The 3rd Biggest HG Gundam Kit

[@freedomkirax1020a]

As a proud owner of 1 of this fellas... The HGCE Freedom and Strike Freedom work wonders together with it ❤ They dont exactly fit 100% because of proportions, but once you manage to settle them... OH BOY!🎉

[@freedomkirax1020a]

On a side note. Took a while for Gaikotsu to get to it. I built mine around 3 years ago with build stream and review (in spanish)... Good times.

[@clarksmith8830]

I find the Revive freedom fists don't work there well so swapped the fists. Which is why the reg release is better than p bandai. The rg fists are even worse

[@dragons_hook]

I put the original head on the new HGCE kit. The heads just a little big, but it looks sooooo much better in my opinion.

[@jarjarbinky6472]

Does the meteor unit fit with RG freedom or strike freedom?

[@wanderingbufoon]

how does Athrun's MSs fit into them?

[@Gatherway-Duo]

1:01 I can think of few more iconic moments than the Strike rising for the first time amidst explosions while the opening build-up of _Anna ni Issho datta no ni_ kicks in at full force.

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

The og Gundam rising up.

[@marcosdheleno]

@@gerogyzurkov2259 i think he is talking about ending transition song.

[@concon09090]

For me the best one from that SEED ed is Athrun and Kira on opposite sides of that fence when they meet up again in ORB. That being said, i tear up just thinking about the Red;birthmark drop after the Final Duel in g-witch so personally it's that show

[@xxnike0629xx]

16:00 Like this kit, the GNR-001E GN Arms Type-E got their initial HG run and then a 'Real Type' recolor to be used with the RG mobile suit. Of course the actual connection part was altered to be compatible with the RG kit. It's the same with this 'Real Type' P-Bandai release. It's been slightly colored to look more 'real' and the connection port was adjusted to be compatible with the RG.

[@rx-105xigundam2]

@xxnike0629xx Cite your sources. After all, you are still refusing to build a kit again anyway.

[@rx-105xigundam2]

@xxnike0629xx in favour of spamming wishlists, building BOX forts ....

[@ReturnofMatt]

Man, that old Freedom reminds me alot of my old HG and MG Wing kits I had as a kid. Still have them in a bin too. Those foil stickers and that fully non colored beam saber are a blast from the past.

[@RealEffinNoob]

The P-Bandai version is the same kit but with additional parts that allows you to mount the RG kit on it. IIRC, it was released around the the RG Freedom was released. Bandai also released a P-Bandai version of HG GN-Arms with parts to mount RG Exia. Additional note: both the P-Bandai METEOR and GN-Arms does not come with HG Freedom and HG Exia respectively.

[@BioGoji-zm5ph]

G-Witch had the superior transitions. The hauntingly beautiful instrumental beginning portion of Red Birthmark that plays before the ED goes into full gear... coupled with how it played over credits in certain episodes before transitioning into the full vocal track... my god, it's amazing. That extended instrumental beginning portion had better be on the 4-DISC CD release of the OST.

[@kevinbaumhoer7359]

nahh Seed is better Gtrash has the worst Transition

[@MechaBorne]

Not to mention the theme being absent until the end of episode 1 that was hype

[@FreaKG33K]

Massive recency bias, but the transitions into RED have been amazing.

[@StudioRevoct]

Remember that sanding down the pegs on older HGs is a decent idea, makes them take apart easier if you accidentally clamp then together too hard. This will also help you seal the seamlines easier.

[@gabrielc.05]

I'd say the transitions for Red Birthmark are superior because it's so subtle and soft you barely noticed that it's there before it's too late and that bass hits and then you realized "shit, it's ending alr???"

[@j-frame]

Talking about the HGUC Neo Zeong, I miss it and now currently waiting for a release.

[@boom-CM]

Love the leviathan box in the back ground lol

[@ArchusKanzaki]

This is my proudest collection right now, along with GN Arms Type-D I got recently from Japan. I haven’t assembled the latter because I just don’t have space I really need to color it at some point in the future.

