My Love For Life Review

This is my first gundam model kit assembly review on My Love For Life Review. I will be covering the TT Hongli High Grade (HG) 1/144 scale Tieren Ground Type from the Mobile Suit Gundam 00 series. The first pic shows the box art of the TT Hongli HG Tieren Ground Type.

Cover box left and right side art design.

Cover box top side art design.

Cover box bottom side art design.

Unboxing TT Hongli HG Tieren Ground Type gundam model kit.

TT Hongli HG Tieren Ground Type gundam model kit instruction manual.

Notice how the original Japanese text have been replaced with Chinese instructions.

Some of the parts labels are still in Japanese. Guess it wont make much difference not to translate them into Chinese then.

I can't read Japanese or Chinese but one doesn't need to for gundam model kit assembly. The instruction manual is very well illustrated so anyone who can follow guided pictorial instructions can assemble the kit.

All the runners and sticker sheet laid out for an overview.

The polycap (PC) runner containing polycap joints for parts pose ability.

Main runner containing parts for the head, shoulder armors, leg armors and rear skirt armor.

Main runner containing parts for the internal components of the legs, hands and also the weapons.

Main runner containing parts for the outer casing of the arms, legs, chest and torso.

Foil sticker sheet.

Overview of the parts for the chest assembly.

Assembled chest component.

Parts for the chest sides connector for the arms.

Assembled chest sides connectors. Foil stickers has been applied as well.

Parts overview for the backpack and torso mount.

Parts for the head.

Parts for the main weapon.

Assembled main weapon with foil stickers applied.

Overview of parts for the right arm.

Assembled right arm.

Overview of parts for the left arm.

Assembled left arm.

Parts for the shoulder armor pieces.

Assembled shoulder armor pieces. Notice how the head is also assembled with the foil sticker applied to the eye.

Parts for the right foot.

Assembled right foot.

Parts for the internal right hip connector.

Assembled internal right hip connector.

Overview of the parts for the right thigh.

Assembled right thigh.

Overview of the parts for the right shin.

Assembled right shin.

Parts overview for the right leg.

Assembled right leg.

Overview of parts for the left leg.

Assembled left leg.

Parts overview for the torso.

Assembled torso.

Overview of main parts. The tieren is beginning to take shape.

Front view of the assembled TT Hongli HG Tieren Ground Type gundam model kit.

The rear view of the assembled TT Hongli HG Tieren Ground Type gundam model kit.
I am quite impressed with the quality of this kit. I think it has more than 90% match with its Bandai counterpart. You can do a side by side comparison by opening Dalong's HG Tieren info page and comparing it to this review. Everything is a very close match by appearance. The TT Hongli HG Tieren Ground Type does have tighter joints so you need to exert more force to pose it. One major flaw is that the torso joint connecting the upper body with the lower body is very loose. A slight pull will separate the two apart.

All in all this is a good kit. It costs half of its Bandai counterpart. My Love For Life gundam review rating for TT Hongli HG Tieren Ground Type: 3.5/5

I will do a follow up poseability review on this in the future so stay tuned.

My Love For Life Review