OLD Gundam ZZ 1/144 Regelgu

Release 1986.9

Price ¥700

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Box side view

Runners

Waterslide decals

Parts diagram

Manual

Straight build + wet decals

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Backpack detail shot

water-slide decals are applied to the shoulders, rear skirt, and mono-eye area.

Viewed from below, the verniers look even more plentiful.

All the original parts are included so you can also build it as the Gelgoog Cannon.

The articulation is the same as the MSV Gelgoog.

The shoulders can raise up to that level, but the joint strength is pretty weak.

The fingers are articulated.

OLD 1/144 Regelgu - Beam Rifle Firing Pose (1/3)

Beam rifle firing pose

Beam saber action pose

Together with the 1/144 Gelgoog.

Together with the MSV Gelgoog kits that served as the base.

Together with the 1/144 ZZ Gundam.

The 14th kit in the old-release ZZ series is the 1/144 Regelgu. Since the design itself is a successor to the Gelgoog, it came out as a variation kit based on the 1/144 MSV Gelgoog Cannon — and it is an upgrade over the 1/144 Gelgoog from the first series.

The Regelgu's defining feature is those massive shoulder armor pieces, similar to the Qubeley, and on top of that the forearm parts and backpack have been changed, with articulated hands added in. The base MSV Gelgoog Cannon was already a kit with shaky joint strength, and the Regelgu with its bigger shoulders makes things even worse — the shoulder joints in particular feel way too loose. T_T It's fine for just standing upright, but posing is a real struggle; it's a floppy, jellyfish-like kit that's desperately in need of joint reinforcement work.

Also, since all the parts from the original Gelgoog Cannon are included, you can technically build it as a red Gelgoog Cannon — but I can't imagine anyone buying a Regelgu just to build it as a Gelgoog Cannon, so those parts are pretty much just leftover parts.

Anyway, since there's never been an HGUC release, being the only Regelgu plastic model out there is a point in its favor — but with some of the worst joint strength around, this is an old-release kit where modification work is basically mandatory. :-)
[ Updated at 2017.7.23 ]

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.