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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.
This 2002 kit is the Version Katoki kit of the original RX-78-2 Gundam and while it looks nice, it's a barn find under the hood, with ball-in-socket hips and static shoulder joints. It's a kit that borrows from older Gundam kits and suffers for it.
Not just that, but the kit borrows heavily in design and parts from the GM Kai (Stardust Memory) released earlier same year, which is a bit cheap.
Aesthetic:
The Katoki redesign is actually very interesting, reminiscent of the Victory Gundam, and it's clear from the manual and the beautiful box cover, that Hajime Katoki put a lot of effort and thought into the concept art, even detailing a ton of opening hatches. His distinct style is what earned him an entire line named after him (Ver. Ka.) but the model itself is a compromise of what he put onto paper and what came out of the factory.
The model itself doesn't quite fulfill his vision and while it does have some of the lines that he drew, with its prominent chest and a chunky proportion, it's also missing a lot of color detail, especially on the head, where the vents and guns are all white. The primitive core fighter is also lacking in colors, with all red vents.
The kit comes with eye/camera foils, a decal sticker sheet and a dry-transfer sheet. It also uses cloth (nylon) pipe covers for the back of the knees - I recommend using a lighter to melt the ends so they don't fray.
Mechanics:
It has below average articulation, such as arms that don't raise above the shoulder, ball-in-socket hips that prevent the legs from lifting sideways and some pretty limited ankles. The usual Gundam core-block system prevents it from having any midsection and chest articulation and doesn't really swivel either. Even the head barely moves, on a single ball. The shoulders don't move at all.
What it does have, is a transforming Core Fighter, a core block and two pistons above/below the knee. That's it.
Equipment:
1 Beam Rifle with a transparent lens and a cute little linkage on the handle.
2 Beam Saber hilts with 2 pink effect parts
1 COMPLETELY GREY Bazooka... (they even show it as color separated in white, those cheeky bastards)
1 Core Block
1 Core Fighter
1 pilot mini-fig, suited up
Conclusion:
I have 14 versions of the RX-78-2, when I thought I'd never even have one, because I thought they looked boring.
The reason I ended up with so many, is that they're actually very interesting model kits to build, like little time capsules of what Bandai could do and what sort of effort they put into their "flagship" model across HG, MG, RG, PG and more.
The Ver.Ka. is not that, it feels even more outdated than other kits from the same period, primitive and half-measured.
However, it does look interesting compared to the others and stands out in its own way, it just needs some detailing and color correction for the details to stand out.
It's super rare I give out less than five star ratings for Bandai kits, but for the price, it's honestly a bit of a let down.
Personally I think of the 4 Master Grade versions I've built, the 2.0 is still the best MG, to the point that even the 3.0 borrowed parts from it.
The manual is entirely in Japanese, however there are English translations that you can find online, which describe what screws, cables and springs to use where.
The 30cm tall Zaku II is the second Perfect Grade kit to be released, in Marc of 1999 and the fifth PG kit that I've built - This is the most difficult one so far, in large part due to the wiring, battery springs and the tightly wound metal springs inside of the power cables on its head, torso and waist, which all gave me some trouble. This is also a screw-kit.
Aesthetics:
This is the MS-06F Zaku II, the first Mobile Suit that you see in the Gundam franchise. It has a two-green (dark) color scheme, with a variety of greys and blacks, which is largely anime accurate (contrary to the first PG RX-78-2 which is *not* anime accurate).
Despite its age there are no color corrective stickers, only a pink one used on the inside of the lens (oddly enough) - I'd recommend a transparent pink marker to paint the outside of the lens.
The kit comes with a sticker decal sheet that isn't worth using due to their huge square borders - Find waterslide decals instead.
The inner frame is the 'true' intricacy of this kit with a ton of parts forming an intricate inner frame with lots of pistons and moving parts. Sadly almost all of it is just in black and dark grays, but there is plenty of opportunity to detail it up yourself with metal paints.
Mechanics:
You build in a light-up feature in the head that takes a couple of LR43 coin batteries and uses a simple switch to turn on the LED behind the eye, which can move side to side.
It has ~14 hatches that opens, depending on what you count as a "hatch" - The knees, elbows and front foot panels opening is maybe a bit on the tame side, but the backpack, rear calves, crotch, head and especially the three chest hatches, all show interior detail. Additionally the cockpit hatch also opens, but is hard to close without opening up the main chest hatch.
As old a kit as it is, this thing can move and has a surprising range of solid and stable movement, however it does also use around 120 polycaps, so expect it to loosen up some over the years. Some of the movement is also artificially restricted, such as by a strange linkage in the front of the foot, which you can simply detach, for much greater movement.
