A Zoid ’n Shit!

HMM-015 Iron Kong

For the longest time, people have wanted an HMM Kong. Especially me! But now that it’s out, and I have built it, I’m kind of disappointed, because it did not overcome the worst qualities of HMM kits—the fragility*. I haven’t gotten around to it yet, but this one’s going to require serious amounts of glue just to keep it from shedding armor and fingers every time you look at it.

Pics still to come, if it can survive being photographed (don’t expect any exciting poses; I don’t have the patience).

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*For a kit this size, it’s as fragile and fiddly as the Molga or Command Wolf (two of the worst in this regard). Kotobukiya has shown they CAN build sturdy kits—look at Saber Tiger and Gun Sniper! That makes it even more disappointing that the Kong is so weak.

Before I got it in my mitts I told myself that if this kit was as fiddly as I feared, that I was going to quit HMMs. The level of detail is incredible, and the kits are beautiful, but they’re just too expensive and I’m too clumsy for this to be a good deal.

Status: HMM, I AM DISAPPOINT
Tags: iron kong, need pics, primate

1. Xehn said:

   I’d actually wondered, recently, whether the HMMs are really as bad as you seem to feel, or if it’s just an inexperience with Kotobukiya kits in general, compared to Gunpla and traditional Zoid kits…

   Have you built any Koto stuff, before you got into HMMs?

   May 30th, 2010 at 3:40 pm | #
2. then Xehn said:

   …As an aside, that I forgot to include, my own experience with the wolf is quite happy, I didn’t have any problems with it being fragile or fiddly, beyond where hoses are involved…

   May 30th, 2010 at 3:41 pm | #
3. then RCM said:

   @Xehn: Good question! I built a couple Armored Core kits (after getting into HMM, I think). They were a little fiddly, but wouldn’t actually explode from prolonged touching. Even some MG Gundam kits are fiddlier than others (Exia, ugh), but in general are more sturdy than Koto kits. I’m not even playing with these… just trying to get a pose set up.

   I also think I’ve gotten clumsier in the past couple years, which is why I’ve been sticking to figures (HCM-Pro, Robot Damashii) lately.

   May 30th, 2010 at 5:53 pm | #
4. then Schuzrum Dias said:

   Well, I was wondering whether or not to get this, and I stumble across your site. I guess I’ll be getting the Gun Sniper and Saber Tiger, then!
   And good God, don’t even mention MG Exia.

   July 20th, 2010 at 1:09 am | #
5. then RCM said:

   @Schuzrum Dias: Kong and Exia are tied for most explody kits ever. :(

   July 20th, 2010 at 3:40 am | #

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