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Nice! Now if only I could afford one!

Fun fact! For the gunpla that have the led light function that is connected to the base (mainly the unicorn line), the motherboard that controls the timer and what sequence the lights turn on is NOT part of the lights installed in the gundam but instead is located at the base. Essentially, if you cut off the wire connecting to the battery pack and connect it with a suitable volt adaptor (the only one i know is 6.0 volts for the unicorn line), you can have all the lights turned on for however long you want with just a flick of the switch! And its easy to change too!

My favorite perfect grade: Original RX-78-2, it's the only one I have and I enjoyed building it so much I took the time to panel line everything and add all of the decals.

Still praying Bandai makes a PG Quanta and Freedom to complete the Setsuna and Kira main suit sets

Bought the PG perfect strike based on your review . Previous experience was with the Wing Gundam Custom from endless waltz (one of my personal favorite mechs) and I had no idea what to expect . Hefty frame and lots of bolt together parts. Took a shelf dive on me and broke the wings and left arm so it’s been put into retirement waiting on the repairs .

I recommend the PG GP01, you can build either the GP01 or GP01FB, its just an armor and core fighter swap, so they make it easy to switch it up. The core fighters are cool as hell. It has spring loaded verniers all over the place in FB mode, and it comes with a display hangar type stand you can use to display the extra armor and weapons. The articulation is great, the inner frame is awesome, it’s got the moving pistons and stuff. Absolutely grab one if you can find it. The only issue is that it’s construction is a bit like the Ex-S Gundam, with some screws, but the end result is worth it.

I really enjoyed building the PG red Zaku last year. But i highly recommend painting it. It looks fantastic! Exia is a favorite and I love the PG Unicorn with the Full Armor, it is massive!

Please do a pre-Strike PG sometime. Your perspective on retro kits is always super interesting. MK-II seems to be the fan favorite, and having built GP-01, I think you'd really enjoy it, especially with the painting potential they have, if you ever feel up for it. The build times if you go all out absolutely crush anything comparable we see from Bandai today, so there's a really good value there for those interested.

Been waiting for this series!!!!

Bandai: Here is an innovative lighting system and a new method to building that allows you more options for display and customisation. Mecha: Yeah, but the this one has more bits hanging off it though :p

I really wanted to hate or disagree with your choices and opinions but you made such good points! Also didn’t realize the strike and perfect strike had those extra details on the armor. Nicely done.

I've only built the PG Strike Rouge but it was fantastic, all the perks of the Strike with the added benefit of the Aile Strike, a stand and that awesome pink hue to it.

The perfect strike is my first PG and it's by far a fun kit to build and with the strike packs there's so many possibilities for poses and with the extra parts it's definitely going to be a custom project in the future definitely one of the best PG. The only issue I have so far to the joints are a bit weak and needs to be tightened also not sure if it's all bases but mine doesn't really hold that well at the straight point but that's easily fixable

Great recommendations, thank you for your effort!

Thank you for making this vid. There is not a lot of PG videos in youtube.

also check out the PG GP01 that can be converted into the Full Burnern and comes with a large hangar rack that you could store all the accessories onto when not in use.

1. Perfect Strike 2. Exia Lightning 3. PGU RX-78-2 The Exia LED kit has so much more going on than the Unicorn plus if you go with the third party LED option with the USB port, you can set it on the light cycle forever. I use it as a nightlight for my daughter.

This will probably help me get one of my own, Thanks mecha!

I have a PG Perfect Strike as my first but haven't built it yet. 🤣 Then recently got a PBandai PG Astray Blue Frame also unbuilt. Looking forward to building these awesome kits! I recommend you get an Astray PG, Mecha!

Woot! Love the vids man.

Hi gaikotsu just wanted to say your doing good and keep up the work!

Every time I hear trans-am i just think of an old pontiac. I can't help it. 00 is the first gundam series i ever watched and that association is still engraved in my psyche.

Love your videos! cant wait to get my first PG one day

Guarantee the last spot is gonna change when you add wing zero to your collection. That thing was a nightmare for me. Lol

Finally got my pgu rx-78-2 and man was that a fun build. A long one (probably around 20 hours across 3 days) but a very fun build. Not sure what my next PG will be, but it's gonna have a lot to live up to

I just got my PG Red Frame in the mail today and I cannot wait!

