Also the red crotch piece is the gimmick used for the atmospheric reentry in the show

Whoa. This popped up randomly on my recommend page. Out of all the KZfaqs I've watched for all the years I've casually been in this hobby, from prime92 to Vegeta to rrobert to 2old4 etc, you're one of the few who understands that's the build is equally or more important than simple articulation and quality and should somehow be represented in video reviews. Very in depth and only in 35 minutes. That deserves a sub. Cheers.

Love the video Format (especially the transitions between sections of the model). The not always hyped, clear voice. And the critique and comparison at the end. Bravo.

I always see people hating on the hands, but I prefer them because you can get so many more expressive poses instead of just: Open Hand Fist Weapon Holding Hand

Keep on Great work ,Citrus. I find your content is getting better through time. simple and clean shot but very informative review and your soothing voice LOL. I watched a lot of gunpla review channels. I can say that yours are currently my favorite.

always a good day having a new Citrus video and listening to his silky smooth voice as he assembles gunpla

This was my first kit after coming back to the hobby from childhood. I was very impressed and it made me love building the kits again. Now I’ve gotten so many I need cases for them lol.

Fantastic video. Great to see someone make a build video where the pieces are detailed prior to/during assembly so we can see the level of surface detail. Great job.

It gives me a little joy to hear he had problems with the arm parts. Cause I spent all night trying to deal with them and trying to gently put it together.

I remember putting this thing together and the arms drove me nuts. But in the end this model kit is amazing

Hey Citrus, I have a couple of answers as to the movable armor parts that you were confused about. The shoulder armor flips upwards as a maintenance feature. Not only does this stay true to the life-size statue that once stood outside Gundam Base Tokyo, but it's a lot more realistic and actually appeared briefly in the show, when the Gundam was getting the Magnetic Coating installed in Episode 40. The fold-down V-badge on the crotch also has to do with the show. That section of the armor sticks out because it serves as storage for a heat-proof film, which Gundam used in Episode 5 of the series as it had to enter Earth's atmosphere without the White Base.

Your review just so deep at any level, loved it !

Amazing review. Detailed and so clean. You highlighted so many things on this kit that are largely ignored by others. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Great Review. You're also really good at the different poses!

Thanks for the review! I really love the new style

Citrus is such a good reviewer. straight to the point and calming voice.

the best kit ever sculpted/molded in my opinion, tho i bit a fanatic myself for grandad gundam, been rewatched this soothing videos like a lot of times now lol

The Ver. Ka. looks so dorky next to this, you can really see how much more refined and sophisticated of a design this is over the straight Ver Ka, it's interesting to see the design philosophy evolve, a move toward more hard edges and geometric forms, and now we have a move toward these multitudes of edges emulating an organic form. I can't wait to see what the next iteration of design philosophy will be, I'm thinking the G40 may be the standard bearer.

great video, i just ordered this kit after watching your video, thanks for posting

The blue movable armor near the shoulders is to increase the mobility of arm when you try to do the “last shooting” pose.

Your review is very relaxing, i always watch your video when i am in a bad mood. Thank you, Citrus

hello! you are absolutely right about the waist connection, its weak part connecting the fake grey core fighter and the pelvic bones structure, my kit form that piece has been broken... however i glued, so it still standing but i cant separate the chest and waist to put real core fighter in anymore, which is annoying but over all its a nice kit...

This kit is awesome. I have just done build my granpa ver.ka. but this kit just another level.

Love it dude. I always find your vids clean 👌

Love the proportions and colors.

Your review was very detailed and nice to watch! I now want to pick this kit up, my 2.0 is nowhere to be found....

My hobby lobby had the MG1.5 forever and they finally had this the kast day of 40% off week. Got it today

A very detailed video..thank you! I'll getting this one soon

The reason why the Federation logo can move downwards like that is because some people can attach wires inside the waist for dioramas effects. I found it in the manual.

I must build this one day! great review

Just finished building the MG 3.0 and by appearance it’s one of the best looking RX-78 but like you said, I don’t know how I feel about how some areas are a bit loose like the shoulders and waist as well as some of the other loose panels.

I used metallic sharpie on the copper joints and topcoated immediately. That seemed to work. Also, Citrus, could you please make a video about the buffing method for decal placement you mentioned on the Dijeh video?