[@luxhikarimusic4663]

See saw transition is absolutely ethereal. I started watching seed 2 weeks ago which is coincidence since it's 20th anniversary haha

[@sebastianrubio928]

I bought mine at release, for the time, yeah great kit. Never realised how bad the old freedom was, I basically repainted mine and did some work on it, that's how I "fixed" it. It just a really old kit, I find the HG freedom still ok. You may not agree, but I hate the IBO HGs more than I hate this old freedom. (feet & waist area are really problematic) I do have older kits like the old wing kits, the old Gundam G kits, old gundam X kits, my oldest kit is a gundam ZZ, that one is...special. I would say from the ones I own, the old Gundam G kits are the worst of them all. I do prefer gundam seed kits over IBO kits, even the older seed kits. gundam 00 have other issues but they're better and then you got all the newer revives, those are great, but you have newer RGs which are so much better. I don't have any witch kits at home yet, though they most are paid for at HLJ, will ship later. I have seen quite a lot of HG to EG which are marked as HG, but in truth are EG (looking at you old G-unit kits and HG Endless waltz kits) The meteor... yeah it needs a lot of work to look good, I painted mine (btw I know you got warhammer, the purple is Genestealer purple). As you said, it's big project to work on, even to this way, I've always wanted to get a second one. As for the build, hate to say, but you did something wrong, mine closed up correctly, you left something in there in the way. I disassembled mine to paint it a bit. A couple of things you didn't mention/don't know: It's quite the solid kit, seriously, I've dropped this kit more than once, it's a brick, parts come off, but no breaking, remember I bought mine at release. The one part that does break is the top part of the base, it's too small, the unit is too heavy, eventually it broke on me, but it was easily fixed, I re-enforced it though and you don't see it since it locks inside. It is quite stable even 20 years after, it may have plenty of flaws but it's a solid kit, the arms are solid, the missile stuff is weirdly solid even after 20 years. 1 thing I found annoying is how in the anime you can do like 1 beam full left, 1 beam full right, basically beams spread like a double giant beam saber, you can do it here, but it looks odd, not sure how the hell they even did it in the anime, I looked at the anime, couldn't figure it out. The other fun part is you can take parts off to look like the damaged version from the finale. A few final things I'll say about bit kits like these which I love, 1 aspect I hate: you gota clean them, dust them off from time to time. It's a big kit, I got it on some furniture, it's too big for my displays. 0 regrets getting it though, it was cheaper at release, it's awesome. It looks way better properly painted up.

[@christianemmanuelmedina3183]

Hi can the RG freedom fit?

[@whateverwhatever4026]

You think thats crazy. I started out building the old Endless Waltz kits when I was a kid. The ones that had feet that were all one color. Gunpla definitely has come a long way. . .

[@MrMyu]

My first kit was the 1995 Wing Gundam. Hooo boy that was a thing. I kind of miss my HG Tallgeese III, but I'm sure that's just nostalgia talking...

[@whateverwhatever4026]

@@MrMyu Definitely all nostalgia, but that's okay. I really wish I still had all those kits now too. Especially Tallgeese III. They were great for their time.

[@willisjackson7029]

I still have my HG 1/144 Tallgeese mint in packaging with the shrink wrap still on it. I also have my HG 1/144 Tallgeese 2, HG Tallgeese 3 both 1/144 and 1/100 kits all built. I also have the P-Bandai Tallgeese 3 still mint in package. I still want to get the P-Bandai MG Tallgeese 2 for my collection. I also still have the HG 1/100 Serpent still mint in package and the HG 1/144 Wing Zero still in the shrink wrap. I just got the new P-Bandai HG 1/144 Deathsythe Hell last week. I still have my HG 1/144 Wing Gundam and Wing Gundam Zero revive to build. I also have most of the EW MG kits still to build. All of my other Wing kits are built- PG 1/60 Wing Gundam Zero, HG 1/60 Wing Gundam Zero, HG 1/100 Wing Gundam, Deathsythe, Shenlong, Wing Gundam Zero, Deathsythe Hell, Altron Gundam, Gundam Epyon, EW Wing Zero, EW Deathsythe Hell custom,EW Heavyarms, EW Sandrock, EW Nataku MG 1/100 Wing Gundam Ver Ka, Wing Gundam Zero, Deathsythe Hell custom, EW Gundam Heavyarms, MG Wing Gundam tv version, no grade 1/144 Wing Gundam, no grade Deathsythe and Deathsythe Hell, no grade Shenlong and Altron, no grade Sandrock, no grade Wing Gundam Zero, no grade Gundam Epyon, 1/144 revive Deathsythe, Sandrock revive, Heavyarms revive, Shenlong revive. And many more.....

