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from 1817 reviewsThere is actually a P-Bandai Dragon Gundam HG kit, from G-Fighter.
The HG Altron used to be P-Bandai, but became a standard release along with the Deathscythe Hell and the other customs. Note that the product images are more teal (blue) than the model, which is more of a sea-green.
Aesthetics:
Tons and tons of color separation with only minor color corrections via stickers. The colors are vivid and the silhouette is great, a much more elaborate kit than most of the HG Wing kits. It benefits heavily from panel lining and while there aren't a lot of stickers, there are a couple of spots on the legs that could use some grey paint, as well as the all-white vents on the sides of them.
Comes with the usual foils and also eyes for the dragon fangs on the arms.
Mechanics:
This is basically the Shenlong Plus Edition, it does all of the same (big forwards bend, moving chest, dragon arm), with double the dragon fang arms and now also a winged backpack with an articulated 'stinger' beam gun.
It poses great, it can hold all of its stuff and the arm extensions work perfectly fine. The arms can extend from the shoulders on their own and there are two extenders for each arm, that you key in between the parts to make them even longer.
Equipment:
1 double-ended Beam Trident, which is pretty huge compared to the model
1 folded up Beam Trident that can be stored on the inside of the right wing
1 Shield that's stuck onto the left shoulder on a ball joint
4 arm extenders, two for each arm
6 hands - 2 open, 2 holding hands and 2 thumb-out holding hands from the Sandrock
(not a lot of equipment, but it's the 'Dragon Fang' flamethrowers on the forearms that are the 'real' equipment)
Conclusion:
I never *really* liked the Altron, largely because Chang Wufei was always a hard to like character, but both the HG Shenlong and Altron are pretty cool. The color separation on the Altron especially is great, notably the gems on the shoulders being red on yellow on green, unlike the sticker gems on the Shenlong.
The more time has passed, the more I appreciate and like the mobile suits that I didn't like as a kid and I'm happy to add the Altron to my collection of Gundams, from Gundam Wing. Maybe one day we'll get Master Grade TV editions... one can dream (unfortunately they're making EW HG kits instead...)
The Full Cloth Crossbone Gundam is a direct repeat of the X1 Crossbone Gundam Ver.Ka, with very minor differences and a stacks of extra stuff.
Just like the Ver.Ka, it does not have any polycaps, but instead uses ABS plastic. It is prone to slightly loose limbs and would benefit from tightening then, such as using joint guard or other tricks.
Aesthetics:
There are a lot of differences - You do get every runner that the Ver.Ka kit has, but the main difference that you can't change, is that the blue B runner is now a deep purple instead and the A runner has a more pale yellow rather than a light orange.
Additionally, the entire exterior head is different (you can make the old one if you want), the skull on the head and chest are different (you can use the old ones - I did, since they're less cartoony) and there are some parts that make the kit a little different, such as the chest clamps, for equipping the Full Cloth armor.
There is, again, a lack of color correction and no stickers except for a few yellow ones for mainly the core fighter and the shoulder vents. You have to paint a LOT of yellow yourself and the red scars on the face, which is easy since they're recessed - just rub away the excess.
The kit comes with foils, color correction stickers, a smaller sticker decals sheet and a rub-on dry transfer sheet with edgy 'tattoo' style markings that look very fun. This is a running theme, with the Full Cloth version being more cartoony in general than its predecessor.
Mechanics (copy/paste repeat of the ver.ka - It's the same kit):
Overall the limbs bend and pose nicely, like a modern kit, with shoulders that come far out front. There's no ab-crunch, but this is a core-fighter kit, so it's to be expected.
Its primary advantage are its gadgets, such as its front and back skirts turning into grappling hooks and whips. The mouth opens up to reveal venting underneath, giving it a vampire pirate look. Handles pop out of the calves to combine with combat blade, the back of the forearm swivels out to make fist beam weapons and even its weapons combine into a rifle, plug the core fighter with the 'X' shaped verniers comes out.
