Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

The internal frame is gone, but now the mouth opens wide.

Also, pegs have been added to the hands so it can grip weapons from other kits.

The folded limb look is the same as before.

The storage method inside the ears and on the stand base is the same as before.

Instead of a paper manual, the instructions are printed on the inside of the bottom box.

Limb articulation similar to the previous version

HGPG Haro Basic Green - Various poses (1/4)

HGPG Haro Basic Green - Various poses (2/4)

Various poses

Together with the original Haro Basic Green

The Haro Basic Green has been released as the 12th Haropla. A Haro with the same name and color was released back in 2018, but this time the internal structure has been changed. The internal frame is gone, and the mouth in the middle of the body now opens up.

Everything else — the limb articulation, storage method, and stand configuration — is the same as before; the main change is simply that the mouth now opens. As a bonus, pegs have been added to the palms so it can hold weapons from other kits. With the mouth opening up, you get a few more posing options, and in a way it finally feels like a proper, true-to-character Haro. That said, sometimes the mouth doesn't close flush properly, so you'll want to keep an eye on that.

The issue is that it shares the exact same product name as the previously released Haro Basic Green, and even the box art looks very similar, so it's not easy to tell which one is the new version. Here's a tip: the 2018 Haro Basic Green has "Build Fighters version" printed in small text on the box, while the new mouth-opening version has the standard Gundam logo on it. If they were going to make such a major structural change, you'd think they'd at least call it Ver.2 or give it some kind of different name. Below is a comparison of the two kits' box art — the one on the left is the 2018 internal frame version, and the one on the right is the 2020 mouth-opening version. You can also tell them apart by the color of the Bandai logo in the bottom right corner — red for one, blue for the other.

Anyway, with the mouth now opening up, this is a more expressive and lifelike Haro, and it's a fun little kit that anyone can enjoy building. :-)

HGPG Haro Basic Green | 2020.2 | ¥500 each

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.