Bandai RG RX-78-2 Gundam - Review

The much anticipated (and delayed) review of my RG RX-78-2! I broke the chest piece when I was applying some finishing touches on the kit. Crap it was a nightmare! When the piece snapped into two I couldn't hold back and yelled NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! That serves another lesson for me. Never EVER force yourself into working with half-assed consciousness. Weeks came by and I was able to get in touch with someone who has a spare RG RX-78-2 kit. Viola, my kit is RESTORED!

Onto the review, here's the RX-78-2 in its Real Grade Excitement Embodied glory

Ah, the Real Grade. Stressing color separation. The attention given to the details of RG kits is just plain awesome! The different shades of white, red, and blue is fantastic.

Showing off some articulation here, kneeling poses are a bit better than the RG Char Zaku. Goes to show that top notch engineering with a mini-skirt design Gundam works!

That's Amuro by the way :p

Will paint that figure when I get some free time.

Core Fighter

I'm not going to be redundant that the Core Fighter can actually fit into his body. It's amazing.

Amuro and his RX's

Very articulate (except it gave me headaches because of the falling parts)

RG RX-78-2 is so articulate that it can do Britney Spears splits!

Gundam with his full arsenal. Ooohh, I love the added functionality of the shield where you can store his beam rifle and two beam sabers (hilts)

Aside from being able to do the Britney splits, RX-78-2 knows WING CHUN!

Rivalry photos for the soul :p

Pros:

Design

Color Separation

Gimmicks

Decals

Articulation

EVERYTHING concerning the looks is PERFECT!

Cons:

This is where it gets fugly -- though articulation is great, falling parts are a pain in the ass!

What I had major problems is that the fingers keeps popping off. Applied remedy on every popping / falling piece except for the hands which still persisted on falling apart despite the remedy application.

Pegs on the weapons does NOT fit the hands snuggly. I don't know if this an isolated case with my kit but it is a major annoyance unable to hold the beam saber, hyper bazooka, and beam rifle securely (yes all of the weapons does NOT fit)

This IS by far the most annoying kit to pose. Sadly, with everything going perfect in the looks department, the execution of its features fails miserably. Don't be fooled with the chunk of cons though. It's still one of my greatest and meanest looking kits in my collection and with the aura it gives off, it essentially stands out from everybody! Being the "guinea pig" (pardon for my term) as the first kit to get released on the new Real Grade line merchandise, it still is worth it. The progress in the RG line is amazing. My RG Char Zaku already feels a lot more solid than this kit which is just the second release. I am expecting that this is the worst of all RG's and have been hearing good things for the RG Freedom. The horrible (a bit exaggerated) exeperience would certainly not hold me back from getting another RG -- and has been planning to get the RG Aile Strike next, which too, seeing from other reviewers, is a huge step up minimizing the RG flaws. Bottomline? I say get this kit! I mean why not? Sacrificing a bit of its functionality to pave way and up its overall design really was a hit or miss gamble on Bandai's part. I like it and this kit I can say is one of those that is made solely to look good. I guess it's the GunPla gods way of telling no kit is perfect, not even Amuro's MS (lol). Just don't expect this to be as solid as every GunPla that was created post 2008's. I'm stressing despite its flaws, it still worth every cent. Cheers! :D

INCOMING TRANSMISSION...

Amuro: CHAR! Where the fu** are you!? Let's finish this One Year War that seems forever, OVER!

*New Type Flash*

I feel GunPlasmic good... What the...?!

Char: You blabber too much on the battlefield AMURO!!!

Pew pew pew pew pew pew pew!

Ughhh! CHAAAAAAR!!! Chikusyo!!

This is the end! AMUUUROOOOO!!!

Heat Hawk A-a-ataaaaaack!!

Too slow Char! これ食べて！

Ohhw Shi..... O_____O

GWAAAAHHH!!!

Amuro you bastard!

Beam saber get! Reasoning with you is pointless...

I will end this. Right here. Right now!

死ぬ！

死ぬ！

...

...Did I get him?

........

Argghh!!

Bwahahaha! I got him! I got you, you stinking newtype!

And that's what you get for touching Sayla! BWAHAHAHA!! I GOT YOU I GOT YOU I GOT YOU!!! LALALALA!!! *trollface*

Oh, I'm not quite sure about that Char >:O

何が...!? Uwwahhh!!!

CHANSU! Char, with this left hand I will crush you and your evil plot. ...Uh, as I've said, I'll end this OYW RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOOOOOOW! (Franky voice) AWWWW!

RIDER AMURO PUNCH!

これを取る！

Oooooohhhfff!! Amu.....

...And more of THIS! Who's your daddy now CHAR!? ლ(ºДºლ) 

....Rooooo!! Ouuuuuch...

この畜生!!!

That's it! I'm the RED COMET because of something! FINAL ATTACK! Commence!

RIDER CH-CH-CHA-CHAR.......

KIIIIIIIICK-U!!!!!!!!

So you think you're the only one? RIDER A-A-A-Amuro......!!!

KIIIIIIIIICK-U!!!!!!!

And so the One Year War continues...