Kit Review

Straight build

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. (1/8)

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. (2/8)

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. (3/8)

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. (4/8)

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. (5/8)

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. (6/8)

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. (7/8)

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. (8/8)

Body section

Completely clear head

Shoulders and shield

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. - The Aile pack looks almost entirely see-through with no inner frame (1/3)

The Aile pack looks almost entirely see-through with no inner frame

Legs

Feet section.

1/100 figure molded in clear

The dedicated stand is also molded entirely in clear.

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. - Launch ready pose (1/4)

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. - Launch ready pose (2/4)

Launch ready pose

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. - Launch pose (1/4)

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. - Launch pose (2/4)

Launch pose

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. - Beam rifle firing pose (1/4)

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. - Beam rifle firing pose (2/4)

Beam rifle firing pose

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. - Beam saber action pose (1/4)

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. - Beam saber action pose (2/4)

Beam saber action pose

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. - Armor Schneider action pose (1/5)

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. - Armor Schneider action pose (2/5)

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. - Armor Schneider action pose (3/5)

Armor Schneider action pose

Together with the standard MG Aile Strike Gundam.

Together with the Aile Strike Rouge clear version.

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. - 2008 Gundam Base prize MG All Clear limited edition 3-kit set. Each kit's clear conf

2008 Gundam Base prize MG All Clear limited edition 3-kit set.
Each kit's clear configuration is a little different.

The last of the MG All Clear limited editions offered as a 2008 Summer Gundam Base prize is the Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. It was the most recent kit of the three, and this time around every runner except the inner frame was molded in clear.

Clear plastic is inherently stiff, so cutting and cleaning up gates is a real workout, and assembly is pretty tough too — but this kit seems to use the hardest plastic of the bunch. ㅡ.ㅡ; The cleanup being rough is one thing, but the tolerances are so tight that assembly becomes a real struggle. Locking pins snapping during the build is pretty much a regular occurrence, and there are spots that just wouldn't seat fully no matter what. The other two All Clear kits aren't nearly as bad — the Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver. is in a league of its own when it comes to this.

On the flip side, being the newest kit of the three, the distinction between frame and armor is clear-cut and the inner surface detail on the armor panels is quite solid, so the visual impact as a clear kit is the best of the bunch. The one letdown is the Aile pack — since it has no inner frame, that section just looks bare and hollow when you see through it.

Not only the main body, but the dedicated stand that originally came with the kit was also molded entirely in clear — and those parts are just as much of a pain to cut, clean up, and assemble. So the MG All Clear 3-kit set has each kit done differently in terms of clear configuration and build feel. To sum it up:

The MG First 1.5 has every runner molded in clear except the solid one-piece leg frame, the Nu Gundam has only the white armor parts done in clear, and the Aile Strike has all the white, blue, red, and yellow runners — everything except the frame — done in clear. The build feel of the First 1.5 and Nu Gundam are pretty similar, while the Aile Strike is a whole different story with that brutally stiff assembly.

If I had to rank all three overall, the MG Nu Gundam takes the top spot for me — it's relatively easier to build, it's a bigger kit, and it just has a stronger presence. That said, all three carry more value as rare limited editions than anything else, so the quality differences may not matter all that much. :-)

MG Aile Strike Gundam : All Clear Ver.

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.