Kit Review

Straight build +
partial painting + panel lining + decals

All the weapon sets laid out together. They're so huge it's quite a sight to behold.

These weapon packs are basically just enlarged copies of the 1/100 versions.

Interestingly, each weapon set has the weapon's name engraved on it.

1/60 Real Detail Striker Weapon System - True to the 1/60 scale, every hand-held weapon has a peg built in so you can plug it

True to the 1/60 scale, every hand-held weapon has a peg built in so you can plug it into the palm to lock it in place.

----- Aile Strike Gundam -----

1/60 Real Detail Striker Weapon System (1/2)

1/60 Real Detail Striker Weapon System (2/2)

The Aile pack is massive too, as you'd expect from 1/60 scale~

The detail on the thruster nozzle side is a bit better.

Awkward action pose.. / Beam saber action pose

Given the scale, seeing the Aile pack from directly behind is seriously impressive~

Alongside the 1/100 Aile Strike Gundam. They're basically identical twins.

----- Sword Strike Gundam -----

The sword is nearly 40cm long.

Drawing the sword!

With the Midas Messer removed from the shoulder.

Two-handed slash!

1/60 Real Detail Striker Weapon System - The Panzer Eisen's launch is represented with a metal wire. But it can't really hold

The Panzer Eisen's launch is represented with a metal wire. But it can't really hold its shape, so...

Alongside the 1/100 Sword Strike Gundam.

----- Launcher Strike Gundam -----

The Launcher is huge too~

Truth is, there aren't many poses you can pull off with the Launcher.. T_T

Alongside the 1/100 Launcher Strike Gundam.

----- Tri Striker -----

It's absolutely massive!

Just like with the 1/100, the Aile pack causes both shoulders to lean forward..

It's so bulky it fills up the entire shooting area.

A bit cheeky, really — the 1/60 weapon set dropped just a mere 3 months after the 1/60 Real Detail Strike Gundam came out. Sure, that might be the logical release order, but when it's unclear whether a weapon set will even come out, most people naturally just buy the base kit — so when the weapon set showed up so quickly, a lot of folks who'd only bought the base kit were left going OTL.

Anyway, the Aile, Sword, and Launcher weapons have all been released in 1/60 scale together with the Strike body, and the box size easily surpasses a PG in sheer volume. The contents are packed full too, with a very generous amount of runners for the ¥7,000 price tag. Of course, it's not as finely detailed or precise as a PG, so the individual parts are large but not particularly numerous. Because of that, assembly doesn't actually take as long as you might expect from looking at it.

The Strike body is of course 100% identical to the previous 1/60 Strike, so for info on the body itself, please check out the 1/60 RD Strike Gundam reviewAs you can tell from the price being double, roughly half of this kit is the body's runners and the other half is the weapon set's runners. It's almost exactly 50/50.

The weapon set feels basically like a straight-up enlarged copy of the 1/100 versions. The body itself was already being called an enlarged copy, and sure enough the weapons are almost a complete carbon copy in terms of detail, shape, construction, and features. There are a few minor detail additions, like the weapon names engraved on each piece. The biggest difference from the 1/100 is that some areas that were previously done with seals are now fully reproduced through separate parts. For example, the blue parts on the Sword weapon set, the red parts on the Aile wings, and the yellow parts on the Launcher's shoulder weapon wings all have perfect color separation.

The fact that the weapon sets' detail and shape are so identical to the 1/100 versions might be a little disappointing — but since the 1/100 detail was already pretty good, the 1/60 ends up being a reasonably solid result as well.

With the 1/100, the fixed-finger hands actually had the advantage of gripping weapons more securely. The 1/60 uses double-jointed fingers instead, and while there is a slot in the palm to lock weapons in place, the hold isn't all that reliable. Because of the larger scale, the weapons are bigger and heavier, so just plugging them into the palm doesn't quite cut it for a firm grip. You really need to carefully balance the pose to get it to stand properly while holding the sword or launcher.

The biggest strength of this kit is probably the value for money. For ¥7,000, you get a generous, voluminous set of contents and a wild variety of colorful parts that reproduce the design colors almost perfectly without any painting needed — so it has plenty going for it. In that sense it does feel like a product aimed at younger builders, but adults will have a great time with it too. ^^;;;

On the flip side, looking at the photos alone, it can be hard to tell at a glance whether you're looking at the 1/100 or the 1/60 — so plenty of people will be disappointed by how copy-paste it feels. But that's really just because you're looking at scaled-down photos; see it in person and the sheer size and presence of the 1/60 is a whole different experience. Especially when displayed in the Tri-Striker configuration — the impact is something else.

In the end, Strike Gundam has since been released all the way up to PG in the same scale, but this kit stays true to the No Grade tradition with its price point and a sensible, well-rounded package to match — making it a pretty attractive option value-wise. ^^

1/60 Real Detail Striker Weapon System | 2003. 3 | ¥7,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.