Gundam Reviews

The Perfect Grade series is hands down the absolute BEST Gundpla enthusiasts can look forward to constructing. It has so many points of articulation and detail, it's almost a shame to finish putting the armor in place. Each of the fingers is articulated, all of the joints are able to duplicate nearly the full range of a human, and in many cases they have moving pneumatic pumps that are keyed off their movement. When you bend the knee, you can see the pumps extending.

This level of detail carries through the whole kit. The legs each have a shock absorber built into them. The feet can hinge and bend in the middle, revealing more pneumatics. Many, many removable armor panels hide details of the superstructure below. The kit's crowning achievement, however, is definately the head. They really nailed it on this one. During assembly, you build a green LED light into the head, and when it's turned on both the Gundam's primary cameras (eyes) glow, along with the secondary camera mounted above its forehead! Beyond that, you can remove armor panels to expose both vulcan guns in the temples (with all three barrels visible) and pop the top "crest" section of the head armor back to get a look at the detail below.

In many model kits, the color of the plastic is slightly off from the actual color of the mobile suit. Not so in Perfect Grade. If you like to paint, you can paint away, but the tones match so well no painting is required. If you DO paint, make sure you let everything dry completely before attempting to put the decals on!

In closing, I'd like to say that the Perfect Grade kit was the most fun I've ever had assembling a model. If you buy it, you can look forward to many, many long and satisfying hours of assembly and countless more enjoying the finished kit. My Perfect Grade has already been the star of two stop motion short films. Six stars out of five!

If you like the Perfect Grade RX-78-2 Gundam, try building the Perfect Grade MS-06-F Zaku II or the Perfect Grade MSZ-06-Z Zeta Gundam (An AMAZING kit!).

i must agree this is not for the faint of heart. i my self am an experienced modle builder and it took an hour for each arm and leg. the jap. is hard to over come expeshialy when it comes to the wireing part.
one thing not mentiond is that yes the parts all fit together quite well but after a few pieces are put together you must put a scruw in it and it holds it together as well as alowing it to move. this modle is fully articulated(poseible)
when done it is truely beutiful. a must have for any gundam otaku.
only problem is i have heard not to pose the wings to much or they would fall apart. they are only ruber and wire.

Yes, this is the top of the line of Gundam models. The detail is amazing and the engineering that went into this product is awesome. This is not a Saturday afternoon project nor a beginner's project. This is the top end and has thousands of moving pieces. It is unfair to put it in the 'Toy' category since it is designed for the a fairly technological audience. The directions for assembly and the detailed story are all in Japanese. This makes a challenging model even more challenging if you don't read the language. The assembly documents the process quite well, however. Again, really young beginners to the modeling world will probably be overwhelmed. The end result is a beautiful Gundam model that stands appoximately 10" in height. It has an LED for lighted eyes and requires a battery but no glue or paint. All parts are so well designed and engineered that it snaps together and looks great. Again, a huge amount of parts and options allow the serious model maker a great challenge.