[REVIEW] Dragon Momoko MG Avalanche Exia Unboxing

I've been holding out from buying new kits lately until I finish most of my projects. And It's been really hard since the kits being released recently keeps getting better and better. Bandai or otherwise.

Ever since the Dragon Momoko MG Avalanche Exia was announced I've been keeping an eye on it. I was able to resist the Bandai or the BL Providence, or the DM out frames. 

But I wasn't able to resist this one. Primarily due to the kits potential for LED mods.

So for now, here's an unboxing review of the kit. (WARNING: Photo heavy)

After the MG Strike Freedom and the Destiny. DM went back to their simpler box designs. The box shows the two "versions" of the kit. The one with the "Dash" parts on one front and side, and one without on the opposite sides. 

The manual is thick. There are a few pages showing the kit in various poses or featuring its extra parts. Looking at the manual, it can be observed that this is a new inner frame design. So the armor parts wouldn't normally fit with the existing MG Exias.

There are a lot of runners. Good news is that details are really good. edges are sharp, panel lines are deep enough. Very minimal mold flashes which are very manageable.

Aside from foil stickers. The kit also comes with water slide decals.

The blades come in a metallic silver finish. I'm not sure if it's painted or plated. Kind of what they did with their version of the MG Akatsuki. The finish looks really good. Unfortunately, nub marks will be hard to hide with this kind of finish. Especially the gates here are placed at the edge of the blades.

I tried scraping the finish off one of the metallic runners and it shows the plastic is an opaque plastic. Maybe I'll just repaint the whole piece if I'm unable to find paint that matches that kind of finish.

The kit also comes with "GN Power Lines". This is a thick sheet of clear plastic yet very flexible. I don't expect to encounter any problems attaching these.

It also comes with the metal build - style display stand. Though the markings are different.

The kit also comes with 2 LED units for the GN Drive. It even comes with batteries for the LED. Looking closely, it appears that these LED units are not the same as the Bandai versions as the Bandai versions use 2 pcs, LR44 button batteries but this LED unit uses only one battery. 

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