Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

HGAC Maganac (Auda Custom/Ahmad Custom) - Auda custom configuration (1/6)

HGAC Maganac (Auda Custom/Ahmad Custom) - Auda custom configuration (2/6)

HGAC Maganac (Auda Custom/Ahmad Custom) - Auda custom configuration (3/6)

HGAC Maganac (Auda Custom/Ahmad Custom) - Auda custom configuration (4/6)

Auda custom configuration

HGAC Maganac (Auda Custom/Ahmad Custom) - You can swap the head and armor to choose between either the Auda or Ahmad custom

You can swap the head and armor to choose between either the Auda or Ahmad custom configuration.

HGAC Maganac (Auda Custom/Ahmad Custom) - The heads for the Auda and Ahmad customs can each be assembled independently, but

The heads for the Auda and Ahmad customs can each be assembled independently,
but they share 3 parts — the forehead and the side/rear head pieces — so you'll need to swap those over.
There's only one set of eye seals too, so you'll have to move those as well.

HGAC Maganac (Auda Custom/Ahmad Custom) - Ahmad custom configuration (1/6)

HGAC Maganac (Auda Custom/Ahmad Custom) - Ahmad custom configuration (2/6)

HGAC Maganac (Auda Custom/Ahmad Custom) - Ahmad custom configuration (3/6)

HGAC Maganac (Auda Custom/Ahmad Custom) - Ahmad custom configuration (4/6)

Ahmad custom configuration

HGAC Maganac (Auda Custom/Ahmad Custom) - A composite photo to compare the Auda and Ahmad customs side by side at a glance.

A composite photo to compare the Auda and Ahmad customs side by side at a glance.
The head, shoulders, chest, side/rear skirts, left arm, and backpack are all different.

HGAC Maganac (Auda Custom/Ahmad Custom) - A new long barrel rifle for the Ahmad custom (top) has been added to the standard

A new long barrel rifle for the Ahmad custom (top) has been added to the standard HGAC Maganac's basic armaments.

Auda custom's left arm claw articulation

Leftover parts

The articulation is the same as the original kit.

HGAC Maganac (Auda Custom/Ahmad Custom) - Auda custom action poses (1/4)

HGAC Maganac (Auda Custom/Ahmad Custom) - Auda custom action poses (2/4)

Auda custom action poses

Ahmad custom action poses

HGAC Maganac (Auda Custom/Ahmad Custom) - A composite comparison photo of the standard HGAC Maganac and the Club G HGAC Mag

A composite comparison photo of the standard HGAC Maganac and the Club G HGAC Maganac (Rashid/Abdul customs).
You can compare the exterior differences across all 5 variants from front to back.

This is the HGAC Maganac (Auda Custom/Ahmad Custom), released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. Just like the simultaneously released HGAC Maganac (Rashid Custom/Abdul Custom), you can build either of the 2 Maganac variants by swapping parts. That said, this kit isn't a combined set of both units — you can only build one at a time.

First off, like the Rashid/Abdul customs, a large number of new parts have been included. You can swap the head, shoulders, chest, side/rear skirts, left arm, and backpack to build either the Auda or Ahmad custom. The head swap is still a bit of a hassle though — and it's actually even more inconvenient than the Rashid/Abdul customs, which only shared the forehead and eye seals. Here you also have to move the side and rear head parts over. On top of that, this time around you have to fully disassemble and reassemble the entire head to switch between the two, which makes it even more of a pain. It would've been nice if Bandai had just included duplicate copies of those shared parts as a courtesy. (Or maybe they just expect you to buy two kits and build them separately... ^^;)

Anyway, it's still a solid HGAC kit with the same reliable articulation and joint strength we've come to expect. For this review, the main thing to pay attention to is the changed exterior parts, and if you're a Wing Gundam fan, grabbing this alongside the Rashid/Abdul customs would make for an even better combo.
Of course, if you go all-in and pick up the 36-unit Maganac set to recreate the full Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves concept, that'd be even better... :-)

HGAC Maganac (Auda Custom/Ahmad Custom) | 2019.7 | ¥1,600

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.