Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Club G Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) - Various angles (1/7)

Club G Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) - Various angles (2/7)

Club G Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) - Various angles (3/7)

Club G Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) - Various angles (4/7)

Club G Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) - Various angles (5/7)

Various angles

Club G Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) - Detail shots (1/4)

Club G Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

Club G Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) - A clear stand that supports the back of the shoulders

A clear stand that supports the back of the shoulders on 2 axes is included,
making it reasonably possible to stand upright and strike poses.

Club G Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) - New sculpting has been applied to the forearm and Giga

New sculpting has been applied to the forearm and Gigantic Arm connection points.

Club G Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) - The Long Blade Rifle from the Gaplant and 2 sets of we

The Long Blade Rifle from the Gaplant and 2 sets of weapon-holding hands are included,
while the beam saber hands that came with the original kit are treated as leftover parts.

A Gundam-type head is also thrown in as a bonus.

Leftover parts from the HGUC Gaplant runners

Club G Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) - Leftover parts from the HGUC Hrududu II Expansion Set

Leftover parts from the HGUC Hrududu II Expansion Set runners

Club G Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) - Leftover parts from the 4 HGUC Hazel Custom runners. T

Leftover parts from the 4 HGUC Hazel Custom runners.
These runners were reused for the 2 Composite Shields, but over 80% of the parts end up as leftovers..

Leftover parts from the stand runners

Same articulation as before

Club G Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) - Pose with the Gigantic Arms spread wide (1/4)

Club G Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) - Pose with the Gigantic Arms spread wide (2/4)

Pose with the Gigantic Arms spread wide

Club G Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) - Long Blade Rifle firing pose (1/3)

Long Blade Rifle firing pose

Club G Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) - A dynamic pose with one shoulder raised. The weight ma

A dynamic pose with one shoulder raised.
The weight makes it pretty tough to pull off a pose like this..

Club G Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) - Together with the HGUC Gaplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] (Titans

Together with the HGUC Gaplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] (Titans Colors) released alongside it through Club G.

Club G Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) - Together with the HGUC Gaplant TR-5 Hrairoo released a

Together with the HGUC Gaplant TR-5 Hrairoo released as a general retail kit back in 2006.

Club G Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) - Together with the HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Hazel Owsla] Gigan

Together with the HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Hazel Owsla] Gigantic Arm Unit Equipment released through Club G.

This kit is the HGUC Gaplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.), released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. Using the general retail HGUC Gaplant TR-5 Hrairooas the base, it combines parts from various kits including the Gigantic Arms. A small number of newly sculpted parts have also been added.

First, the main body uses the configuration with newly sculpted parts included in the HGUC Gaplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] (Titans Colors)released alongside it through Club G, so the shoulders, hands, crotch area and other sections have been changed, and the joint parts have also been switched to KPS. The head still uses the original Gaplant head, though a new Gundam-type head is also included as a bonus. On top of that, the Gigantic Arms from the Club G release HGUC Gundam TR-1
[Hazel Owsla]
Gigantic Arm Unit Equipmenthave been reused, and to achieve the binder structure, 4 runners from the Club G release HGUC Hrududu II Expansion Set have also been added. To recreate the 2 Composite Shields, 4 runners from the general retail HGUC Hazel Customhave been reused as well.

A small number of newly sculpted parts have also been added. The movable shield binders that were attached to the original Gaplant's elbows have been removed, and in place of the fixing pins that connected them, new parts with holes have been applied. Joint parts to connect the Gigantic Arms to the shoulders of the Gaplant Hrairoo have also been added, bringing the total to 4 newly sculpted parts. As a typical A.O.Z kit made up of 4 kits combined together like this, it comes out as a kit that boasts a seriously hefty volume thanks to the Gigantic Arms.

That said, since the base kit for the main body is from 2003, the joint strength isn't quite up to the task of handling such a massive bulk. Fortunately, a clear stand that supports the back of the shoulders on 2 axes is included, which makes standing upright reasonably doable. However, the main body isn't held tightly in place, so even if you get it standing nicely, the pose collapses easily T_T. It can hold the standing position well enough on its own, but the slightest nudge will knock it out of shape. The old-style ball-joint hips in particular just can't hold up, and honestly you're probably better off putting it on a stand and going for a mid-air pose instead. Even when displayed in the air, if you make good use of the 2-axis stand, you can pull off a pose with the shoulders spread wide open. (Though how long it'll actually hold is another story..)

So while the sheer bulk that comes with the Gigantic Arm Equipment is a big selling point, it's ended up being a kit that's extremely difficult to pose, just like the Hazel Owsla. Both of them have massive arms bolted onto old-generation HGUC bodies, so it's fundamentally a problem that can't really be helped. Anyway, the durability is a bit disappointing, but it's also the kind of kit where just having it standing there quietly is enough of a presence to forgive all that :-)

HGUC Gyplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] Gigantic Arm Unit (A.O.Z Re-boot Ver.) | 2024.2 | ¥6,500

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.