Kit Review

Straight build + stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Close-up of the body. Pretty chunky, huh? ^^

Close-up of the face. That yellow collar is the trademark of the "polka-dot Gundam".. ^^;

Those arms look seriously hefty

The massive verniers on the back

Those legs are seriously solid.

GN Bazooka. The weapons go for sheer bulk too..

The GN Bazooka has two handles, so you can grip it at different angles.

Honestly it's got FG-level articulation, but somehow it still looks dynamic.

FG Gundam Virtue - There's a lot getting in the way of the shoulder's forward/backward movement, so the range is a bit limite

There's a lot getting in the way of the shoulder's forward/backward movement, so the range is a bit limited;

Action~

When something's built like that, you gotta look up at it from below..

FG Gundam Virtue - Really, that bazooka would look way cooler held with both hands, but the arm articulation just won't allow

Really, that bazooka would look way cooler held with both hands, but the arm articulation just won't allow it. OTL

Mounted on the universal Action Base 2

The rear view is quite a sight too..

Comparison with FG Exia. That bulk is giving me GP02 vibes.

The FG "polka-dot Gundam" quartet

This is the FG Gundam Virtue — the beefy one — released a month later than the other Gundams. Even though it's an FG, it's priced at ¥700, which is on par with budget HGUC kits, and accordingly the box is bigger and the parts have more volume to them. The actual part count isn't all that high, but the design itself is just so bulked out that it probably drove the price up.

Right off the bat, the kit feels like it goes beyond a simple entry-level FG. Put simply, it feels more polished than the other FGs. Out of the first wave of FG "polka-dot Gundam" quartet, this one gives me the most satisfaction ^^

Part of that is obviously down to the original design having such incredible volume and presence, but I think it feels even better because the kit does a great job of bringing that bulk to life. Sure, in terms of color separation and articulation it's a step below HG level — as you'd expect from an FG — but the finished feel is almost like an HG, if that makes sense.

The articulation isn't anything special, yet the action poses still look really powerful, and even with less color separation it still manages to show off a surprisingly detailed color scheme. All things considered, this is the best of the FG Gundam quartet! ^^ I'm really looking forward to the HG Virtue and 1/100 Virtue too~

FG Gundam Virtue | 2007. 10 | ¥700

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.