Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Muv-Luv 1/144 F15 Active Eagle - Detail shots (1/5)

Muv-Luv 1/144 F15 Active Eagle - Detail shots (2/5)

Muv-Luv 1/144 F15 Active Eagle - Detail shots (3/5)

Detail shots

The weapons/hands configuration is the same as the 1/144 Strike Eagle.

Leftover parts

Articulation is quite good.

Muv-Luv 1/144 F15 Active Eagle - Knife action pose (1/3)

Knife action pose

Muv-Luv 1/144 F15 Active Eagle - Aerial firing pose (1/3)

Aerial firing pose

Double machine gun pose

Together with the 1/144 Strike Eagle.

This kit is the F-15 Active Eagle, released as part of Kotobukiya's Muv-Luv 1/144 lineup. It's a variation kit of the F-15E Strike Eagle that came out in 2013, so they do look similar at first glance — but look closer and you'll find that more than half the parts have been replaced with new ones, so there are quite a few differences in the finer details. On top of that, the added parts count pushed the price up by 1,000 yen to 4,000 yen.

That said, since it shares essentially the same skeleton as the Strike Eagle, the articulation, joint strength, and weapons configuration are all identical. Thanks to the excellent articulation and joints that are sturdy enough to feel just a touch stiff, it holds whatever pose you put it in really well. The original kit is already top-tier among Muv-Luv kits to begin with, so this one carries on that same solid quality.

It's a great kit that builds on the Strike Eagle with more detailed design while inheriting its excellent quality — so as long as you can get past the value-for-money concern, this looks like a kit well worth building.

Muv-Luv 1/144 F15 Active Eagle | 2015.3 | ¥4,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.