OLD Gundam F91 1/100 Berga Giros

Release 1991.3

Price ¥1,300First release price: ¥1,000

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OLD 1/100 Berga Giros - Box side view (1/3)

Box side view

Runners

Clear runner for the beam shield and eye parts

The power cables for each joint are included on the soft runner along with the polycaps.

Stickers and waterslide decals

OLD 1/100 Berga Giros - Parts diagram (1/3)

Parts diagram

Manual

Straight build + waterslide decals

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

OLD 1/100 Berga Giros - View from below. It's nice that each vernier is individually separated, but the soles of the feet are

View from below. It's nice that each vernier is individually separated, but the soles of the feet are still completely bare.

Articulated fingers

The Shot Lancer's lance section moves just like on the Den'an Zon.

OLD 1/100 Berga Giros - Unlike other kits, only one beam generator part is included, so you have to disassemble the beam gene

Unlike other kits, only one beam generator part is included, so you have to disassemble the beam generator section every time you want to attach the shield — pretty inconvenient.

The shelf nozzles on the back and the elbow sections tend to pop off easily during posing.

OLD 1/100 Berga Giros - The Shot Lancer was hard to keep secured to the arm, so I used double-sided tape in the middle to hol

The Shot Lancer was hard to keep secured to the arm, so I used double-sided tape in the middle to hold it in place.

Arm and leg articulation. Leg articulation is poor.

Shelf nozzle articulation

Shot Lancer action pose

Beam shield equipped pose

Together with the 1/100 Vigna Ghina and Den'an Zon.

The sixth kit in the F91 series is the 1/100 Berga Giros, and befitting a commander's unit, it has an officer-like design with a combination of deep blue and purple that gives it a solid, weighty feel.

The color separation and stickers do a decent job of reproducing the design colors, but the proportions are the kind that'll probably split opinions. On top of that, the leg articulation is poor and the joint strength is weak, making this a kit that just doesn't feel great to pose.

The wrists, elbows, and wings in particular don't hold well and tend to fall off during posing — though at least, unlike the Vigna Ghina and Den'an Zon, the hip joints don't pop out. There's also the issue of weak grip strength, making it hard to properly hold the large Shot Lancer.

Overall, the build quality is about C-grade, and there's really no reason to recommend this kit unless you're absolutely in love with the design. The F91 kits really vary wildly in quality like this — it seems like Gunpla quality just hadn't stabilized yet up through the early '90s. :-)
[ Updated at 2017.9.28]

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.