Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai Ver.2 - Detail shots (1/4)

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai Ver.2 - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

Three face parts are included.

There are 5 different hand types included in total.

A whopping 6 chest armor options are included.

The chest armor can also be swapped out with 2 different joint parts.

There are also 3 units that attach to the front of the head.

The knee armor from the original Gourai is also included as an extra.

The detail on the caterpillar tracks on the back of the legs has become much more refined.

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai Ver.2 - With the rail gun, you can lock it firmly to the side of the forearm using the support par

With the rail gun, you can lock it firmly to the side of the forearm using the support parts —
though when posing, the wrist joint tends to pop out a little quite often.

Leftover parts

Limb articulation.
The hip joint articulation has improved a little.

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai Ver.2 - With Ver. 2, the skirts now move individually and can raise up slightly, and a gimmick was

With Ver. 2, the skirts now move individually and can raise up slightly,
and a gimmick was added that lets you pull the hip joint down a bit, which does give the thighs a slightly wider range of motion.

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai Ver.2 - On top of that, the thigh armor slides up and down, so you can adjust its position dependi

On top of that, the thigh armor slides up and down,
so you can adjust its position depending on the pose.

Kneeling pose

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai Ver.2 - Action poses (1/4)

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai Ver.2 - Action poses (2/4)

Action poses

Leg articulation is a bit more flexible compared to Ver. 1.

Posed with Ver.1-style shoulder/head/knee armor configuration.

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai Ver.2 - Together with Frame Arms Girl Gourai ver.1. (1/3)

Together with Frame Arms Girl Gourai ver.1.

The original Frame Arms Girl — Gourai — has been upgraded and released as Gourai-Kai Ver.2. The original Gourai, being the first kit in the series, had some shortcomings in terms of joint strength. It was fine right after building, but repeated posing caused some joints to gradually loosen up.

With this Ver.2, the hip joint strength that was a weak point before feels like it's been clearly improved — the overall rigidity of the body has been solidly upgraded. On top of that, the skirts have been changed to individual moving parts and a gimmick was added to pull the hip joint down slightly, which has also increased the range of leg motion. The difference might not look huge in photos, but when you actually pose it by hand, it does feel more manageable than Ver.1. That said, it doesn't quite feel like the dramatic improvement in leg articulation that was advertised before release — it's more of a modest structural refinement.

Beyond these structural upgrades, the design has also been partially changed with the addition of "Kai" (改) to the name. Shoulder armor has been added, the head unit and front leg armor designs have been changed, and the weapon has been swapped out for a rail gun. The chest armor in particular now offers a total of 6 options to choose from, and the head unit can be configured in 3 different ways, so the variety of options has really expanded. Detail-wise, the caterpillar tracks on the back of the legs have been upgraded to be even more intricate.

The rail gun now comes with parts to lock it onto the forearm, which holds it very securely. Combined with the improved body joint strength, posing has become a lot easier. However, when the rail gun is fixed to the forearm, the wrist joint can sometimes pop out a bit due to the positioning, so you do need to carefully adjust the angle when gripping the rail gun to make sure the wrist doesn't stick out too far.

All in all, this is an upgrade kit that improves on the original Gourai in a number of ways, and even if you've already built the original Frame Arms Girl Gourai, it seems well worth reinvesting in — it's a solid version-up kit. :-)

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai Ver.2 | 2018.12 | ¥5,400

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.