Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Straight build

SD Gundam Aerial - After applying seals (1/2)

SD Gundam Aerial - After applying seals (2/2)

After applying stickers

Weapons loadout

Inside view of the beam rifle and shield

The beam rifle can be mounted on the back.

Two Bit Staves can be detached from the shield and mounted on the shoulders.

Original gimmick created by combining the weapons

Some seals are also included optionally to recreate the normal (non-glowing) state.

Limb articulation.
The elbows move, but the knees are fixed.

Action pose

Original gimmick poses

Together with the HG Gundam Aerial.

Together with the SD EX-Standard First Gundam.

The Gundam Aerial from Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury has been released as an SD EX-Standard. It stays true to the existing EX-Standard format, pulling off a solid look with a relatively low parts count — though there's still a hefty amount of seals, with a good chunk of the color separation relying on them.

Weapons include a beam rifle, shield, and beam saber. Two of the Bit Staves attached to the shield can be detached and mounted on the shoulders, and you can also combine the weapons together for an original gimmick. Articulation-wise, the fixed knees do limit your posing options, but the joint strength is solid so poses hold well once set. Like the HG, you can choose between seals to represent either the normal state or the glowing state — though since only some of them are optional, the whole setup ends up feeling a bit half-baked.

The catch is that applying all those seals takes way longer than the actual assembly — but thanks to them, the finished look is pretty impressive. If you don't mind dealing with seals, this is a fun little SD kit that's easy to enjoy. :-)

SD Gundam Aerial | 2022.10 | ¥600

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.