Have to admit I did feel a little “ambivalent” when I heard the upcoming new edition “Deathscythe Gundam”.
Years ago, when the “Endless Waltz OVA” was aired, I have built every single model of the entire series, included: All five Gundam, “Tallgeese III” and the “Heavyarms Mass Production MS” of antagonist, and it will be pretty lame for this new “Deathscythe Gundam” to follow the footsteps of those models by adopting the old HG design of Bandai, countless fans would be disappointed as well…but I wasn’t sure if the manufacturer would really let us down like that…so I accepted the request of truth finding, since who knows what tricks might still hidden inside Bandai’s sleeves.
Quite fortunately when I opened the box of this model it was full of surprises. They really did it this time, unlike all previous “Deathscythe Gundam”. We get an utter remake MG Gundam with numerous cutting edge MG technologies built into it. The famous Bandai Gundam MG models include following features: Design based on inner frame system, which enables extensive movement, and all details are superbly loyal to the anime. Plus external parts with great details and specific color indications, those designs would facilitate the construction and painting for fans.
Although the size Deathscythe, is the standard 1:100 MG size which is not too large, roughly as big as F91 and Crossbone Gundam, but to give you an idea: it takes ten pieces to construct merely the head part, even the two yellow air vents on the face take individual pieces to build, that’s how detailed it is. The torso, looks simple, yet is also built by numerous parts. As I’ve mentioned before, MG has a great reputation of detailed pieces and specified painting process, and reflect to this Deathscythe’s upper torso, besides the fine presentation of pilot cabin, the articulation on the waist is also taken care of, both the appearance and movability. So it’s quite obvious that the manufacturer did a superb job on all aspects on this exciting Gunpla.
Example of other noteworthy spot, is the shoulders and attached armors. Although they don’t look complex to assemble, but actually the manufacturer puts in extra pieces to it and its internal rocket devise, in order to increase both the sense of reality and movability, so the very essence of original anime isn’t missing.
As for the feet and thighs, pieces are joined together by vertical-snap fit with a internal frame system inside, as Bandai did on previous versions. But for the calves, two-parts tradition of HG version has been abandoned, instead Bandai provided almost ten different armor pieces agree to the design lines on the legs, one highlight is that armors on the calf articulation are separated parts as on most MG, unlike those on HG which are parts of the legs. Advantage of doing this is to avoid seeing the snap line, and after completion the whole part looks much alike the original anime, plus extensive movability.
Addition to those, the bottoms of the feet are improved as well. The tiptoe is constructed by two individual pieces, also allows extensive movement, and loyal to the original anime. The number of pieces required to build the bottoms of feet has increased, so these entire parts have a great degree of detail.
To summarize what I see here, it’s a bit hard to tell much difference between new Deathscythe and traditional Endless Waltz HG Gunplas on the surface level. But once you start to work on the construction, you will find out it has a whole lot to offer within. The extensive movability makes classic poses possible to be restaged, and high loyal appearance to the original anime, plus superbly detailed parts, are the final reasons to own this model. Many parts have been redesigned, besides more pieces, high details and movement capability, also make the painting process easier.
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