OLD First Gundam 1/144 Juaggu

Release 1982.8

Price ¥500

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Runners

Parts diagram

Manual

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Bottom view

Cross-section of arms and legs

The neck joint moves in all four directions.

You can stick the mono-eye wherever you like.

The legs lock into the body via a T-shaped ring.

The shoulder connection has a unique design — it uses a removable pin system.

The wrists and ankles bend quite a lot, while the rest of the joints only rotate rather than bend.

The arms and legs spread about this far.

Thanks to the neck joint that moves in 4 directions, even that big head gets decent articulation.

The lower part of the backpack also moves independently a little bit.

Even with the legs spread this far front and back, it still stays stable on the ground.

Action pose 1

Action pose 2

OLD 1/144 Juaggu - Together with the HGUC Juaggu. (1/3)

Together with the HGUC Juaggu.

Together with the 1/144 Agguguy.

Together with the 1/144 Zock.

This is the 1/144 kit of the Juaggu, one of the more grotesque Zeon mobile suits from the One Year War. Given how uniquely bizarre its design is, the proportions between the old kit and the newer HGUC don't actually feel all that different. The HGUC is a bit more puffed up and voluminous, but I wouldn't say it's overwhelmingly better than the old kit.

Beyond proportions, the articulation gimmicks here are also a step up from earlier old kits. Thanks to the well-designed multi-stage arm and leg joints, this feels like the most dynamic-poseable kit among the old 1/144 lineup. The shoulders in particular, built with a removable pin system, feel like a genuinely creative gimmick you'd rarely see even in modern kits. The neck is also designed to move forward, backward, and side to side — so in terms of articulation gimmicks, this is easily the most sophisticated of the old 1/144 kits. On top of that, the mono-eye is a separate piece you can place wherever you want.

With proportions and joints that suit its unique design so well, this is easily one of the top-tier old kits out there. The HGUC Juaggu came out so polished it's almost unsettlingly good, which ironically makes it feel a bit cold — but the old 1/144 Juaggu strikes a nice balance between that classic old-kit charm and surprisingly high quality. It's a genuinely recommendable old kit. :-) [ Updated at 2016.2.14 ]

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.