RGCosmic Era

GAT-X105+AQM/E-YM1 Perfect Strike Gundam

The Strike Gundam finally gets to wear everything at once, and the RG frame mostly holds up under the weight.

MechaGrade Score

3.6/5

+AQM/E-YM1 Perfect Strike Gundam · 1/144 · 2019

GradeRG

Scale1/144

Released2019

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

This is a genuinely satisfying kit to build, and it's the only way to get every Striker Pack on one Strike Gundam without buying three separate boxes.

I like it a lot, but I won't pretend the skirt armor joints aren't a real annoyance once you start posing it. If you already own RG Aile Strike or RG Sword/Launcher Strike, you'll recognize most of this kit immediately, for better and worse.

Best for: RG collectors who already have the Aile and Sword/Launcher Strike kits and want the full loadout suit without starting from scratch

The full review

What it is

This kit is Bandai handing you the answer to a question SEED fans have asked for years: what if the Strike wore everything at once. The Multiple Assault Striker folds the Aile wings, the Schwert Gewehr sword, and the Agni cannon into one back unit, and building it feels like assembling three kits' worth of hardware onto a frame you already know well if you've built other RG Strikes. The added waist support piece is a small but thoughtful touch, it keeps the torso from folding backward under the extra mass once the pack is mounted, and that kind of engineering care is what RG does best when it's firing on all cylinders.

The catch

The frustrating part is the skirt armor. Front, side, and rear skirt joints on this line are notoriously loose and prone to popping off mid-pose, and builders who've done the Aile Strike before will recognize the exact same weak point here because the parts are largely shared. The stickers are also a letdown for a kit at this price point, they're mostly recycled from the Aile and Sword/Launcher releases with just a few new decals for the battery packs, so don't expect fresh Perfect Strike-specific markings the way the MG version got. It was also a Bandai Premium web exclusive, so secondhand pricing runs well above a standard RG.

Who it's for

Buy this if you already have an Aile Strike or Sword/Launcher Strike RG in your collection and want to complete the set, or if you specifically love the Perfect Strike's silhouette from the SEED HD Remaster and don't mind hunting down a Premium Bandai exclusive. Skip it if this would be your first RG Strike purchase, since you're paying exclusive pricing for parts you'd get cheaper by building the standard Aile Strike first, and skip it if loose skirt joints are a dealbreaker for you when displaying a kit in dynamic poses.

What works

Dedicated waist support part keeps the torso from sagging backward under the full Multiple Assault Striker load, a detail most companies would have skipped
The Multiple Assault Striker separates back into Aile, Sword, and Launcher configurations, so you effectively get three loadouts from one kit
Double-jointed elbows and knees plus a 360-degree waist give it real posing range for a 1/144 kit this dense with hardware

Worth knowing

Front, side, and rear skirt armor joints are loose and pop off easily during posing, a known weak point carried over from the RG Aile Strike
Sticker sheet is mostly reused from earlier RG Strike releases with only a handful of new decals for the battery packs
Premium Bandai exclusive status means it's harder to find and costs noticeably more than a standard-release RG

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The build story

What the build is actually like, and the engineering worth knowing about.

If you've built the RG Aile Strike or Sword/Launcher Strike before, the core frame here will feel immediately familiar, runners share a lot of DNA and gate placement is clean enough that cleanup stays quick. The Multiple Assault Striker itself is the real build event, you're stacking the sword, the cannon, and four battery packs onto a modified Aile backpack, and getting it all to click together without stressing the connection points takes some patience but never feels punishing.

The waist articulation and poseable skirt panels are meant to keep the legs from getting blocked mid-pose, and when the joints are fresh they do their job, the 360-degree waist turn plus the double-jointed limbs let you get some genuinely dynamic full-loadout poses. Where it falls short is joint retention over time, the skirt connectors loosen with repeated posing, which is a shame on a kit this ambitious in part count and accessory variety.

Lore & trivia

01The Perfect Strike Gundam and its AQM/E-YM1 Multiple Assault Striker pack were introduced in the HD Remaster version of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, not the original 2002 broadcast.
02In the story, the Multiple Assault Striker was developed largely as a concession to the military-industrial complex, and Kira Yamato refused to use it, it only saw combat once, piloted by Mu La Flaga during the Battle of Orb.
03This RG was released in September 2019 as a Bandai Premium (P-Bandai) web exclusive, meaning it never had a general retail release through normal hobby shop channels.