OLD Silhouette Formula 91 1/100 Cluster Gundam

Release 1993.3

Price ¥1,200

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

OLD 1/100 Cluster Gundam - Box side view (1/3)

Box side view

OLD 1/100 Cluster Gundam - Runners (1/5)

OLD 1/100 Cluster Gundam - Runners (2/5)

OLD 1/100 Cluster Gundam - Runners (3/5)

Runners

Stickers and seals

Standard system injection is used instead of system insert.

OLD 1/100 Cluster Gundam - Parts diagram (1/4)

OLD 1/100 Cluster Gundam - Parts diagram (2/4)

Parts diagram

Manual

Straight build + stickers & seals

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Like the Neo Gundam, the backpack can be detached and used as a core fighter.

Remove the front section and spread the wings to form the core fighter.

Core Fighter

Underside

Combined with the core booster

Underside

Comes with a generous weapons loadout.

The bazooka can be mounted on the rear skirt.

You can also remove the side skirt covers and secure the bazooka there.

Limb articulation is pretty average.

Wing articulation

OLD 1/100 Cluster Gundam - Beam Rifle Firing Pose (1/3)

Beam rifle firing pose

Beam saber + beam shield pose

OLD 1/100 Cluster Gundam - Two bazookas mounted on the sides, used like the Besba (1/3)

Two bazookas mounted on the sides, used like the Vesba

All the Gundams from the Silhouette Formula series together.

Group shot of all 7 Silhouette Formula kits.

The last kit in the Silhouette Formula series is the 1/100 Cluster Gundam, which came out with a brand-new design just like the Neo Gundam. As you can tell from its model number F90Y, it's essentially a successor unit to the F90.

As a special gimmick, like the Neo Gundam, you can detach the backpack to form a core fighter. The section that tucks inside the body can be separated and transformed into a core fighter on its own, while the backpack portion splits off as a core booster — it's a pretty unique setup. In many ways it's a step up from the Neo Gundam, though when you try to reattach it as a backpack it tends not to lock onto the body very well and keeps popping off, which is a bit of a nuisance.

On top of the standard loadout of beam rifle, beam saber, and beam shield, you also get two bazookas, making this the most weapons-rich kit in the series. The two bazookas can be fixed to the side skirts so you can strike a pose firing both simultaneously, almost like using a Vesba.

The basic articulation and joint strength are decent enough that handling it isn't much of a hassle — it just feels like a new take on the F90 series. If you like the look of it, it's a perfectly solid kit to enjoy as a casual build. :-)
[ Updated at 2017.10.17]

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.