The PG 00 Raiser came with a unique stand as a first-run bonus back when it was released in 2009. Pretty scummy move on Bandai's part, I know.

The PG Strike goes together simply and is soundly designed, though arguably lacking some of the more fun bells and whistles. The Exia is flashy and cool, but the construction is finicky to the point of frustration. So each PG's build is an analogy to the other one's show. Hey-o.

I bought my first PG last year and I was actually torn between the PG Unleashed and the Perfect Strike. Glad I went with the Perfect Strike. I still plan to get the Unleashed and the PG Strike Freedom.

I’ve built two PGs the Titans gundam and Char’s red Zaku both were/are awesome builds! Some complaints with the LEDs, but that’s nit picking. Thanks for this video, I’m planning on buying a PG for my bday in a few weeks

I may not ever own a perfect grade but that Perfect Strike is really tempting. I have a custom color idea in mind for the MG Strike and I bet it would look nice even bigger.

funny thing to note is that Dabans take on the PG exia LED gimmick comes with a micro-usb jack on the battery compartment. i dont know what Bandai was thinking to not add that feature when the PG exia was produced around the time when usb are on absolutely almost everything. oh they also have a scaled up Avalanche armor conversion set as well

I'd like to see a video where you choose your favorite of all the grades of each Gundam. Or at least the main MS for a few series

I've gotten the perfect strike and it is awesome. I also got the astray red frame kai and you should get it. the sword is as long as the one with the perfect strike but way more hefty.

You can buy "AA Battery Eliminator" to hot wire the battery pack to a wall plug, then you can control the on/off from the wall plug and no need to fiddle with the battery compartment.

My first PG kit was the Exia with the led kit, I loved it.

Top 3 are spot on. All those sets deserve the 1st place in all honesty. To this collection I added the Astray and avoided the 00 thanks also to your previous reviews. Now lets wait the 2022 PG.

We need more PG bad guys like Sazabi, Gelgoog, The-O and Qubeley. How about Nu Gundam too.

The only PG I have built is the PG Strike Freedom. I really enjoyed the kit. The shelf presence from it is amazing and those massive Dragoon wings are super sweet. All of that, combined with the articulation and accessories - You get some pretty bad ass dynamic poses.

Unless you want to give yourself a power screw hassle and potentially have a spring getting lost from flying, definitely avoid perfect grades before the pg strike. Especially with the zeta ver ka, you don't need a pg zeta for transformation. For an all around good, affordable kit, get any of the strikes. Better to start with the rouge, so if later you want to upgrade, you can get the perfect strike and avoid same colors. For shelf presence get pg strike freedom (make sure you get replacement parts). Being able to spread the wings is a massive plus

If only I could afford one. For now I’ll have to focus on getting my first MG, don’t know which one to get though. PS (Nice vid man)

I could not get the Exia but I have all of your top 3 unbuilt, this makes me feel complete to have them

I've only played unleashed PG , but it's nice to be able to refer to it. I really want to try unicorn.

I have one PG, the RX-178 GUNDAM Mk-II2 AEUG version which I got as a Christmas present, and I wish it came with a stand as it's rather top-heavy and fell over once on me breaking its bazooka. Need fix it up and finish it up one day but I need get a new desk for model building. I want the Unleashed RX-78-2 but its hefty price is a major limit for me.

I’m occasionally prodding my local gunpla pusher to get the PG AEUG Gundam Mk II It’s one of the older ones, but man does it hold up, with so much detail and such a mean face on it. That and the Zeta looks pretty good as well. The rest of the PG’s doesn’t really speak to me. The Unleashed RX-78-2 looks fun to build and pose, but there’s something... too much, about it.

The only perfect grade I have is the RX-178 Mk II (Titans version) I built it like 15 years ago, and its still in great shape. It was a super fun, and long(but not in a bad way) build and I loved every second of it.

