Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

HG Gundam Pharact - Various angles (1/6)

HG Gundam Pharact - Various angles (2/6)

HG Gundam Pharact - Various angles (3/6)

HG Gundam Pharact - Various angles (4/6)

Various angles

Detail shots

For weapons, you get a beam arquebus and a beam saber.

The beam saber can be stored inside the forearm by opening up the forearm armor.

HG Gundam Pharact - Inside the large shoulder binders are gun-bits called "Corax." Two blocks are stored on each side, and ea

Inside the large shoulder binders are gun-bits called "Corax."
Two blocks are stored on each side, and each block splits into two, giving you a total of eight Corax units.
To display the Corax separately, you'll need the Witch from Mercury Weapon Display Base kit that was released later.

There's one extra open hand included, but only for the left hand.

Shoulder vernier and binder deployment gimmick

Above-average limb articulation

The limbs spread out to the sides nicely too.

Forward/backward shoulder movement

The big foot can be spread wide open or folded back in.

HG Gundam Pharact - Beam arquebus poses (1/6)

HG Gundam Pharact - Beam arquebus poses (2/6)

HG Gundam Pharact - Beam arquebus poses (3/6)

HG Gundam Pharact - Beam arquebus poses (4/6)

Beam arquebus poses

HG Gundam Pharact - Beam saber & big foot attack poses (1/3)

Beam saber & big foot attack poses

Together with the HG Gundam Aerial.

This kit is the HG Gundam Pharact from "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury." It sports a slim yet large frame along with those distinctive big shoulder binders. Overall, it's a solid HG kit with stable quality throughout.

First off, the color separation is well done, so even a straight build gives you a pretty accurate representation of the design colors. You get that satisfying Bandai snap-fit feel — smooth to assemble yet everything clicks together perfectly. And even though it uses a polycap-less joint system, the movement is smooth and the joints hold their position well, so posing is pretty much stress-free.

For weapons, you get a beam arquebus and a beam saber, and the beam saber can be stored inside the forearm by opening it up. The shoulder binders house the gun-bits "Corax," which can be detached and displayed as eight separate pieces — though if you want to display them in a launched state, you'll absolutely need the Witch from Mercury Weapon Display Base that was released separately afterward.

All in all, this is a well-executed HG kit that faithfully recreates the design's gimmicks and delivers excellent build quality and articulation. If you like the look of it, it's definitely worth picking up without a second thought. :-)

HG Gundam Pharact | 2022.12 | ¥1,900

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.