Kit Review

Straight build

MG Crossbone Gundam X2 Ver.Ka - Detail shots. (1/4)

MG Crossbone Gundam X2 Ver.Ka - Detail shots. (2/4)

Detail shots.

The head design changed for the X2.

The X2's signature weapon, the lancer, is included.

The detail and gimmick layout is every bit MG-level quality.

There's also a length-extension gimmick for the lancer.

The core fighter is identical to the X1.

Cockpit hatch open and pilot figure.

The X1 and Full Cloth parts are left over as leftover parts.

MG Crossbone Gundam X2 Ver.Ka - Lancer action poses. (1/3)

Lancer action poses.

Aerial lancer action poses.

MG Crossbone Gundam X2 Ver.Ka - Wearing the cape that was also included with the X1. Getting it on is a pain and it doesn't

Wearing the cape that was also included with the X1.
Getting it on is a pain and it doesn't look great either... -_-

Cape + lancer action.

Zan Buster action poses.

Beam Zanber and shield action.

MG Crossbone Gundam X2 Ver.Ka - Beam saber + Buster Gun action. (1/3)

Beam saber + Buster Gun action.

MG Crossbone Gundam X2 Ver.Ka - Scissor Anchor + Screw Whip action poses. (1/3)

Scissor Anchor + Screw Whip action poses.

MG Crossbone Gundam X2 Ver.Ka - Heat Dagger action. (1/3)

Heat Dagger action.

Together with the MG Crossbone Gundam X1.

After the MG Crossbone Gundam X1 came out, I figured the X2 and X3 would follow pretty soon after — but there was nothing but silence for a long time. In the end, it took a full seven years before the X2 finally showed up as a Club G exclusive.

It's a limited release, but the box art is very much in the standard retail Ver.Ka style box format. The manual is even done up in a complete retail-style format, unlike other limited releases — so it almost doesn't feel like a limited at all. My guess is it was originally planned as a regular retail release, but kept getting delayed due to poor sales of the X1, and only just barely managed to squeak out as a limited. (Somehow that's just sad T_T)

Basically, as per the design specs, most of the base body is identical to the X1 — it's essentially the same kit with the molded color changed to a deep blue. The differences that make it the X2 are a slightly different head design and the addition of its signature weapon, the lancer. The lancer itself is cleanly executed at full MG-level quality — it looks great and the length-extension gimmick is well reproduced too. ^^

The issue with this kit ultimately comes down to the quality of the base body. The overall look and feature set are quite good, but the fit throughout the kit feels a bit uncertain in a hard-to-pin-down way — anyone who's built it will probably relate strongly to that. There are spots all over the body where things don't lock down firmly, which makes posing awkward and getting clean angles tricky. It's not floppy like an octopus, but it's definitely not a kit that's comfortable to handle either. The non-woven fabric cape included is still just as hard to attach and looks just as awkward as before. That's what makes shooting review photos of a kit like this such a grueling process, one shot at a time. T_T

The hands in particular are small and the grip pegs are weak, so weapon retention was already a bit shaky — and the large lancer added for the X2 is honestly just hopeless. For the review photos above, I ended up gluing the lancer to the palm right from the start. Trying to keep it in the hand without glue would probably require a serious amount of patience and persistence. ;;;

Anyway, it's not quite the cleanly satisfying MG experience you'd hope for, so there's a bit of a letdown there — but the finished look is genuinely cool. For fans of the Crossbone Gundam series, this is probably one of those limited releases where you're just grateful it came out at all, in whatever form it could. :-)

MG Crossbone Gundam X2 Ver.Ka

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.