There's a lot going on here that makes it a fun gimmick kit.
Unfortunately, the kit struggles to hold its weapons since the tabs are not strong enough. You'd need to pin them with metal and glue.
Equipment (Full Cloth first and then Ver.ka):
1 set of Full Cloth armor that slots onto the chest hatch and the shoulders
2 Skull Fists that detach from the shoulder and can be equipped as fist weapons
1 Peacock Smasher which is the crossbow gun with harmonica extending bow
1 Muramasa Blaster which is a gigantic sword full of beam emitters, along with 2 spiky Beam Effect parts. Can be wielded as a gun and the tip comes off - There's no effect part for replacing the tip.
1 Beam Shield, which I recommend gluing together, because boy is it bad to assemble. Goes onto one of the 'punching' plates on the back forearms.
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1 flintlock styled Beam Pistol
1 Beam Saber hilt with a gigantic pink saber effect part
2 Beam Punch effect parts for the fists
2 regular Beam Saber Hilts in the shoulders/on the core fighter with 2 pink beam effect parts
2 Chains and 2 Cables for extending the front and back skirt weapons
**The kit does NOT come with the cloth cloak.**
Conclusion:
While the two kits are the same, they're also not. Besides the head and colors being different, the silhouette completely changes from the vampire style cloak (Full Cloth) that adds a lot of attitude and presence to the kit, so they look completely different on a shelf together.
Sadly the kit is unable to hold the crossbow. I managed to wedge the butt-stock of it on some of the armor, while it holds it pointed upwards, but it falls out of the hand constantly. Oddly it holds the massive sword just fine, but the left hand seems better than the right one.
Additionally, there is just a ton of missing yellow and grey color on the weapons, core fighter and on the mobile suit itself. Not everyone has paint to just fix the cheeks and it's not reasonable to expect people to go out and get it. You can probably use a red pen of some sort, but I recommend regular acrylic paint, like Citadel/Warhammer paint.
There is no adapter for putting it on a base, so you need to use one of those awkward U shaped 'diaper' adapters that come with an Action Base 1.
Slightly outdated, slightly awkward, but a ton of fun, I really like it.
It is an amazing first build for a gundam I would 100% recommend for anyone to start with this gundam
Ordered multiple kits from gundamstoredk. Shipping was transparent and timely. Kits were available that are harder to find in my area, im in US. Package also came with a small rx78 postcard, nice personal touch. Ill definetly be buying from them again.
The Revive is a nice anime accurate rendition of the RX-78-2. The Entry Grade is pretty much a replacement for it, these days. Personally, I like the colors and the 'innie' chest vents.
While it poses up nicely, it's nothing special either - Its only advantage is its price, since the Beyond Global is more mechanically competent and the Origin version is also more advanced, with a lot more options and weapons. But... sometimes you just want that authentic experience and this is about as vanilla as it gets.
The G-Fighter is infamous for one of the most cynical pushes for more toy sales in all of cartoon history and was essentially written out of the show.
It is an updated 2001 kit that adds a few new parts to the included RX-78-2, in order for it to bend its toes and swap out its midsection, so it'll combine/fit inside of the flying brick.
You can do all of the things that the show does and the manual tells you how to.
I think it's a fun kit and I enjoyed playing around with the different parts, before adding the RX-78-2 to my always growing collection of them. The G-Fighter itself has some nice detail and its pretty functional with plenty of moving parts.
I should say though, that this IS a 25 year old kit, the weapons are loose, the beam saber effect parts are short and the movement of the Gundam itself is pretty limited.
The Crossbone Gundam, despite being from 2006, does not have any polycaps, but uses ABS instead, which results in a slightly loose kit, out of box, however it's all stuff that you should be able to tighten up.
Aesthetics:
The Crossbone is a small mobile suit at 16m, so the model is just around 16cm tall with small proportioned limbs and head, however overall it looks great, especially for its age, with plenty of detail.
