Strike's "main weapon and shield". Actually this beam rifle and shield are only used by the Strike when it uses the Aile Striker pack, which I do not have currently. The Aile Striker pack has been shown in the anime to be fast and versatile, making it the main choice of usage by the main character, Kira Yamato. The Aile Striker pack also have a beam saber(or two, not sure) which can be used for short range combat.
Front view. Note that I did not put the handle of the shield which can be connected in different ways(I didn't really like it though). It can be used to connect to the Strike's left hand.
Left side close up.
Right side close up.
pew**pew**pew*
...and 00 blocks it with one sword. =P
This is the provided stand. Very basic looking, but it works. It's my first stand and ONLY stand currently... ^^;
See this connector here?
It connects to the back, the ass, of the Strike here, the hole. Note, this hole is also used as a connector in the anime for the Strike to charge up(hook up to many wires), I think.
Close up. Currently my phone's wallpaper. ^^;
This is Aile Strike's box art pose. I just dunno why I like it so much.
The basic Strike is pretty fun to play with, but I later realize something annoying... the damn ankle armor on the right leg broke! I was like WTF? But luckily I can "stick" them together for a short while to do some poses. I later opt to take the off though, evident in some later pictures.
The shield can be "folded back" as seen with the "Aile Strike pose". Err, yeah.
The next day, I decided to build the Sword Striker pack. Easy and fast to assemble as it mostly had big parts.
The Sword Striker is mostly used for short range combat and anti-ship combat. The big sword is an anti-ship sword, which is its name frankly. personally, I like this Striker pack the most, but not something that is practical to use most of the times as the big sword can be quite slow for cutting(evident in Battle Assault 3, doh).
Front view. Yes, it's also a newer picture. The thing on Strike's left shoulder is the beam boomerang, the Mydas-Messer, which is used as well, a boomerang. Probably the only long-range weapon available to the pilot when using this pack. Yes, the Sword Striker is mostly limited to short range.
Rear view. Can you see the "claw" on the left arm? Yes, its caled the Panser-Eisen. Pretty much to grab/grapple and claw enemies up.
Side view.
Reaching out for the anit-ship sword.
I just love this pose! ...>.>;;;
close up
Close up, err, don't cha' think the pose looks familiar? <<;
Posing with a cool huge sword in front of the camera. ^o^
The Mydas Messer, activated! Sorry, I didn't try to make a throwing picture for it, since it's kinda impossible...
The Panzer-Eisen, clawing enemies since 2002.
Big sword, is big sword. I love characters/mechs with big swords... >_>
Get ready to slash with teh big ass sword!
Flying/Cruising around with a big sword...
Though, there is one annoying thing about the Strike holding the sword, the sword can easily fall out the hands because Bandai did not opt to give a proper connector to hold the weapons firmly like some other newer MGs(Turn A has a connector on the palm which enabled it to hold the weapons firmly).
Next up, the Launcher Striker pack. I build this much later on since I'm not such a big fan of huge guns. Boy am I wrong, the Launcher Strike is actually quite amazing, especially that it can keep its distance far away from the enemies(in Battle Assault 3 >>) as well as caused a huge gapping hole to the colony in one of the earlier episode of SEED.
Front view. The launcher is pretty big and the Strike may fall down when trying to pose with it, if not posed properly. The thing on Strike's right shoulder has some kind of solid round machine gun and missiles. Really useful when you're low on energy to use the energy sucking launcher(read a bit further for slightly better details). XP But I think the solid rounds will be quite ineffective against phase-shift using Gundams. >_>;
Right side view. I wonder if the shield can be fully utilized, if it is a shield that is, since its kinda small to me and one sided.
Rear view, heavy launcher, is heavy. There is a "connector" for the launcher which helps Strike to hold the launcher easily as well as holster it at the back during stand-by.
Left side view.
Eat this flying nuisances!