The SD Gundam Aerial makes its debut in the new SD high-end brand "MGSD," which combines the form of SD Gundam with MG-level technology!
The internal frame is made with metallic silver parts and multiple molded colors, achieving a high-density sculpt.
The front armor moves upward, and the legs have multiple joints, ensuring a wide range of motion. The movement of the standing knee is naturally expressed with sliding exterior movement.
The camera eye uses clear parts and silver parts, creating a mechanical multi-layered structure.
Clear parts across the body feature an unfolding gimmick. By detaching the built-in shell unit, the blue shell unit that reached Permet Score Six can be recreated.
The hand parts have a joint structure that improves the weapon-holding power in the hands.
The shield is composed of GUND-Bits and comes with the ability to separate and equip the body with Bit-On form.
When combined with the separately sold weapon display base, the Bit Staff deployment state can be recreated.
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Expert Review
The Gundam Aerial is the 4th release in the MGSD lineup. Just like its predecessors, it does a great job blending SD proportions with MG-level quality. Since there's no MG of the Aerial yet, this kit actually steps things up a notch above the existing HG and Full Mechanics in terms of gimmicks and detail.
For starters, it comes with full-body inner frame and perfect color separation as a baseline, plus excellent articulation and premium gimmicks on top of that. The cockpit hatch open gimmick is reproduced here for the first time, and the Bit Stave separation/attachment gimmick on the shield has become much more refined. That said, because the Bit Stave attachment mechanism got more complex, it's a bit trickier to connect and disconnect compared to before. Each Bit Stave attaches differently, and you need to connect two points simultaneously, so it's worth going through the manual carefully step by step.
You can also borrow the separately sold Weapon Display Base to display all 11 Bit Staves in their deployed state. This too requires reworking some of the Bit Stave locking mechanisms to a slide-type setup, so while it's more refined, it does feel slightly more fiddly compared to the HG or Full Mechanics. On top of that, a special blue cell unit for Permet Score Six is included as a special gimmick. Swapping it in is a bit of a hassle, but being able to recreate Permet Score Six this way is definitely a plus.
In terms of articulation, it feels like they really did their best given the SD proportions. Since the legs are short by design, posing it on a stand looks better than posing it flat on a surface. Joint strength is solid overall, though the waist joint feels slightly looser by comparison. It's not wobbly by any means, but since everything else is nice and tight, the waist does feel a little lacking in that regard.
So there are a few minor gripes here — the fiddly attachment/swap gimmicks and the slightly loose waist — but overall the quality is more than satisfying outside of those points. The excellent build feel, detail, visuals, and articulation gimmicks that stay true to the MGSD concept make this kit well worth the price. If you're a fan of the MGSD lineup or the Witch from Mercury series, this is definitely a kit worth opening your wallet for. :-)