Kit Review
Straight build
Front close-up shot. So colorful~!
The legs. The biggest feature of this kit is the color separation between the upper and lower sections of the front leg armor.
It's also the only runner modification... On the original MG Gundam Ver. O.Y.W. 0079, the front leg armor is a single unseparated piece.
Props to Bandai for going as far as modifying the mold just for a limited edition. :-)
Cockpit hatch open
Rear leg hatch open
The articulation on the MG Gundam Ver. O.Y.W. 0079 is just killer... (though that pose is a bit... ;)
Action pose
Together with the original MG Gundam Ver. O.Y.W. 0079. What a great base kit.
The MG Gundam Ver. O.Y.W. 0079 trio — including the plated limited edition
But the real highlight of this limited edition is none other than...
The absolutely massive amount of leftover parts — more than the actual kit parts themselves;
Rather than using system injection to handle the color separation,
they just molded the existing runners multiple times over in different colors
to achieve Okawara Kunio's complex color scheme.
As a result, you end up with 7 runners' worth of leftover parts just sitting there..
Just laying out the armor pieces fills up the space like this... (it took a whole hour just to spread them all out -_-;)
The inner frame. In other words, excluding this frame, every single armor piece can be assembled interchangeably.
Parts that can be assembled interchangeably.
The neck, chest duct, and skirt armor pieces can be assembled in either yellow or red.
The head, beam sabers, skirt, and arm armor can be combined in three ways: gray, white, or dark green.
The remaining shoulder, leg, and foot armor can be combined in three ways: gray, black, or dark green.
The shield backplate can be combined in three ways: white, gray, or dark green,
and while the red parts on the shield front are duplicated, the cross section can be chosen between yellow or red.
The rifle scope can be chosen between yellow or red.
And on top of that, three pilot figures are included — in black, gray, and white.
Gray armor. You can build the whole thing in an all-gray color scheme.
The black and white parts are split up in a way that prevents you from completing a single kit with just one color.
It's an unavoidable result of Okawara Kunio's color scheme.
Just like with gray, the dark green armor can be assembled in a fully unified color scheme.
Built as a black-and-white Gundam. Not bad in its own way.
This time, the yellow parts on the black-and-white Gundam have been swapped out for red across the board. Looks a bit better.
A comparison of yellow vs. red on the black-and-white Gundam. Red seems to work a little better somehow..
Mid armor swap. Ashura Gundam (?)
Built in a unified gray color scheme.
The torso, waist, and soles only come in one color, so those are locked in. :-)
It ends up giving off a slight G3 vibe.
This time, built in a unified dark green color scheme. Kinda gives off Full Armor Gundam vibes, right?
The color combination is actually pretty clean.
Since the body color is so dark, I tried swapping the red parts out for yellow.
The stronger contrast makes everything look a bit crisper somehow..
Built in a completely random mix. Aka the Mosaic Gundam, or the Patchwork Gundam;;
It's grotesque..
The mysterious combination of four armor colors..
It somehow feels like looking at a piece of modern art.