HORIZON'S THUNDERJAW

This is my first Moderoid model kit although I have a lot of favorites in the line up. So my experience with it is nil and I will try to compare with other brands while going, especially Bandai's.

First of all, it is an amazing kit with its scale and simplicity. While it has 26 runners, each of them holds like 5-9 parts maximum and the gates are placed well enough you don't have to treat them heavily afterwards. I didn't use any sanding during my build. The snap fits are up to current standards of the model kit market. The clicking sounds are so satisfying.

If you are not familiar to panel lines, you may be disappointed that this kit requires at least a few strokes here and there to emphasize the details. I did panel lining right on the runners before cutting them to avoid hurting the plastic and messing with the decals. No coating was done here.

What makes this kit great is the water slides (decals), in my opinion. If you are working on this kit and leaving the decals aside, you are wasting a huge potential (of course, painting it would provide more benefits but I don't do painting). They replicate the metallic feelings of the parts while adding color schemes to the whole thing. The durability of them is also something to note. Easy to apply, difficult to tear apart.

For the cons part of this Thunderjaw, there are a few:

Definitely will buy the next Horizon kits from Good Smile's Moderoid. They are done with love and attention to details.