Head parts diagram

Head, front view

Head, rear view

Head, side view

Outer armor removed

There's a battery compartment in the back of the head. Uses a CR1220 battery.

Pop open the back of the head and you'll find a switch that slides up and down.

When you turn it on, the eyes and the top-of-head camera light up simultaneously.
Cleverly, a single LED channels light through the clear parts to produce a lighting effect in two or more spots at once.

Upper torso parts diagram

Core block parts diagram

Lower torso parts diagram

The torso is just a bit bigger than a pack of cigarettes..

You can store either the internal-mechanism-style core block or the core fighter inside the body.

The detail goes all the way inside the cockpit hatch..
The core block/core fighter plugs in at multiple points so it stays nice and secure.

The backpack's thruster nozzles are articulated. Even the covers(?) on top of them move.

The rear skirt armor lifts up so you can mount weapons there.
The weapon storage method in the back is a bit different from the MG.

The cockpit hatch opening is pretty much a given..

The three chest ducts are linked and each one moves individually.

Hatch open on the upper body. You can see the frame, internal machinery, and cylinders.

You can just barely see the articulated plated cylinders on the shoulders.

You can remove the backpack cover too. The detail is amazing~

Open the four yellow covers on the lower waist area and you'll see the mechanical details inside.

Skirt interior molding.

The beam sabers that plug into the back. The beam sabers also have a pin to lock them into the palm of the hand.

Core fighter parts diagram. Quite a few parts, huh.

Being 1/60 scale, the core fighter is pretty big.

There are a ton of seals to apply — almost as many as a whole MG kit..
The color separation looks nearly perfect, but they missed the white area on the back of the vertical stabilizers.

Underside. The landing gear is plated.

The landing gear covers open and close, and the landing gear itself is a separate attach/detach piece.
It would've been nicer if the landing gear was retractable too. Oh well.

The cockpit hatch opens.

The cockpit hatch can also slide open toward the rear.

Cute little touch — even the core fighter's weapons are reproduced.

Fold the cockpit section down and the vertical stabilizers automatically fold in.

Next to the MG core fighter. It's big..!

Arm parts diagram

The inner frame and its armor pieces.

The PG arm bends all the way~

The arm bending process. Hidden cylinders are revealed.

Cylinder above the elbow

Cylinder below the elbow

One-piece cylinder part for the wrist

Wrist cylinder removed from the runner

It looks like a single part, but break it down and it's actually a combination of 11 different materials. Truly impressive engineering.

The cylinder parts for the shoulder/thigh connection points.. Incredible..

Removed from the runner

The connection between the thigh and torso when assembled. Four cylinders move in sync as the joint articulates. All four arm and leg connections to the torso share this same structure.

The most jaw-dropping part of the PG has to be the fingers. -o-b First off... each individual finger is molded in one piece using multiple materials. Mind-blowing..

Each of the three knuckle segments is molded in a different material, cleverly attached via separate gates all in one shot.

Every natur~al pose is possible.

Shoulder armor and internal detail

Full hatch open on the arm section

Leg parts layout

Leg parts layout and size comparison with the MG Gundam. The sheer scale of a single PG leg completely dwarfs an entire MG.

Even just one foot part alone is absolutely massive..

The leg's internal frame is something else.. gleaming chrome-plated cylinders and a ton of polycaps.
You can already tell the precision and articulation are going to be incredible.

All the leg parts crammed into an SD carrying case

Outer armor photos of the leg

One leg with the hatches open

The leg bends way back~

The hip joint connecting to the pelvis uses the same 4-piston assembly as the shoulders.

Cylinders above the knee

Cylinders below the knee. They're hidden until you bend the joint and they pop out.

Ankle cylinders.

There are cylinders on both the front and back.

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Another amazing thing about the PG.. the ankle suspension is actually functional.
Press down on the leg and there's a spring inside — it compresses and rebounds while keeping the joint shape intact. In other words, it's got cushioning..
In-universe it's meant to absorb the impact of walking and landing, just like a car's suspension (shock absorber + spring).
If you look between the cylinders in the left and right photos, you can see it extending and compressing. (You have to look carefully though.. T_T)
Push the leg down with some force and it sinks in, let go and it springs right back up.

Hmm.. honestly, for a PG the weapons are surprisingly bare — just a rifle and a shield..
The bazooka that's been included at pretty much every other scale has been cut and sold separately as a custom set. T_T

Beam rifle. The exterior detail itself isn't much different from the MG versions.

Beam rifle parts layout

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Here's something interesting~ even the rifle has a partial internal frame, so folding the front section open reveals the internal mechanism.
This is why the PG is just different..

There are two pegs on the inside that slide in and out.
The top one is for plugging into the rear skirt armor for storage, and the bottom one is for locking into the palm of the hand.

Mounted on the rear skirt armor.

Both the beam saber and beam rifle have pegs on them that plug into slots in the palm to lock them in place.
Without these, the weapons would be way too heavy at this scale for the fingers alone to hold.
Even with the peg plugged in, the beam rifle is barely hanging on.. ^^;

With every knuckle articulating individually like a proper PG hand, the grip on the rifle looks incredibly natural.

Shield. Nothing special about the outer shell at all.

The shield's internal detail is more refined compared to the MG v1.0.
This same internal shield detail design was later carried over directly to the MG RX-78 v1.5.

Shield parts layout

The shield's mounting point is a ball joint, so it has a wide range of motion.

The shield handle slides up and down depending on the situation and how you want to use it..
It's extremely stiff. No chance of it slipping on its own — (though that also means it's a bit of a pain to move-)

You can mount it on the forearm only, or pull the handle forward like this and grip it with the hand.

Here's another fun little feature. There's a slide mechanism inside the shield that lets you open and close
the small window at the top of the shield.

Photos showing the window visible vs. covered as seen from the outside.

In the center of the mounting section, there's a peg for attaching to the back that can slide in and out.

Mounted on the backpack.

Peering through the gap in the shield with eyes wide open — PG RX-78
The clear parts are a bit lacking in transparency.