Club G HG

RX-78-02 Gundam (Cucuruz Doan's Island Ver.)

Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

HG RX-78-02 Gundam (Cucuruz Doan's Island Ver.) - Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

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Detail shots

HG RX-78-02 Gundam (Cucuruz Doan's Island Ver.) - The weapons and articulation are identical to the original kit. (1 HG RX-78-02 Gundam (Cucuruz Doan's Island Ver.) - The weapons and articulation are identical to the original kit. (2

The weapons and articulation are identical to the original kit.

HG RX-78-02 Gundam (Cucuruz Doan's Island Ver.) - Leftover parts. Per the story setting, the early-type parts end up

Leftover parts.
Per the story setting, the early-type parts end up left over like junk.

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Action poses

HG RX-78-02 Gundam (Cucuruz Doan's Island Ver.) - Together with the HG First Gundam Origin version.

Together with the HG First Gundam Origin version.

This kit is the HG RX-78-02 Gundam (Cucuruz Doan's Island Ver.), released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. It's a kit commemorating the 2022 theatrical film "Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island." In terms of content, it's based on the previously released HG First Gundam Origin versionand is a 100% color variant with only the molded colors changed.

So all the structural characteristics are identical to the original kit, and it comes out as a clean HG kit that still shows off excellent visuals and articulation. The molded colors have been changed to an anime-style palette, giving it a slightly bluish white. Also, while the original kit lets you choose between the early-type and mid-type configurations, the Cucuruz Doan's Island setting guides you to build it in the mid-type configuration.

One thing — the HG Doan's Zakureleased alongside this kit features a newly sculpted head reflecting the legendary (…) off-model animation from the original series. For the Gundam, though, they just reused the existing kit with only the molded colors changed. Honestly, the Gundam's off-model animation in the original was just as bad as the Zaku's, if not worse. Maybe that's exactly why they felt it'd be too hard to turn the off-model Gundam into a plastic model. (It was just too much T_T)

Anyway, there are no new parts whatsoever so there's nothing new to look at, but the overall quality is still solid enough. It's a kit worth recommending if you enjoyed Cucuruz Doan's Island or if you've been wanting an anime-color HG Origin Gundam. :-)

HG RX-78-02 Gundam (Cucuruz Doan's Island Ver.) | 2022.7 | ¥2,300

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.