[@whateverwhatever4026]

@@willisjackson7029 I'm extremely jealous. Literally all of mine have been lost to time.

[@chaptermastermoloc4171]

Man I wish you start reviewing 3rd party add ons like the MG and RG Metal frames. Seed Metal frames and Nu, Hi-Nu and Sazabi Metal frames would be nice to look upon.

[@TahuNuva]

Hot take. Gundam Seed Destiny. The switch to outro when stellar died. I still get goosebumps thinking about it

[@mrnolife8336]

My man isn´t curing my addiction, he´s encouraging it

[@Kodaiva]

my favorite ending transition in gundam is (by all means technically counts) the end of Thunderbolt Bandit Flower the big reveal into the credits was so good

[@DarkROSkull013]

That gunpla marker looks good. Based on this video, the strokes don't look visible at all.

[@daddypenguin3391]

Love the Leviathan Easter egg but with your schedule don't know when you're going to be able to build it 😁

[@raxkiyamatocarlos2102]

The old HG Freedom I like it. It feel more toyish but still fun kit u can practice painting on.

[@NjalStormcaller]

Okay, so related to comparing old kits to newer kits. I've got a 1990 HG Gundam Mk-II and when I got back into plamo, I ended up getting the RG of the Mk-II. The two standing side is both funny, but also shows how far kits have come.

[@vustvaleo8068]

actually Bandai still uses the "toy-like" shiny plastic for their Shokugan Modeling Project or SMP kits for short.

[@MechaGaikotsu]

I have the r-gun and the r-1. They feel like kits from decades ago, like they’re designed to recapture nostalgia.

[@ultimafire2001]

I swear if this turns into a mgex for the recent Strike Freedom, then it'll be so worth it

[@matteomascaropennacchi2220]

Thats my fav Gundam Meteor unit❤❤❤❤❤

[@AmericanPride42]

I've got one of these that I haven't built yet. Been sitting around for several years. I finally decided I want to mate it with the HGCE Infinite Justice.

[@ericli542]

The transition into “red birthmark” is better. The editing must have progressed after 20 years.

[@concon09090]

While i think a lot of the SEED outros hit surprisingly well given how naff the writing often was, it's G-witch by a mile, for being a much higher quality show over all and for Red:birthmark being the better song. That being said, i do think the tactic of "longer TV size ed you lead into as the episodes end" was coined by SEED, so G-witch still owes the lineage of that move to it

[@paulgap7012]

They're decades apart

[@Darkcaius]

everyone forgetting 00 😩

[@concon09090]

@@Darkcaius i could never forget 00 (because imo its pretty bad)

[@concon09090]

@@paulgap7012 yes?? and???

[@paulgap7012]

@@concon09090 technology my dear Watson, technology!

[@charlesaquiler1725]

I should buy this and the revive, so I should get idea for Modded, I should thanked to MechaGaiKotsu’s ideas, I barely gotten thinking to make one.

[@ogbreadfish6212]

some of the transitions in to red:birthmark had me in tears and seed never did that to me

[@a.p.studios8713]

Nice thngs about the msv gundam marker set is its matte finish- love the dark gray and i used the blue and green to make a 21st century color custom hg gouf custom with the limited flight type colors from gundam base

[@iemzaf]

Stop saying its a 20 year old kit, I'm not old aaaaaah! But seriously, I love that you showcased this because I've been on a run getting SEED/Destiny (specifically Kira)'s suits that I missed getting back in the day due to the new movie coming (HYPE), and I think this one can fall on the "maybe later" pile because I don't have much time for the amount of paint work it requires. Now if only I can find one MG SF. Side note I wish you had tried on the RG Freedom on the METEOR tho, I'm looking at mine and it seems like the back wings on the RG can swerve back enough to fit, maybe.