I have: Strike Gundam ×2, Skygrasper, P Bandai Perfect Strike weapons set, Astray Red Frame, Banshee Norn, P Bandai Banshee Weapon set, Gundam MkII, RX78-2 Unleashed. Most of them are partially built, except for one of the Strikes and the MkII, which are both great kits. The MkII has plenty of opening hatches, hydraulics, springs and a not-overly-complex LED system. Being an old kit, there is quite a few screws which could be a turn off for some. My advice is use a powered screwdriver, because if you don't get the screws all the way in, you'll end up with loose joints. The P-Bandai Banshee set is a good buy, because it comes with those cool weapons from the Banshee's first appearance (which I prefer to the rifle and shield), sexy gold waterslide decals, and a miniature Marida Cruz figure. I'm building the Unleashed at the moment, and it is awesome. Actually a little simpler than the other PGs I've worked on. Two main gripes: No waterslide decals included, and it would have been awesome if they included duplicate eye/camera lenses so that you could swap between stickered and translucent parts. I don't want to cover the LED parts with stickers, but the eyes are very dark when not lit up.

Hey mecha Gaikotsu, For the lights turning off there is a way to make it so it does not turn off on a timer . if you hold the light switching button as you turn it on it puts it in a mode where there is no timer. it works on the pg unicorn but im not sure about the pg exia

I've built The Strike Freedom Gundam and it has the biggest shelf presence. I did use 8 action base 4s and 4 Hangar Scene Bases from 30mm to made the Dragoons appear deployed with the wings open. But it comes with a stand for the Gundam

thanks for reminding me I have to make a tutorial of how to mod led kits to plug into the wall

Just received my pg astray blue frame second revised and after looking in it. It has a stand (I think short term memory). I do have a pg strike freedom I recommend getting metal parts for the backpack and wings.

Cool. I have some of them so I can definitely validate everything explained.

My girl friend got me the OG exia for my bday this past December! My favorite kit ever! My first PG also :) it stands out against the 20+ I have

Would love to hear your opinion on the PG Freedem Strike Gundam ^^ My only PG Gundam right now. Makes an awsome impression even compared to the Mega Size Unicorn Gundam (the wings are simply gigantic). But yeah the wings, biggest Eye catcher, awseome designed but an dread to be build, everything you build you build at least 4 times

I don't have any PG kits but when a PG Barbatos Lupus or Rex comes out, for sure getting it lol

The PG Gundam Mk II is fantastic to build holds up really well ! I have the titans Version but I think my favorite is the unleashed still I do want to build a ph Zaku 2 but don't want to get the old one. hopefully we get a Zaku 2 2.0 pg at some point

I only have 2 PG kits. One is the (actual) plain jane Red Frame Astray. The Astray is a cool kit, but one that made me realize how much EFFORT goes into painting a PG. It has SO MANY PARTS. It was kind of a nightmare. I ended up just painting the stuff that made the most sense to me after a while and it shows. It's great though. I like how chonky it is. Very much close to lineart in proportions vs say, the Hi-Res. Ain't anything spectacular though, so don't expect to be absolutely blown out of the water, but for it's price, what used to be one of the cheapest PGs next to the granddaddy, I can't complain too much. The other is the Daban Phenex. I can't say I recommend it too much, despite it still looking rather cool. I don't know how much the Unicorn you showed off compares, but like, the joints are droopy, the paint app was bad in some areas, and it didn't come with the tails for the shields (though I think that's applicable to the Bandai Phenex too). It also cost a third of the Bandai variant. Bought it to see if I could paint it up and make it look comparable, but have been lazy. Also to note: The Unicorn lighting kit from Daban has can be USB powered. It has three modes, but still turns off after a while, even on USB mode.

The one gripe you have about the PG Exia can be fixed with a third party LED unit from Dragon Momoko. It's significantly cheaper, and if I remember correctly, it is USB powered, not battery.

I have only bought 4 PGs technically 2 since i have RX-0 unicorn, banshee and phenix nt. And used a thrid party led base for them that had a remote to control lights and micro usb charging

Nice vid! I have a different opinion about fully articulated hands. I built an MG recently and it had those articulated hands instead of solid hands. I didn't like them because one of the fingers just popped out and it would not stay back in place, and they do not hold Weapons very well imo. Do Perfect Grades tend to have the articulated ones or the "stable" ones?

