Kit Review

Straight build

Gelgoog J. Ridden's Unit — straight build with no seals applied

Re-Gelgu — straight build with no seals applied

Size comparison with a cigarette pack, after applying the seals.

SD J-Ridden's Gelgoog - You can swap between the Gelgoog and Re-Gelgu configurations by switching out the shoulders, arm

You can swap between the Gelgoog and Re-Gelgu configurations by switching out the shoulders, arms, and backpack.

J. Ridden's Gelgoog — front view, after applying seals

J. Ridden's Gelgoog — rear view, after applying seals

You can also equip the Gelgoog Cannon pack.

Re-Gelgu — front view, after applying seals

Re-Gelgu — rear view, after applying seals

This kit includes a total of 3 different backpacks.

SD J-Ridden's Gelgoog - According to the manual, removing the backpack is supposed to give you a standard Gelgoog… but h

According to the manual, removing the backpack depending on the configuration is supposed to give you a standard Gelgoog…
But honestly, just change the color scheme and you've got Char's unit or a mass production type (just remove the head antenna), so it doesn't really mean much..

SD J-Ridden's Gelgoog - The shoulder armor on the Gelgoog and Re-Gelgu are very different in size. The Re-Gelgu's always

The shoulder armor on the Gelgoog and Re-Gelgu are very different in size. The Re-Gelgu's always been known for that one big shoulder, after all ^^

Gelgoog action pose

Cannon action

True to SD form, the inside of the cannon pack is completely hollow~

Re-Gelgu action pose. Those wide shoulders make it look so much bigger.

SD J-Ridden's Gelgoog - The Re-Gelgu's left arm has a missile-launching mechanism. It fires over 50cm, which is impressi

The Re-Gelgu's left arm has a missile-launching mechanism.
It fires over 50cm, which is impressively far — easily 2–3 times the range of other SD kits.

In Gelgoog configuration, you can swap the right arm for the beam naginata dedicated arm.

The internal structure of the beam naginata arm works like a rubber-band power mechanism…

Wind it up a few turns by hand like this, and then~

SD J-Ridden's Gelgoog - It spins around just like in this illustration ^^; Quite a fun little gimmick… (in reality it sp

It spins around just like in this illustration ^^;
Quite a fun little gimmick… (in reality it spins way faster than the picture suggests)

Together with the MG Gelgoog J. Ridden's Unit…

SD J-Ridden's Gelgoog - Together with BB Senshi No. 15 Gelgoog. The high-mobility and cannon backpacks were added for th

Together with BB Senshi No. 15 Gelgoog.
The high-mobility and cannon backpacks were added for the G Generation release.

The Gelgoog has been SD-ified in J. Ridden's custom configuration.
It's essentially BB Senshi No. 15 Gelgoog with a high-mobility backpack and a Gelgoog Cannon backpack added in. Just like the BB Senshi version, you can swap the shoulders, arms, and backpack to convert it into the Re-Gelgu.

The SD Gelgoog has this inexplicably cute charm to it — probably because the original mobile suit already has a somewhat animal-like(?) look to begin with, which makes it even more so in SD form. Those round little limbs and head are just adorable, kuhoo~ In Gelgoog configuration, you can equip either the standard high-mobility backpack or the cannon pack, and you can also mount the shield directly on the back like the mass production type or Char's custom. It seems to cover all the standard Gelgoog options.

One unique highlight is the beam naginata dedicated right arm. The hand is wound up internally with a rubber band (just like those old rubber-powered submarine toys from way back), so you wind it up several turns in one direction with your finger, let go, and it spins back the other way with a whoosh~. It's been a while since I've seen a mechanism like this, and it's genuinely fun ^^

The spring-launched missile/BB pellet gimmick is of course(?) included, but it's only available on the Re-Gelgu's left arm part. The Re-Gelgu's missile flies over 50cm in a really smooth, clean arc — it seems to go more than twice as far as other SD kits.

One thing to watch out for: the Re-Gelgu backpack's peg size is slightly different from the other two Gelgoog backpacks, so after you plug in and remove the Re-Gelgu backpack, the hole on the back gets a bit loose. After that, the Gelgoog backpacks won't stay in securely, so you may need to reinforce the pegs on the Gelgoog backpacks with a dab of super glue or some tape wrapped around them.

The detail is a bit soft, but it's got that signature SD cuteness, and as a bonus it even recreates the Re-Gelgu — a mobile suit that's pretty rare to find in injection-molded kit form. It's a little odd that they went with J. Ridden's unit instead of the more common Char's custom or mass production type, but I suppose we should be grateful that we at least get to see that cannon pack that J. Ridden always carries around..? ^^

SD J-Ridden's Gelgoog | 1999.6 | ¥400

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.