Kit Review

Straight build

RX-78 body straight build

Core Fighter straight build

G-Fighter straight build

Straight builds of the various combination forms.

The universal benchmark — size comparison with a cigarette pack

Thanks to the G-Armor system, the kit comes with a pretty generous set of contents.

It's broadly divided into the RX-78 body, the Core Fighter, and the G-Armor.

RX-78 body front shot (with seals applied)

Action~

The missile range using the beam rifle is decent enough

Core Fighter (with seals applied)

It can transform into a storage configuration inside the body.

But... the size doesn't match the body at all ^^; It's actually bigger than the body itself.

SD Gundam G-Armor - G-Fighter. (with seals applied) It's surprisingly clean and has great volume for an old-school SD. Color

G-Fighter. (with seals applied) It's surprisingly clean and has great volume for an old-school SD. Color separation isn't bad either..

Nice and simple caterpillar wheel section, just like you'd expect from an SD~

Missiles can be spring-launched from two spots, though the range is pretty short :-)

SD Gundam G-Armor - To lock all the various transformation gimmicks in place, the G-Armor configuration slides into three slo

To lock all the various transformation gimmicks in place, the G-Armor configuration slides into three slots on the wheel section.
Thanks to these locking points, it doesn't fall apart easily even after transforming. Good Service!

G-Sky configuration.

SD Gundam G-Armor - To convert to G-Bull form, you need to remove the RX-78 body's lower half, backpack, and head antenna, th

To convert to G-Bull form, you need to remove the RX-78 body's lower half, backpack, and head antenna,
then attach the verniers to the lower section.

G-Bull

For the fully combined G-Armor form, you just need to remove the RX-78 body's head antenna and backpack.

Gundam G-Armor. Pretty solid volume to it ^^

Last up is the Gundam MA form —
though the arm lock angles aren't all that flexible.

Hop on~

Together with the MG and HGUC.

Together with the HGUC G-Armor. Very SD — feels like only the length got drastically shortened.. ^^;

Core Fighter comparison. The SD is actually bigger than the HGUC;

SD Gundam G-Armor - Comparison with the body from the previously released old-school SD Perfect Gundam. A few part molds are

Comparison with the body from the previously released old-school SD Perfect Gundam.
A few part molds are shared, but there are more differences than similarities.

There's a big difference in color separation. The RX-78 body included with the G-Armor is way better. ^^

Together with BB Senshi No. 28 G-Armor. The molded colors have been changed across the board.

With the G-Generation release, the Core Fighter was completely redesigned into a smaller form.

The last kit in the G-Generation SD line — repackaged all at once in '99 — is the G-Armor. Unlike the other old-school SDs, it's priced ¥100 higher, and true to the nature of the mech, the contents are that much more generous. It's essentially BB Senshi No. 28 G-Armor with the molded colors swapped out and the Core Fighter replaced with a smaller version.

First off, the RX-78 used as the base body has better color separation than the Perfect Gundam body released previously. Some parts are carried over directly from the Perfect Gundam body, but it was largely rebuilt from scratch to accommodate the waist split feature. As a result, it looks a whole lot better :-) One fun thing to note is just how different the shield sizes are between the two kits. (see photos)

The G-Fighter for the G-Armor has decent color separation and, more importantly, a real sense of bulk to it — it feels surprisingly chunky for an SD. And all the possible combination forms are supported — G-Armor, G-Sky, G-Bull, MA mode, you name it — and they all look the part. The Core Fighter added for the '99 reissue can technically transform into a storage configuration, but since it's way bigger than the torso, there's absolutely no way it actually fits inside. ^^;;

All in all, for an old-school SD that first came out back in '89, the quality is pretty solid. It's got that charming stubby SD appeal, decent color separation, and full transformation support — making it one of the more recommendable little gems from the old-school lineup. :-)

SD Gundam G-Armor | 1999.6 | ¥500

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.