Note: This post was original published in July 2022, when I started - but didn't finish - this build. It then sat unfinished for almost two years before I finally completed it this week. I decided to move the post into the present so that all the posts related to this build would be grouped together.
Also, I updated some of the wording accordingly.
During a Target Run back in 2022, I discovered a then-new series of GFrame figures on the shelves. Unfortunately, the pickings were far from ideal. The Blitz Gundam was a nonstarter, since I’m not a fan of Gundam SEED. The GM Space Command is great, but I’d rather get that as a High Grade model kit than a GFrame (Note: I finally did it!).
There was also the Blue Destiny Unit 1, which looks cool, but also looks a bit too much like the Gundam Ground Type.
That left only one other option: the Efreet Custom. And after mulling it over, I realized this was the clear best choice: