Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Metal Gear Rex Black Ver. - Various angles (1/7)

Metal Gear Rex Black Ver. - Various angles (2/7)

Metal Gear Rex Black Ver. - Various angles (3/7)

Metal Gear Rex Black Ver. - Various angles (4/7)

Metal Gear Rex Black Ver. - Various angles (5/7)

Various angles

Underside

Metal Gear Rex Black Ver. - Close-up detail shots. The detail is still great. (1/7)

Metal Gear Rex Black Ver. - Close-up detail shots. The detail is still great. (2/7)

Metal Gear Rex Black Ver. - Close-up detail shots. The detail is still great. (3/7)

Metal Gear Rex Black Ver. - Close-up detail shots. The detail is still great. (4/7)

Metal Gear Rex Black Ver. - Close-up detail shots. The detail is still great. (5/7)

Detail shots.
The detail is still great.

Included stand

Metal Gear Rex Black Ver. - The stand mounting hole on the bottom of the body can be opened and closed with a sliding mechani

The stand mounting hole on the bottom of the body can be opened and closed with a sliding mechanism.

Included figures

Cockpit open

Knee and backpack hatch open gimmick

Metal Gear Rex Black Ver. - Lying flat on the ground pose (1/4)

Metal Gear Rex Black Ver. - Lying flat on the ground pose (2/4)

Lying flat on the ground pose

Metal Gear Rex Black Ver. - Action pose (1/3)

Action pose

Metal Gear Rex Black Ver. - Roaring like a T-Rex dinosaur — RAWR~ pose (1/4)

Metal Gear Rex Black Ver. - Roaring like a T-Rex dinosaur — RAWR~ pose (2/4)

Roaring like a T-Rex dinosaur — RAWR~ pose

Metal Gear Rex Black Ver. - Full hatch open shots using the stand (1/4)

Metal Gear Rex Black Ver. - Full hatch open shots using the stand (2/4)

Full hatch open shots using the stand

Together with the original gray version Rex.

This kit is a Metal Gear REXcolor variant of the REX released in 2012 — the Rex Black Ver. There are no new sculpt parts; it's a 100% color variant kit. But thanks to the deeper, heavier color scheme, it gives off a much stronger impression.

So all the features are identical to the original kit, and it still shows off excellent detail and sculpting, great articulation, and open hatch gimmicks. There are more articulated joints than you'd expect, so you can have a lot of fun trying out all kinds of different poses. Even when the center of gravity gets thrown off, the included stand lets you display it stably, and there are also 4 small, finely detailed figures included — pilot and all.

That said, it's a bit of a bummer that the 2023 reissue came out at ¥9,800 — a ¥2,000 jump from the original release price of ¥7,800. Sure, inflation is a factor, but a price tag creeping up toward ¥10,000 does feel like a stretch. Either way, for Metal Gear fans, this seems like a kit worth having in your collection — one you can just be grateful exists at all. :-)

Metal Gear Rex Black Ver. | 2016.2 | ¥7,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.