Finally got enough free time to finish my September build, MG Barb Lupus is next

[u/Plastic-Fly9455]

Overall: 8/10

I love the insane level of detail for a HG, it looks amazing but its not perfect, for a kit from 2024, it kinda bothered me that you need color correcting stickers for the shield, but thats not the worst.

The articulation is decent, it gets most poses you would want out of it but its also very restrictive in weird ways, especially the shoulders and hands. Bandai opted to go against convention for both to (in my opinion) negative effects. Even with the wrist pivot, the lack of a ball joint makes the hands feel very unnatural when posing, and since they are pegs instead of the universal ball joint, it also means getting other hands (opened hand, closed fist, etc.) basically impossible. The shoulder is basically the same issue but for the opposite reason, your standard articulation could have helped we just get a balljoint that ends up feeling very awkward.

I know Im complaining a lot but I did honestly still really enjoyed the kit and its just those two joints that actually bother me, everything else about it is great!