OLD First Gundam 1/1200 Magellan

Release 1983.3

Price ¥500

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Runners

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Manual

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

OLD 1/1200 Magellan - Detail shots (1/3)

Detail shots

Underside view

Just like the Salamis, there are capsules attached to the underside that you can pop on and off.

Atmospheric re-entry capsules

On top of the capsules, a Ball and a GM are included as 1/1200 mecha accessories.

Solo shots of the GM and Ball, two of each included.

The mega particle cannons can rotate and adjust their elevation angle — all 7 of them are poseable.

The small machine guns can rotate too.

All 7 mega particle cannons posed at various angles.

Everything laid out together — both Balls, both GMs, and the capsules.

Alongside the 1/1700 scale EX Magellan released in 2005.

Alongside the 1/1200 Musai.

Alongside the 1/1200 White Base.

Alongside its predecessor, the OLD 1/1200 Salamis.

As you can tell from the box comparison, the Magellan is noticeably chunkier in volume.

The GM and Ball are exactly the same sculpt as the ones included with the Salamis.

This is the 1/1200 kit of the Magellan, the Federation's iconic main battleship from the One Year War. True to its in-universe size of over 300 meters, the finished model is quite sizeable, and it's clearly a step up in volume from its predecessor, the Salamis.

All 7 mega particle cannons can rotate and adjust their elevation angle, and the small machine guns on the sides can rotate as well. Like the Salamis, it has detachable capsules on the underside, and the GM and Ball figures from the Salamis kit are included here too — two of each — just with different molded colors.

Overall it lacks a certain sleekness and has that chunky, old-kit feel to it, but honestly that's part of what gives it such a straight-out-of-the-anime look. The molded colors are very food-toy-ish, so I'd lean toward recommending this one to people who plan on painting it — but for old-school fans with a soft spot for the One Year War, it's a fun little 500-yen battleship kit that's well worth the build. :-)
[ Updated at 2016.2.23 ]

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.