OLD Victory Gundam 1/100 V2 Buster Gundam

Release 1994.3

Price ¥1,800

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

OLD 1/100 V2 Buster Gundam - Box side view (1/3)

Box side view

OLD 1/100 V2 Buster Gundam - Runners (1/8)

OLD 1/100 V2 Buster Gundam - Runners (2/8)

OLD 1/100 V2 Buster Gundam - Runners (3/8)

OLD 1/100 V2 Buster Gundam - Runners (4/8)

OLD 1/100 V2 Buster Gundam - Runners (5/8)

OLD 1/100 V2 Buster Gundam - Runners (6/8)

Runners

Newly added runners for the Buster configuration.

OLD 1/100 V2 Buster Gundam - Parts diagram (1/5)

OLD 1/100 V2 Buster Gundam - Parts diagram (2/5)

OLD 1/100 V2 Buster Gundam - Parts diagram (3/5)

Parts diagram

OLD 1/100 V2 Buster Gundam - Manual (1/8)

OLD 1/100 V2 Buster Gundam - Manual (2/8)

OLD 1/100 V2 Buster Gundam - Manual (3/8)

OLD 1/100 V2 Buster Gundam - Manual (4/8)

OLD 1/100 V2 Buster Gundam - Manual (5/8)

OLD 1/100 V2 Buster Gundam - Manual (6/8)

Manual

Straight build + waterslide decals

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

The newly added armor on the sides of the calves has weak retention and keeps falling off.

Leftover parts

Articulation of the V-shaped boosters combined with the Buster Pack

Beam rifle firing pose

Beam saber + beam shield action pose

Mega beam cannon firing pose

Core Fighter

Underside

Top Limb

Underside

The Bottom Limb is identical to the normal V2, with only the side leg armor added.

OLD 1/100 V2 Buster Gundam - Together with the Core Fighter, Top Limb, and Bottom Limb. With the V2 Buster Gundam, the Buster

Together with the Core Fighter, Top Limb, and Bottom Limb. With the V2 Buster Gundam, the Buster unit added to the Core Fighter causes interference, so it can't be combined with the Top/Bottom Limbs.

OLD 1/100 V2 Buster Gundam - If you add the parts from the previous 1/100 V2 Assault Gundam kit, you can also build the V2 As

If you add the parts from the previous 1/100 V2 Assault Gundam kit, you can also build the V2 Assault Buster Gundam.

Together with the 1/144 V2 Buster Gundam.

Together with the 1/100 V2 and V2 Assault Gundam.

Comparison with the normal V2 Core Fighter.

Top Limb comparison: Normal version – Assault version – Buster version

Bottom Limb comparison: Normal version – Assault version – Buster version

Together with the HGUC V2 Assault Buster Gundam.

Group photo of all 7 kits in the old V 1/100 series.

The last HG kit in the old V series is the V2 Buster Gundam. Like the V2 Assault Gundam, it's an expansion kit based on the V2 Gundam, with additional runners included for the Buster configuration.

Since the base body is carried over directly from the V2, it offers solid articulation, stable joint strength, and the transformation gimmick. That said, with the Buster Pack attached, the V2 Core Fighter becomes too bulky to combine with the Top Limb and Bottom Limb to form the Top Fighter and Bottom Fighter.

One thing to note is that unlike the V2 Assault, the V2 Buster's pack extends so far back that it creates a center-of-gravity issue — you'll need to shift the legs slightly backward to keep it from tipping over. The armor added to the sides of the calves also tends to fall off pretty easily. Aside from those points, it's a decent enough kit overall.

You can also combine the V2 Buster Gundam with the V2 Assault Pack to configure it as the V2 Assault Buster Gundam, but doing so makes it so bulky that the proportions don't really look great. Guess old kits are old kits.

This kit is significant in that all of V2's equipment options have been released as 1/100 scale plastic model kits. The styling is a bit dated, but for what it is, it's a fun old-school kit with a generous amount of content for the price and decent overall quality. :-)
[ Updated at 2017.12.26]

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.