Product Description
Includes
- RX-78-2 Gundam
- 2 Beam Sabers
- Core Fighter
- Cockpit Block
- 1/100 Amuro Ray figurine (sitting)
- Manipulators
- Poseable hands (1 pair)
- Trigger-finger (right)
- Fist (left)
- Beam Rifle
- Hyper Bazooka
- Shield
- 2 Adapters
- 1/100 Amuro Ray figurine (standing)
Kit Features & Gimmicks
Articulation
- The head can swivel on a single ball-and-socket joint.
- The arms can...
- Swing on a peg-and-socket joint.
- Raise horizontally.
- The upper arms can rotate.
- Both the elbow and knees are double-jointed.
- The manipulators...
- Can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
- Feature 3+1+1 articulation on each finger.
- The upper thighs can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint. (Backwards articulation is limited due to the single-piece rear skirt armor)
- Front and side skirt armors can lift up to avoid interference with the leg articulation.
- The ankles can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint, though in an extent.
Weapons/Other Gimmicks
- Any of the weapons can be wielded by the poseable hands.
- The Beam Rifle can be wielded by the right trigger-finger hand for gripping stability.
- Core Fighter can fully transform into Core Block to combine with the Gundam.
- Cockpit block can optionally replace the Core Block if one wants to display the Core Fighter individually.
- Beam Rifle foregrip can swing left or right.
- Bazooka can store onto the rear waist armor via a flip-out joint.
- Beam Saber hilts can...
- Be optionally removed as handheld weapons.
- Optionally store into the left side of the shield.
- The Shield can be attached with two different adapters depending on which position you want to use.
Tips & Tricks
- For better results, some or most of the details are needed to be applied & panel-lined with Gundam Markers and/or Mr. Color paints.
- The Gundam Color for MG Gundam Ver. Ka can be used to paint this kit.
- Topcoat (Mr. Hobby recommended) can be used to protect applied stickers/marking decals any if any, painted details.
- If using matte/flat-finish top coat, it is advisable not to spray on the clear/translucent parts - can be done by masking or spraying top coat while the said parts are separated.
- Full Armor Gundam Ver. Ka Conversion Kit for MG Gundam Ver. Ka can be used to remodel this kit into a Hajime Katoki's design of the Full Armor Gundam.
Variants
- Reissues of the kit from September 2018 onward will feature a blue Bandai Spirits logo, with later reprints from mid-2022 will feature an additional Bandai Namco logo.
Notes & Trivia
- This Gunpla is...
- The third incarnation of the RX-78-2 Gundam in the MG line.
- Based on Katoki Hajime's take on the Mobile Suit. (1994 B-Club Resin kit notwithstanding)
- This was the first MG Gundam kit to have a fully transformable Core Fighter with a collapsible tail fin.