OLD Char's Counter Attack 1/144 Jegan

Release 1988.3

Price ¥500

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Box side view

Runners

Stickers and bolts

Parts diagram

Manual

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Bolt joints are used on the torso and legs.

Articulated fingers

Weapons loadout

Limb articulation.

Just like the Jagd Doga and Sazabi, the arms only bend inward. T_T

Pose 1

OLD 1/144 Jegan - Rifle shooting pose (2/2)

Rifle firing pose

Beam saber pose

Together with the HGUC Jegan released in 2009.

Together with the 1/144 Nu Gundam and Re-GZ.

The fifth kit in the old Char's Counterattack lineup is the 1/144 Jegan. It's essentially the Char's Counterattack version of a GM — the most bare-bones kit in the series, coming in at a cheap ¥500. Maybe because of that low price, there's no system injection runner and the color separation is lacking, so the straight build looks a bit underwhelming compared to the earlier kits. The teal molded color in particular looks like it came off a candy toy, giving it a pretty strong old-kit vibe overall.

That said, proportions-wise it's actually a pretty solid old kit — as you can see in the comparison photos above, the silhouette is surprisingly close to the HGUC. In fact, thanks to that sturdy, stocky feel typical of older kits, a painted-up version might actually hold its own against the HGUC, or even surpass it in terms of presence.

That said, following in the footsteps of the Jagd Doga and Sazabi, the arms only bend inward, which is pretty frustrating articulation-wise. The grip on the articulated hands is still weak too, so watching it barely hang onto even the small rifle is a bit sad. Still, the kit is small and light, which makes posing easy and things stay in place well — and even with those inward-only arms, the poses it can pull off aren't actually that bad.

All in all, this is a kit that really shows its age visually, but as a cheap and straightforward old kit for painting practice, it's a pretty decent pick. :-)

[ Updated at 2017.8.11 ]

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.