It looks so awesome with all the decals on.👍

The crotch opening gimmick is to contain the heat-proof film used by the Gundam in like one episode or something. Yeah, Mobile Suit Gundam was sometimes.. weird. I guess it makes sense to have that in the case the shield can't be used for atmospheric re-entry. I like how this model takes something from every iteration of the RX-78-2, both mechadesign-wise and model-wise, and adds a bit of stupidly-excessive designs into it. I like it because it feels so solid, outside of the chest being very weak, and I'm also a sucker for the look of the 1/1 Gundam design. I heard the MG RX-78-02 (the one from The Origin) is a great (and probably the best) iteration of the Gundam in MG form. I'll have to try to get it at one point. Also, hi Mr. Scissors!

FYI, the action base connector you need to use for displaying the Core Fighter comes from the Action Base 1, or the Action Base 4, not the 5.

For anyone struggling with the core fighter and its fin not going where it belongs!!! This video helped me figure it out - always build the front part first! Only after the fin goes all the way, you can out the back parts (as the video is showing). Hope it helps!

Bandai: How can we sell the RG twice?

Great video. Really interesting. Well shot and incite full. Thanks for sharing.

Omg this was complicated but love your detail & I can fall asleep to your voice no homo😋 7:28 that bazooka assembly was all I needed thx

the most detailed build and review i ever watched! good job man!

Very detailed! Awesome

I have the mg recirculation, mg gold version, and the mg titanium version and this is a really noice detailed review of the normal mg version of this kit i wouldn’t know since I don’t have this version👍🏼

Just bought one. Learned many.

You are a good reviewer, wish you were a modeler reviewing these.

I just finished making this with my son. Three things: the arms cannot stretch out fully, I even had to dismantle one of them and put them together but it was futile. The underknee part (that tiny grey part on the limb) doesn't want to get attached, and I lost one flying out all by itself. I guess these were caused by the extremely hard attachments for the ball-joints like the one at 10:08, so the elbows, the shoulders, and the knee were all super janky. Oh well, we had fun!

This sumbitch is huuuge! I just ordered it from Gundam Planet after watching a different review on KZfaq and dude made it look smaller than what it was, assuming it was the size of my HG Origins Zaku. I like the articulation; just gotta find somewhere I can display it.

Loved the revieuw just a small tip... please dont go true the runners while their still bagged... cant see alot due to reflection ✌🏼

If you're still wondering, the reason the red piece on the front of the skirt moves is because that's where Gundam keeps it's Atmospheric Re-Entry heat proof film stuff

thanks for the video. this kit still in my backlog, together with PG RX78-2. I hope soon or later I'll finish it.

Thanks to you now I know to buy a cheap LED and not Bandai's LED 😄

Red section on waist with sm. Yellow v.. It's for atmospheric re entry it opens the way it does to release coolant gas? It's done in animation a few times

GREAT Review. Very impressive kit. SUB!

Make sure when you connect the shoulder and leg joint you hear a snap, that way it will be secured as you may think otherwise.

Nice vid Citrus

17:18 for review

Dude. For an oob build, this kit looks amazing. Appreciate the added decals. It's a step most reviewers skip.

33:02 I understood that reference

Pretty cool that you do all the transfers before building. I'm so blind about what goes where when looking at sprues that I could never do that.

I got to the arms, and after the first couple of steps I thought I was doing something wrong because there was no way that these loose and fidgety parts were correctly put together by me. So I came here and was relieved that I wasn't going crazy lol

I've been watching so many of these trying to figure out which RX-78-2 model to get

Good Review. I Subsribed. 👍

I bought the RX-78-02 MG Origin Gundam Special Edition, which came with two LEDs: one in red (manga color) and one in yellow (anime color)

I'm getting mines with in 3 weeks form now. Its the 1/100 model do it come with the led. Because the model I'm trying to buy is the RX 78 with the red cover on it , bot the blue one clover Andy difference of them . it will help

the piece moves on waist you mentioned at 19:55 is the place gundam release its cooling stuff while went through the atmosphere at original show :)

How is the seal compare to the water slide decals? Especially with matte finish sprayed?

