HGUC #210 - Gundam Ground Type

Product Description

Includes

• Gundam Ground Type
  • 2 Beam Sabers
  • Weapon Rack (referred to as Weapon Container)
    • Adapter for 180mm cannon parts
  • Manipulators
    • Weapon-holding (1 pair)
    • Trigger-finger (right)
    • Open-palm (right)
• Beam Rifle
• 100mm Machine Gun
• 180mm Cannon
• Shield

Kit Features & Gimmicks

Articulation

• The head can swivel/pivot on a single ball-joint/hinge neck.
• Torso can tilt back and forth in a limited manner.
• Shoulder joints can swing frontwards.
• The arms can...
  • Swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
  • Raise horizontally.
• The upper arms can rotate.
• The elbows and knees are double-jointed.
• The manipulators can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
• The waist can rotate 360 degrees.
• Front and side skirt armors can pivot for to avoid interference with the leg articulation.
• The hip joint axis can pivot up or down.
• The upper thighs can swing frontward (and backward in a very limited extent due to the non-poseable rear skirt armor) on a peg, raise horizontally and/or rotate on each piece.
• The ankle joints can pivot or tilt (in a limited manner).

Weapons/Other Gimmicks

• The hands are swappable.
• Each of the weapons must be wielded by their respective hand parts.
• Beam Saber hilts can be optionally removed from the thigh's recharge racks (as handheld weapons) via minor parts rearrangement.
• The shield can..
  • Mount onto any of the forearms, though the default position is on the left.
  • Be stood up by folding down the bipod.
• Beam Rifle and/or 180mm Cannon's foregrip can swing left or right.
• 100mm Machine Gun's...
  • Stock can fold backwards/forwards.
  • Foregrip can swing forward.
• 180mm Cannon can be separated and stored into the container.
• Weapon container can mount onto the backpack via minor parts rearrangement.
• Gundam Ground Type can mount onto any Action Bases. (sold separately)

Tips & Tricks

• For better results, some or most of the details are needed to be painted and panel-lined with Gundam Markers and/or Mr. Color Paints.
• Topcoat (Mr. Hobby recommended) can be used to protect applied stickers/marking decals and if any, painted details.
• Due to the trigger finger hand being molded in the same color as the 180mm Cannon, repainting is recommended to match with the normal hands.
• Take extreme caution while removing the V-fin (A1 7) from the runner: Due to both sides of the pointy section being molded with gates, you need to trim off the rear end of the fin pieces carefully with your finger pressing the piece to prevent any bending or possible damage. 

Customizing based tips

• The GM head from the HGUC kit can be used to swap with the original kit's head to form a "GM Head" variant.
• The Machine Guns with molded trigger guards (From either the HGUC Blue Destiny Unit 1 (2007) or the 2007 HGUC kit (and by extension, the HGUCHG The Ground War set)) can be used for this kit's trigger hand.
• The Gundam ACE exclusive Long Range Beam Rifle (Prototype) add-on can be used for this kit, either as handheld or storage inside the weapons container.
• The Beam Rifle from the 2018 HGUC Blue Destiny 3 kit can be used for the Gundam Ground Type's normal right hand.
• The backpack adapter from the HGGBB Gundam Ground Urban Combat Type can be used on this Gunpla.

Variants

Italicized items are exclusives.

• Reissues from September 2018 onward will feature a blue Bandai Spirits logo.
• HGUC RX-79［G］ Gundam Ground Type (2018) (Parachute Pack) (Premium Bandai exclusive)
• HGGBB RX-79［G］ GUCT Gundam Ground Urban Combat Type (Premium Bandai exclusive, also a regular release in the US)
• HGUC Red Giant 03rd MS Team Set (Premium Bandai exclusive)

Notes & Trivia

• This Gunpla reuses the container runner from the original HGUC kit.
• Curiously no title is given to this kit to designate it as a new version when even the recent Blue Destiny updates had "EXAM" added to their names to differentiate them from their older kits.
• Like the GM Ground Type, it has sculpted detail on its head vents, a rarity for an HGUC that's typically reversed for MG and RG kits.
• Like the HGUC GM Ground Type, the Gunpla also suffers a minor design flaw; The two lower halves of the arm pieces may have a slight gap due to lacking any snap-fit tabs to hold them due to giving clearance for the double wrist joint.
• Take note that the neck joint (C1 13) is only compatible with the kit's included head  (and some other HGUC GM Ground type variants).
• Unlike most HGUC Gunplas, the instructions mention that front skirt armor is required to be separated while assembling, as opposed to being an optional step.
• Most of the backpack parts that shared with the same mounting points are incompatible due to both panels protruding on each side of the rear section.
• So far, this was the only variant of the HGUC GM Ground Type that features the trigger finger manipulator, due to the molded trigger guard on the Beam Rifle & the 180mm Cannon.
• Unlike the previous HGUC, this Gundam Ground Type features the correct sticker color (which is yellow and black instead of the previous kit's white and black) for the triangular detail on the backpack.