MG ZGMF-X56S/α Force Impulse Gundam

Release 2009. 12

Price ¥4,500

Gundam 30th Anniversary

Special Clear Parts

Release date: December 2009 / Price: ¥4,500

Box open

The box height is unchanged.

Clear runner added to the existing kit

Some parts on the arms and legs have been made clear.

Clear runner shot

Parts diagram

MG Force Impulse Gundam - Full body view (1/4)

MG Force Impulse Gundam - Full body view (2/4)

Full body view

Clear parts applied somewhat awkwardly on the shoulder

MG Force Impulse Gundam - The forearm, upper elbow, and wrist areas have been made clear. (1/3)

The forearm, upper elbow, and wrist areas have been made clear.

One side skirt has also been made clear.

The white section below the knee on one leg has been made clear.

MG Force Impulse Gundam - The clear parts on the legs have high transparency and dense inner armor detail molds, so they look

The clear parts on the legs have high transparency,
and the dense inner armor detail molds make them look pretty convincing.

This kit was released to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Gundam, and it's an MG clear exterior parts version — essentially the same contents as the original kit with just one extra clear runner added. In other words, it lets you choose between standard armor and clear armor for certain specific exterior parts, so for the basic kit features please refer to the normal version review. This review only covers the added clear parts.

MG Force Impulse Gundam Review

◆ Areas of Application and Effect

It's a kind of half-clear treatment, but the clear parts aren't applied to one entire arm or leg. On the arms, the clear is applied sporadically across the shoulder, forearm, and elbow, while on the legs, all the white sections below one knee have been made clear. As a bonus, one side skirt has also been made clear.

The clear parts on the legs have high transparency and dense inner armor detail molds, giving them a pretty refined look. The inner frame isn't bad either, but the frame color is relatively too dark, so the frame detail tends to be hard to make out.

◆ Difficulty of Swapping Parts

Aside from the arm section being a bit tricky to disassemble and reassemble, it's generally straightforward. Just be careful when removing the shoulder clear parts — the fixing pins could snap if you're not cautious, so just keep that in mind.

◆ Overall Impressions

Since the clear parts are applied sporadically here and there without any real sense of cohesion, this one ranks among the less effective kits in this clear event lineup. The quality of the clear parts themselves is good, so if they'd been applied across the entire arms and legs it could've been a pretty impressive clear kit. It's a limitation of the runner layout, so there's not much that could be done about it — but either way, it's a shame the clear treatment couldn't be applied more consistently.

MG Force Impulse Gundam | 2009. 12 | ¥4,500

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.