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The Wing Gundam Zero is the TV based Zero, while the angel winged version is the Endless Waltz remodeled Wing Gundam Zero Custom.
Originally they were the same in lore, but now the rocket pod version is the predecessor, while the Custom gained its angel wings from the Tallgeese Flügel.
The only Master Grade equivalent (not counting the 1995 version) is the MG Gundam Wing Proto Zero Endless Waltz version, which is also a very good kit.
Aesthetics:
Despite being 'real' grade, the overall aesthetics are still very cartoony and not particularly realistic, which is due to Gundam Wing's overall style. Most notably the wing binders are much larger, proportionally to the body than both the MG and the anime, nearly as tall each as the body itself.
Since the Zero's colorful scheme is one of its aesthetic strong points, Bandai have kept it instead of toning it down, with a saturated red, warm yellow and a slightly dark blue, with the white being two-toned with a light grey. Additionally it has clear green parts, including color separated cameras and eyes, though you still have foil sticker options for both.
The usual RG decal sticker follows with both shaped sticker decals and plenty of shiny foil stickers.
Mechanics:
The articulation is very good with multiple clever gimmicks, such as using longer ball-joints to extend the arms out of the shoulder sockets and holding hands that lock into the wrists in order to carry the weight of the twin rifles. The large thrusters inside of the wing binders have a twist gimmick that opens or splits and closes the thruster cones. There are also flip-up shoulder gatlings and the chest has a connected opening hatch, revealing yellow vents underneath.
The wing binders have a lot of movement, which gives the overall model a ton of character with in-air poses - This in combination with two different hatch-hidden action base points (3mm peg, keeping it simple), gives it even more options.
Just like its MG predecessor model, this has a 'bird mode' where it transforms into a jet, using the shield as a nose cone/cockpit. Most notably the RG has a much more compact flight mode, while the MG is more elongated. Unlike the Wing Gundam and Custom, both the MG and RG have transforming legs, splitting the calves and pulling the feet inside to turn them into thrusters. The much larger wing binders also help balance out the appearance of the flight mode, for the better.
Equipment:
2 Twin Buster rifles, or two halves of it, that combine and have collapsible handles and extending barrels - Attaches to shield for flight mode.
1 nose cone shield - The nose extends and two small fins extend out like mini wings, used for the transformation.
2 Beam Saber Hilts, hidden inside of the shoulder pads.
2 green Beam Saber effect parts
5 hands - 2 fists, 2 locking holding hands (not sandwiched, you just slide handles into them) and 1 spread open left hand.
Conclusion:
There's no minifig, sadly, but there is a cockpit hatch under the chest gem.
This model is a 'true' 2.0 RG kit (unlike #41/#42), without any "advanced MS joint" premold parts, just like the #40 RX-78-2 2.0, with an intensely layered and highly mechanical build, full color separated transparent plastics.
I don't know what the part count is, but we are reaching the point where RG has almost as many parts as MG kits do, certainly older ones, which is why 3rd party companies have begun scaling up RG kits to 1/100 (2.0 and God Gundam with BETTER joints).
In my opinion, this is the new best RG kit, better than the Impulse and better than the Hi-Nu. Absolutely flawless.
I mean except for limited articulation and some seem lines there's really nothing wrong with the kit. Plus that classic vintage Gunpla feel is great!
Delivery very fast as always 2-3 Days,
An absolutely beautiful kit and great to build, wings were a bit fiddly to get on properly but otherwise it was great
I was looking for a long time to find a RG Sazabi and it was the only place where I could find it in stock ! I bit the bullet and ordered and I can say that I'm really pleased !
It was delivered to me in Belgium quickly and cleanly with no issues ! Very professional service with smartly secured packaging, And I even got a really nice personnal handwritten note from Jesper.
I'll definitely buy here again ! In fact, at the time of this review I already did. The backlog always hunger for more...
This kit really deserves the title of the "King Of Gunpla", the building process is very smooth and he just looks so good ! He's very big for a RG (he rivals in size with some smaller MG) but it's quite accurate when you look a the specs of the Suits in CCA and he sure does make the part facing the awesome RG Sazabi for that final showdown feel ! All in all a really great kit !
I’m new at leaving reviews so keep that in mind. The construction of the model kit was very simple The instructions made pretty well. and the movement of the final build pretty great. but it does not look that great on some of the parts. and some of the pieces can be kind of brittle. like the zaku machine gun. but it would look fine if you just want to have it on a shelf. I would say it’s pretty beginner, friendly, and not a lot of things can go wrong
The 3.0 Gundam is the most detailed Master Grade RX-78-2 to date, only outdone by Fat Cat's upscaled RG 2.0 kit, though the 3.0 has the most panel and color separation.
It is essentially a scaled up version of the RG#01, both kits based on the statue(s) that were in Tokyo, with multi-color panels and "innie" chest vents. Its construction is very similar to the RG with the biggest difference being that the RG has a pre-molded inner frame and the MG has plastic-on-plastic joints and polycaps.
Aesthetics:
Since it's based on the Real Grade principle of what a "real" Gundam would look like, it features multiple shades of the same colors.
Most notably the arms and legs have three shades of grey (with the inner frame being a fourth, much darker grey). The chest is a saturated blue with baby-blue almost lilac colored sides and hatches.
The red is darker than usual, but not quite as dark as the RG (I prefer the RG red, personally).
There aren't a lot of panel lines, but instead you have a ton of tick marks everywhere that are deep enough to fill.
Since the hands are the same as the Ver.Ka. Nu Gundam, they are somewhat large (nicknamed 'gorilla hands' by Mecha Gaikotsu).
Overall the aesthetic is a cross between realism and anime accuracy.
The kit comes with an RG style sticker sheet with decals and foil stickers. I've opted not to use the foils, due to them having a reputation of peeling and getting very worn. They weren't great on the RG either.
There are no eye stickers, only a black border, leaving the eyes transparent.
Mechanics:
The 3.0 has separating knees and panels on its thighs and upper arms, which okay. The RG was impressive in this sense, but the 3.0 is 3 years younger, almost four.
The articulation is very standard, the complex build does nothing for it. There are a couple of lifting panels on the chest's shoulders and the shoulder pads, but the practicality of this is for the visual result, not to make a really good shoulder - in fact that shoulders suck, they tend to pop out and they're counter intuitive in how they work.
The front skirt panels take some finagling to get out of the way and the hip joints don't move at all, so you can't do anything fancy with the legs. HG kits do better than this.
No ab crunch, but the waist plate tilts a little bit backwards and forwards. It does turn slightly side to side and rotate maybe 8 degrees, almost nothing. There is an opening crotch hatch, just like the anime. It has a transforming core fighter, as well as a core block, so both can be displayed. It can also be assembled without either block inside of it.
All this being said, what's impressive is that it stays together and moves in SPITE of its highly detailed build - You don't get this for acrobatics.
The head and neck comes off to reveal a compartment for a not included LED unit - There is light piping up to the cameras and eyes. The Origin version reuses this gimmick.
Equipment:
I honestly don't want to write out the usual list of stuff, it has everything that most RX-78-2 kits have, rifle, shield, two sabers and effects, and a bazooka, as well as aforementioned transforming core flyer and core block. 2 seated pilots missing their legs and one standing Amuro Ray with helmet on.
Most notable are the hands, just the one pair, but they're the pre-molded fully articulate hands that the Nu Gundam Ver.Ka. uses, so they look oversized. The grip is good enough for the weapons, but just like the RG, it's incapable of holding the shield by hand.
Conclusion:
It's a great looking kit, definitely one of the most impressive looking grandpappy gundams and the decal sheet is very decent - I often advise against using sticker decals, but the ones for this one, are mostly shaped to fit the panels, so they look okay. I might just use them instead of waiting for waterslides to be restocked.
Funny enough, I think the waist is entirely reused from the 2.0 Gundam, they share the same mechanics and same lack of hip lift/sink. It's a bit of a cheap-skate move honestly, since this is the "three point oh" super advanced model kit!
The reception of it was mediocre, people are split on the design, but a lot of it is reused in the PGU and RG 2.0 designs, they both have this multi-colored, color separation design with plenty of little details.
As model kits go, I recommend the MG 2.0 over this for a much more solid build and the MG Origin for a more modern and better armed version - Less colors but more panel lines. But for detail? This is the one.
The 18 inch or 46cm height is with the base, transformation height and 'wing' segment included. Point being, it takes up a lot of space.
As a display model, it is very impressive. As a functional model, its weight and outdated tech leaves it unable to hold its own equipment.
Some mobile suit designs (like the Astrays) are very much 'If you've built one, you've built them all' and the Unicorns (and by extension Banshee) are one of those kits. RG, MG and PG, same thing, different scale.
As a build experience, while also installing the LED system, this was difficult and frustrating. I've built hundreds of models and while this isn't impossible by any means, it has some frustrating points.
Aesthetics:
Unlike the newer Real Grade which has several shades of dark blue, the Perfect Grade Banshee comes in just dark navy blue, with orange psychoframe internals, grey inner frame and a mix of metal injection gold and a very nice matte coated gold (horns, face and chest).
I built mine with the LED and both with and without the lights, it looks impressive.
Mechanics:
Just like the RG and MG versions, the PG transforms into Destroy Mode and this particular edition of the Banshee has an 'Unchained Destroy Mode' which features a few extra bits, like fins on top of the head extending and most notably the sides of the shins folding out. It's subtle, there are a few more opening hatches, but overall it looks more aggressive.
