Club G HG

Gundam Plutone

Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

HG Gundam Plutone - Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

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Detail shots

HG Gundam Plutone - Weapons loadout

Weapons loadout

HG Gundam Plutone - Inner side of the shield

Inner side of the shield

HG Gundam Plutone - Like Gundam Bache, the beam sabers are stored inside the knees. You have to pop off the knee covers t

Like Gundam Bache, the beam sabers are stored inside the knees.
You have to pop off the knee covers to get them out, which is a bit of a hassle.

HG Gundam Plutone - To recreate the Core Fighter, remove the backpack and chest unit.

To recreate the Core Fighter, remove the backpack and chest unit.

HG Gundam Plutone - Combine the separated parts with the intermediate unit provided separately.

Combine the separated parts with the intermediate unit provided separately.

HG Gundam Plutone - Core Fighter (1/2) HG Gundam Plutone - Core Fighter (2/2)

Core Fighter

HG Gundam Plutone - Mounted on a stand

Mounted on a stand

HG Gundam Plutone - Forearm armor deployment gimmick

Forearm armor deployment gimmick

HG Gundam Plutone - A total of 2 sets of hands are included.

A total of 2 sets of hands are included.

HG Gundam Plutone - Limb articulation. The light blue GN particle supply cords are all made of soft flexible parts, so th HG Gundam Plutone - Limb articulation. The light blue GN particle supply cords are all made of soft flexible parts, so th

Limb articulation.
The light blue GN particle supply cords are all made of soft flexible parts,
so they don't get in the way of posing at all.

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Action poses

HG Gundam Plutone - Together with HG Gundam Nadleeh.

Together with HG Gundam Nadleeh.

This kit is the HG Gundam Plutone, released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. It's the mobile suit from Mobile Suit Gundam 00V, and it's a completely new tooling kit with zero reused runners. In the lore, it's the Prototype of Gundam Nadleeh (Bache), and the gimmick of storing beam sabers in the knees is implemented similarly to Gundam Bache.

Overall this kit shows off a really clean level of quality, hitting all three marks of excellent color separation, great articulation, and solid joint strength. The GN particle supply cords that connect to the GN condensers on the waist are made of soft flexible parts, so they don't interfere with posing at all — nicely done. On top of that, staying true to the lore, you can detach the chest parts and backpack and combine them with the separately included parts to recreate the Core Fighter, and the forearm deployment gimmick is faithfully reproduced as well.

This is an HG kit with absolutely nothing to complain about — it honestly feels like building a top-tier HGUC. If you're a fan of 00 or this design just speaks to you, I'd confidently give this high-quality kit a strong recommendation. :-)

HG Gundam Plutone | 2020.9 | ¥2,200

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.