Kit Review

Straight build + Panel lining + Decals

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Upper body front and back

Head

Backpack and shield

Legs

Outer armor removal shot

Frame shots

MG Tallgeese - Frame close-up shots. The frame has a strong sense of depth rather than fine detail. (1/5)

MG Tallgeese - Frame close-up shots. The frame has a strong sense of depth rather than fine detail. (2/5)

MG Tallgeese - Frame close-up shots. The frame has a strong sense of depth rather than fine detail. (3/5)

MG Tallgeese - Frame close-up shots. The frame has a strong sense of depth rather than fine detail. (4/5)

MG Tallgeese - Frame close-up shots. The frame has a strong sense of depth rather than fine detail. (5/5)

Frame detail shots.
The frame has a strong sense of depth rather than fine detail.

Frame articulation

MG Tallgeese - There are sliding frame gimmicks above and below the knee, but the ring section in the middle has a somewhat q

There are sliding frame gimmicks above and below the knee, but...
The ring section in the middle has a somewhat questionable design that could snap if you're not careful.

Flexible joint structure at the waist and shoulders.

Frame action pose

No problem kneeling down!

As expected, there's absolutely no detail on the inside of the outer armor.

Detail on the inside of the skirt

Cockpit hatch open

MG Tallgeese - The backpack's open gimmick is excellent! The side covers, top cover, and wings are all linked together, so ju

The backpack's open gimmick is excellent!
The side covers, top cover, and wings are all linked together,
so just pulling out the wings opens everything else at the same time.

The backpack itself also moves to a decent degree.

Rear skirt cover open gimmick

The large side skirts connect not only to the waist but also to the sides of the thighs.

MG Tallgeese - You can open the cover on the underside of the shoulder and attach the mounting parts for the shield and Dober

You can open the cover on the underside of the shoulder,
and attach the mounting parts for the shield and Dober Gun in that spot.

The Dober Gun — Tallgeese's signature weapon.

Inside the Dober Gun there's a spring that pulls from both sides...

MG Tallgeese - You pull the back end like shown, flip the inner barrel back, and when you let go it springs forward with a "t

You pull the back end like shown and flip the inner barrel back,
and when you let go it springs forward with a "twang!" like it's being chambered.

Intricate detail on the inside of the shield.
The beam saber is also stored inside the shield.

The now-familiar swappable finger-style hands

MG Tallgeese - There's one interesting thing about these swappable hands — the elongated peg on the inside of the finger part

There's one interesting thing about these swappable hands —
there's a diagonally-cut slot on the Dober Gun's grip,
and the elongated peg on the inside of the finger parts slides right into it.
It's a completely different attachment method from before, and it holds much more securely than the old fixed-pin system. Great idea!!!

1/100 Marquise figure

MG Tallgeese - Articulation. There's no special gimmick at the hip joint, and with the side skirts connected to the thighs, t

Articulation.
There's no special gimmick at the hip joint, and with the side skirts connected to the thighs,
the range of leg lift is a bit limited.

Sliding gimmick inside the knee

Forward/backward shoulder movement is fairly decent.

The mounting parts connecting the Dober Gun and shield to the shoulder can move at quite a variety of angles.

The armor parts at the ankles tend to pop off easily, which is a bit of a nuisance when posing.

MG Tallgeese - Two-handed shooting pose (1/4)

MG Tallgeese - Two-handed shooting pose (2/4)

Two-handed shooting pose

Beam saber action

MG Tallgeese - Aerial launch pose using Action Base 1 (1/3)

Aerial launch pose using Action Base 1

Aerial firing pose

MG Tallgeese - Dynamic aerial beam saber pose (1/4)

MG Tallgeese - Dynamic aerial beam saber pose (2/4)

Dynamic aerial beam saber pose

MG Wing series lineup!
Before you know it, there's quite a collection~

Straight build

With most of the major mechs from Wing Gundam now getting the MG treatment, Tallgeese has finally joined the MG lineup as well — better late than never. Tallgeese is a mech known for its medieval knight-inspired design and the massive Dober Gun that calls to mind a lance, and true to MG form, it's been given a nice clean refinement here.

