Kit Review

Straight build

MG Aile Strike Gundam ~ Phase Shift off version (1/2)

MG Aile Strike Gundam ~ Phase Shift off version (2/2)

MG Aile Strike Gundam ~ Phase Shift off version - The Aile pack just has its frame parts accidentally swapped to a bluish col

The Aile pack just has its frame parts accidentally swapped to a bluish color scheme. The base molding is identical.

The Strike body in PS off state

Upper body close-up. The calm, subdued color scheme looks really nice.

Legs

Action pose

A sword-drawing pose of sorts

MG Aile Strike Gundam ~ Phase Shift off version - Armor Schneider action. Of course, it'd be fighting with PS on in a situati

Armor Schneider action. Of course, it'd be fighting with PS on in a situation like this, but...

A proper sword-drawing pose

MG Aile Strike Gundam ~ Phase Shift off version

Stand on

That iconic scene.

The stand's cord connection

Catapult launch scene

Comparison with the normal MG Aile Strike

Rear view comparison of the body

Aile pack comparison. Only the frame color is different.

MG Aile Strike Gundam ~ Phase Shift off version - Thanks to that quirky Phase Shift armor concept, you get a variation like t

Thanks to that quirky Phase Shift armor concept, you get a variation like this...

The MG Aile Strike Gundam trio together.

The PS off version of the MG Aile Strike Gundam has been released as a limited edition. If you've watched Gundam SEED, you'll know that the SEED series has this concept called PS (Phase Shift) armor. In normal mode, the suit is just a dull, washed-out color, but when it enters combat, the PS armor covering the whole body switches On and reveals its full, vibrant original coloring. I have no idea what the technical principle behind it is, but either way, it means a single MS ends up with two different color schemes.

So PS off versions — showing the suit with the PS armor switched off — have actually been released in various forms. Super alloy versions, limited editions, and so on; while they're not part of the main lineup, there are quite a few of them as side-release kits. And one of those is this very MG Aile Strike PS Off version.

The kit itself is 100% identical to the existing MG Aile Strike Gundam — it's simply a kit with the molded colors changed to stay faithful (?) to the lore. The base body color is switched to light gray, and the various colored sections of the body are changed to four different shades of blue. The black and red parts on the Aile pack remain on the same runners as before. This PS Off color combination turns out to be surprisingly calm and refined, and in some ways I actually think it looks cooler than the original colors. Though that might just be because it feels novel.

Anyway, since the underlying quality of the kit is already well-established, it delivers solid build quality — but the ankle joints and ankle guard sections still look a bit flimsy and continue to bug me. ^^;

MG Aile Strike Gundam ~ Phase Shift off version

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.