Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Upper body

Looking down from above, the silhouette gives off a vibe like some kind of aircraft..

Head

Hip joint and thigh section

Arm section

Back section

Armored Core Next Stasis - Weapons and accessories (1/3)

Weapons and accessories

The unique legs

The legs are bent by default.

Being an all-new mold kit, there aren't many leftover parts.

The legs make it kind of tricky to gauge articulation..

Since the legs don't fully straighten out,
that's about as extended as they get.

Armored Core Next Stasis - Crouching pose. Since the knees are already bent by design, there isn't a huge difference, but it's

Crouching pose.
Since the knees are already bent by design, there isn't a huge difference,
but it's a relatively stable squatting pose.

Armored Core Next Stasis - Action pose with the waist bent. (1/5)

Armored Core Next Stasis - Action pose with the waist bent. (2/5)

Armored Core Next Stasis - Action pose with the waist bent. (3/5)

Action pose with the waist bent.

Armored Core Next Stasis - Firing pose (1/5)

Armored Core Next Stasis - Firing pose (2/5)

Armored Core Next Stasis - Firing pose (3/5)

Firing pose

Armored Core Next Stasis - Two-handed shooting pose (1/5)

Armored Core Next Stasis - Two-handed shooting pose (2/5)

Armored Core Next Stasis - Two-handed shooting pose (3/5)

Two-handed shooting pose

You can swap out the small rear skirt to attach Stasis's stabilizers.

Together with the Aaliya Unsung.
Both have pretty grotesque designs.

Armored Core Next Stasis - It's a bit different from the reverse-jointed Unsung, but there's something similar about both in t

It's a bit different from the reverse-jointed Unsung,
but there's something similar about both in the way the legs look like they're bent.

It's been a while since we got a brand-new mold Armored Core kit, and following the Aaliya Unsung, we now have Stasis — another grotesque design. The legs that won't straighten out, the wide shoulders, the sharp pointy design — this is one uniquely distinctive mech in every way. It kind of gives off the vibe of a death god from Death Note..

The overall bluish metallic molded color with that gloomy, eerie atmosphere is actually quite nice — there's a fair bit of a wavy pattern visible, but the color itself looks pretty good. It suits the unusual design well and really brings out that dark, ominous feel of the mech.

The unique design means articulation isn't all that great in practice, but on the flip side, that same design means even a slight pose looks like it has real presence. Overall joint strength is excellent — there's no part that'll give you trouble from being too loose.

This is a kit where the uniqueness speaks for itself without needing a whole lot of explanation. The basic build quality is very solid, as you'd expect from a recent Kotobukiya kit — it feels great to put together, and the unusual design makes the assembly experience quite refreshing too.

Some people may have mixed feelings about the bizarre design, but as a kit in its own right, this is an excellent quality build that I can wholeheartedly recommend. :-)

Armored Core Next Stasis | 2010. 4 | ¥5,200

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.