While the whole build has good movement/articulation and posability, it is unfortunately not very solid, the joints simply cannot hold its own weight. You can bend the knees and they'll mostly stay in place, but the elbows can't support the shield or the gun. In fact the shield is so heavy that it will always lean to its left, even on the support stand/base.
Also, the transformation itself can be tricky - Pulling the chest apart and extending the ankles is genuinely both hard to do and nerve wracking, because of how much force you need - The ankle is more difficult, due to what you can pull on - You're meant to pull on the foot, but I had to dig my nails into the seams and push against the ankle locks with my thumbs, to do it. You'd think this would be EASIER with a bigger model, not harder...
Equipment:
1 Magnum Beam Rifle with detachable magazine - No idea if the rifle can be stored, but the hand groove itself is good enough to hold the weapon, even if the arm can't
1 extra magazine, stored on the back skirt
2 Revolving Launchers and a holder - Grenade launcher for the rifle
2 Jutte Bayonet beam sabers not stored anywhere, but can be put into the launchers - Problem is that it already can't hold the rifle, so it obviously can't hold an even heavier rifle
1 Jutte Bayonet Beam effect part - Mine was bent
1 "Armed Armor Defense Extension" (shield) - Standard Unicorn shield with an expansion built around it that transforms into Destroy Mode. The Banshee *can* hold it, but can't pose with it
1 "Armed Armor Xeno-Connect" which are the gold plates on the backpack that fold out for Destroy Mode
4 Beam Saber hilts, two in the AAXC backpack and one on each forearm
2 pink Beam Saber effect parts - Mine were bent
1 Base to hold the model, can extend in height to match the Destroy Mode
2 Shield Adapters to equip shield on the back of the Banshee and FA build
1 Riddhe Marcenas 1/60 scale
1 Sticker sheet which is absolutely atrocious, do NOT use this trash, buy water slide decals or the expansion pack which has water slides
1 foil sticker sheet which you need to place inside of the model
Conclusion:
If you can't tell from the review, I'm just done with this kit, in a mental sense. It's difficult to assemble with the LED system and it's difficult to transform. It feels outdated in several ways and because you basically can't pose it, it's functionally just an expensive statue that you spend a lot of time and effort messing around with. It is highly ironic that the best PG I've built is one of the oldest ones (Mk-II), from 2001.
My complaints aside, this is a very impressive looking kit and when I one day decide to put waterslide decals on it, it'll look that much more impressive.
I had originally planned to get the Unicorn as well, but honestly? I think I'll just get the Mega Size instead. Bigger and simpler for half the price.
If I'm so annoyed with it, then why five stars? Because it's still a Bandai model kit. Its downfalls are largely part of a limitation of tech for its time and the sheer weight of it and not even Bandai can break the laws of physics. I just can't help but think it could've been better...
I'll keep it simple - If you're skilled at model building and cable management, this is good for what it is. If you're a beginner, avoid.
Good:
It works
It looks good
The instructions are relatively simple
Bad:
It's ludicrously expensive
The cable management is atrocious
While simple in instruction, it's difficult to actually implement
It makes the start-to-finish build of the model very difficult and time consuming
Few lighting options (head on, all on, off)
It started out relatively simple, it's very nice that the LEDs are protected and in easy little to install boxes, but as you go, you find out that the cables are long and all of that has to go somewhere. The white cables should have been grey so they don't stand out against the inner frame of the PG Unicorn or the very dark colors of the PG Banshee, so they look ugly if you can't hide them well and since the cables are spongy/springy, they're hard to keep hidden.
The cables are fiddly and fragile, they pinch extremely easily - This is on purpose so you can fit them into various grooves, but it also makes them nerve-wracking to install. Some of the design is so stupidly complicated when it could've been more straight forward - You don't *need* grooves and hidden compartments when a damn hole could've done the same job.
When it's all said and done, it looks great, I just wish that it wasn't a +10 years old product and actually had some simple options.
The normal mode is that you press once and the head lights on, once more and the whole model lights up and five minutes later it turns off by itself.
Apparently there's a step process where you can make it stay on until it runs out of battery or you turn it off - Here's the process:
"If you press the power button twice very quick the head will turn on and off real quick
If you press it again after that the head will come immediately on
If you press it once more the head will turn off and the body will come on
And finally if you press it once more again the head will turn back on and they won't turn off unless you press the button again or turn it off "
I have no idea if it works, but it's dumb.
In all honesty, doing your own LED cabling or looking into a 3rd party product, is probably better. There are no LEDs for the shield, gun or backpack wings (Banshee), just the model and the standard backpack.
I had the idea that I'd get both the Unicorn and Banshee, but after doing this once, I'm not ever doing it again.
I like dat you Can Build her it’s nice overall 😊😎
Jeg kan ikke sige andet end, hvis man kan lig egyptiske designs og fantasy så er den absolut perfekt, farve combination of design er gennemtænkt, så den kan holde sit enorme sværd.