Surprisingly, it has a split double elbow joint, for the upper and lower arm, enabling it to swivel between them and bend in two directions, which is *very* cool. Sadly the wrist is much less agile, while the fingers are pre-molded and have three knuckles each (thumb has two) for natural finger posts.
The thing is, that despite all this movement, I don't want to pull on anything, because while most of it is pretty darn solid, the shoulders internally are not and while I glued the connections in place, I don't trust them. To no one's surprise, model kit tech has progressed a lot in 26 years.
Equipment:
1 Machine Gun
1 Heat Hawk
1 ...single 1/60 120mm bullet.
Spare screws.
That's all there is. You can't store the rifle or the detachable magazine anywhere and the heat hawk despite its transparent part, does not light up. It's also in a highly saturated purple, supposedly as an homage to the original designs, but it kind of clashes with the model.
The tabs in both weapons meant to lock them into the palms, do not work and it struggles to hold onto the rifle with one hand, securely. You can definitely pose with either weapon, it's just a little annoying.
There is also an "instruction manual" in addition to the "construction manual", the latter being the actual assembly instruction, while the "instruction manual" is a full color booklet on the Zaku II, in Japanese.
Conclusion:
I have to talk about the power cable springs - It's difficult to screw into the ends of them, especially because you have to make sure that the ends still fit and don't stick out, where you push them into the model. If you don't do it properly, they "explode" and scatter all the links all over the place, because they're all under tension. This happened three times to me, for different reasons. I used super glue to secure the screws in place.
Besides that, this kit is easily the model kit (out of ~115) that has taken me the longest time to build and I've built the PG Banshee with LED kit and the PG Strike Freedom which has that giant backpack with all the dragoons - Both were annoying in their own way, but were much quicker to finish. It's mainly because of the wiring and the springs, as well as finding translations.
It has something that I've only experienced with one other PG kit, the Mk-II, which is a sense of real satisfaction once I was finished. Both kits ooze with creativity and enthusiasm from the people who designed them. I've built the Perfect Grade Unleashed RX-78-2 and while it's a very competent and highly detailed and mechanically superior kit, it's also very *easy* and smooth to build. The Zaku II is a proj...
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The Beyond Global version of the RX-78-2 is a delight to work with. The plastic (apparently "KPS") is easy to sand, the design is very simple while also being a highly advanced High Grade kit. I own 14 different versions of this mobile suit and this is one of the best of them.
Aesthetics:
The BG is different in a couple of ways - First the colors are more desaturated than the usual blue/red/yellow/white and have more of a dusty look to them ala the OYW MG edition. The other way is that the proportions are slimmer and lankier, more human like than the usual, so if you prefer the boxy look, you're better off with the HG Revive, EG or RG#01, in 1/144 scale.
The only color correction is the Eyes and the eye detail is molded in yellow, so you can paint black around them and forego the sticker.
Mechanics:
This is where the kit shines, the articulation and posability is very high and it's especially the fold down hip joints and the lever inside of the hips that enables it to pose very naturally. The torso also bends on two points (one is barely noticeable) and it bends sideways as well.
The shoulders/part of the torso extend outwards and the wrists extend and bend/turn, enabling more natural hand holding poses.
Overall the mobility range is very good and things like the ankles have a high degree of bends.
Equipment:
1 Beam Rifle, storable on the butt with a peg that does not fold in, nor does the storage hole have any covers
1 Shield with a 'wrist' adapter that clicks the shield onto the wrist and a handle that can be moved into two places (adapter must be removed for hand use or backpack storage)
2 Beam Saber hilts and effect parts
4 hands - 1 trigger finger hand, 1 spread open hand and 2 holding hands
This is the low point of the model kit. For double the yen price of the Revive and EG, you get a sparse loadout. No bazooka or anything else.
Conclusion:
Originally I never wanted to collect any RX-78-2 models, because I thought they looked boring. As it turns out, it is the most interest models, because Bandai always put a lot of effort into them, to showcase new mechanical design. Now I have 14 of them.
The Beyond Global does the single most important thing 100% right - Anyone can build this and they'll have a good time doing it, because the build is simple but extremely rewarding.
It is, however, not true to what the RX-78-2 looks like, unlike many other versions, due to its very different proportions and colors. I will say though, that this is a far superior kit to the G40 (both being 40 year anniversary editions). I can't really recommend the G40 unless you specifically want to experience alternative gunpla design and that things is even more expensive.
For a cheap version, I'd recommend the Revive/EG, for one with a lot more guns I'd say the Origin version is the best. The best 1/144 scale is the RG 2.0 version.
