BANDAI Hobby HGBF 1/144 Denial Gundam Gundam Build Fighters Model Kit

This is just a striking HG Gundam. It has a lot of awesomely jarring colors: light blue, blue-gray, pink sparkle, red... But it looks pretty neat.I haven't had any issues with parts falling off other than the Gundam crest when losing the head, which happens with several HG Gundams.Even my wife admits this is a pretty sweet Gundam. And that's the best recommendation of all.So technical stuff:I would NOT recommend this as a first or second Gunpla. This is a complicated build for an HG, as most of the build fighters are. It really bridges the gap between HG and RG. No skeletal frame and fewer stickers than RG kits but with more pieces and runners than an average HG kit. This kit in particular has a lot of fun accessories. You have a few different set up styles with this kit. I enjoy the wing setup, but there is a burning setup and a punch or kick action setup as well. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND getting a "Bandai Hobby HGBC 000 Build Custom GP Base". Basically the custom base kits for Build Fighter gundams. A standard 1/144 base will NOT fit well. It sticks out too much front and back and will hit the waist skirt, causing the back waist skirt to stick up slightly.The movement on this Gundam is very good for an HG. Legs can be raised very high for some cool kicking action. The legs and arms are very secure, as is the waist area. It doesn't come apart easily. The only couple of touchy areas are the head crest (always - EVERY Gundam from HG to SG to MG has that dang Gundam crest that just loves to come off when adjusting the head! Grrrr... lol). The wings, wrist swords, burn effects, and pony tails all stay affixed nicely. They are made from a very soft, flexible plastic which is very easy to work with.One area that was a pain: the two large leg pieces that fit together with the rectangular PC piece (soft rubberized plastic) with the rectangular hole in the middle are really fussy. I recommend shaving the pieces (from the PC runner) on the round ends slightly (making it more cone shaped and less cylindrical) so they fit better into the plastic leg molds. If you try and push them in, the round piece squishes and won't take one or the other side. Then when you put the ankle or upper leg piece in, it causes the leg piece to try and separate. You'll know the step when you get there. I'll notate the exact pieces in this review asap.I also recommend against using some of the stickers for the leg and shoulder pieces. Those areas look better with panel lining in my opinion. The white stickers do look nice though, so use those. And speaking of panel lining... I used gray for the light blue/gray pieces, and it looks... alright (see photos), but I would probably use black if I did this again. The gray works great for the white pieces and light pink pieces.SO right now this is my favorite HG of all (that I have assembled). All of the colors pop nicely and look great with sanding. I didn't even top coat it and it is still stunning. I have a few other HG models to assemble and then I will give an update ranking. I have the Norn Banshee, Astray Amatu and Fenice Reascita... so we'll see...Build time: 5 hours with sanding and panel lining.Difficulty: 3 out of 5 (5 out of 5 compared to other HG models).Build fun: 5 out of 5 (super fun!)Mobility: 3 out of 5 (4 out of 5 compared to other HG models).Accessories: 5 out of 5 (so many style options!)Value: 5 out of 5 ($20 on Amazon with Prime shipping)Overall appearance: 5 out of 5This is one super slick HG Gundam. Sad that Bandai is releasing an upcoming barrage of horribly ugly, boring Gundam kits (late 2016 and early 2017). I want more like this!Highly recommended!=^.^=

I got this as a gift and it seems very snazzy. It arrived earlier than estimated so that was a happy surprise. The box was pristine and looked nice. I'll have to update after the recipient actually builds it. Everything looks good though

While the figure is nice and the directions somewhat easy to follow some of the pieces (mostly the head) are a bit hard to snap into place and can be very frustrating but it’s worth it for how awesome the figure is when it’s done.

More than I expected, so many customizable avenues to explore. Easy (IMHO) to assemble. Just an awesome kit through and through

Rather nice build. Highly possible and comes with a large amount of effect parts.

HGBF 1/144 Denial GundamBuild Fighters and it's sequel Try was built up around the idea of customizations and remixes of the decades worth of Gunpla out there. Bringing a fresh new look to many machines and in some cases seeing them animated for the first time. The vast majority of main character suits are customizations based on existing machines... with one sole exception. The Denial Gundam. Out of the all the gunpla featured, the Denial is the only completely original Gundam design to Build Fighters. It shares no basis with any established Gundam before it(Yes there is the Cathedral Gundam from which was rebuilt from, but that too was completely original and it's design came out after the Denial was established), however it takes it's combat cues directly from the Build Burning Gundam.As a High Grade kit it is above par, but with some caveats. One thing you will notice right away after building is that this is a TALL Gundam. It is a good head length taller than the RX-78-2 or Exia Gundams at this scale. If you have the Build Burning Gundam, then you may already be familiar with how this gunpla is set-up; but those new to this, this particular kit is designed more around it's martial art posing. As such many of the joints are constructed a bit differently. Most of the shoulder area is a direct plastic to plastic joint, omitting the usual polycap for a stiffer arm. The hands and fists are specifically designed with a wrist joint to allow them full movement back and forth. The waist is deep socket ball joint allowing for ab crunching. The sides of the chest flex with the shoulders, similar to what you would see on a 00 Gundam kit. Arm and knees double joints. Head can rotate all the way around, tilting up and down.The only true weak point on this kit are its feet. While they are smaller than the norm, they are unfortunately restricted in their side to side angling. For a kit focused on martial arts poses this inexcusable. As a result, it's quite difficult to keep the feet flat on a surface when posing and this only leads to balance issues. Up on an action base it is of no concern, but posing on a flat surface will require care.Now about those accessories. It has a lot. It comes with six sets of hands; five of which are standard, double jointed with various hand poses, the other two are for the (Burning burst?) system. It comes with two different "hair" pieces that connect to the back of the head, one an adjustable ponytail, the other a broad hairpiece that is very similar to the Nobel Gundam's hairpiece. Personally I leave them off as they do tend to make the Gundam back heavy and just get in the way. You also get effects parts, a pair of "flame wings" that attach to the backpack, and pairs of flame effects for the shoulders and wrist guards. Those for same wrists, you also get the beam blades for them. You get a pair of fist effect parts for a "Burning punch" and one effect for the foot ala "Burning Kick". And of top of all that, you get some leftover parts from the Build Burning Gundam, notably it's backpack and flame effect parts, and an adapter for utilizing other kit's weapon packs. Whew.*I know I have one photo of it with a beam saber, but this kit does NOT come with a beam saber. I added it my kit along with a mod to store the saber on it's back waist.It comes with a sticker sheet for some details. There are really no spots on it minus the decals that would require any painting.All in all, this a fantastic and unique looking kit. If you get over the limited foot movements it's a stunning kit on the shelf.The only real shame is that this Gundam only appeared in ONE episode of Build Fighters Try. It was woefully underused.

Just like the Burning gundam, this kit has lots of different accessories, in fact some reminded me of the game bayonetta. Over i liked the quality of this kit

Has some problems with poseability. The waist is a bit wobbly and the legs are pretty stiff. Overall just a stiff kit.