Kit Review
Straight build
+ panel lining + partial paint
Size comparison with the universal standard — a cigarette pack.
Upper/lower body close-up
This kit... even though it's a recent release, there are surprisingly quite a few spots that need partial painting to match the official colors.
Out of sheer lazi~~ness, I didn't do all of them — just the ones I felt like doing (-_-;).
1. The small circle on the left chest isn't color-separated, so I painted it white.
2. The hip joints that are visible from the outside all came out plain white, so I painted them dark gray.
3. The three knee protrusions aren't color-separated, so I painted them dark gray.
4. The handle on top of the shield came out plain white, so I painted it dark gray.
The yellow arrow areas in the body photos... those are spots that should've been painted but I just skipped. Oops;
The weapons loadout is pretty generous, though one rifle fewer compared to the MG;
The beam saber storage in the calf is also reproduced. Whoa~ at this small a scale~
The hatch isn't really an open-style — it's more like the end just kind of rests loosely in place. There's a bit of detail inside too.
Only three hand parts included... and on top of that, there are only two hand back covers T_T Stingy~
You can also recreate the famous "moving house" set.
Open up the storage container and there's actually some molded detail inside too. (Panel lining serviiiice~)
Just like the MG, the long 180mm cannon splits into 5 pieces.
And then you can cram it all into the storage container like that.
Props to them for reproducing this even at HGUC scale.
There's a new stand-like gimmick for propping up the shield. Wasn't on the MG...
Articulation is good. Same as the previous Blue Destiny Unit 2.
The shoulders do move up, down, left, and right, but the range is a bit limited. A shame..
Action po~se
The 100mm machine gun's magazine is stored on the side in a removable fashion.
Beam saber action pose. Kneeling pose gets roughly this far down..
There's a hole in the hip joint so you can mount it on a standard action base.
But since it's a ground-type unit, there's not much reason to have it flying around anyway...
Striking a cool pose~
The 180mm machine gun firing pose — the trademark of the 08th MS Team.
The locking pin connecting to the shield that was on the MG is gone, but instead the shield itself can now be stood upright on the ground.
You can hold it with both hands like that, but the hand parts connection is a bit weak so it's not easy >.<
Alongside the HGUC Blue Destiny Unit 2, which came out first in kit release order.
The basic frame is the same variation family, but quite a few of the exterior parts are different.
Together with the MG Gundam Ground Type.
The MG Ground Type came out relatively early in the MG lineup, but it was a solid kit in its own right.
The HGUC turned out clean and nice too.
Comparison with the now-old-gen HG Gundam Ground Type straight build.
The HG Ground Type from 1996 was actually on the less-outdated end of old-gen kits — it had decent color separation and wasn't bad at all...
But with the latest-quality HGUC out now, it looks noticeably worse by comparison ;;
Not sure why, but a lot of old-gen kits seemed to have pointy feet...
Which is to say, more recently there seems to be a trend toward smaller, wider feet.
Ahh... 11 years really does make a big difference.
But the yellow chest ducts, which were even color-separated on the old-gen HG...
Have been reduced to stickers on the latest HGUC. A bit awkward, that.
Straight build