This is by far the worst of the Gundam models I've built. It only take me a couple hours to knock off this thing, as it's made of fewer parts than the leg on the Sazabi kit. It's incredibly hard to pose without parts falling off, it's hollow, the plastic is inferior to any other Gundam kit I've assembled, the detail is sub-par, about equal to some older HG kits. I wasn't expecting a lot, based on the last two RE/100 kits I built, but this this is just a bad model through and through. Case in point, he can barely even hold his massive weapon without his hand popping out. I am not even sure I'll bother lining and detailing this thing, it's just so cheap (yet it was not an inexpensive model) The rippled material looking stuff making his arms looks completely out of place, as if the thing is just a cosplayer wearing a sweater under his Gundam costume. I say skip this one folks.
On the bright side, he came with a set of the good, highly articulated hands. My Sinanju Ver.Ka did not, so I gave this piece of crap's hands to the Sinanju which made that already amazing model even more impressive. Because of that fact I will be generous and give this a second star.
As a gunpla builder for the past 10 years, I've built my fair share of hg 1/100 scale kits and master grade 1/100 too. When Bandai announced the RE / 100 ( reborn 100 scale) I was a bit skeptical as hg 1/100 00 gunpla kits started to flash in my mind as they were known for their terrible articulation and details. This however, is by far the best hg 1/100 I've ever built! Since this kit was the 1st of its kind in years, I was expecting to do a TON of painting and custom panal lining. BOY WAS I WRONG! This kit definitely has some master grade details to it from 3+ parts to create several tri-color Verners to the semi inner frame details. This kit took about 3 hours for me to snap fit and even then it's a pretty intimidating display piece! My only issue with the kit is its weight. Due to the lack of a full inner frame, the arms will tend to lean while posed. There's also the fact that this is purely for display! This kit is almost like the mg Exs Sentinel ,you can only pose it's arms and head so don't think that you'll be popping him on an action base to battle the HI-NU ver.KA anytime soon.
All and all , it's an incredible kit I'd recommend to an intermediate builder as it's still a bit too complex for beginners. P.s. As I'm typing this I'm waiting for the metal Verners and custom Waterslides to arrive!