This is going to be the first Gunpla that I'm getting, as a gift. Its a gift so I have no say, so lets see how I do with the thing

Beautiful videos. Subscribed

I just built this and my waist joint seems different to yours. Mine seems loose and when i separate the torso from the legs the side skirts stay with the legs and the piece with the peg sticking down in the middle sticks with the core block inside the torso so it comes up with the torso. Not sure if it's meant to be like that

Woah it looks so nice, did you panel lined the parts before assembling?

wow this is a beautiful looking model. i am new to bandai models and i am very glad that there is no glue required to build and that you can just enjoy building without time restraints. as a "seasoned" lego builder i highly enjoy building and gluing the models together was the main drawback for me and the reason i didn't buy more than 3, but when i saw this review and saw that no glue, or even paint, is required, it sparked my interest and i am now looking to order this one. i was just wondering if there is a sheet for what parts to apply the decals to before building the model so that way once you do that it is all ready to be built with no stops, but that isn't much of a big deal. i have also heard that these 1/100 scale models are tricky to build for beginners but while i was watching it did not strike me as extremely challenging, but rather near what it is like to build lego, except with different instruction style and a large variety of self cut out pieces. do you think it would be hard for me as a beginner? maybe i should order the 1/144 scale version to get used to it

I’m contemplating making a few Gundam kits. I’m planning on doing something simpler first, but eventually getting to this one. The one thing I’m curious about is did you use a topcoat for this? At what point in the assembly do you use a topcoat? I’ve seen videos talking about doing it after it’s assembled and just taking the arms and legs and a few other pieces off to apply a topcoat, but wouldn’t that cause problems with the joints getting stuck?

Hey can you give me the link for the LED unit since i can’t find the one you showed

damn, its exactly the real grade but in 1/100 scale. still looks awesome tough

Thanks for posting!! Is there a link to the ebay led lights store?

Great review! Thank you for sharing your insight! Can you please share a link to where exactly you got your circular LEDs for the head and chest? I was trying to find the exact ones you have in your video but to no avail. Thanks!

Have you done the narrative gundam yet? If not please do I have not gotten around to building it yet

this 3.0 version is my wishlist shop 🙄🤤🤤😍😍

Can you link where you bought the LED Unit or at least the name brand of it? Thanks and keep up the solid content!

Can you post a link for the LEDs

May I ask if it does got panel lines or inked already? Coz it already looks good.

Good Video 🤗, are you gonna be taking a look at other SD or RG kits?

Wait this is without painting ? Look sweet, I don't have grandpa gundam

After all the detail you went into showing how the gundam works with the finer details. I am kinda sad you didn't show how all the weapons attach to the shield or body.

This is just amazing

I like how you didn’t completely crap on the real grade like a lot of people seem to. It had issues sure but it was still not the worst build ever. I prefer the 3.0 just for the shelf presence.

jus built this like last weekend and my biggest complaint is the fingers. i love the articulation of it but damn i think i need a replacement because 1 lil fingy jus doesnt ever stay.

I wanna see the GP-01FB with this kind of quality.

Unfortunately when I was clipping the wings for the core fighter. The handle chipped off a piece as well. I don't think I'll be able to build it now.

I've seen tons of review videos of RX 78-2 3.0 and The Origin, skipping right away at the articulation mark to specifically find which one has more ab crunch and your videos were the definitive one. Prior watching your videos, I was really set to buy the Origin version for its ab crunch articulation. But after watching this and your origin review, I changed my mind to just get 3.0 since the articulation of the ab crunch of the two isn't that big to sacrifice the other details 3.0 is offering. Now, I'm thinking to just go straight to PG instead.

19:55 is for housing the atmosphere re-entry heatproof film....... condom around the body

Because the hands can fall apart with repeated handling, I tend to leave them until last when I'm ready to pose the weapons and finish.

Im glad I picked up a 2.0 as well the lack of mechanical detail is a little disappointing

is the spinning shot at 17min with matte spray or any spray?

Be cause I cant find a OYW animation color version of the RX-78-2 for less than 70 bucks I bought the MG RX-78-2 ver 3.0. I'm glad they out this out too because I'm not big on HG or RG kits. MG are perfect size for my massive hands. Also what kind of rustoleum top coat do you use. Or what video shows you presenting it lol

I wish we could get another 3.0 of maybe the Zeta.

Out of all the RX-78-2 Figures which is the best one to get? I want to get a gundam but I don't know which one to get

Absolutely great 👍review. But I wish you'd have compared it with the mg origin.

your pg rx 78 2 is awesome

so from this i can assume the core fighter is not necessary to be in the gundam for display?

Very indpeth revew. Great!