First off, the overall look is almost strikingly simple — in terms of detail alone, you might think it's on par with the old 1/100 kit. But then you look at the careful and precise color separation on the wrists, shield, and knees, and you're reminded that MG is MG. The outer armor is also neatly divided into three shades — white, light gray, and dark gray — and thanks to smart parts division and slide molds, everything comes together with virtually no seam lines.

The inner frame that runs throughout the whole body has a nice sense of depth, but it's almost completely devoid of detail, which is a bit of a letdown. There's no molding on the inside of the outer armor either, and the armor pieces themselves are pretty simple, so overall this kit feels like detail wasn't really a priority. Just... clean, I guess?

On the articulation front, there's no special gimmick at the hip joint, and the side skirts are connected to the thighs on top of that, so the range of leg movement is narrower compared to more recent kits. That said, the other joints move fairly freely, so you can still get decent poses as long as you're not going for anything too extreme. More than the articulation, though, the joint strength leaves a little to be desired — despite the large backpack shifting the center of gravity heavily toward the back, the waist joint is weak and the ankle joints feel a bit iffy too. If you don't get the balance just right while standing, it'll topple backward pretty easily;;

The most impressive feature of the MG Tallgeese is the open gimmick on the backpack and rear skirt. The backpack in particular is great — just grab and pull the wings, and both side covers and the top cover all open up together in one motion, with the verniers inside sliding out as well. It's a really satisfying and showy feature ^^ And when you open up the rear skirt along with it, the back view is absolutely stunning.

There's also a spring gimmick that you don't often see in MG kits — thanks to a ring-shaped spring inside the Dober Gun, you can pull the barrel back and let go, and it snaps forward with a "twang!" like it's being chambered. It feels like something you'd see in an SD Gundam kit, but it's a fun little bonus nonetheless.

On top of that, a new approach has been taken with how the swappable hands attach to the weapons. Instead of the old method of inserting a peg from inside the hand into a hole in the grip, here you slide the finger parts into a long slot on the Dober Gun's grip first, then attach the hand. This gives an incredibly secure hold, and you'll almost never have to worry about grip issues — it's the best weapon-holding solution out there! It seems like something Bandai's development team came up with after a lot of trial and error, and since it's currently the most solid weapon attachment method around, I'd love to see it applied to other MG kits going forward.

To sum it up, this is a kit with a lot of fresh and interesting new ideas, but it falls just a little short in terms of articulation, joint strength, and detail. It's not something you can call outstanding, but it's not a bad kit either — it's a solid, clean, non-Universal Century MG. At the very least, if you've been waiting for a Tallgeese kit, the variety of gimmicks, the frame, and the color separation should make for a really enjoyable build :-)

MG OZ-00MS Tallgeese
Category	Rating	Analysis
Seam Lines	★★★★★	Smart parts division and effective use of single-piece parts
Molding Color / Color Separation	★★★★★	Careful color separation and multi-stage molded colors, as you'd expect from a modern MG
Proportions	★★★★★	A style that could feel a bit awkward, given a stable and well-grounded design worthy of the MG line
Articulation	★★★★☆	On the lower end of the scale for articulation among recent kits.
Joint Strength	★★★★☆	Overall decent, but the waist and ankles feel a bit shaky due to the center of gravity...
Internal Frame	★★★★☆	Full inner frame, but it's really, really simple
Detail	★★★★★	Weapon detail is excellent. The main body is just clean.
Weapons / Accessories	★★★★★☆	The backpack's linked open gimmick and the Dober Gun's loading gimmick are both excellent.
Parts Count / Price	★★★★★	310 parts total. 81.6 parts per ¥1,000. A reasonable count.
Uniqueness	★★★★★	Not extraordinary, but Tallgeese thoroughly reinvented in true MG fashion.
Dalong's Point : 98 pts.

MG Tallgeese | 2013. 1 | ¥4,200

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.