The kit has arrived!
It is comprised of 21 pieces: 17 grey (the figure); 1 clear (the sword); and 3 black (the pedestal). The casting quality is VG+++: crisp and uniform finish and no flash--or seams!--to speak of.
You will be largely on your own insofar as assembly and painting are concerned. There is no assembly guide as such, and the painting guide is rudimentary at best. I would advise dry-fit twice, glue once--and rewatch your favourite episodes with the Night King. . .
If you like to read reviews before taking a leap, don't bother. In spite of the fact that most of them are quite complimentary, there is at least one that has one wondering which kit was being evaluated! That, and the fact that most, if not all, were not done by figure modelers--or styrene figure modelers!!
The kit has been "de-sprued", and inspected. There was but a single problem in mine, and that was an incomplete casting of the left side of the rear half of the spaudler. If I were building it straight OOB, I would ask that the part--or the kit!--be replaced. But as I am reworking the armour, it should not be that big of a deal.
“When the cost of a hobby exceeds the fun and doesn't attract new people, the game is over.” -
Oscar Koveleski, August 2003
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