Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai - Various angles (1/6)

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai - Various angles (2/6)

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai - Various angles (3/6)

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai - Various angles (4/6)

Various angles

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai - Detail shots (1/4)

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

This kit is a bundle of 3 kits combined.

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai - The Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai Ver.2 main body configura

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai Ver.2
The main body configuration is the same as before.

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai - Frame Arms Gourai. The exterior is the same as before, but the Frame Archite

Frame Arms Gourai.
The exterior is the same as before, but the Frame Architect and hands have been updated to a new version.

The Exosuit unit, also sold separately.

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai - The Frame Arms Gourai's arms/legs and cannon can be attached to the Exosuit

The Frame Arms Gourai's arms/legs and cannon can be attached to the Exosuit as shown above.

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai - Remove the 2 joint parts to mount the Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosui

Remove the 2 joint parts to mount the Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai.

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai - Remove and reattach the Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai's rea

Remove and reattach the Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai's rear skirt to connect her.

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai - You can swap between 1 blank face for waterslide decals and 3 expression fa

You can swap between 1 blank face for waterslide decals and 3 expression faces.

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai - Among these, the open-mouth expression is a newly added face exclusive to th

Among these, the open-mouth expression is a newly added face exclusive to this kit.

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai - The Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai's weapons and accessories

The Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai's weapons and accessories are the same as before.

Innocentia's head is also included as a bonus!

The Frame Arms Gourai's hands use the Normal Hand 2020 set.

Leftover parts

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai - Action pose 1 (1/3)

Action pose 1

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai - Action pose 2 (1/3)

Action pose 2

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai - Action pose 3 using Innocentia's plain head. (1/3)

Action pose 3 using Innocentia's plain head.

This kit is the Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai, a collaboration release between Frame Arms Girl and Frame Arms. It's a crossover between the two lineups, though the official website categorizes it under the Frame Arms Girl lineup. The contents are: Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai Ver.2 , Frame Arms Gourai, Exosuit Unit— a bundle of these 3 kits combined.

So this is essentially a comprehensive set that bundles both existing Gourai kits from the two lineups together for the Exosuit collaboration. The Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai has had one face swapped out from the original kit, and a blank face for waterslide decals plus a plain head for Innocentia have been newly added. The Frame Arms Gourai has had its Frame Architect swapped from the early 3.2mm spec version to the renewed 3mm spec version, and the hand parts have also been updated to the Normal Hand 2020 set. As for the Exosuit, it's included in exactly the same configuration as the separately sold kit.

The Frame Arms Gourai came out pretty early on, so its durability wasn't all that great. But with the improved renewed Frame Architect and new hands, the overall quality feels noticeably better. Thanks to that, it holds together well even when fitted into the Exosuit, and you can still pull off some decent poses even with the Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai riding on top.

Best of all, the pricing is really good. Buying the 3 kits separately would run you ¥5400 + ¥3000 + ¥2700 = ¥11,100. Factor in the 3 new additions (Innocentia's head, the new Frame and hands) and you'd easily be looking at ¥12,000. Yet somehow it comes in at just ¥8,000 (!!) — it almost feels like the Frame Arms Gourai is thrown in for free. Given the typically high pricing we've seen, this is a very welcome price point.

Anyway, for anyone who's been wanting to combine the Gourai with the Exosuit, this is an incredibly generous kit. For a Kotobukiya kit, the value for money is solid and the quality is decent too — if the style appeals to you, it's a fun and worthwhile set to go for. :-)

Frame Arms Girl Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai | 2023.7 | ¥8,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.