1/60 PG Unicorn Gundam + LED kit. Building torso, head and backpack.

As soon as this beauty was announced back in September I knew I was going to get it. The hefty price did had me worried, and I was considering getting LEDs later, especially since it wasn't a P-Bandai exclusive and these were going to be available later. In the end I decided to get LEDs too, since I wasn't happy with the perspective of disassembling half of the kit to get it installed later.

(Warning: lots of images.)

Review: RG 1/144 RX-78/C.A Casval's Gundam

Let's look at this cool red guy, shall we?

This variant of RX-78-2 Gundam originates from the Mobile Suit Gundam Gihren’s Greed game series — this is a mobile suit developed by Zeon and it's actually quite different from RX-78-2 on the inside. As usual with red Zeon mobile suits this one is finely tuned for use by Char.

Knowing that Bandai loves to release gentei variations of existing kits I knew it was only a matter of time until we will see this kit. It took quite a while, but this fall Bandai finally announced RG RX-78-2 in Char Aznable colors. The kit was sold through online P-Bandai shop and is currently sold out, although there's a chance you can find it on eBay.

With Exia kits (repair set and red/white Astreyas), Bandai has moved on from recoloring molds and started to add new parts. This is the first gentei RG that has parts specially molded and not avaialble as a separate set, although it's just 2 parts. Here are the three runners new to this kit: