Robot Damashii GN-X IV

Yes I am back,
It was a hectic assignment after assignment and final examination period, hence the lack of update.
Catching up where I left off, would be the the fourth generation of the GN-X line, the GNX-803T GN-X IV, in this case the mass production ver, as I do not have the commander type with me. The difference of these two figures will be stated either below or in the next commander type review.

The GN-X IV appeared in the gundam 00 movie awakening of the trailblazer. As the grunt suits against the evil ELS , well not so evil towards the end. Watch the movie to know why. And I must say the GN-X performance in the movie was good, they are able to do far more than any previous GN-X suits are capable of but a grunt will always be a grunt. Lets begin the review and as always the box.

Front Box

Back Box

The Figure Front

The Figure Right Side

The Figure Back

The Figure Left Side

Head Articulations

Max down

Max up

Max side,

Note the head rotate a 180 degree, the neck part is the thing that hinders its movement most of the time. And the armour prevents it from doing a 360, well i might be wrong here but dont think we need a 360 rotation for this suit.

Arm Articulations

Shoulders can rotate 360, no hinders, and the right arm shows how far it can rotate outwards

Below the shoulder, the arm can rotate another 360 

Elbow maximum rotation

Waist can move forwards

And backwards

Forgot to mention arms can sort of move forwards and backwards as well, the articulations u except from a ball joint.

Waist can rotate left and right a little and all sideskirts can move up and down

Side view of all side skirts

Leg can move forwards

And Backwards

Maximum split

Knee maximum bend and feet can bend down

Accessories 

1 x Gn Shield

1 x Opened Gn Shield cover

2 x shoulder boosters

2 x GN bazooka

1 x GN rifle

1 x GN rifle extension

2 x male connector ( the two small thing below the shield)

2 x female connector ( the other two small thing below the small thing)

1 x stand connector

2 x beam saber

2 x Open hands

2 x holding hands 

The shoulder boosters looks nice, but there is a problem with it , well I find it a problem and you will see it in a bit

Shield can rotate and can be mounted on either left or right side

The shield is connected by this, it is similar to the male connector parts

GN shield deployed

Side view

 The shoulder boosters looks nice when it is in a certain angle however when equipped and when wielding a weapon the boosters becomes a hindrance.

 as you can see it is kinda awful

fully equipped, the GN bazooka are connected via the female connector.

Well I would like to include pictures of the figure with different equipments and different combinations but I like to keep things short. If you would like to see more drop a comment.

Conclusion

The figure is awesome, with the amount of accessories and gimmicks it can do. A few downsides are the articulations of the arm, the arms are not able to rotate forward enough to make the shield face forward and the hindrance of the shoulder boosters. The feet being able to point downwards is nice but it lacks stability in a sense it topples over easily. Also the price somehow bandai decided to make the GN-X line exclusives well except the GN-X III, and being an exclusive figure it costs more than usual and a little hard to come by. Got this guy for 4000 yen , kind of acceptable else yeah get this together with the commander type which is the grey colour one. It comes with 2 shields and a GN buster sword, minus the two GN bazookas. 

Bandai is releasing the trans am ver , the GN-X IV in red . Expected to be released in February 2013.

This kind of concludes the GN-X line as I do not have the Third generation and Commander type with me but be sure to expect it in February. Next we might have a look at the AGE series.

Robot Damashii GN-X

The Robot Damashii or Robot Spirits
GNX-603T , GN-X

Also known as jinx this mobile suit comes from the Gundam 00 series. It only appeared somewhere towards the end of season 1 as a counter attack on Celestial Being ( where my blog names come from ) and they did a very good job at that, since the gundam meisters was almost wiped out. This suits a powered by fake GN drive which emits red GN-particles. More history on the GN-X can be found here.

The Box 

Front

Back

The Figure

Front

Side

Back

The head is on a double ball joint. However the articulation is limited due to the design of the armour.

Shoulders are on ball joints connecting to the torso, the grey piece is slightly movable. Elbow is on a hinged joint at the above picture shows the maximum angle. Hands are on a ball joint.

This shows the maximum angle on how far the arms can stretch out. It can rotate 360 without any problems

Torso, no joints

Torso is connected to the waist through something, sorry I have yet to know the term for this joint. That joint is not easily separated and only allows it to rotate 360.

The two big grey skirts are connected to the front skirt via the white piece with both ends being ball joint.

Legs, Ball joint from leg to waist, hinged knee, ball joint ankle.

Fake GN drive, moulded in white plastic, with painted on grey triangles

Back skirt/thrusters, removable

Accessories

1 x Beam Saber 

1 x Beam Saber handle

1 x Sub-machine Gun 

2 x Open hands

1 x Rifle gun attachment

1 x Shield

Some Poses

unpainted shield

Attached the rifle part to the sub-machine gun and you get one awesome looking gun.

This also helps improve the range of the gun in the anime.

It took me a while to get my hands on this figure, as I missed many many opportunities to buy this guy as I ran out of budget. Also I was a little reluctant to buy this off ebay as it costs ALOT. Luckily I managed to find one for a reasonable price of 3500 yen around RM 139 give or take.Is it worth it? Well if you can find it for a decent price I say go for it.

Mine does not come with the reissued shield, which I can live without.

Being a 2011 Release, this figure has very few articulations, I guess mainly the because of the design and it is a slight up grade of the GN-X III figure, which I will do a review on in a much much later time. Although the articulations are limited the figure is still nice and fun to pose with. The only issues with the figure is that mine comes with a very very very lose ankle joint  so any push and this guy will topple. And the plastic used for the arm and feet are turning red/pinkish, this applies to my Cherudim, and other GN-X figures. Not sure of the cause of this problem might be the chemicals in the plastic or some other things. If you do know please tell me.

Else thats all and thank you for reading.