There are color correcting stickers for everything yellow, which is a considerable amount - Everything apart from the chest vent and knee vents. There are also several greys missing, especially on the weapons, which are nearly all-white.
The red 'scars' on the face have no stickers, so you need to paint those. Luckily there are grooves for this which you can fill and then gently sand away the excess paint around them.
The kit comes with a foil+color correcting sticker sheet, a ver.ka. decal sticker sheet and a rub-on dry transfer sheet.
Mechanics:
Overall the limbs bend and pose nicely, like a modern kit, with shoulders that come far out front. There's no ab-crunch, but this is a core-fighter kit, so it's to be expected.
Its primary advantage are its gadgets, such as its front and back skirts turning into grappling hooks and whips. The mouth opens up to reveal venting underneath, giving it a vampire pirate look. Handles pop out of the calves to combine with combat blade, the back of the forearm swivels out to make fist beam weapons and even its weapons combine into a rifle, plug the core fighter with the 'X' shaped verniers comes out.
There's a lot going on here that makes it a fun gimmick kit.
Equipment:
1 flintlock styled Beam Pistol
1 Beam Saber hilt with a gigantic pink saber effect part
2 Beam Punch effect parts for the fists
2 regular Beam Saber Hilts in the shoulders/on the core fighter with 2 pink beam effect parts
2 Chains and 2 Cables for extending the front and back skirt weapons
1 Beam Coated Cloak which is a piece of cloth that you use to make a cape for the model - Takes a lot of work to make it look good
Conclusion:
This is a very satisfying quick-build little Gunpla model with plenty of toys and gimmicks to enjoy. While the kit is a little loose out of box, it's nothing that can't be fixed with a bit of joint-guard or other methods.
Similarly there are a lot of little color inaccurate areas but they can be fixed stickers and paint.
The comic book pirate theme might not be for everyone, but I like it.
There's not a ton of 'Ver.Ka' about it and the later 'Full Cloth' version is essentially the exact same model kit, with more parts.
Jesper i enjoyed it to build this beauty
The Musha Gundam Mk-II (2010) is from an old SD show, where the RX-78-2 and Mk-II are samurai, originally sold as SD models. While the RX-78-2 is based on the 1.5 kit, the Mk-II Musha is based on the 2005 2.0, which is largely a modern model kit, albeit with ball-in-socket hips.
Aesthetics:
Featured in multiple dark blues, black, purple and lots of plated gold, the model kit completely overhauls the outside of the Mk-II, transforming it into a very well armed samurai.
All of the external plating as well as a lot of the internals, are completely replaced.
While there aren't color correcting stickers as such, it does have several placed on the head/horns and in every circle on the armor. The detail is also molded into the plastic, so you can simply paint them instead.
The kit comes with one foil sticker sheet, one decal sticker sheet and rub-on dry transfers with Japanese styled symbols and letters.
Mechanics:
It's functionally the same as the MG Mk-II 2.0, because it's the same kit. If anything, it has less functions, such as removing the cockpit hatch and the back hatch to hold a bazooka (not included), although it *might* open and I just can't do it.
The legs and arms have moving armor plating, with pistons in the feet and fairly good articulation. The hands are also the same, with opening and closing fingers with a (mostly useless) tab in the palm. There are two wrist-mounted mini-shields with extending punching spikes.
Equipment:
All weapons are stored on the model!
2 Beam Saber hilts, without any beams. You can fit standard MG beam effect parts in them
1 Japanese styled beam rifle, with the flip-up sight locked in place and a holster for the back pack
1 Naginata Spear, stored on the backpack
2 Katana swords, sheathed on the side skirts
Conclusion:
I like the Mk-II Gundam, in fact it's my favorite Gundam. I can't fault it for not being more modern, since it's a 15 year old kit, based on a 5 years older kit. It trades a couple of things for a lot of armor and extra weapons.
