I get that this line is intended to draw in new builders, but Bandai would make an absurd amount of money if they did grunt suits in this style. I know the fine build grunts are similar ish, but I bet this price point and simplicity would make army-building incredibly appealing to some customers who may otherwise avoid it

Man, where's the EG Zaku II? That's a perfect army-builder kit for the price!

This kit looks exciting. Between this, the RX EG and the upcoming Nu RG this line is getting good. Now for some ZEON EG kits

Bandai don't make model kits any more, they make tiny plastic mic drops.

Can't wait to get this. I love testing color options with the entry grade line.

My friend gifted this to me for my B-day; it looks like Entry Grade is the new "low-end" HG after all. After seeing the vid, I'm glad they gifted this to me, looks seriously fun

I’m going to have to get one of these, I’m just fascinated by the articulation and build quality relative to the price point. Thanks for another great video!

Looking forward to picking this kit up. Looks like it will be fun to work on. The strike is one of my favorites so I try to get every one.

Excellent video! Gonna be painting for the first time ever and gonna use this guy as a sacrificial piece. I'm certain it's gonna look awesome though.

you can paint strike rouge colour scheme on this one Zack.

This was my first Gundam build. A lot of fun! He now sits next to my bed and wields my phone cable sometimes 😂

This model kit is epic. Gundam are so cool Robot suits

the other release did come with the combat knives though but lacked the rifle and shield.

I always love Gundam, it's always fun to play with Gundam.

Cant wait for a Zaku Entry Grade

The EG Strike is the best kit for having a 1/144 Aile Strike version using Aile Strike from the HGCE Aile Strike kit. The Aile Striker is light so the EG Strike can hold it as is. While the HGCE kit is the best kit to use for Perfect Strike version, using the HG Sword and Launcher Striker from the HG Perfect Strike kit because the HGCE Aile Striker kit doesnt have the torso bend.

I love that todays kids and starters can easily get into gunpla without getting intimidated by so many extra things to do anymore with the details of a modern high grade with half the price. back then it was the "First Grade" and not only it barely has any details, only its arms,legs and head move so its basically a statue

Can´t wait to see you paint it.

6:25 I’m pretty sure a good amount of people broke the ball from the waist by doing that on the EG RX-78-2

WOW, I had the original HG Aile Strike and it pales in comparison to this whether it's colour correct parts or design. I remember shield was yellow stickers, the v fin I had to paint, eyes, shoulders were solid white. And this is entry-grade too like whut!?!?! How far has Gundam kits come!?

I've got this on pre-order, was meant to arrive in Feb but still waiting.

cant believe how much detail and articulation they put into this """"entry level""" model, made for easy assembly for children and beginners i wonder if theyll ever put this much care in color separating future SD kits (oh wait they did but the sdcs line is dead now)

I wonder if they could release a Perfect Strike addon for this one day

now to await the pbandai remould of this into the Strike Rouge and, hopefully, the Strike Rouge Kira Yamato Custom

Sweet video dude!

It might not be lore accurate, but how about different color schemes based on the striker pack attacked like what the Impulse Gundam did when it changed packs

Its been 2 years since eg strike gundam released, but i really hope the next eg would be either gundam exia or age 1

Anyone know if the front skirt can be safely split like the RX-78-2's can? If so, that's additional poseability

Just got mine. Unfortunately it has a floppy torso/ waist connection and right leg.

It's a beautiful kit

My dream is that bandai releases some eg grunt suits from Universal Century and Cosmic Era

Would have been cool if they had included the Armor Schneider.

The head of this one is way more detailed and better color-separation than the HGCE...

Better head than the hg version, no eye stickers

Plz review the hg helios 🙏

i wonder if it is also compatible with the shoulder armaments for the perfect strike

Any black stand available?

It would be nice to see an eg of the exia too.

Hey, I know you did the Live Build of the RG Hi-Nu, but will you be doing a review of it?

Looks better than the hg, might get this instead and just buy a second hand strike packs

This looks almost exactly like the HG version.

Contest suggestion: entry grade custom

Only thing I didn't like about this kit was that the handle on the shield is not functional, unlike the RX-78-2 EG.

so did mecha whatever his name get a different version because his only had knives, Idk if thats because this is the box version as opposed to the box version

My gosh that ab crunch destroys the hgce completely

I just finished building mine and it's a bit underwhelming. HGCE ver is still a better kit tho. And I bought 3 copies so I'll paint one of them into PS deactive mode color scheme.

Does the box say you don't need nippers? What kind of nubs do you get left with if you do that? They are trying hard to make me lazy, lol.

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Toom you long enough. Sadly it still uses 1 peg hole backpack connection we need sold seperately strike packs not the build ones official ones or atleast adapters

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While it's an impressive kit in its own right, I'm pretty sure the HGCE would be priced similarly if it didn't come with the aile striker, beam sabers, etc. The fact that the HGCE still holds up almost a decade later is pretty impressive; compared to the EG, it still has better shoulders, elbows, hips, a better rifle, and metallic blue stickers for the cameras. While the EG beats it in some areas, they're roughly equal overall. I do like having the light package version as an excuse to display a strike gundam with the armor schneiders though. It always felt like a waste with the aile strike.