OLD First Gundam 1/144 Agguguy

Release 1982.7

Price ¥400

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Runners

Parts diagram

Manual

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

OLD 1/144 Agguguy - Internal structure of the arms and legs. Due to the pipe-style limb design, there are lots of rotation jo

Internal structure of the arms and legs. Due to the pipe-style limb design, there are lots of rotation joints.

You assemble the sole first, then attach it as one piece to the ankle parts.

All the limbs connect directly using T-shaped pins.

OLD 1/144 Agguguy - The neck has a separate internal fixing pin that you glue in from the inside. If that part falls off whil

The neck has a separate internal fixing pin that you glue in from the inside. If that part falls off while posing the neck after the build is complete, there's really no way to fix it.

The heat rods on the hands can each rotate 360 degrees.

OLD 1/144 Agguguy - It's a kit that's hard to rate for articulation... The limbs only rotate — the bending range is pretty mi

It's a kit that's hard to rate for articulation... The limbs only rotate — the bending range is pretty minimal. T_T

The arms only raise about this much.

Action pose.

Action pose 2

Action pose 3

Together with the similarly named 1/144 Acguy.

Even among the One Year War Zeon mechs, which were already full of grotesque designs, the 1/144 Agguguy stands out with a look all its own. It's got a head that looks like an upside-down squid, a mono-eye like an insect's, and those bizarre hands fitted with two heat rods. Those heat rods have earned it a bit of a reputation as a "tentacle" mech (...), but either way, this thing has personality to spare.

The Agguguy is an amphibious MS developed based on the Acguy, designed to grab enemies with its heat rods and then zap them with an electric shock. The star feature — the heat rods — can rotate a full 360 degrees, so you can position them at all kinds of angles. That said, the rotation joints on the heat rods are a bit loose and tend to wobble, so getting them to stay exactly where you want can be a little tricky.

True to its pipe-style limbs, there are plenty of rotation points throughout the joints — but the bending range at the elbows and knees is pretty limited, making it tough to get dynamic poses out of this kit. Sure, most old kits aren't great for articulation, but given how the wide, chunky limbs make it look like it should move a lot, the actual range of motion is a bit disappointing. On the flip side, thanks to those unique heat rods and that big head, even a subtle pose can look surprisingly powerful and full of presence.

As of February 2016 when this review was written, this kit has never been re-released — not as an HGUC, let alone an MG — making it the only 1/144 scale Agguguy out there, which is honestly its biggest selling point. Either way, a little cleanup and some paint is all it takes to make this a genuinely unique kit, so it's one I'd definitely recommend to painting enthusiasts who want something with real character. :-) [ Updated at 2016.2.12 ]

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.