Most notably there is no shield and no bazooka. The rifle is much simpler, but instead you get two katana and a spear with chrome blades and the beam saber hilts are molded to look like katana grips.
It certainly looks impressive with all of the gold and it poses well enough with its weapons to look interesting on the shelf.
The Psycho Gundam Mk-II is a nearly 30cm tall model kit, with a ton of color separation, that does not use any polycaps and is made in a softer plastic.
Aesthetics:
The detail sharpness considering High Grade and the size, is very good, the heads are highly detailed with color separated eyes in a metallic pink.
The purple isn't quite one for one with the show and should've maybe been a bit darker, in my opinion.
There are a few color correction stickers, but only black ones to make the thrusters/beam cannons dark in the center. There are also the usual eye stickers, which are completely optional, since the detail is molded in - There are no decals of any kind. All in all it looks great.
Mechanics:
The overall articulation and posability is very high with double bends and some 'cheat' movement by using some of the transformation mechanics to bend legs even more. It even has an ab crunch that goes both ways.
The hands can both slide and fold off to the side to reveal gigantic beam saber/cannon slits, for which there are two effect parts and each finger can have a small beam effect part pushed in, though none for any of the weapons dotted around the mobile suit. The rear thrusters slide down and reveal reflector bits (satellite weapons) in their 'stored' version.
Most notably, the whole thing transforms into 'Fortress Mode', which is a solid block that looks like a building (it's basically its flight mode, because everything in Zeta has a flight transform gimmick).
Equipment:
2 Mega Beam Saber effect parts in clear yellow
12 (2 extra) small Beam Saber effect parts in clear yellow (for fingers)
1 huge shield that splits for the transformation and is either attached to an arm or split apart and put on the shoulders as ZZ Gundam style wing shoulders
10 + 10 stored and closed Reflector Bits
2 cables for extending the arms, Zeong style or to do a 'rocket punch' :)
1 Action Base 4 which is way too unstable for the huge model
1 set of Weapon Display Bases with arms to hold the floating hands or bits or the...
1 Broken Head Which is the destroyed version of the head that flies off like an escape pod. It looks very cool, I think I'll paint it like a miniature
+a small handful of extra parts, including a set of extra V fins!
Conclusion:
For the price of a large Master Grade, I think this is pretty fair, it's a huge HG model that feels a lot more refined than most HG models with a ton of stuff, a lot of detail/color separation and gimmicks. The build can feel a little repetitive and the plastic easily marks, but also easily cleans up due to being so soft. How well it will hold up over time, since plastic tends to settle and stick, is anyone's guess. Maybe it's really good, maybe it'll be a disaster and crack everywhere, I don't know, but as it is? It's pretty darn cool. (Match with an RG or HG Zeta Gundam, for scale).
my first master grade i loved it i was hoping on another to take that title but i love this kit and will sherish it i will just have to get the pg when it finaly comes
is good but over use of it makes it streaky and not get into all of the nooks otherwise love it and gonna need a pack of them
The Witch from Mercury is what got me into the hobby, and the MGSD line of models are probably my favorite, so I had to get this!
It's a great kit, and I highly recommend it.
MEGA SIZE kits are 1/48, so the 18 meter tall RX-78-2 Mega model is 37,5cm, while the Perfect Grade is 'only' 30cm (The Mega Size Unicorn is a whopping 45cm tall).
There's no reason for a full scale review, what this is, is a High Grade kit in a larger size, in fact it's even more primitive than most high grades, as it only has 90 degree arm and leg bends, with ratcheted polycap joints so it can hold its pose with its beam rifle and massive shield (unlike the three times as expensive PG Banshee next to it on the image).
Aesthetically it's quite good looking, with plenty of surface detail and color separation. As for extras it has two 'rifle' holding hands (also used for beam sabers), two closed fists, two beam sabers and two PG sized beam saber effect parts. As a build experience it's a pretty fun afternoon build.
As seen on the attached image, it's an instant attention grabber.





















