Marsfour
is one of the many PLANET System Armor of the Core Gundam. So far at least 4
other PLANET armor system has been shown with each Armor type representing
planets of the solar system with Mars being the fourth planet as the name Marsfour
was coined.
CORE
GUNDAM
The
Core gundam that is the center of the gunpla itself. It's basically a tiny
little gundam that is the foundation of the Planet System gimmick of this
gunpla. The core gundam of the Marsfour comes in real type color, The real type color
was the original color of the RX78 gundam before bandai decided to settle with
the white blue and red color that it has now. It also has a tiny belt skirt.
The
core gundam is a head or two shorter than your standard 1/144 kit and is
approximately the same size as those SD kits but with the core gundam having a
more realistic proportion than the SD ones and more articulated. So in a sense
the best of both worlds as an SD size HG 1/144 gunpla. Sure the Core gundam looks
bit weird but this is the only gunpla of this size that isn't an SD kit and
that in itself is something else.
Interesting
enough this kit has minimal stickers and everything is just plastic color
separation. The stickers are just for the eyes, forehead and back camera and
the scope for the gun and a tiny one for the core flyer. Sadly due to the nature
of the Core gundam it has a strange way of holding the shield as it plugs at
the buttom part of the hand. But this was done all for the Core gundams. You will understand
once you see it wear the Marsfour armor why this is the case for the changes.
CORE
GUNDAM ARTICULATION
For
articulation the Core gundam has an impressive range of arm and leg
articulation for its size. It doesn't have a full bend at an elbow and leg however
but what is have is enough to make a good number of poses. It is not as great
as those full articulated kits like the Try Burning Gundam but its surprisingly
better than I expected specially for its tiny size.
Also
the shoulder articulation of the Marsfour Gundam is a lot better in Core Gundam
mode since the Mars Armour doesn't impede the shoulder anymore so you can get
that full 190 degrees upward arm movement. Also since its part of the armor
docking procedure the Core gundam foot can go backwards is a super crazy way.
When not docked to the Core Gundam the Marsfour armor is a little craft that the gundam itself can ride on much like how the Justice Gundam can ride its backpack. In the anime it acts as a transport and a support unit for the Core gundam
MARSFOUR
ARMOR
Marsfour
armor can detach from the Core Flier and turn into the Core Gundams Armor. The
Marsfour is melee type armor system as a lot of its parts from the shoulder
armor and the feet has claws and spikes protruding from it giving it a more
savage spiky look. The red colors does remind me of other melee based gunpla
like the Try Burning gundam just to name one. Also like God Gundam and Star
Burning the Marsfour has a pair of claws attached to the pair of shield that
the Marsfour armor has. Add that to the Core Gundam small shield for a total of
three shields in total.
The
only issue is the pair of black things at the back of the armor which is the
Core gundams legs sticking out but thats a minor flaw considering the PLANET
System gimik this kits has which is a cross between those combining robots and
a cute little SD like gundam. Also the holes and pegs are pretty much standard
1/144 pegs to you can attach almost any weapon or backpack on this kit so making
the Marsfour gundam a custom friendly kit.
ACCESSORIES
For
accessories you get the Core Spray gun, a two pairs of beam effect parts for
the two beam handles that is attached on the gunplas backpack which has two
pegs and the standard 2 mm holes that can fit a variety of HG weapon and
backpack options. The beam effects comes in a pair of short and long beam
effect parts so you get a pair of beam swords and beam daggers for this kit.
There's also a small stand for the Core Flier to attach into.
MARSFOUR ARTICULATION
Since
the Marsfour is basically just the Core Gundam with an armor attachment you can
expect pretty much the same articulation from the Marsfour. The only issue however
is since the shoulder armor is a bit massive you can no longer have the 180
degrees arm motion and have more or less a 90 degrees one instead specially since you got that shield claw gimmick going on. Still that is the only minor
difference on how good this kit can get. You can pull off some crazy action poses with this kit.
Also
I like to add since this kit has no balancing issue since it doesn't have a
heavy backpack attached to it. So you can pull off some really sweet poses and
would definitely go well with any other gunpla you got in your collection. The
positive is also its downside though as the weapon pack this kit supposed to
have in the anime is sold separately making the kit feel somewhat incomplete
and not so anime accurate to the show itself.
THE
BUILD
Gundam
Marfour is a fun build. basically you make a tiny Core gundam that is pretty
much a cute SD kit size with great articulation. Then you build the PLANET armor
kit around it. Some tiny parts that can be a bit of a challenge for new
builders but nothing too hard. Both new and old gunpla builders will have
little trouble with building the kit.
THE
NEGATIVES
Since
the Gundam Marsfour is basically a Core gundam with armor attachment a lot of
the parts are small and so are the pegs connecting them. If you are not careful
you can pull them off easily or worst even break them. Also the spiky nature of
the kit makes posing a bit hard. I also would like if this kit came with an
open hand option. Other than that this is a surprisingly decent gunpla.
THE
VERDICT
So
should you buy this kit? Well it depends on your preference. The kit is solid
enough as it is but if you can afford it I'd suggest getting the Marsfour weapon
option kit that is sold separately as this kit feels lacking. The Marsfour is
still a modest kit to get if you don't mind its shortcomings in terms of
weapons.
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