Kit Review

Straight build + panel lining + partial paint

The universal standard for size comparison — next to a cigarette pack.

HG Ginn Type High-Maneuver - The angle of the rear thrusters shifts the weight toward the back. Fortunately the joints

The angle of the rear thrusters shifts the weight toward the back.
Fortunately the joints are solid, but you'll need to position the legs carefully to keep it from toppling over.

HG Ginn Type High-Maneuver - It's basically the standard Mobile Ginn with high-maneuver parts added on. That said, a f

It's basically the standard Mobile Ginn with high-maneuver parts added on.
That said, a few parts from the original Mobile Ginn are missing, so you can't build it as a standard Mobile Ginn.

HG Ginn Type High-Maneuver - Upper body close-up. Stickers have been added to the shoulders. All the yellow verniers a

Upper body close-up. Stickers have been added to the shoulders.
All the yellow verniers across the body are partial paint jobs — the kit itself has no yellow molded color at all.

HG Ginn Type High-Maneuver - The yellow and white sections of the verniers on the sides of the legs are also partial p

The yellow and white sections of the verniers on the sides of the legs are also partial paint jobs.

Went ahead and did partial paint on the rear and side verniers too, as a bonus. (^^;)

The blade, which is still plain and unpainted, got a partial paint job.

HG Ginn Type High-Maneuver - The backpack style has changed from the Mobile Ginn — it's gone from a wide, spread-out s

The backpack style has changed from the Mobile Ginn.
It's gone from a wide, spread-out shape to one that stands upright toward the rear.

Articulation is naturally 100% identical to the original Mobile Ginn.

The thrusters on the back move at a 90-degree angle.

The side-to-side range of motion on the thrusters is relatively limited.

Action pose

You can plug the blade onto the end of the rifle and use it like a bayonet.

Pretty massive, right?

The HG Mobile Ginn trio

Straight build photos (with seals applied) — front

Straight build photos (with seals applied) — rear

True to its reputation as the "Zaku of SEED," the Mobile Ginn keeps spawning all kinds of variations.
This time it's the Mobile Ginn High-Maneuver, which takes the basic Mobile Ginn frame and adds various armor pieces, verniers, and weapons. Since the core articulation, joint characteristics, and structural features are identical to the existing HG Mobile Ginn, HG Mobile Ginn reviewplease refer to that.

The High-Maneuver Ginn's color scheme has shifted to a green palette, with the additional armor pieces done mainly in white. The overall molded colors are nice, but the many yellow verniers — which are really the defining feature of this variant — have zero color separation. There's simply no yellow molded color in the kit at all. So if you want to bring out that personality, you'll need to do partial paint on all the yellow sections, and along with that, the black areas around the yellow need to be handled properly with panel lining or enamel to really make it look sharp. Aside from the spot on the front of the backpack thrusters where you'd add dark gray, the rest of the color separation is well done.

Maybe it's because the overall color combination is fairly striking, but once you get those verniers painted, this kit really comes alive. The yellow verniers — there to handle attitude control and quick movement in space — really drive home that "high-maneuver" feel. Shoulders, skirts, feet, sides of the legs, and more — 12 verniers have been added in total, and the backpack thrusters have gotten noticeably bigger and chunkier too. As a result, the impact of action poses goes up 200%!

The rifle has also been upgraded to a heavier-armed configuration, and interestingly, the blade that hangs at the side can be plugged onto the end of the rifle and used as a bayonet. On the flip side, the leg missile pods that were on the Mobile Ginn are gone in the High-Maneuver version. (Not that you could even attach them anyway.)

Unlike the original Mobile Ginn's backpack thrusters that spread out to the sides, the High-Maneuver's backpack thrusters hang rearward like those on the Mobile CGUE. That's because the propulsion units inside the thrusters have gotten much larger — which means the center of gravity tends to shift a bit toward the back, so you do need to balance the legs carefully. That said, the joints are solid, so as long as you get the balance right it won't just keel over on you — no worries there. ^^

Overall, I'd say this is an exemplary MSV kit of very high quality. It keeps everything great about the original kit and adds a flashy makeover on top — style upgrade achieved! If you can get past the pressure of painting all those verniers, this is a really excellent kit.

HG Ginn Type High-Maneuver | June 2004 | ¥1,200

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.