Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Various angles (1/6)

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Various angles (2/6)

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Various angles (3/6)

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Various angles (4/6)

Various angles

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Detail shots (1/4)

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - The purple parts have an Extra Finish-style coating, while

The purple parts have an Extra Finish-style coating, while the remaining pink and red parts have a pearl coating applied.
That said, aside from the Extra Finish-plated surfaces, the coating effect is pretty subtle — it doesn't really jump out at you.

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - The weapon loadout, leftover parts, and articulation are a

The weapon loadout, leftover parts, and articulation are all identical to the original kit.

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Various action poses (1/14)

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Various action poses (2/14)

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Various action poses (3/14)

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Various action poses (4/14)

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Various action poses (5/14)

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Various action poses (6/14)

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Various action poses (7/14)

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Various action poses (8/14)

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Various action poses (9/14)

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Various action poses (10/14)

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Various action poses (11/14)

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Various action poses (12/14)

Various action poses

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Alongside the MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G released as the s

Alongside the MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G released as the standard edition.

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - Alongside the MG Trans-Am Raiser released through Club G.

Alongside the MG Trans-Am Raiser released through Club G.
The MG Trans-Am Raiser on the left isn't a plated kit, but at a glance, the difference with and without the coating doesn't look all that dramatic.

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - If you get up close and compare carefully, you can see the

If you get up close and compare carefully, you can see the difference the coating makes to some extent.

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] - If you look closely at the pink pearl-coated armor (right)

If you look closely at the pink pearl-coated armor (right), where the coating effect is a bit ambiguous, compared to the standard Trans-Am color molded parts (left),
the light reflects more evenly off the surface, and there's a faint pearl feel to it.

This kit is the MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G Trans-Am Mode [Special Coating], released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. It's based on the standard edition MG 00 Gundam
Seven Sword/Gwith the molded colors changed to Trans-Am Mode and plated surfaces added. There are no additional parts or structural changes — it's a straightforward color variant/plated kit.

So all the structural features and contents are identical to the original kit, and for this review, just checking out the changed molded colors and plated surfaces should be plenty. It still shows the same solid gimmicks and build quality as before, but the price does feel a bit steep relative to the coating effect. Kits that simply came in Trans-Am colors used to be priced the same as the original, but this one comes in at a whopping ¥12,000 thanks to the coating. The purple armor gets an Extra Finish-style coating, while the rest of the armor gets a thin pearl coating — the problem is that the coating effect is so subtle that it's not easy to tell apart from the non-plated kit at a glance.

That's more than double the standard edition's ¥5,500 price tag, and honestly, when you factor in the coating effect, it feels like a pretty steep price hike. If you put the non-coated Trans-Am version right next to it and compare, it does look a bit more premium and nicer, but from even a short distance away, it's hard to tell them apart at a glance. (See the comparison photos above.)

So while it's not a bad plated kit by any means, this is one that tends to stir up debate when it comes to the coating effect versus the price. For reference, this kit MG 00 Gundam Raiser was distributed like a standard release outside of Japan (excluding Japan), similar to the MG 00 Gundam Raiser, though being a plated kit, reprints don't come around easily. Either way, the kit itself is a great one, so as long as you're not expecting the coating effect to be proportional to the price, it's definitely worth building. :-)

MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G (Trans-Am Mode) [Special Coating] | 2018.4 | ¥12,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.