“Oh my God”
is all I can say about this kit. Compared to the 2 decade old MG God Gundam, it’s better in every single way—detail, proportions, articulation and accessories. It retails 1000 yen more than the MG, though I paid $20 more, but after everything said and done, it was worth it, I guess. i hate these recent price hikes all over the US
Building the kit was unique. I think the build itself was straight-forward (nothing’s really as WTF-am-I-doing as the Eclipse Gundam), but fearing that the joints would loosen up during the build process, I built the full frame, then did everything at one go, meaning after putting the armor pieces together for one section, I would panel line, decal and then move on to another section. After finishing everything, I finally posed the kit for the first time and took these pictures.
Anyway, with that said, here’s what I thought was good and bad about this kit after finishing it:
+Detail - After the MG God Gundam having minimal decals, which I preferred because it’s a super robot. Yet, this kit has a ton of them, even for RG standards, but they look awesome and add a lot to the kit. However, a lot of them are cut poorly, but I’m not spending the extra for waterslide decals that wouldn’t be worth the hassle doing anyway. The proportions remind me of the HiRM God, with its beefy calves and arms, which look much better than the MG.
+Articulation - The articulation is so good that I couldn’t run out of poses. While the MG stills holds up, the RG can just do more, obviously because it’s much newer. I love that you just need to peg its butt to make it stand up, meaning if you wanted to pose this upside down, you could. It’s probably the best articulating kit, and of course it is, it would be a disservice to the martial arts Gundam if it wasn’t.
+Accessories - THE RINGS!!!! The rings look amazing, and the way it connects to the core-fighter is flawless. It was the only thing missing from the Master Grade, but now that it’s here, it makes a huge difference. It looks much more complete than the MG, as it’s the only reason why the core fighter’s binders open up in the first place.
-Some areas are loose. - People said the arms are loose, and they are. The connections between the forearm and upper-arm to the elbow is not good, even though they’re lock-on pegs. Over the course of posing the kit, the arms have just gotten worse, which really sucks. Other than the arms, the core-fighter is not that all tight either, it’s not like it will fall off all the time, but if you shake the kit, the core fighter will fall. Lastly, and definitely least, the head connection sucks. There’s not much a secure connection with the joint onto the body, so quite often when I would move the head, it would just pop off from the body, and it was damn annoying because the head fell to the ground, making me worry if the v-fin broke. Luckily, it never did, but jfc it annoyed me.
-It’s expensive. - The kit retails for roughly $35, but because of shortages, all stores are hiking their prices off. Where I bought it, it was $43 with $8 shipping, meaning I paid a whopping $52. Yes, the kit is good, but I paid even less for the RG Unicorn and even a few MGs, all of which have more material than this kit, which the God Gundam is one of the smaller Gundams out there.
So overall, the RG God Gundam is one hell of kit. Is it the best of anything? I can’t say really, but it was very fun. There’s nothing missing, maybe besides a stand, but it’s expensive as it is. Great job, Bandai.
