Speed Grade 1/200 Wing Gundam

Release 2007.9

Price ¥743

The back of the vinyl bag packaging.

Runner shots

The parts have been carefully painted throughout.

Speed Grade Wing Gundam - Almost all of the runners come with a heavy coat of paint applied. (1/5)

Speed Grade Wing Gundam - Almost all of the runners come with a heavy coat of paint applied. (2/5)

Speed Grade Wing Gundam - Almost all of the runners come with a heavy coat of paint applied. (3/5)

Almost all of the runners come with a heavy coat of paint applied.

Speed Grade Wing Gundam - The package contents are the same as the First Gundam. (1/4)

Speed Grade Wing Gundam - The package contents are the same as the First Gundam. (2/4)

The package contents are the same as the First Gundam.

Parts diagram

Manual

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Placed on the stand with the unit name engraved in intaglio.

Weapons loadout

An honest 90-degree articulation range.

Speed Grade Wing Gundam - Action poses (1/4)

Speed Grade Wing Gundam - Action poses (2/4)

Action poses

Together with the HGAC Wing Gundam.

Together with the Speed Grade First Gundam released at the same time.

<SG Common Notes>
SG (Speed Grade) was a lineup that launched in 2007, with a total of 4 kits released through 2008. The concept was to assemble precisely painted parts at the small 1/200 scale and complete a high-quality-looking Gunpla in a short amount of time.

To achieve this, most of the parts are provided already painted on the runner, and the goal is to reproduce figure-level color accuracy with just simple assembly. Once you actually finish building one, the painted finish does give it more of a figure feel than a plastic model — though structurally it's definitely still a Gunpla that you have to assemble piece by piece.

These pre-painted runners aren't typically handled at the Shizuoka factory, so SG kits were produced at factories in China. Maybe that's why they were offered at a pretty affordable price of under ¥1000 given what's included. They also all come with a stand that has the unit name engraved in intaglio, and when not in use, the support leg tucks away into the underside of the stand — a nice little touch. And despite being small kits, they come with a solid selection of weapons and accessories.

That said, being a lineup that was neither quite a figure nor quite a Gunpla left it in an awkward middle ground, and it never really caught on with the general public. On top of that, the nature of pre-painted kits makes mass production tricky, so the line met its end after just 4 kits.
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The second kit in the SG series is the Wing Gundam, and it comes in the exact same format as the First Gundam — same bag-style packaging, same manual style, same price.

The honest 90-degree articulation and overly stiff joints are still here, and on top of that the rifle tends to fall off easily and the wing area is loose. The backpack and wing parts also don't hold together well and keep coming apart, so you end up with this weird balance where the limbs are rock-solid stiff but everything else has poor hold. And since it's 1/200 scale, transformation is obviously not possible.

That said, the straight build looks great thanks to the finely painted parts — but the wonky stability balance makes this feel like the weakest kit in the series quality-wise. It's decent value for the price overall, but it's not something I'd recommend unless you're a real Wing Gundam fan. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.