It’s been a year and a half since I last built a Gundam Model Kit. I think that’s the longest span of time I’ve had between builds, and truth be told, I expected it to be even longer. There just aren’t any Real Grade kits I am jonesing to build, and I still don’t think I have the talent - and I definitely don’t have the shelf space - to try a Master or Perfect Grade. As for trying a High Grade kit, I’ve contemplated it, but there’s an overwhelming amount of them, and I am very easily affected by the paradox of choice.
This is a roundabout way of saying that Gunpla Chronicles 5 is brought to you by my wife. I recently had to housesit while she went on a family vacation, and she came back with a model kit for me.
To be honest, she could have brought me any kit, of any grade, and I would have loved it. Mrs. Wolfe knows I like Gundam, but I don’t obsess over it, so she doesn’t know all that much about it. The fact that she not only tried to find me a kit, but also tried to find one she thought I would like, means more to me than I could possibly describe with mere words.
That being said, the kit she found just happens to be an excellent choice, for a number of reasons. Ladies and gentlemen, I bring to you the High Grade Gundam Tryon 3:
