Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

HGBF Transient Gundam Glacier - Detail shots (1/4)

HGBF Transient Gundam Glacier - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

HGBF Transient Gundam Glacier - 3 extra hands are included, but there are no hand-back parts to fit the open hands, so they e

3 extra hands are included, but there are no hand-back parts to fit the open hands, so they end up as leftover parts..

3 other leftover parts.

The GN Partisan II can be split in half and mounted on the forearm.

The articulation is pretty much the same as the original Transient Gundam.

Most of the clear parts attached to the back can be moved.

Ground poses

HGBF Transient Gundam Glacier - Launch poses (1/3)

Launch pose

GN Partisan II action

HGBF Transient Gundam Glacier - Action poses with the GN Partisan II mounted on the forearm (1/3)

Action poses with the GN Partisan II mounted on the forearm

Together with its predecessor, the HG Transient Gundam.

Following the Build Fighters Transient Gundam, the Transient Gundam Glacier has also been released as an HG kit. About half the runners are carried over directly from the original HG Transient Gundam — the inner frame and base armor are reused, while the major exterior parts have been swapped out with new ones.

The Transient Gundam Glacier has had its look completely overhauled from the pale white of the original Transient Gundam, and it honestly looks like a totally different beast. The color scheme is flipped to the complete opposite, which probably adds to that impression — but either way, for a variation kit, I really like how distinctly it carves out its own identity. The massive amount of clear parts in particular give it this dark yet luminous look, and with those big wings and the even more imposing GN Partisan II, the sheer presence it has on display feels like a definite step up.

By the way, the GN Partisan — the spear-type weapon unique to the Transient Gundam — was written as "GN Ppaljisan" (GN 빨치산) back in the HG Transient Gundam review. I used that term as a bit of a playful nod, since "빨치산" was historically how "partisan" was rendered in Korean. It was a deliberate word choice on my part, but some people took issue with it for the wrong reasons, so in this review I've gone with "Partisan," which is closer to the original pronunciation. ^^;

Since the frame is carried over from the Transient Gundam, the articulation is solid and the joint strength is reliable. There's a lot of stuff hanging off it, so things do get in the way a bit when posing, but once you get a pose locked in, it's a kit that really delivers as a display piece with that flashy look. It's hard to put into words, but it's the kind of design that makes you want to build it just because it looks cool, regardless of where it fits in the lore.

Anyway, the base quality is more than good enough, so even if you haven't watched the Build Fighters anime, I'd say this is a kit worth recommending — it's got plenty of personality to stand on its own. :-)

HGBF Transient Gundam Glacier | 2016.11 | ¥2,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.