Bandai 1/144 HG RX-78-02 Gundam (Gundam The Origin Ver.)

I over paid for it.....and Ima NOT happy with that. hence -3 stars in my book...Will look harder next time for the best price

Got this for my boyfriend and he loved it! Instructions are in Japanese but there is some English and lots of pictures so it's easy to follow.

Easily my favourite iteration of the RX-78-2 in 1/144th scale. It takes the classic design of the original and gives it the origin flair, resulting in a beautifully detailed kit, almost rivaling the equally as gorgeous but much more delicate real grade. It’s articulation is almost perfect, capable of doing any pose barring the last shooting as the arms can only raise up to about parallel to the ground, but it makes up for it everywhere else, especially in the separating knee armor and the toe bend. It’s shield can slide up and down, if can replace a beam saber with a shoulder canon, it can equip even more guns on the shoulder and the forearm, the bazooka is colour separated correctly with a white barrel and both beam rifles have a retractable peg to peg into the ... MoreEasily my favourite iteration of the RX-78-2 in 1/144th scale. It takes the classic design of the original and gives it the origin flair, resulting in a beautifully detailed kit, almost rivaling the equally as gorgeous but much more delicate real grade. It’s articulation is almost perfect, capable of doing any pose barring the last shooting as the arms can only raise up to about parallel to the ground, but it makes up for it everywhere else, especially in the separating knee armor and the toe bend. It’s shield can slide up and down, if can replace a beam saber with a shoulder canon, it can equip even more guns on the shoulder and the forearm, the bazooka is colour separated correctly with a white barrel and both beam rifles have a retractable peg to peg into the back skirt. It even has option parts to choose between early type and middle type which I didn’t know were a thing.