OLD Victory Gundam 1/144 V Dash Gundam

Release 1993.8

Price ¥700

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Box side view

Runners

Newly added runners for the V Dash Gundam.

Some runners can be stacked and snapped together all at once.

Parts diagram

OLD 1/144 V Dash Gundam - Manual & design specs on the back of the card (1/3)

Manual & design specs on the back of the card

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Clear stand, beam shield, and beam sabers

A Core Fighter not included before is now bundled in.

Core Fighter

Underside

The Core Fighter can be displayed on the stand too.

A Hexa-type head is also included.

The standard V Gundam backpack and rifle are included as well.

Beam saber + beam shield action

With the background card.

Background card action

With the Zoloat and Jabelin.

The background card continues the space scene from the Zoloat through the Jabelin.

With the 1/144 V Gundam. Only the backpack and weapons are different.

With the HGUC V Dash Gundam released in 2015.

The 7th kit in the 1/144 V Gundam series is the V Dash Gundam, which builds on the existing V Gundam with the addition of a Dash-type backpack, Mega Beam Rifle, and Core Fighter. As a bonus, a Hexa-type head is also included — and since the standard V Gundam backpack and rifle are provided too, you can actually build it in normal configuration as well.

The added Dash-type backpack and Mega Beam Rifle have a solid, no-nonsense look, and the firing pose with the large Mega Beam Rifle comes together nicely. The Core Fighter, however, feels a bit bare straight out of the straight build since there's no color separation or stickers applied to it. The gimmick of combining the Dash backpack with the Core Fighter is also left out.

On top of that, continuing from the previous releases, a third space-themed background card is included, and the clear runners are carried over as well, so you can recreate poses using the stand and various beam parts.

Anyway, thanks to the generous weapons loadout, this variation kit feels like it edges out the standard V Gundam in terms of overall value. :-)
[ Updated at 2017.11.5]

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.