This is the MG Gundam The Origin Special Ver., released as a special edition kit. It takes the existing MG Gundam The Origin runners, adds just one yellow antenna part, and throws in pink and orange LED units. Price-wise, the standard MG Gundam The Origin is ¥4500 and a 2-LED set normally runs ¥1100, so this Special Ver. comes in at ¥5600 — basically just combining both at full price. There's no real discount, but you do get a large MS illustration sheet as a bonus.
Since everything about the kit itself is completely identical to the existing release aside from the antenna color, check out the MG Gundam The Origin Reviewfor the full details. In this review, really all you need to see are the face shots with the LEDs installed. The LED units themselves are the same as existing products, but the LEDs included with this kit come in pink and orange to recreate scenes from the show. Since most LED units on the market are red or green, the colors themselves are at least a bit special.
That said, honestly even with the LEDs installed, the eye glow is barely visible, so the value proposition isn't great. You really have to dim the lights and look closely to notice it — I don't think you'd be able to pick up the eye LEDs in normal photos.
The large illustration sheet included as a bonus features an MS development lineage chart and RX-78 design schematics. Even folded into quarters it's bigger than A4, so when fully opened it's meant to be used like a movie poster — just stick it on the wall. (See theInfo page for reference.)
Honestly, the kit itself isn't anything different and the LED effect is pretty underwhelming, so I do wonder why they bothered putting out a special edition like this — but the pink and orange LEDs aren't colors you see often, so there's at least a tiny bit of appeal there. This one's really only worth recommending to people who don't already own the standard MG Gundam The Origin kit and really(...) want those 2 LED units. Personally, it looks like a special edition without much substance. :-)
MG Gundam The Origin Special Ver. | 2017. 4 | ¥5,600
AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.
