Kit Review

Straight build

A set that combines 5 kits in one.

First Casval color version

It's just the BB Senshi First Gundam with a different molded color.

Full hatch open

Beam rifle action

Beam saber action

Bazooka action

Core Fighter and Core Booster

Char's Zaku.

Alongside the old-kit Zaku II mass production type and the new BB Senshi Char's Zaku.
The old G Generation only had the mass production Zaku, you see.

SD Char Custom MS Collection - Originally you can choose between a spring or plastic for the head power pipes, but for the re

Originally you can choose between a spring or plastic for the head power pipes,
but for the review I went with just the spring to highlight that unique look.

Zaku machine gun action

Beam tomahawk and missile rack action

Magella Top cannon action with missile pod attached

You can also build it as the High Mobility Zaku.

Bazooka action

Char's Z'Gok in blazing red

SD Char Custom MS Collection - Interestingly, the regular SD Char's Z'Gok on the left is actually the original Char color, wh

Interestingly, the regular SD Char's Z'Gok on the left is actually the original Char color,
while this kit comes with a blazing red molded color variation.

SD Char Custom MS Collection - Action Pose (1/3)

Action pose

SD Char Custom MS Collection - The original SD Char's Z'Gok came with a GM as an accessory, but this kit includes the Pangpan

The original SD Char's Z'Gok came with a GM as an accessory,
but this kit includes the Pangpang accessory that came with the SD mass production Z'Gok instead.

Char's Dom

Alongside the SD Dom. In the SD lineup, this is the first time Char's color Dom has appeared.

Bazooka action

Heat saber action

Char's Gelgoog

SD Char Custom MS Collection - Alongside the SD Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog. The Gelgoog is also making its first appearance in C

Alongside the SD Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog.
The Gelgoog is also making its first appearance in Char's colors in the SD lineup with this kit.

Beam rifle action

SD Char Custom MS Collection - The spinning beam naginata unique to the SD Gelgoog. There's a rubber band inside, so if you w

The spinning beam naginata unique to the SD Gelgoog.
There's a rubber band inside, so if you wind it up like a spring it'll spin around.

Converted to Re-GZ

Re-GZ action

SD Char Custom MS Collection - It's a cute little combo set, though the mix feels a bit off since only the First Gundam is a

It's a cute little combo set, though the mix feels a bit off since only the First Gundam is a BB Senshi kit while the rest are old-style kits.

This is the SD Char Custom MS Collection, a combo set of 5 SD kits — and basically, all the kits inside are existing SD kits with only the molded colors changed, no new parts.

First up, the First Gundam is based on the new BB Senshi kit with the molded color changed to Casval's (Char's) colors — it's a color scheme you don't normally see in SD form, so it does have a certain unique charm to it. ^^ That said, the remaining 4 kits are the smaller old-style SD kits, so they feel a bit mismatched with it.

Among the units included in this set, the SD Char colors for the Gelgoog, Dom, and Zaku II are all making their first appearance in this combo kit. The Zaku II and Dom were previously only released in mass production colors during the old SD era, and the Gelgoog was only released as Johnny Ridden's unit in the old SD line.
Anyway, all of these kits came out looking great in that cute little Char's custom sausage (?) color scheme.

And then there's the last one — Char's Z'Gok. Since a regular release already existed, it seems they went with a blazing red color instead of matching the normal Char color. Purely in terms of color, the regular Char's Z'Gok would actually fit better with the rest of this lineup, but it feels like they felt they couldn't use the same molded color as the standard release for a special set... so they kind of forced it a bit.;;

Anyway, for the specifics of each kit, check out the individual reviews for the original kits — but as a set, this does a great job of filling in a big gap in the SD Char's custom MS lineup all at once. If you're into SD kits and love that 3x faster Char color, this is definitely a limited-edition-ish(?) combo set worth picking up. :-)

SD Char Custom MS Collection | 2000.8. | ¥2,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.