Kit Review

Straight build + Partial paint + Panel lining + Decals

Size comparison with a cigarette pack — the universal standard reference size.

1/100 Force Impulse Gundam - The joints are solid, so it stands up straight just fine despite the large Force Silhouette pack

The joints are solid, so it stands up straight just fine despite the large Force Silhouette pack.

For the price, the contents look relatively generous.

1/100 Force Impulse Gundam - The yellow triangle on the knee and the gray verniers on the Force Silhouette pack are hand-pain

The yellow triangle on the knee and the gray verniers on the Force Silhouette pack are hand-painted.

1/100 Force Impulse Gundam - The Core Splendor needs quite a bit of touch-up painting. The blue painted areas look a bit out

The Core Splendor needs quite a bit of touch-up painting.
The blue painted areas look a bit out of place, but please just let it slide;;

Touch-up painting on the Silhouette Flyer.

The upper rear of the backside is also touch-painted in red to match the official color scheme.

1/100 Force Impulse Gundam - Interestingly, two sets of head antennae are included — a regular plastic one for painting and a

Interestingly, two sets of head antennae are included.
There's a regular plastic one for painting and a soft rubber one,
and this is just a No Grade 1/100, not even an MG — nice little bonus~

1/100 Force Impulse Gundam - The color separation on the shield is perfect. The folded and unfolded states are handled with s

The color separation on the shield is perfect. The folded and unfolded states are handled with separate top and bottom detachable parts,
and the small white wing-shaped sections on both sides are implemented as foldable.

Unfolded and folded.

The Impulse body, Core Lander, and Force Flyer.

Three-way separation for transformation.

The shoulders extend out in a double-pull fashion, as expected.

The transformation components.

The Chest Flyer. Still looking a bit OTL...

Core Splendor.

Can be folded and unfolded into Core Block form.

1/100 Force Impulse Gundam - In Core Block form, the hole used to plug in the Force Silhouette pack after the unit is stored

In Core Block form, the hole used to plug in the Force Silhouette pack after the unit is stored in the body is on a rotating mechanism.
Basically, in Core Splendor form the hole looks ugly so it's rotated 80 degrees to hide it, and when storing it in the body it's rotated back 180 degrees
so the hole faces outward.
It's a small detail, but you can really feel the extra care that went into it^^;

Leg Flyer

1/100 Force Impulse Gundam - Force Silhouette (1/3)

Force Silhouette

Articulation is about average..

1/100 Force Impulse Gundam - Action Pose (1/3)

Action pose

The kneeling pose is sort of, roughly pulled off...

The rifle can be mounted on the backside.

Beam saber action pose.

Starting from the Destiny series, instead of a 1/20 figure, there's a pilot profile card(?) printed on a transparent sheet about 10cm in size.
It's a printed pilot profile card(?) included inside.
It has pilot Shinn Asuka's personal profile written on it.
Personally, I think this kind of accessory is way cooler than a figure that needs painting ^^

A shot alongside the 1/100 Strike Gundam.

A shot alongside the HG 1/144 Force Impulse Gundam.

Straight build photo — front.

Straight build photo — rear.

Following the 1/144 HG, the 1/100 Force Impulse Gundam has now been released.
The biggest difference from the HG is definitely the much improved color separation.
The complex color combinations on the shoulders, torso, and various other areas are almost perfectly separated on the surface. That said, the Core Splendor's color separation is still a bit iffy, so touch-up painting is a must if you want it to look right, and the verniers on the Force Silhouette pack are also a little lacking in color separation. Everything else has quite nice molded colors, so it looks good enough even as a straight straight build. (Though the yellow V on the chest and the red parts on the Force Silhouette pack wings are still handled with stickers..)

Compared to the 1/144, the 1/100 has better proportions — a bit more slender. That's probably just because it's bigger, but it's a huge step up from the rough early design. Articulation is about the same as the existing 1/100 SEED series — not exceptional, but not bad either, just average. Joint strength seems a bit more solid than before, so it can stand up straight without any trouble even with the heavy Force Silhouette pack on its back.

Unlike the 1/144 HG, the Core Block can also transform into Core Splendor form, so the three-way separation transformation is fully reproduced as in the original. Everything else is fine, but when the upper body is laid forward(?) in Chest Flyer form, the locking is a bit iffy. The arms tend to flop around and the already somewhat awkward look keeps falling apart. The Leg Flyer, on the other hand, locks together nicely.

Setting aside the Core Splendor, overall this is a well-executed kit with solid molded colors, color separation, joint strength, and proportions. It feels much better than the HG 1/144. In terms of overall quality, it feels like a slight step up from the previous 1/100 SEED series — the clean, attractive molded colors in particular really stand out.

As long as you don't have any issues with the kit's design or transformation gimmick, this is a kit with excellent bang for your buck in terms of quality^^

1/100 Force Impulse Gundam | 2004. 12 | ¥2,200

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.