Kit Review

Straight build + Panel lining + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Detail shots

The small verniers on the shoulders, skirt, and backpack are all neatly color-separated in red.

The uniquely shaped head antennae are also nicely rendered with good three-dimensional depth.

You can open the head hatch and rotate the mono-eye.

The power cables on the sides are also reproduced with a nice sense of depth using multiple soft parts.

RE/100 Hamma-Hamma - A large shield with great three-dimensional depth — and they even color-separated the Zeon emblem, which

A large shield with great three-dimensional depth.
They even color-separated the Zeon emblem — that's pretty impressive..

Two beam sabers are included separately.

Includes the intermediate parts for the claw arm extension and a dedicated stand.

RE/100 Hamma-Hamma - The hands and forearms are each launched separately like this, and you can position them in mid-air usin

The hands and forearms are each launched separately like this,
and you can position them in mid-air using stands at their respective locations.

The action base joint parts lock securely into the hip joint via a slide mechanism.

Leftover parts

RE/100 Hamma-Hamma - In the default configuration the elbow doesn't articulate — you need to add a separate articulation join

In the default configuration the elbow doesn't articulate —
you need to add a separate articulation joint in the middle, as shown above, to get it to bend.

Limb articulation

The four skirt appendages on each side each move independently.

Claw arm extension articulation

Despite the large shoulders, they're actually designed quite well to swing forward to a decent degree.

Action pose

RE/100 Hamma-Hamma - Beam saber action. The fingers look unusual, but they're designed to grip the beam saber just fine. (1/3

Beam saber action.
The fingers look unusual, but they're designed to grip the beam saber just fine.

RE/100 Hamma-Hamma - Claw arm extension action. (1/4)

RE/100 Hamma-Hamma - Claw arm extension action. (2/4)

Claw arm extension action.

Together with the 1/144 Hamma-Hamma released in 1986.

Together with the RE/100 Bawoo and Efreet Custom.

Together with the MG ZZ Gundam.

Straight build

The Hamma-Hamma — one of the larger MS units — has been released as the 7th kit in the RE/100 lineup. Opening the box, you'll be surprised by the sheer volume of runners and parts, which is easily on par with an MG. True to the RE/100 concept of pursuing a high-quality exterior without an inner frame, the color separation and three-dimensional detail are top-notch — nothing to envy from an MG at all.

As you can see in the review photos, even a straight build yields a wonderfully colorful result. In particular, the dozens of small verniers are individually color-separated, which makes for a very visually satisfying build. On top of that, there's a generous amount of panel lines, so once you add panel lining on top of that, you end up with a large and highly detailed Hamma-Hamma. The panel lining alone takes longer than the actual assembly, so it's quite a labor-intensive kit — but equally rewarding.

The finished Hamma-Hamma looks absolutely stunning — even just standing there in a neutral pose, it's a real feast for the eyes. Unfortunately though, the joint strength is *very* poor, and it's actually a kit that struggles to even stand upright. T_T

The polycaps use the same generic RE/100 polycap runner as previous kits, which were already a bit shaky — but they're nowhere near strong enough to support the large and heavy Hamma-Hamma. To be more specific, the upper body is fine, but the lower body — from the hips down through the knees to the ankles — is just not stable enough. The ankles in particular have no polycap at all and rely entirely on plastic joints, which is pretty nerve-wracking.

As a result, action poses while standing on the ground are extremely difficult, and even if you carefully balance it in a straight standing pose, nine times out of ten it'll topple over before long.. On top of that, the heavy shield makes it even harder to keep balanced, so if you want to display it in standing mode, you'll pretty much need to glue the lower body joints or reinforce them somehow. To make matters worse, the neck polycap is also badly loose, making it hard to keep the head upright — like a little baby who can't hold its head up.

The silver lining is that the separately sold action base joint parts connect to the hip joint securely via a slide mechanism, so at least aerial poses are relatively stable. Sure, the sheer size and weight make extreme poses difficult, but at least the limbs don't droop badly when it's posed in the air. The problem only really shows up when you try to stand it on the ground.

As an added feature, various parts are included for extending the claw arms. The intermediate parts that extend at two points — the wrist and elbow — are nicely done with cables attached, giving a convincing look, and four clear dedicated stands are included to support them, so the claw arm extension scene itself is well-realized. There's also a mono-eye rotation feature as well.

To sum it up, this is a kit where the joy of building and the visual impact and three-dimensional quality of the finished model are absolutely fantastic — but the lower body joint strength is just devastating, so it's a real mixed bag. The exterior is so impressive that you almost start to wonder if they deliberately made the joints this bad just to keep it a step below MG quality. Either way, if you reinforce the lower body joints before displaying it, the visual satisfaction will likely surpass most MGs — so keep that in mind and give it a shot. :-)

RE/100 Hamma-Hamma | 2017. 7 | ¥4,500

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.