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【HGWFM】TICKBALANG review

Hi! Well then!
This time, it’s a review of the “TICKBALANG” from HGWFM!

From “MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM the WITCH from MERCURY”, flatbed type flight system developed by Peil “TICKBALANG” has appeared in GUNPLA HG plastic model kit, so I would like to review it!

Assembly instructions are included in color.

  • Appearance work MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM the WITCH from MERCURY
  • Sales date    02/2023
  • Tax-included price 1,430 JPY

Package & Accessories

Here is the package and attached seal.The sticker will be the one that reproduces the color coding of the footrest, such as yellow and white. There were no accessories.

Review

This is the finished [HGWFM] “TICKBALANG”.A flatbed type flight system developed by Peil Technologies, one of Benellit Group’s three major companies, for the purpose of long-distance cruising of mobile suits. In the kit, MS can be mounted on the top or hung using a tow hook.

Various gimmicks were reproduced without replacing parts, such as sliding the footrest, deploying the top handle, and storing the landing gear, making it a very playable kit.

Front, side or back. It has a fairly flat silhouette and many wings, which is cool.

It seems that the beam cannon is built in the front of the aircraft, and I wonder if it is the 〇 part where there are two. The ducts in the center and on the left and right are all integral parts, and they are the parts that need to be painted in gray.

Tickbalang seems to be wirelessly operated from the MS side, but the cockpit-like part of the aircraft is colored with white parts. The side and center sensors can be color-coded with metallic blue stickers.

The MS boarding area is reproduced with navy molded plate-shaped parts, and the yellow and white lines are color-coded with stickers.

The top handle is unfoldable. It can be held with MS hand parts.

The rear footrest can be slid to reproduce the gimmick that expands the MS boarding area. The footrest for placing your feet can be freely angled.

The main wing is equipped with two large and small wings, both of which are thin and sharp. The tip of the navigation light is color-coded with green and red stickers.

The tail wing at the rear of the fuselage is a two-piece one-part molding. The rear flight lights are also color-coded with red stickers.

Tickbalang from the back side. The △ part in the center is like a lid, and when you slide it, the stand hole is exposed.

The stand hole corresponds to the thick octagonal pin attached to the action base.

Landing gears are provided on the front and left and right sides of the fuselage, and the wheels are made of separate parts. The left and right wheels are shaped in a series of three.

All three landing gears can be stored and deployed without replacement, and the hatch can be closed after storage.

The under handle at the bottom of the fuselage can be expanded and stored without replacement. You can let the MS hold it and hang it.

There are two vectored nozzles on the left and right sides of the fuselage, each of which can swing.

The vectored nozzle at the rear of the fuselage is molded like a thruster inside and can swing up and down.

Action

The state where ZOWORT of Peil company is boarded. You can get on your knees neatly and hold the top handle firmly, so you can ride stably.

【HGWFM】ZOWORT review

Other mobile suits from various companies are also on board. All the kits from the WITCH from MERCURY series work well, so you can ride them stably, and if the shapes of the kits from other series match, you can ride them in various ways.

Tickbalang dangling voyage. The stand I own is not long enough for the pillars, so I attach the stand to the MS side, but it’s a little heavy, so I’m worried that the axis of the stand will break.

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That concludes my review of [HG THE WITCH FROM MERCURY] “TICKBALANG”!!

GOANZEN NI!!