MG RX-78-2 Gundam ver. 3.0 - Information

Release 2013. 8

Price ¥4,900First release price: ¥4,500

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Ooh.. the box art showing it launching from the White Base looks pretty awesome.

MG Gundam ver. 3.0 - That Guncannon silhouette in the background of the box art looks suspicious.. Time for a Guncannon 2.0!

That Guncannon silhouette in the background of the box art looks suspicious..
Time for a Guncannon 2.0! lol

Will the GM get a 3.0 too? Hmm.

The box is the wide, thin style you'd expect from a 4,000 yen kit.

Just looking at the outer armor parts, you can already tell it shares the same design concept as the RG.

MG Gundam ver. 3.0 - The molded color is bright, coming in three tones — white, light gray, and dark gray. That's one more to

The molded color is bright, coming in three tones — white, light gray, and dark gray.
That's one more tone than the RG, which was two-tone.

Looks like you can choose between a closed design or an open design for the joint covers.

MG Gundam ver. 3.0 - Looking at the included seals, it really does feel like a blown-up copy of the RG. And the dry-transfer

Looking at the included seals, it really does feel like a blown-up copy of the RG.
And the dry-transfer decals that were an MG tradition are nowhere to be found.

Even those shiny gold stickers for the joints are exactly the same~.

The inner frame detail feels quite precise and three-dimensional.

You get the fully articulated one-piece hands that have been included with recent high-end MG kits.

MG Gundam ver. 3.0 - The backpack and hand armor parts are a similar color to the frame, but they're molded in a slightly mor

The backpack and hand armor parts are a similar color to the frame,
but they're molded in a slightly more purplish shade to set them apart.

The Core Block detail is really nice.

MG Gundam ver. 3.0 - The weapon runners.. are reused straight from the First v2.0. I'll give credit where it's due — the 2.0'

The weapon runners.. are reused straight from the First v2.0.
I'll give credit where it's due — the 2.0's weapon loadout was great — but reusing it as-is and calling it a 3.0 is a bit..

Instead, separate weapon grip parts sized for the new hands are provided on a different runner.

MG Gundam ver. 3.0 - One more thing — there's a runner labeled "Core Fighter," but looking closely, it's just the Core Fighte

One more thing — there's a runner labeled "Core Fighter," but
looking closely, it's just the Core Fighter parts from the existing First 2.0 rearranged
and consolidated onto a single runner.

MG Gundam ver. 3.0 - The blue nose parts on the Core Fighter are also identical to the First v2.0. So in the end, most of the

The blue nose parts on the Core Fighter are also identical to the First v2.0.
So in the end, most of the weapons and the Core Fighter are all reused from the v2.0.