Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Frame Arms Girl Jinrai - Detail shots (1/4)

Frame Arms Girl Jinrai - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

Three face parts with different eye directions, plus one open-mouth face, are included.

Frame Arms Girl Jinrai - On top of the wide variety of weapons from the separately sold MSG No. 11, there are also 7 new knif

On top of the wide variety of weapons from the separately sold MSG No. 11, there are also 7 new knife weapons —
the sheer variety of weapon accessories packed in here is pretty crazy.

Leftover parts

Frame Arms Girl Jinrai - It looks like the durability of certain joint parts became an issue, so they've been updated to allo

It looks like the durability of certain joint parts became an issue, so they've been updated to allow optional replacement with ABS parts.
This applies to the neck joint, shoulder joints, and the ball joints for the hip joints.

Various bladed weapons can be stored in the compartment on the shoulder.

Left arm and left leg parts for the illustration image pose

The cannon can also be mounted on the shoulder, just like Jinrai.

Frame Arms Girl Jinrai - Swapped to the left arm/left leg parts for the illustration image pose. (1/3)

Swapped to the left arm/left leg parts for the illustration image pose.

Since it uses the Materia as its base body, the articulation is similar to the Materia.

Kneeling action pose

Frame Arms Girl Jinrai - Cannon firing pose (1/3)

Cannon firing pose

Frame Arms Girl Jinrai - Action poses using various other weapons (1/10)

Frame Arms Girl Jinrai - Action poses using various other weapons (2/10)

Frame Arms Girl Jinrai - Action poses using various other weapons (3/10)

Frame Arms Girl Jinrai - Action poses using various other weapons (4/10)

Frame Arms Girl Jinrai - Action poses using various other weapons (5/10)

Frame Arms Girl Jinrai - Action poses using various other weapons (6/10)

Frame Arms Girl Jinrai - Action poses using various other weapons (7/10)

Frame Arms Girl Jinrai - Action poses using various other weapons (8/10)

Action poses using various other weapons

Both use the same Materia base body.

Together with Frame Arms Girl Jinrai, Architect, and Stiletto.

Together with all the Frame Arms Girls released up to this point.

This kit is the Frame Arms Girl series "Jinrai," and like its predecessor "Architect," it's based on a brand-new mech design that was never released as a Frame Arms kit before. However, unlike Architect, Jinrai's armor isn't an entirely new design — it's something you could put together by combining parts from existing Frame Arms kits.

First off, this is the first Frame Arms Girl kit to reuse the Materia as its base body. Since the Materia is a more refined structure, it offers better articulation compared to previous kits. Joint strength is also at a satisfying level, making it easy to hold any pose — and with such a wide variety of weapons included, you can pull off a huge range of poses.

This kit includes the separately sold MSG No. 11 Boomerang/Scythe, and on top of that, 7 different knife-type weapons are also provided, which honestly feels like more than enough — almost excessive, really. Add in the left arm/leg parts for the illustration image pose, and the accessory options feel even more generous than Architect's.

One thing to note: this kit, being the sixth Frame Arms Girl, comes with an additional ABS joint runner that wasn't included in previous kits. This covers the neck joint, shoulder joints, and the ball joints for the hip joints. According to the manual, if you're worried about durability, you should use the ABS parts instead of the standard ones — which suggests there were probably complaints about these parts breaking. So it's definitely a good idea to go with the ABS parts rather than the standard PS ones whenever possible.

Anyway, using the Materia as the base body has bumped up the overall quality a notch, and the generous weapon loadout means you can pull off all kinds of poses — it really feels like the kit has gotten even better as a product. The series seems to be riding its popularity while also improving in quality, and if they keep developing appealing characters, the future of Frame Arms Girl looks pretty bright. :-)

Frame Arms Girl Jinrai | 2016.6 | ¥4,300

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.