OLD MSV 1/144 MS-14B Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog

OLD 1/144 MS-14B Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog Box

Release 1984.9

Price ¥800

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

OLD 1/144 MS-14B Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog - Box side view (1/3)

Box side view

Runners

Waterslide decals

OLD 1/144 MS-14B Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog - Includes a black-and-white assembly manual and a color-printed mechanical fil

Includes a black-and-white assembly manual and a color-printed mechanical file.

OLD 1/144 MS-14B Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog - Parts diagram (1/3)

Parts diagram

OLD 1/144 MS-14B Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog - Manual (1/8)

OLD 1/144 MS-14B Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog - Manual (2/8)

OLD 1/144 MS-14B Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog - Manual (3/8)

OLD 1/144 MS-14B Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog - Manual (4/8)

OLD 1/144 MS-14B Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog - Manual (5/8)

OLD 1/144 MS-14B Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog - Manual (6/8)

Manual

Straight build + wet decals

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

OLD 1/144 MS-14B Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog (1/2)

OLD 1/144 MS-14B Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog (2/2)

OLD 1/144 MS-14B Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog - The equipment from the existing 1/144 MSV Gelgoog Cannon is also included as-

The equipment from the existing 1/144 MSV Gelgoog Cannon is also included as-is.

Built in Gelgoog Cannon configuration.

Quite a generous weapons loadout!

Articulation is pretty poor, just like the 1/144 MSV Gelgoog Cannon.. -_-

New rocket cannon action — exclusive to this kit

Beam naginata action

Bazooka action

Rifle action

Together with the 1/144 Char's Gelgoog.

Together with the 1/144 MSV Johnny Ridden's Zaku.

Together with the 1/144 MSV Gelgoog Cannon. They share the same base kit.

Together with the MG Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog.

The last kit in the MSV 1/144 scale lineup is Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog. It takes the existing 1/144 MSV Gelgoog Cannon and swaps the molded color to red, then adds a variety of weapon accessories — making it the parts-heaviest kit in the 1/144 lineup. The price also jumps to ¥800, which is 1/100-level pricing, and the box size matches that too.

Since all the Gelgoog Cannon parts are included as-is, you can also build it in red Gelgoog Cannon configuration. For the Johnny Ridden custom, you get a dedicated backpack, head, and weapons — with the highlight being a brand-new weapon called the new rocket cannon.

The base kit characteristics are naturally the same as the existing 1/144 Gelgoog Cannon. The proportions feel a bit better than the standard 1/144 Gelgoog, but the key joints — shoulders, elbows, hip joints — are all loose, making it hard to hold poses. Very much an old-kit feel. The molded color is also that very food-toy-ish shade of red, so honestly, just looking at it visually, the plain monochrome 1/144 Gelgoog Cannon actually looks cleaner.

Anyway, quality-wise this sits on the lower end even among old kits, but for a 1/144, the generous parts count and the value it offers do give this MSV kit its own kind of appeal. :-)
[ Updated at 2017.1.11 ]

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.