TAG 1:144 Kapool Review, Pt. 1

This is the first part of a five-part review of the 1/144-scaled model of the AMX-109 Kapool from the anime "Turn A Gundam".

Part 2: [link]
Part 3: [link]
Part 4: [link]
Part 5: [link]

The photo collage above covers all of what's inside the box, including the box cover and (after setting aside the manual on top) what you see after opening the box. Yeah, at least the second photo on top isn't necessary, but I thought it'd be neat to sort-of simulate the experience of opening up the model for the first time.

As you can tell by the runners, it's a basic 1/144-scale non-grade of the mid-to-late 1990s, from the most basic of color schemes, severe lack of details, to the basic PC runner every model gets, even if said model doesn't need the hands from the runner.
I should also note the surprising lack of amount of runners to make up the model; as I recently got a 1/100-scaled (non-MG) model not long ago, and my first MG a while back. I haven't seriously probed my 1/100 model yet, but the MG I have yet to build has a serious amount of runners and I remember comments about how that particular MG has the amount of runners usually used for a more elaborate MG.
Because I like to take my time rather than try learning how to speed-build, and because I like to fill in the basic details of the model, even this NG 1/144 model takes a few hours for me to complete, and even then I might've overlooked something that I come back to and fix (which I did for the Kapool not long after I took photos for this review). I can't imagine what an MG would take until I come around to my first sooner or later... *shrug*

The instruction manual is pretty typical of a model like this; the "outer side" providing the cover and details of the model's basic color scheme and information about the mobile suit/mechanical doll it represents, and the "inner side" providing the instructions on how to build this model and a couple of the model's features.