Kit Review

Straight build + Panel lining

1/100 Sword Strike Gundam - Size comparison with a cigarette pack — the universal standard reference. It's a bit taller than

Size comparison with a cigarette pack — the universal standard reference. It's a bit taller than usual because of the sword.

1/100 Sword Strike Gundam - The Sword Pack has the best volume of all the Strike weapon packs. (1/4)

1/100 Sword Strike Gundam - The Sword Pack has the best volume of all the Strike weapon packs. (2/4)

The Sword Pack has the best volume of all the Strike weapon packs.

1/100 Sword Strike Gundam - The beam section uses a soft parts attach/detach system. The sword's color combination is pretty

The beam section uses a soft parts attach/detach system. The sword's color combination is pretty great, but
the blue areas are handled sloppily with seals, which is a bit of a bummer.

Since the base body is the same, the articulation is naturally identical to the Aile Strike.

發刀!

The sword is about 26cm long — pretty impressive.

You can pull out the Midas Messer weapon mounted on the shoulder and use it like a blade.

The Panzer Eisen on the forearm can be slightly posed in a firing position using a rod part.

The handle is really big, so it's easy to hold the sword with both hands.

Playing baseball??

The coolest-looking of all the Strike weapon packs is definitely the Sword Pack!

A shot together with the 1/100 Aile Strike!

The included Kira Yamato figure. Only the outfit has been changed to something a bit more stylish.

Straight build + seals photo before panel lining

Following the Aile Strike, the Sword Strike has been released in 1/100 scale.
The Sword Pack has the most parts of any weapon pack, solid volume, and great looks,
making it the most popular weapon pack of the bunch. Sure, in the anime
the Aile Pack gets used most of the time, but in terms of actual popularity,
the Sword Pack seems to come out on top.

Since the base body is
100% identical to the Aile Strike, for details on articulation and overall construction, please refer to the 1/100
Aile Strike review.The 1/100 Sword Strike Gundam is a typical variation kit — it swaps out the Aile Pack runners for two Sword Pack runners and includes a slightly updated Kira Yamato figure.

The molded colors on the Sword Pack parts are excellent, and the color separation is pretty well done too.
That said, the sword itself has a somewhat complex color scheme, and the dark blue areas are handled with seals.
Those seals have a slightly shiny finish and only cover part of the surface, so they don't look all that great.
If you have the time, it's worth doing at least some partial painting. (Full paint is obviously even better, of course~)

The beam section of the sword is represented by a soft, semi-transparent pink part that can be attached and detached — the material feels nice.
The Panzer Eisen claw weapon on the forearm has a detachable claw section, and by using the separately included rod part, you can pose it in a firing position.
It's a bit on the short side, but it actually holds its shape better than a wire-based flexible version would.
The Midas Messer — the short blade-like weapon on the shoulder — can also be pulled out and used as a single blade,
though it tends to be a bit loose when plugged into the shoulder and falls out easily.

The real strength of the Sword Strike is the sheer coolness of action poses with the sword equipped.
Swinging that long ~26cm blade makes for some really dynamic poses, and interestingly,
the fixed hands (as opposed to the articulated MG-style ones) actually hold the sword really well without dropping it — a surprisingly nice advantage. (^^;)
Sure, swapping hand parts in and out is a bit of a hassle, but it still feels way better than an MG where the grip is too weak and the sword keeps falling.
The body joints are also nice and stiff overall, so poses hold well.

Personally, I like this one more than the Aile Strike in every way — style, colors, you name it.
Maybe that's why it was the first to sell out among the first-run releases of the Aile, Sword, and Launcher Strike Gundam kits.
If you can only pick one of the three, the Sword is hands-down my recommendation. ^^

1/100 Sword Strike Gundam | 2003.1 | ¥2,200

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.