Bandai Hobby - Gundam IBO - #36 Gundam Bael, Bandai HG IBO 1/144

so this is my third kit and my fave. It's a unique build from the exia and mars fours four i put together but it wasnt difficult. It is extremely poseable and looks good in nearly any position but stability can be an issue but its not hard to balance the figure using the wings and ball jointed waist. The pauldrons are high on the high shoulder joint and can be moved up really high to accommodate arm movement. The sword sheaths also lock in really well and can be pulled with no worry of breakage unless youre too rough.however, depite my overall love for this figure, i do have some gripes. The waist is a bit loose especially if you want to stand strand straight up and back of the waist skirt kept coming loose despite feeling like solid connection but i remedied that with a bit of super glue.

This was my first Gundam/Gunpla, and it was so much fun to make! Perfect for Beginners and Experts Alike, its just a cool little guy!

My son enjoyed putting this together, even though it was missing a hand.

These model toys are the coolest. Fun times for my son and I. Plus they look cool when finished and my son has a blast playing with them.

I've put together 6 High Grades with this being one of them and so far this is one of my favorites. He looks huge and bulky(in a good way)due to his back blades especially when placed next to other hg gunpla. Only minor complaint is his paint scheme is pretty bland just white with blue on joints. I attempted detail lining on this model and apart from a few shakes of the hand it looks really good and kinda helped make it pop despite the lack of color. Overall great and fun build.

This kit, like the other IBO HG kits that I've built, seems to go easy on the amount of parts. The only extra parts are its two swords. This isn't a problem however, but I will say it goes a little too hard on the stickers for color correction even with the small amount of parts. Still though, I would definitely recommend this kit for someone just starting out building gunpla.

Very easy to assemble and looks amazing.

Fun build and kit looks great....but mine is very, very, veerrrry loose. So much so that fully assembled my Bael can't even stand on its own. The feet can't hold the weight of the body and you can barely move the left arm without it popping of. It's probably just my kit, could be bad polycap or somthing, but everything else about the kit is fantastic. Just praying my Lupus kit I have next is sturdier than this...