Entry Grade 1/144 00 Gundam

Release 2011

Price Event Exclusive

There is some printed paper inside, but it's not a manual — it's just an advertisement flyer.

You have to open up and unfold the box to find the manual printed on the inside.

Runners

Parts diagram

Manual

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

There's pretty severe sink marks on the back of the GN Drive on the shoulders.

The Entry Grade comes with a parts separator tool so you can remove parts without nippers.

Entry Grade 00 Gundam - Since there are no elbow or knee joints, the articulation on the arms and legs is roughly at this lev

Since there are no elbow or knee joints, the articulation on the arms and legs is roughly at this level. You can also see sink marks on the inside of the forearms and thighs.

Maximum spread angle for the arms and legs

This is about the extent of action poses you can pull off.

Together with the HG 00 Gundam from 2008 (left).

<General notes on EG>
EG (Entry Grade) is a product manufactured at Bandai's Chinese factory in 2011, and it's a beginner-level Gunpla concept similar to FG (First Grade). Basically, it was planned as an event exclusive rather than a retail product — in Asian regions, it was distributed free of charge to customers registered on the Bandai mailing list during special promotional periods. It was also used as a hands-on assembly experience kit at various Gunpla-related events, and some shops sold it for around ¥300–500.

The EG is characterized by roughly 3 molded colors and a manual printed on the inside of the box. A parts separator is also included so you can remove parts without nippers. Overall, the sculpt and proportions are pretty decent, but since the part count is low, there are quite a few sink marks all over the place. In terms of articulation, the elbows and knees are fixed, putting it at the typical no-grade 1/144 level — though the joint strength is solid. The included stickers aren't great quality either, so this is really more of a kit for experiencing simple assembly rather than focusing on looks or posing.

Since it's an event exclusive Gunpla, you can't really expect much in terms of quality — but it's fine to just appreciate it as a "huh, so this exists" kind of thing.
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This particular kit is the EG 1/144 00 Gundam, and the sink marks on the GN Drives on the shoulders, the inner arms/thighs, and the weapons are pretty bad. If you're planning to paint and build it properly, you'd need to fill in a fair amount with putty. That said, the proportions are decent enough — about HG level — so it's not a bad little kit for killing time or practicing your painting skills. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.