The Wing Gundam Zero is the TV based Zero, while the angel winged version is the Endless Waltz remodeled Wing Gundam Zero Custom.
Originally they were the same in lore, but now the rocket pod version is the predecessor, while the Custom gained its angel wings from the Tallgeese Flügel.
The only Master Grade equivalent (not counting the 1995 version) is the MG Gundam Wing Proto Zero Endless Waltz version, which is also a very good kit.
Aesthetics:
Despite being 'real' grade, the overall aesthetics are still very cartoony and not particularly realistic, which is due to Gundam Wing's overall style. Most notably the wing binders are much larger, proportionally to the body than both the MG and the anime, nearly as tall each as the body itself.
Since the Zero's colorful scheme is one of its aesthetic strong points, Bandai have kept it instead of toning it down, with a saturated red, warm yellow and a slightly dark blue, with the white being two-toned with a light grey. Additionally it has clear green parts, including color separated cameras and eyes, though you still have foil sticker options for both.
The usual RG decal sticker follows with both shaped sticker decals and plenty of shiny foil stickers.
Mechanics:
The articulation is very good with multiple clever gimmicks, such as using longer ball-joints to extend the arms out of the shoulder sockets and holding hands that lock into the wrists in order to carry the weight of the twin rifles. The large thrusters inside of the wing binders have a twist gimmick that opens or splits and closes the thruster cones. There are also flip-up shoulder gatlings and the chest has a connected opening hatch, revealing yellow vents underneath.
The wing binders have a lot of movement, which gives the overall model a ton of character with in-air poses - This in combination with two different hatch-hidden action base points (3mm peg, keeping it simple), gives it even more options.
Just like its MG predecessor model, this has a 'bird mode' where it transforms into a jet, using the shield as a nose cone/cockpit. Most notably the RG has a much more compact flight mode, while the MG is more elongated. Unlike the Wing Gundam and Custom, both the MG and RG have transforming legs, splitting the calves and pulling the feet inside to turn them into thrusters. The much larger wing binders also help balance out the appearance of the flight mode, for the better.
Equipment:
2 Twin Buster rifles, or two halves of it, that combine and have collapsible handles and extending barrels - Attaches to shield for flight mode.
1 nose cone shield - The nose extends and two small fins extend out like mini wings, used for the transformation.
2 Beam Saber Hilts, hidden inside of the shoulder pads.
2 green Beam Saber effect parts
5 hands - 2 fists, 2 locking holding hands (not sandwiched, you just slide handles into them) and 1 spread open left hand.
Conclusion:
There's no minifig, sadly, but there is a cockpit hatch under the chest gem.
This model is a 'true' 2.0 RG kit (unlike #41/#42), without any "advanced MS joint" premold parts, just like the #40 RX-78-2 2.0, with an intensely layered and highly mechanical build, full color separated transparent plastics.
I don't know what the part count is, but we are reaching the point where RG has almost as many parts as MG kits do, certainly older ones, which is why 3rd party companies have begun scaling up RG kits to 1/100 (2.0 and God Gundam with BETTER joints).
In my opinion, this is the new best RG kit, better than the Impulse and better than the Hi-Nu. Absolutely flawless.
I mean except for limited articulation and some seem lines there's really nothing wrong with the kit. Plus that classic vintage Gunpla feel is great!
Delivery very fast as always 2-3 Days,
An absolutely beautiful kit and great to build, wings were a bit fiddly to get on properly but otherwise it was great
I was looking for a long time to find a RG Sazabi and it was the only place where I could find it in stock ! I bit the bullet and ordered and I can say that I'm really pleased !
It was delivered to me in Belgium quickly and cleanly with no issues ! Very professional service with smartly secured packaging, And I even got a really nice personnal handwritten note from Jesper.
I'll definitely buy here again ! In fact, at the time of this review I already did. The backlog always hunger for more...
This kit really deserves the title of the "King Of Gunpla", the building process is very smooth and he just looks so good ! He's very big for a RG (he rivals in size with some smaller MG) but it's quite accurate when you look a the specs of the Suits in CCA and he sure does make the part facing the awesome RG Sazabi for that final showdown feel ! All in all a really great kit !
I’m new at leaving reviews so keep that in mind. The construction of the model kit was very simple The instructions made pretty well. and the movement of the final build pretty great. but it does not look that great on some of the parts. and some of the pieces can be kind of brittle. like the zaku machine gun. but it would look fine if you just want to have it on a shelf. I would say it’s pretty beginner, friendly, and not a lot of things can go wrong
