OLD Endless Waltz 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom

Release 1998.3

Price ¥2,000

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Box side view (1/3)

Box side view

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Runners (1/7)

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Runners (2/7)

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Runners (3/7)

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Runners (4/7)

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Runners (5/7)

Runners

Cloak parts made of nonwoven fabric

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Parts diagram (1/6)

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Parts diagram (2/6)

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Parts diagram (3/6)

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Parts diagram (4/6)

Parts diagram

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Manual (1/12)

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Manual (2/12)

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Manual (3/12)

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Manual (4/12)

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Manual (5/12)

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Manual (6/12)

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Manual (7/12)

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Manual (8/12)

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Manual (9/12)

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Manual (10/12)

Manual

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

A pilot figure is included.

Quatre Raberba Winner figure

Articulated fingers

The blade portion of the Heat Shotel is made of smoky clear parts.

Heat Shotel handle rotation

The Heat Shotels are long enough that they can also double as a support stand from behind.

Limb articulation. Elbow articulation is relatively good.

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Various action poses with the Heat Shotels (1/6)

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Various action poses with the Heat Shotels (2/6)

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Various action poses with the Heat Shotels (3/6)

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Various action poses with the Heat Shotels (4/6)

Various action poses with the Heat Shotels

A nonwoven fabric cloak and dedicated shoulder parts for the cloak are included.

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Since the cloak material is delicate, you need to attach a strip-shaped paper sticker at t

Since the cloak material is delicate, you need to attach a strip-shaped paper sticker at the fixing hole locations, then secure it with the fixing pins inside the additional shoulder parts.

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - Attach the cloak to the additional shoulder parts like this, then plug them onto the shoul

Attach the cloak to the additional shoulder parts like this, then plug them onto the shoulders.

OLD 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom - With the cloak on (1/3)

With the cloak on

Together with the 1/144 Gundam Sandrock Custom.

Together with the 1/100 Wing Gundam Zero Custom.

Together with the MG Gundam Sandrock released in 2011.

This is the 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom released as part of the old-style Gundam W Endless Waltz series. The articulation is better than its predecessors, with the arms being particularly flexible. The overall joint strength balance is also solid, much like the Heavyarms Custom.

What I especially like is the grip strength — it's remarkably firm, so it holds the large Heat Shotels without any trouble. In terms of the feel when you handle and pose it, the build quality feels very stable overall. The Heat Shotels also look great thanks to their smoky clear blade parts.

As a bonus unique to the Sandrock Custom, a nonwoven fabric cloak is included, and even a reinforcing paper strip is provided for securing it, so you can get it attached in a pretty convincing way. The attachment process is a bit fiddly and involved, but the end result looks good enough to forgive that.^^;

All in all, this is one of the better-quality kits even among the old-style lineup, so if you like the design, it's an easy recommendation. :-)
[ Updated at 2018.6.12 ]

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.