[@ToxicAtom]

Oh that textured moulding, I've seen them do that on nerf guns while I was growing up, thought it was the coolest thing. Didn't know it ever made its way onto gunpla.

[@ODSTArx]

I also do plan on getting this but painting it to match my custom strike freedom... When I finally get a chance to grab one

[@harbingerd.8457]

I bet they'll realease a P-Bandai version with the Revive Freedom

[@MaryPTY]

You gotta check the runners on the back of the letter part to see when that specific kit was printed

[@ВасилийМорозов-л7х]

10:32 I happen to own a Gundam Universe Freedom Gundam which is quite similar in proportions, as well as backpack (the wings are identical), arm and skirt design. However, it features simpler PVC hands and a much better head.

[@movingtarget2977]

i'm glad i have bought this stuff for a good price because today scalper may sell this one as abnormal prices

[@Darkcaius]

The only thing the old hg freedom did better than the revive is how you attach the shield to the arm

[@ariallaguing6524]

I've always wanted to buy this kit

[@OriginalAceXD]

waiting for this man to review hg Gundam X and Double X

[@edwardboyz1000]

Also My HG Gundam 00 1/144 Gundam Dynames with GN Arms Type-D and HG IBO 1/144 Barbatos Long Distance Transport

[@clarksmith8830]

I just switched the old freedom with the Revive freedom and swap fists. I find the Revive fists don't work that well on this. The rg fists are even worse.

[@Darkreaper006]

Don't diss that HG Freedom. When I was 7 or 8 it is what made me love building and Gunpla. I'd actually be down to getting it again 🤣

[@floreo1530]

I was just looking for this kit

[@zeddoverkill]

That 2004 looks about like the no-grade 1/144 Wing kits I had. O.O

[@SoulstrikerV]

Those massive beams would look great modified so that a 1/144 HG/RG could hold them as handheld beam sabers. And then doing that famous two-handed sword pose where the tip of the sword is close to the screen. Idk what the pose is called.

[@watashiwabryan3741]

YEY!!!!! IT'S HERE!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@U.S.CyberSoldier50]

Imho this NEEDS a Metal Build Version just like we NEED a Metal Build Skygrasper. !!! 🙏

[@CloudedByKatana]

Nothing could have prepared me for all white beam saber complete with severed hand

[@MrTakoyaki1992]

Seed's best Transitioning is still Seed Remastered Episode of Orb's Destruction after Cagali's Screaming into Akatsuki no Kuruma's Chorus🥲🥲

[@draketheduelist]

Oh, I got a Meteor alright. But I didn't plan to strap a Freedom to it. There's an FA Girl kitbash in there somewhere. And I'm gonna' find it.

[@kurimasu]

holy moly that 03 freedom sure brought back memories lol Def remember the crap wings but dont remember the rest being that bad!!!

[@Evning]

Find the 1/400 meteor. I bought those. Because they fit the SD kits!

[@Trikzilla]

G-Witch by a county mile.

[@caeruleas]

A vote for Red Birthmark, from a guy that couldn't wait for each fansub of SEED to go up.

[@DoomedPhadz13]

used to have 1 back when it came out. but destroyed it by trying to paint it with markers and such

[@MechaGaikotsu]

I was just considering paining it with markers 😅

[@DoomedPhadz13]

@MechaGaikotsu nice. When i said markers i dont mean the gundam markers but those permanent ones you use at school projects.

[@leziggy]

0:28 welp can't unsee this now xD

[@jayempreem]

Video suggestion: MG Perfect Zeong and compared it to RG Zeong

[@zudahkai94]

Assuming you can find one

[@DragoonMS]

The M.E.T.E.O.R. Unit reminds me of the Dendrobium from Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory.

[@chrisbellon3739]

A while back,my local comic book /hobby shop, had this kit but it wasn't in my price range

[@blasttheunknown11]

I got 2 of them for my HG Strike Freedom and Infinite Justice

[@Chinesetakeout382]

It would be cool to get a version of this that didn’t come out the year I was born.

