Entry Grade 1/144 Wing Gundam

Release 2025.10

Price ¥1,000

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Runners

Entry Grade Wing Gundam - Parts with slide mold technology (1/3)

Parts with slide mold technology

Entry Grade Wing Gundam - Parts diagram (1/6)

Entry Grade Wing Gundam - Parts diagram (2/6)

Entry Grade Wing Gundam - Parts diagram (3/6)

Entry Grade Wing Gundam - Parts diagram (4/6)

Parts diagram

Manual

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Front/rear view

Shield and Buster Rifle. Beam sabers are not included.

Shield interior detail

Transformed into Bird Mode

Underside

The leg transformation is a bit awkward — the knees and ankles don't bend at very wide angles.

The arms are also a bit off, with the claw section sitting too high up.

Excellent articulation

Forward/backward shoulder articulation

Entry Grade Wing Gundam - Waist articulation (1/3)

Waist articulation

Wing articulation

Kneeling pose is easy to pull off.

Entry Grade Wing Gundam - Poses on a stand (1/3)

Poses on a stand

Entry Grade Wing Gundam - Buster Rifle firing pose (1/3)

Buster Rifle firing pose

Alongside the HGAC Wing Gundam released in 2013.

Alongside the EG Strike Gundam.

This kit is the Wing Gundam released as an EG (Entry Grade). Just like previous EG kits, it achieves HGAC Wing Gundam -level looks with a simplified parts layout — and thanks to the excellent color separation, the proportions and color accuracy are nearly identical.

True to the EG name, small gates are used so the gate marks are barely visible even if you just snap the parts off without nippers — though cleaning them up with an art knife does give a cleaner finish. The parts breakdown is well done, but for an EG, the part count is actually quite high. Three full-size runners are included, making the contents feel pretty much on par with a regular HG.

Articulation is also fairly solid — kneeling poses and all sorts of other poses are easy to pull off. The biggest difference from the HGAC is the feel of the joints: because it uses a polycap-less frame, the movement isn't exactly smooth. That said, it's nowhere near as stiff as some of the more recent polycap-less MG/HG kits. Joint strength is solid, so poses hold well.

Transformation into Bird Mode is possible, though the arms and legs transform in a somewhat awkward way — probably due to the structural limitations of the EG format. The ankles and knees don't bend very far, and the claw position on the arms looks a bit off too. What's interesting is that there's absolutely no photo or explanation of Bird Mode anywhere — not in the manual, not on the box art, not in any sample builds. As you can see, the basic transformation gimmicks are there to some degree, but it seems like they left out any mention of it precisely because they couldn't quite call it a complete transformation with a straight face.

The real selling point of this kit is that such a simple build can produce a look that holds its own against the HGAC. This level of quality and result for ¥1000 is pretty impressive — it seems like a great entry-level kit that Gunpla fans of all ages can enjoy casually. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.