Osaka Expo Entry Grade RX-78F00/E Gundam

Release 2025.4

Price ¥1,200

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Runners

Seals

Parts with slide mold technology

Parts diagram

Entry Grade EG RX-78F00/E Gundam - Manual (1/4)

Entry Grade EG RX-78F00/E Gundam - Manual (2/4)

Manual

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Entry Grade EG RX-78F00/E Gundam - Detail close-up shots. The detail is way too good for an EG. (1/4)

Entry Grade EG RX-78F00/E Gundam - Detail close-up shots. The detail is way too good for an EG. (2/4)

Detail close-up shots. The detail is way too good for an EG.

The kit comes with a shield and beam rifle as weapons.

Shield interior detail

The detachable shield handle angle adjustment works the same way as on the EG First Gundam.

The yellow on the beam rifle's scope section isn't color-separated.

A total of 4 hands are included.

Limb articulation

The shoulders don't move forward or backward, but they do raise up quite a bit.

The waist can tilt slightly forward too.

Entry Grade EG RX-78F00/E Gundam - Beam rifle firing pose (1/3)

Beam rifle firing pose

Pose with the shield mounted on the back

Beam saber pose using beam parts borrowed from another HG kit

Entry Grade EG RX-78F00/E Gundam - Official Osaka Expo pose. Not quite natural due to limited hip joint articulation. (1/3)

Official Osaka Expo pose. Not quite natural due to limited hip joint articulation.

Entry Grade EG RX-78F00/E Gundam - Together with the EG First Gundam. The appearance is completely different, but the parts la

Together with the EG First Gundam. The appearance is completely different, but the parts layout is almost identical.

This kit is the RX-78F00/E Gundam released as an EG (Entry Grade) to commemorate the 2025 Osaka Expo. It's a general retail release rather than a limited edition, and it shares the same design as the Yokohama Gundam — which makes sense, since the 1:1 scale Gundam that was originally in Yokohama was simply moved to Osaka for display.

Also, since the actual Osaka Expo Gundam has some changes to its armor design, this kit is honestly more accurately described as the Yokohama Gundam getting an EG release rather than being an Osaka Expo Gundam per se. It also doubles as the base body for the Glassfeder equipment released alongside it.

In the end, this kit is essentially EG First Gundamwith nearly the same parts layout, but recreating the Yokohama Gundam's appearance. The distinctive complex molding is rendered in quite fine detail, giving it a much more refined look compared to previous EG kits. Just going by appearances alone, it's hard to tell apart from the 1/144 HG-class RX-78F00/E Gundam released alongside it — though the easy assembly process and articulation structure are unmistakably in the EG format.

That said, the joint structure is the same as the EG First Gundam, so the articulation isn't exactly amazing. When you actually try to pose it, the leg placement is quite restricted, making dynamic poses difficult. The joint strength itself is solid, but the shoulders tend to pop off frequently during posing, which is a bit annoying. Since it's an EG pursuing easy assembly with fewer parts, it's probably best not to expect too much from the articulation. The weapons loadout is also identical to the EG First Gundam — the shield handle angle adjustment is there, but beam parts are not included, just like before.

All that said, the real significance here is that the Yokohama/Osaka Gundam has now gotten an EG release with all-new molding. Just looking at the appearance, there's virtually no difference from the 1/144 HG-class kit, so the value for money is pretty solid. The one slightly disappointing point is that it's 500 yen more expensive than the EG First Gundam despite having nearly the same layout — probably due to the Osaka Expo licensing. Either way, it's a kit that gets even better when built together with the EG Glassfeder equipment, and if you like the style, it's an entry-level model kit I'd happily recommend to builders of all ages. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.