This kit is the HGUC Asshimar Green Divers Ver., released as a Bandai Online Shop Club G exclusive. Green Divers was an experimental dome-format 3D short film project Bandai attempted back in 2003. The project itself was pretty much a failure, but some of the mechs that came out of it have since made their way into plastic kit form.
The Asshimar Green Divers Ver. had previously appeared in the HCM Pro completed figure lineup, but this is its first time as an injection kit. In terms of design, it's 100% a color variant, so it's essentially a simple limited-edition color swap of the existing HGUC Asshimar — just with changed molded colors and a few extra seals thrown in.
As a result, the kit's basic characteristics are completely identical to the original Asshimar. The big highlight here is that Asshimar's signature transformation into a round disc shape is fully realized without any replacement parts. And considering this was released in 2005, the color separation is actually pretty impressive. That said, the complex transformation gimmick still puts a lot of limits on joint articulation, so the range of poses you can pull off remains fairly restricted.
Either way, aside from the changed color scheme, there's not much else to check out with this limited edition — but if you've been eyeing the unique coloring of the Green Divers Ver., it's definitely a fun item to pick up. :-)
HGUC Asshimar Green Divers Ver.
AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.
