Kit Review

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HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version (1/2)

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version (2/2)

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Char's Zaku II clear color version. It's 100% identical to the existing

Char's Zaku II clear color version.
It's 100% identical to the existing Gunpla Expo version clear color version.
For detailed photos and descriptions,
refer to the relevant reviewplease.

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Char's Z'Gok clear color version. (1/6)

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Char's Z'Gok clear color version. (2/6)

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Char's Z'Gok clear color version. (3/6)

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Char's Z'Gok clear color version. (4/6)

Char's Z'Gok clear color version.

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Detail shots (1/5)

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Detail shots (2/5)

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Detail shots (3/5)

Detail shots

You can see the inner frame through the clear armor.

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Basic thrust action (1/4)

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Basic thrust action (2/4)

Basic thrust action

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Skyward thrust (1/4)

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Skyward thrust (2/4)

Skyward thrust

Underwater navigation mode.. (or rather, just a face-down pose)

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Char's Gelgoog (1/6)

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Char's Gelgoog (2/6)

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Char's Gelgoog (3/6)

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Char's Gelgoog (4/6)

Char's Gelgoog

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Close-up detail shots (1/6)

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Close-up detail shots (2/6)

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Close-up detail shots (3/6)

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Close-up detail shots (4/6)

Close-up detail shots

You can clearly see the verniers through the clear armor.

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - For some reason.. the side skirts barely stay in place. It feels like th

For some reason.. the side skirts barely stay in place.
It feels like the mold tolerances weren't adjusted properly when molded in clear plastic.

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Shooting action (1/3)

Shooting action

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Beam naginata action (1/3)

Beam naginata action

Beam naginata action 2

Group comparison with the normal versions

Char's Zaku II comparison

Char's Z'Gok comparison

Char's Gelgoog comparison

You could call this the companion set to the V Operation clear color set...

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version - Group action shots. Those three couldn't actually be in the same place a

Group action shots.
Those three couldn't actually be in the same place at the same time, but just think of it as Char's 3x speed afterimage technique..

This is the Char's MS set clear color version kit — a Nagoya 30th anniversary exclusive that pairs up with the HGUC V Operation clear color set. The set includes three MS in Char's colors — the Zaku II, Z'Gok, and Gelgoog — all molded in clear color plastic.

The Char's Zaku II clear color version is 100% identical to the previously released Expo exclusive kit, while the Z'Gok and Gelgoog are new clear color versions. The Z'Gok is a pretty old kit, so there's nothing particularly special about the clear version, but that intense red still comes through nicely.

The Gelgoog, on the other hand, is a relatively recent HGUC kit, so it makes for a clear color version that blows the other two out of the water in terms of quality. Great color, great inner structure, great articulation and proportions.

That said, there are two spots in this set where the tolerances seem off — the Z'Gok's knees and the Gelgoog's side skirts. Both of these are seriously loose after the clear plastic hardens, in a way you don't see on the normal versions. It's a bit puzzling — makes you wonder if they rushed production or something.

Anyway, this kit is already meaningful just for being a Char's MS clear color set, but its biggest selling point is getting to build a really nice-quality Char's Gelgoog in clear color.

HGUC Char's MS set - Clear Color Version

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.