[@YkebazFiles]

Us: Please bandai release us an MG of this already. Bandai: Sure, in about 20 years or more so.

[@ry0usama511]

Nah at best they just make a metal build out of this, like the GN Arms

[@Ga1an07]

Tbh the 2003 freedom looks kinda cute

[@xavierktolentino8373]

hopefully tyou can also make a review for the SMP line of model kits, especially the SRX

[@Gekster55]

Seed's ending transitions are good but WFM takes it. The soft hum of Red:Birthmark starting at the end of every ep, making you realize it was ending, god, got me every time.

[@flametitan100]

From Episode 18 onwards, I was begging for them not to end it right then and there every time I heard that note sliding in.

[@reijoshualadjahasan]

RED:BIRTHMARK HANDS DOWN

[@sioboy]

That Freedom be looking like an Entry Grade. 😂

[@al_yen]

This was my first and only model kit that I owned. My dad got me this as the toy to shut me up for asking anything else, and it worked. We even built it together while traveling. Nostalgia hit me in the feels with this one 🥹

[@jojo2317-f5c]

Is that a warhammer Leviathan box in the back

[@Ryancelot]

i like how this kit is so old that it doesnt get a bronze tier rating

[@MaddJakd]

We need a Meteor Revive! Or RG even! Sadly they're likely to make such P-Bandia. I'd deal though

[@Blitzwolfer233]

Mega GUNdam

[@giftphoenix868]

That freedom looks like a happy meal toy

[@paradoxical998]

7:15 wait, wait, wait, did you say "I had toys IN the 80's"? How old are you?! You sound like you're right around my age if not younger and I'm 32.😶

[@rameaseshaw3245]

The little peg/wings used to hold up the model at the waste are so obnoxiously fragile

[@isaacmontgomery1258]

Kira sounded like SpongeBob if he snorted a bunch of coke and just lost his marbles.

[@Ryuko_Racer]

For old stickers wihtout more glue and you dont get a gundam marker y recomend use model kit glue for solve that problem

[@федяконовальцев]

I would love to see you review any of the motor nuclear model kits I just ordered the motor nuclear ao bing for myself

[@injlor5277]

I'm excited for the new gundam seed movie

[@SLEEPZERO_Speciall]

Ngl, with all of those overstyled freedoms and strike freedoms lately, seeing this simple freedom with barebone color sceme looks fresh

[@fake_butters]

can’t wait for that metal gear rex to be built 😬😬

[@FriendlyGaijin]

> buy old HG > complain abt everything never changes, mechagaikotsu

[@talongotskillz7159]

Mecha Gaikotsu when he realizes that Gunpla are model kits and not toys: :0

[@ominousmecha500]

Its gotta be red birthmark

[@OtepRalloma]

The Red:birthmark outro transitions are consistently amazing, it's insane

[@fishswat1]

I"ve always wanted one, especially use it for the RG freedom, but it's just too damn big it'll be impossible for me to display it.

[@abdulazim6780]

now i am interested to see comparison of hg meteor and p bandai rg meteor

[@shiroganekatsuki2940]

red birthmark slap hard

[@wanderingbufoon]

1:12 use me as a replay button for satisfying moments

[@soiyavnz]

Hopefully the new seed movie is good, want to see this one there xD

[@zeroxexe111]

Sorry, I'm in the g-witch camp, but Seed got respect on its name!😂

[@gem.dionisio]

Hmmm... have you tried the Metior unit with the Justice, Strike Freedom and Infinate Justice? Cause you will need 3 more Metior units. But cool retro model kit.

[@vp.7002]

Still need to build mine

[@dakoe7698]

Wassup, this guy made me like Gunpla back

[@AzraelThanatos]

The old kits always seem to pop out for me with issues...I just recently got the 1/144 HGFA Serpent Custom, which looks cool, but has a lot of the same issues despite being a lot older there and there isn't a good gundam marker for the issues with the arms. Still good kits, but their age really shows...

[@zannusx]

I wouldnt be surpsised if we see another release of this kit when the movie comes out. I wonder if this is compatible with the Strike Freedom and Infinite Justice

[@hitori_gurashi]

makes me appreciate my hgce freedom more