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ZGMF-X56S Impulse Gundam Master Grade
By jykwan | July 21, 2008
ZGMF-X56S Impulse Gundam model Master Grade 1/100. Released on May 2008. Quite an interesting gundam in my opinion as it is like a power ranger style transforming type gundam if you know what i mean. Supposedly the Impulse Gundam looks like a ZAFTs version of the Aile Strike. Currently as i write this, there is no blast or sword backpack yet only the flyer unit here. It is equiped with 2 x MMI-GAU25A 20mm CIWS, fire-linked, 2 x M71-AAK “Folding Razor” anti-armor knife, a MA-BAR72 high-energy beam rifle on the right arm and a MMI-RG59V mobile shield mounted on the left arm .
the box set
Overall its one slightly complicated gundam i would say, and abit flimsy as it now has more smaller parts to consider like the core splendor mounting on the chest flyer in gundam mode. Seems quite loose on my model, don’t know about others thou. At a quick glance you might mistake it for the Aile Strike, but with more observation, the details are quite different. Took me 4 hours to assemble everything and about a ridiculous half an hour to combine them together for the first time.
the pieces for the impulse
the final product. Gundam mode.
this is when it is in pieces. The chest flyer, Leg flyer and core splendor. Pilot sits in core splendor and the others are fully auto-pilot.
this is the Silhouette flyer carrying the Force Silhoutte backpack (flying backpack). The core splendor is there for size comparison.
this is rougly how it looks like flying in action mode.
action pose 1
actino pose 2
action pose 3
The box set also comes with a compatibility unit that allow you to modify the impulse to equip it with the IWSP backpack. Looks good thou i have to admit. Of course the IWSP unit doesn’t come with the box set. I took it from my Strike IWSP box set.
I have to say thou action posing for this model was quite a challenge for me because the Force Silhoutte doesn’t seem to stick well with the Chest Flyer. And the hands of the chest flyer are not strong enough to hold heavy objects like the IWSP gun shield. But overall it still stands quite well.
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