OLD Turn A Gundam

1/144 Mobile Sumo Gold Type

Release 1999.8

Price ¥600

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

OLD 1/144 Mobile Sumo Gold Type - Box side view (1/3)

Box side view

Runners

Parts diagram

OLD 1/144 Mobile Sumo Gold Type - Manual (1/3)

Manual

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Weapons with no color separation to speak of

Arm and leg articulation. No skirt armor means the hip joints have a ton of freedom.

Hand beam gun action

IF Generator action

Heat fan action

Together with the 1/144 Turn A Gundam.

This is the 1/144 Mobile Sumo Gold Type released as part of the old-style Turn A Gundam series. True to its name, it's a mobile suit famous for its sumo wrestler-like chunky design — and while this is the Gold Type, the gold color is achieved through a dull yellowish-brown molded color rather than any plating.

Articulation isn't great due to the limitations of the joint structure, but the joint strength is solid, making it a pretty easy kit to handle. Weapons-wise, you get a set of three: the IF Generator, Heat Fan, and Hand Beam Gun, so there's plenty of room to try out different poses.

Overall it's a decent old-style kit — nothing particularly great, nothing particularly bad. That said, since it's never been renewed as an HGUC, if you want to build a 1/144 Sumo, this is pretty much your only option. :-)
[ Updated at 2018.7.24 ]

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.