Not really sure what you mean by 'flair', but it doesn't seem lacking in any of the same firepower or other statistics the others have (other than the Virgo 3, which is a beast). If anything, I'd say the fact it transforms gives it more fancy gimmicks than the others, but I suppose it's down to personal opinion more than anything else. Also, it's grey, which does tend to make anything look less glamourous :P 

I [i]was[/i] deliberately not trying to take a 'starring' mobile suit or one that was particularly powerful as a starting one, which I thought was probably a reasonable idea.