Kit Review

Straight build + Panel lining + Decals

The universal yardstick — size comparison with a cigarette pack.

Articulation is identical to v1.5. Great leg articulation~

Plenty of weapons, just like the v1.5.

Core Fighter and Core Block can be stored interchangeably.

Hatch open shots

The v1.5's solid one-piece frame legs never get old — always impressive!!

The Core Fighter is also just a molded color change.

Action pose

The shield is labeled with "C.A." markings to indicate this is Casval's unit.

Bazooka shots

Drawing the saber.

Beam saber action shots

Beam Jabelin action shots

Gundam Hammer action shots

MG Casval's Gundam is a kit that's simply a straight molded color swap

Together with the RX-78-2 v1.5. Casval's Gundam is a kit that's simply a straight molded color swap.

MG Casval's Gundam - A gathering of MG kits in "his" personal colors. In person, the shades are all slightly different f

A gathering of MG kits in "his" personal colors. In person, the shades are all slightly different from each other.
Casval's Gundam does feel like the color is a bit too dark.
(The Sazabi is straight-up red, so it's excluded~)

Just like how the G3 came out as a color variant based on the First Gundam v1.0, the v1.5's color variant is Casval's Gundam.
Casval Rem Daikun is another name for Char Aznable (Quattro Bajeena) — the man revered as "him" in the Gundam universe. It's pretty much a unit that exists as a setting-based what-if from the game Gihren's Greed, but either way, getting to build a Gundam in that pinkish "three times faster" Char coloring is something fresh. ^^

The kit itself is a typical simple color variant — it's just the RX-78 v1.5 with the molded colors swapped out wholesale. There are no special extra parts or figures included, but since it's "his" personal unit and a First Gundam color variant, there are a few areas they paid attention to. With most color variant kits, changing the color scheme means the runner layout can't be changed, so parts often don't match the official colors — but in this kit, there's an extra set of runners included to compensate for the ankle guard parts that couldn't be molded in the correct colors.

MG Casval's Gundam, purely to achieve the official colors through

An extra runner added exclusively to Casval's Gundam, purely to achieve the official colors through molded color alone.
(Obviously not included in the v1.5!)

Everything else — the basic kit layout, weapons, option parts, and articulation — is 100% identical to the existing v1.5, so for detailed construction info, please refer to the RX-78 v1.5 reviewThe molded colors are that classic pinkish "three times faster" Char color, but it feels a bit darker than his other personal units. Something a little lighter would've felt more fitting — as it is, the intense pink is almost dizzying.

It's a pretty straightforward, no-surprises color variant, so it's not a kit I can enthusiastically recommend — but it does carry the quality guarantee of the v1.5 (especially those killer solid one-piece leg frames!), and being "his" personal unit gives it its own special appeal. My one regret is that they really should've thrown in a Char figure — that would've made it so much better :-)

MG RX-78/C.A Casval's Gundam
Category	Rating	Analysis
Seam Lines	★★★☆	The body and arms are unchanged; the seam lines on the legs disappear nice and clean.
Molding Color / Color Separation	★★★★☆	Even as a color variant, the official colors are nearly perfect.
Proportions	★★★★☆	The great proportions of the v1.5 are fully intact.
Articulation	★★★★	Leg articulation is on par with PG level. Arms are v1.0.
Joint Strength	★★★☆	The lower body is much sturdier. Arms are slightly improved too. The waist is still meh.
Internal Frame	★★★★	Only the leg frame is fantastic.
Detail	★★★★	Overall, refined with restrained panel lines. The arms are a letdown though.
Weapons / Accessories	★★★★★	Beam Jabelin and Gundam Hammer added on top. Hard to find a kit with this kind of weapon variety.
Parts Count / Price	★★★★	314 parts total. Parts per ¥1,000: 103.7. A relatively generous lineup.
Uniqueness	★★	No matter how much it's "his" personal unit, it's still not a particularly special color variant...
Dalong's Point : 78 pts.

MG Casval's Gundam | 2002. 8 | ¥3,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.