Bandai Hobby BAN209064#21 Gundam Barbatos Lupus Gunplay High Grade, Multi-colored, 8 Inches

Really fun kit. Lots of nice colour separation and panel details to go over. The 4-star rating is for the points I mention here, but this kit is still really good.There are a few loose bits that can make posing tricky. The polycaps on the shoulders can't really hold the weight of the arms, and the waist ball joint is prone to popping out. The wrists like to pop out too, which can make weapon poses fiddly to set up (But they CAN be done). I think these things are part of the standard IBO inner frame, so that's more a criticism of the whole IBO line, as opposed to this kit in particular.The sword is HUGE, easily taller than the robot itself. I would recommend grabbing an action base if you want more dynamic posing options.Comes with stickers so please don't be an idiot like me and wait until you've applied them to start sanding nub marks you've missed, save them for the final assembly.

The kit is pretty simple to build, and has an overall good look and feel. Articulation is great and most of the detailing is crisp , with good color separation as almost all of its parts are molded in the correct colors. With some panel lining it can look even nicer.The downsides of this kit are not too numerous but I will list them nonetheless.Sadly there is only a single weapon included in this kit with most of the weapons being able to be purchased separetly, not that mutch of a problem considering that this kit is on the cheap side still.A bigger problem though is that it has quite some problematic color correction stickers , particuarly the blue ones on the sideskirts and the black parts on the backpack can be a problem, so I suggest just painting those parts up instead.The biggest downside of this kit is the chest to waist connection point which is reaaaaalllly flimsy and can pop out way too easly while posing this figure, this can also be fixed but ouf of all the problems this is still the most glaring issue.Overall the kit is excellent despite its few problems i would still recommend it to newcommers and veteran builders alike.

As a new collector of Gundam Models and getting into to the Gunpla hobby, this item was a great starter Item.The piece looks great built straight from the package, and if you are a skilled enough you could really make the piece your own with some paints and custom accents.Really easy to follow guidelines and superb quality model.The only thing I would like to see improved is the stickers that came with it as they do detract a little from, the piece.Overall a very pleasing item, and a rather quick build time just over an hour for a first time doing a model kit of this nature.Ensure you read up and have a variety of tools available to help with the build as some of the part were minuscule and a little fiddly to manage.

Arrived sooner than expected considering it traveled so far.Box and item in top quality no issues

This gundam was very articulate and it can hold the weapon without fail.The kit comes with two sets of hands for holding the weapon and the one weaponYou can pull off a lot of poses with BarbatosThe problem with this kit was the stickers. They were really obvious and takes a lot of time and effort to put it on carefullyThe kit was also missing some expressive hands like the ones in burning gundam

This kit was an absolute joy to build! Great details for a HG kit. A bit on the expensive side for a HG but that’s nothing new buying straight from a UK business. Articulation is good, plastic is high quality, some stickers here and there but not excessive.

Brilliant product and service. I bought this as a project to do whilst covid-19 was going On, as it was being shipped from Japan to the UK thought it would take months to arrive but only took 8 days very happy!

5 stars item arrived 2 weeks before the expected date.As my first Gunpla model surprisingly easy to put together,Any one even those without modeling experience can be assured that they can put this together with little to no issues.The only real complaint i would give this model, is the eye sticker,It is bloody fiddly as hell to get straight and in place lolEdit: got a Gundam marker few days ago finished resluts in pictures below :P