that ending totally cracked me up! i bought the kit after watching your review and i gotta say, i am one happy customer and can't wait to get the cannon and one more regular to make the tri-stars team
"Somebody stole them" made me crack up :DDDD And also gave me an idea about how to give Jesta some more bling. FAUG looks like little more than a stylized weapon hanger when fully armed anyway ;)
absolutely love this kit just built it today. but while building i noticed some odd pieces and gimmicks that i have questions about. i figured the hooks on the front skirts are for the cannon add on parts.. but the one that confused me the most was the leg extension gimmick at the knees is that for the cannon as well or is it standard to just add a second joint for the leg to bend at? mostly curious since this is my first jesta master grade ive built
I don't mind that it doesn't come with a ton of extras. The Jesta only has a rifle, a shield and a beam saber afterall. This isn't a flaw of the kit but a "flaw" of the design itself. BUT! I still think they did it really well. The rifle has removable ammo packs and comes with 3 spares, the shield moves all over the place and actually has that seperately molded yellow piece and since it has the new hands it can hold all weapons really damn well! So I think they did everything right there^^
The Jesta may just be my next Mobile Suit model that I get but I'll have to wait and see about it in due time. :) I'm also quite happy that the Jesta Cannon is coming out soon as well.
Getting those fingers loose is nerve-wracking, and it was the point in the building process that made me have to take a break until my own hands stopped shaking :P. It feels like at any moment you're going to break this tiny fragile-looking thing and ruin your model forever.
For the record, jesta isn't exactly a"grunt"unit, rather its an escort unit for unicorn gundam. Its job is to keep grunts away from unicorn so it can focus on killing new-types.
Jabman, you should use a flat matte topcoat on your kits. Even on an unpainted kit, it will really improve the appearance and remove that "plastic toy" look the plastic has by default.
According to MechaGaikotsu, UC fans in Japan are absolute purist, so they expect model kits of the suits in the UC timeline to be show-accurate. The extending knee gimmick may have been a way that Bandai used to keep this kit show-accurate while at the same time, give the same MG quality articulation
I believe he meant "weapons won't fall off on their own" as it happens a lot on older kits with 2.0 hands and below. Ver. Ka Sinanju for example with it's huge rifle that I have him holding in it's full extended arm for some time now, with some miracle.
Does that rotating hips give you a problem sometimes like spinning by their own? Or it just solid there and you'll need some efforts to spin it to the position you wanted?
From my experience, the posable hands are quite delicate and will break if you're not careful. One of the fingers in my copy fell off, which you should take care not to make this happen too often or else the ball and socket connections will become loose. Also the wrists can become too loose if you pose them often and the rifle is slightly too heavy for the hands to handle. The hip connections are tight, but honestly I don't like them. The construction on the hip joints makes it feel fragile. Personally I prefer the static hip joints in Gunpla. They may not offer good posability, but at least they're more durable
@@therookie4901 It actually looks good in a two handed shooting pose though. Unfortunately, I broke the sheild arm, so now I have way to attach it to the kit
@@therookie4901 Frankly, the MG Jesta was my first MG kit and my latest build (I started building it last year). Despite its flaws and the mistakes I made in build process, I still like it. Now I see why Master Grade are the go-to grades for many gunpla hobbyists
I thought you were going to make a two weapon rule joke. Regardless I am surprised you've not had issues with the hands I've seen reviewers complain about the palm connection being loose
Maybe I should had counted how many times you said that those accessories stay in place. Expesially when you said it way that one might think that you can't take those off once they are in place. Something that is not true at all.
married man here. so limited kits specially for someone who just entered the hobbie. i want the jesta and the gm sniper, both look awesome but i can only pick one. wich one would you pick? thanks and greetings from colombia (instant subscriber by the way)
jabman025 i just saw your reveiw on the heavy arms gundam and now i cant decide between because they both look good. should i stick with the jesta or go with the heavy arms( asking since you have experience with both of them). 😊
DarcMetal02 They are AWFUL my first UC MG was gundam the origin RX-78-02 which has the 3.0 hands they are a mess and really annoying to pose with I would take exchanging hand parts over 3.0 hands anyday
