Club G HGUC

Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.)

Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Various angles (1/6) HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Various angles (2/6) HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Various angles (3/6) HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Various angles (4/6) HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Various angles (5/6) HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Various angles (6/6)


Various angles

HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Detail shots (1/4) HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Detail shots (2/4) HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Detail shots (3/4) HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Detail shots (4/4)

Detail shots

HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Weapons loadout

Weapons loadout

HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - A new left hand holding a hand grenade has been added. (1/2) HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - A new left hand holding a hand grenade has been added. (2/2)

A new left hand holding a hand grenade has been added.

HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Fully armed configuration (1/2) HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Fully armed configuration (2/2)

Fully armed configuration

HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Leftover parts

Leftover parts

HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Articulation is the same as before.

Articulation is the same as before.

HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Poses using the 90mm machine gun and hand grenade grip hand (1/4) HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Poses using the 90mm machine gun and hand grenade grip hand (2/4) HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Poses using the 90mm machine gun and hand grenade grip hand (3/4) HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Poses using the 90mm machine gun and hand grenade grip hand (4/4)

Poses using the 90mm machine gun and hand grenade grip hand

HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Raketen Bazooka & Sturm Faust action (1/2) HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Raketen Bazooka & Sturm Faust action (2/2)

Raketen Bazooka & Sturm Faust action

HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Heat saber action (1/2) HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Heat saber action (2/2)

Heat saber action

HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) - Alongside the standard release HGUC Dom Tropen Sand Brown.

Alongside the standard release HGUC Dom Tropen Sand Brown.

This kit is the HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.), released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. It's a color variant of the standard release HGUC Dom Tropen Sand Brownwith the molded colors changed to a brighter palette. As a bonus, a newly sculpted left hand holding a hand grenade has been added.

The newly added left hand holding a hand grenade is made up of just two parts, and instead of color separation, a sticker is used to represent the back-of-hand color. Everything else — the main body and accessories — is identical to the original kit, so you still get the same limited articulation, though joint strength is solid and the weapon loadout is generous. Since the HGUC Dom Tropen itself is an early HGUC kit from 2000, it's hard to avoid that slightly dated feel in the joint structure and parts layout.

So yes, it's a color variant with a fairly simple bonus part thrown in — but it does pull off a clean molded color scheme and a nice chunky set of proportions. If the style suits your taste, it's a perfectly enjoyable HGUC kit. :-)

HGUC Dom Tropen (Unicorn Color Ver.) | 2017.4 | ¥1,700

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.