Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Detail shots

Large lance and shield

A total of 3 hands are included.

The handle inside the shield can rotate.

Leftover parts

Excellent articulation.
The thighs can raise much higher than on the original Gyan.

Shoulder articulation

The lance-holding hand has a poseable wrist, allowing for more flexible positioning.

Backpack Booster articulation

Action poses

Together with the HGUC Gyan [Revive].

This kit is the Gyan Krieger, released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. It's the mobile suit that appears in the game "Mobile Suit Gundam: Gihren's Greed — Zeon's Independence War." While it follows the original Gyan's design concept, it's been refined into an overall sharper and more sleek form compared to the rounded look of the original.

Only some joint parts are reused from the HGUC Gyan Revive — all the outer armor and most other parts feature new tooling. The revised skirt structure gives the leg articulation a noticeably improved feel over the original kit, and the sturdy joints make posing nice and easy.

The Gyan's signature lance and shield have also been freshly redesigned — the large lance now features clear parts, and the shield has become noticeably smaller and more compact than before. On top of that, the dedicated lance hand comes with a poseable wrist, which really comes in handy for pulling off a variety of lance-wielding poses.

Overall, the build quality feels very similar to the HGUC Gyan Revive, but with the exterior feeling 100% freshly renewed. Either way, if you're into the modernized reinterpretation of the Gyan Krieger's design, this looks like a solid, well-made kit that's well worth recommending. :-)

HGUC Gyan Krieger | 2018.1 | ¥1,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.