Club G HGUC

Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.)

Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Various angles (1/6) HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Various angles (2/6) HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Various angles (3/6) HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Various angles (4/6) HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Various angles (5/6) HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Various angles (6/6)


Various angles

HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Detail shots (1/4) HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Detail shots (2/4) HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Detail shots (3/4) HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Detail shots (4/4)

Detail shots

HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Same weapons and articulation as the original (1/2) HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Same weapons and articulation as the original (2/2)

Same weapons and articulation as the original

HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Action poses (1/8) HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Action poses (2/8) HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Action poses (3/8) HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Action poses (4/8) HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Action poses (5/8) HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Action poses (6/8) HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Action poses (7/8) HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Action poses (8/8)

Action poses

HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Together with the HGUC RX-78 Gundam [Revive].

Together with the HGUC RX-78 Gundam [Revive].

HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Together with the MG Gundam Ver.2.0 Real Type Color released through Club

Together with the MG Gundam Ver.2.0 Real Type Color released through Club G.

HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Together with the old 1/100 Real Type RX-78 Gundam released in 1982. (1/2 HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) - Together with the old 1/100 Real Type RX-78 Gundam released in 1982. (2/2

Together with the old 1/100 Real Type RX-78 Gundam released in 1982.

This kit is the HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.), released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. Compared to the standard release HGUC RX-78 Gundam [Revive] , the molded colors have been changed and real type waterslide decals have been added. There's no new tooling whatsoever — it's simply a color variant with extra decals.

So all the features and contents of the kit are identical to the original, and true to the Revive version, it shows excellent articulation and joint strength. For this review, you'll mainly want to pay attention to the changed molded colors and the waterslide decals — the heavy, subdued color scheme unique to the Real Type look is pulled off really well. That said, the sheer number of waterslide decals is quite something, so you should expect to spend around 3–5 hours on the decal work alone. The result is a stunning visual, but the high density of decals relative to the surface area also makes the work fairly challenging.

All in all, this kit is significant as a Real Type Gundam done with modern-day quality, and if you don't mind waterslide decals, it's definitely worth recommending. That said, it's not something I'd suggest to a complete beginner who's never tried waterslide decals before — so if you want to take on this kit, I'd recommend practicing with waterslide decals first before diving in. :-)

HGUC Gundam (21'th Century Real Type Ver.) | 2016.3 | ¥1,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.