action

HG Graze Ein - Large axe aerial pose (1/3)

Large axe aerial pose

HG Graze Ein - Machine gun attack pose (1/3)

Machine gun attack pose

Together with the HG Graze.
It's grown so much you'd almost wonder if they're really both 1/144.

Even next to the 1/100 Graze, it doesn't look much smaller at all.

The Graze Ein — the final boss of Iron-Blooded Orphans Season 1 — has been released as an HG kit. If you've seen the show, you'll know it's an enlarged, modified version of the Graze with a design height of over 22 meters, making it a big boy. And sure enough, even at 1/144, it comes out as an absolutely massive kit that rivals other 1/100s.

The basic skeleton centered on the body reuses runners from the existing HG Graze, but thanks to the elongated limbs and armor, almost all of the parts are newly tooled. I had a feeling it'd be big before I even started building, but the finished size still caught me off guard. A 1/144 HG kit for just ¥1400 and it's this huge... if size is your measure of value for money, this is absolutely the best kit out there.

The overall quality is also clean and up to par with the latest HG kits — it shows excellent articulation and reasonably solid joints, and above all, the sense of volume really matches its size. The pile bunker on the forearm is done as a sliding mechanism, the shoulder machine guns are detachable, and the feet can be swapped out for pointed versions to recreate the drill kick.

That said, trying to pull off a 1/100-scale size at ¥1400 does mean a few corners were cut. The hands are each molded as a single part, which is pretty rare, and you can see some hollow areas on the palms — a bit of a shame. The feet come in two swappable versions (spread and closed), but given the size, it seems like they could've easily been made articulated instead. And the shoulder machine guns — the cover is hinged, but the guns themselves are just clip-on; looking at the structure, it seems like adding just a part or two could've made them fully retractable. These feel like compromises made to leave room for the 1/100 version, but then again, that's probably why we get this great size-to-price ratio at ¥1400, so it's hard to complain too much. ^^;

Anyway, if you've had your eye on the big and beefy Graze Ein, this is a kit I'd highly recommend — and especially if you love getting a large kit for the price, this is definitely one you don't want to miss. :-)

HG Graze Ein | 2016.4 | ¥1,700

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.