Size comparison with a cigarette pack. Being 1/60 scale, it's absolutely massive~ And that's not even counting the stand..

Upper body front close-up

Those legs are nice and slender.

Those ridiculously oversized wings..
Technically they should be called the Super DRAGOON System, but I'll just call them wings for convenience;;

Spread the wings and... the volume goes absolutely through the roof!

But sure enough, just as I feared.. those enormous wings are held in place by plastic-on-plastic connections alone — no polycaps —
so gravity really takes its toll.
Spreading them out to the sides is fine, but when you try to fold them back and open them rearward, they can't support the weight and
they just slowly droop right down.

It can stand on its own without the stand, but...
the wings are just so heavy that the waist keeps bending backward.
Just putting it on the stand is better for your sanity.

Huh? What's this head inner frame~
The detail is pretty terrible for a frame, and that's because it's there to accommodate the head lighting system —
it's a bare-bones inner frame carried over directly from the PG's structure.

Cockpit hatch open

Given the scale, both the beam saber and rifle are secured using peg slots in the palm.
What's interesting is that the pegs for the rifle and beam saber are opposite in shape.
So each weapon uses a different hand — the beam saber goes into the articulated hand, and the rifle only fits the fixed hand.

You get two of each hand type.
There's the fixed hand for holding the beam rifle, and the articulated fingers with double joints.
The grip between the hand and rifle is really solid — it doesn't come loose easily :-)

The fingers are your typical 1/60 double-jointed fingers.

Strike Freedom's signature dual rifles;;
True to the big scale, even the blue band sections have color separation.

Combining them is of course possible.. it goes together more smoothly than the 1/100.

The hip rail guns rotate to the back as per the design specs.

Rail guns rotated to the rear

And the two rifles can each be stored in the spots where the rail guns were.

Articulation is roughly on par with the 1/100..
But then again, this isn't really a kit where articulation matters much, so whatever..

Interestingly, the ankle guard armor can slide vertically by nearly 1cm.
It's a feature that could greatly improve ankle articulation, but...
the ball joint on the ankle itself has such a limited range of motion that it's completely useless OTL

Beam saber action pose~

With the wings fully open.. the wingspan hits 60cm and completely fills up my mini photo studio;;

Had no choice but to step outside the studio and shoot in the corner of my room..T_T
I had the HGUC Hazel make a guest appearance for a rough size comparison.
Looking at the photos you might think "wow, that's big,"
but seeing it in person it's just insanely huge. The sheer sense of scale in real life just doesn't come through in photos;;

Dual rifle action (I was supposed to pull out the front barrel section but forgot T_T)

A collection of SEED-related 1/60 kits. Weapon packs not included in this shot.

A shot with the 1/60 RD Freedom Gundam. The coloring and design concept are very similar to Freedom, but
the Strike Freedom came out looking much more slender.

The difference in wing volume is dramatic;;

With both wings spread open, they're quite a dazzling sight~

A shot with the 1/60 Impulse. Both have that slender design concept, but the Strike Freedom looks just a little more refined.

Together with the 1/100 and HG. The HG is still just a basic straight build ^^;

Even comparing it to the 1/100, you can see that the wing proportions got way more over-the-top in the 1/60 version.
It kind of feels like comparing the No Grade 1/100 Freedom to the MG Freedom.

The presence is absolutely killer! And it takes up a ton of display space too! ;;

The body lighting switch is located at the bottom of the stand.

Pop open the back cover on the head and you'll find the switch.
The head LED lights up separately.

Light On !!

Turn the lights off completely and it looks absolutely fantastic.
Though the photos can only capture about 20% of what it looks like in person..

Upper body lighting. Holes are intentionally drilled all over the body so light bleeds out brilliantly in every direction.

Looks even cooler with the lights off~

Arm lighting. The glow at the shield connection point is really unique.

Open up the knees and even more intense light pours out.