Kit Review

Straight build

Upper body front shot. It's got that shiny look, but the color feels a bit lackluster..

Dark iron-colored two-tone backpack

MG Gyan ~ Extra Finish version - The arm section. The uneven coating thickness creates a two-tone effect (?). Some gate marks

The arm section. The uneven coating thickness creates a two-tone effect (?).
Some gate marks are visible..

Even with one-piece parts, those gate marks on the legs are unavoidable T_T

MG Gyan ~ Extra Finish version - Head unit. If you look near the center of the cross, you can see some spots where the coatin

Head unit. If you look near the center of the cross, you can see some spots where the coating is a bit thin.
This kind of thing happens occasionally with plated kits.. it's purely down to the "luck of the draw."

The shiny shield

MG Gyan ~ Extra Finish version - The shield's inner cover has a dark iron-color plating. The frame is just plain plastic.. Th

The shield's inner cover has a dark iron-color plating. The frame is just plain plastic..
The beam saber handle has a pinkish pearl coating. You'd have to look closely to notice it, though.

The chest frame has a dark iron-color coating.

MG Gyan ~ Extra Finish version - Some parts of the legs are coated as well, but it wasn't intentional — it's not like they de

Some parts of the legs are coated as well, but it wasn't intentional — it's not like they deliberately coated the frame too...
It's just that while coating certain armor parts, some frame pieces that happened to be on the same runner ended up getting coated along with them.

The dark iron-color coating on the inside of the skirt has a nice smooth finish~

The Hidebomb is also coated in dark iron color.

The feet too!

Action pose~

MG Gyan ~ Extra Finish version - The skirt's range of motion is a bit limited to begin with, so the kneeling pose comes out l

The skirt's range of motion is a bit limited to begin with, so the kneeling pose comes out looking a little awkward.

Needle missile launch action. The shield is so heavy it keeps drooping down..

Standard pose

Lights on!

The glow looks beautiful..
The beam saber contact issue is still there though -_-;

Being a plated kit, light reflects off the body really nicely.

The beam saber glow reflected on the legs..

The included 1/20 Char's Counterattack M'Quve figure. Same as the standard version.

Together with the standard Gyan. The colors look similar but the coating is a bit different.

MG Gyan ~ Extra Finish version - The Extra Finish version has a strong greenish tint to the coating.. Honestly, a blue-toned

The Extra Finish version has a strong greenish tint to the coating.. Honestly, a blue-toned coating might have been better..

MG Gyan ~ Extra Finish version - Together with the Freedom Extra Finish, another MG Extra Finish version. They're a completel

Together with the Freedom Extra Finish, another MG Extra Finish version. They're a completely different feel from each other.

One last cool pose..

The MG Gyan Extra Finish version was released as a Char's Hobby 2006 exclusive. Unlike regular plating, the Extra Finish coating aims for a more sophisticated look — a semi-gloss finish with a pearly, metallic feel. The coating on the MG Gyan Extra Finish is a bit ambiguous as Extra Finish versions go: the dark iron and blue sections have a metallic/pearl coating, but the light blue areas on the body are done in a semi-gloss coating with a greenish tint. So it feels a little hard to categorize as a proper Extra Finish version, but since Bandai released it as one, I guess that's what it is ^^;

For the basic kit's features, MG Gyan Reviewplease check that out.. Nothing has been structurally changed — it's just had a coating applied. Normally with plated limited editions, only the armor parts get coated, but on this kit, the chest and some leg frame pieces ended up getting coated as well. It wasn't intentional — it's just that the frame pieces happened to be on the same runner as the armor parts being coated..

Overall the coating quality is excellent, and the dark iron metallic coating in particular looks really great. The body coating isn't bad either, but personally I'm not a big fan of that slightly lackluster greenish tint on the body. I think it would've looked so much cooler with a light blue metallic coating that matched the original design concept.

The previous MG Gyan already had somewhat weak joint strength relative to its otherwise excellent frame and structure, and the Extra Finish version is no different. Normally when a kit gets a plated release, the thin layer added over the plastic surfaces naturally tightens up the joints and makes them stiffer. But this MG Gyan Extra Finish seems to be an exception — it didn't get noticeably stiffer compared to the original, and the joints still feel a bit loose. It's not so bad that it'll topple over on its own, but when posing it, if you don't balance the weight carefully it tends to lean to one side. The heavy left shield gradually drooping to the left is exactly the same as before

I was secretly hoping the joints would be tighter with the plated release, so that's a bit of a letdown. And the beam saber light-up section that needed a bit of tweaking due to poor contact is still the same as ever..

Anyway, despite being called a limited edition, it was officially imported to Korea in early 2007 and ended up being orderable from most online shops just like a regular release, so it doesn't really feel all that limited.. That said, it's not something that'll get a reprint, so if you're a Gyan fan, it's worth grabbing one while you can. :-)

MG Gyan ~ Extra Finish version

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.