For me the Exia was my first PG, the big defect it have it is in his shoulders, I did fully painted and can’t hold properly his GN sword well. I got 4 more PG to build but I need the time to do so as I’m going to paint all of them; got the 00 Riser, 00 Seven S, Strike Freedom (after the MG EX although gonna be tough to enjoy it…) and the Perfect Strike ❤

A few year's ago I picked up the PG unicorn at a thrift store inside their collectors case for 75 bucks. Took me a month to build in my spare time.

Finally a PG content for my purchases to be based on

You should check out the PG MK-II. Screws are a total pain, but it looks gorgeous and has a lot to love about it.

You can buy battery to power cord adapters. I use that for my PG unicorn so I never have to worry about changing a battery.

Since you talked about getting another PG, I’d like to see a review of the Strike Freedom, personally…

Hi Mecha, My personal top 2 would be the Astray Red on 2 and the Strike Rouge on 1. Partially for the same reasons as your own ranking. The Astray doesnt have a stand, even though the hip section is the same, and would fit on the already existing stand that comes with the Strike Rouge or separate Skygrasper. The Strike Rouge was my 1st, and i absolutely love the Perfect grade Strike inner frame. That kit is insanely awesome. Its pretty much just a recolored Strike with an Aile strike pack and an action base. I love it for all the same reasons you love your Strikes. Finding out the Astray was based on it, i had high hopes, but it honestly was quite disappointing instead. A lot of motion features in that frame are unused for the Astray, and simply covered up with plates. Sometimes not even fully covered. When the Astray bends a knee, you can see unused C clips inside that would cause more armor separation on the knee in the Strike. All through the build, it kinda feels like an afterthought, and the new parts for the Astray, are weirdly unsatisfying. The big shoulderplates show undetailed construction pins when the arm even slightly raises. Almost high grade level. On a Perfect grade, that is inexcusable to me. In any normalish poses, the model still looks great though, and it was super cheap for a Perfect grade. If i ever find the Skygrasper set separately, i'll be getting that for the Astray, mostly just for the stand. The Aile strike pack almost fits in its back. It even has the same torso inner frame in cluding the unused polycap to attach the wings. Just needs to get rid of its own tiny pack and a little filing of the back groove they seemingly intentionally made half a milimeter not wide enough to fit the Aile strike pack right out of the box... All in all, that Astray has some weird decisions in the kit. I'm still waiting for a Strike Freedom to arrive at some point, then i can make a top 3😅 Anyway, i love all your reviews. Got into gunpla fairly recently and you certainly helped me on my path! Thats enough from me. Thanks again for the detailed breakdowns in all the reviews!

got the rx78 unleashed at my local comic shop, i do not regret buying it. so far this has been my favorite build by far. now for the unicorn >:D

watches this with only one Hg: Also me: hmm intresting

A pg a enjoyed building was the pg skygrasper with the aile striker pack and it was only £30.

Hmmm... if I ever grab the PG Exia I'm gonna see if I can take one of those cheap USB LED strips and see if I can't wire the IR control module into it.... The only PG I've ever built though is the original RX-78-2 kit. That kit is fun for its own reasons. Its always good to see how Perfect Grade started and how that influenced not only Master Grade but Real Grade to boot.

I have the seven sword and filed down the teeth on the condensers so you don't need to push them in but still hold the pose I put it in.

I had my PG strike almost 20yrs back, still one of the best build until PX78-2 unleashed, imagine both 20yrs apart! both look awesome!

6:30 It would probably be really easy to wire in a DC jack to replace the batteries. Then, naturally, select a wall adapter with the right output voltage, or you could power it off USB with a boost converter, etc etc. I agree it should come standard though; batteries in the stand wouldnt be my first choice either.

MK II was phenomenal, so much fun and well engineered. The cockpit/head LEDs are relatively easy and a great inclusion

I've finished the PG Astray Red Frame & it's definitely based in the Strike.. have a bunch on Strike parts leftover if you need spares!

Mecha, you gotta get the Phenex. I got the NT version and it looks godly!

My favorite PG is GP01. It's got the detail, a good core block, the MS Cage, and a great silhouette. Can heavily recommend the Gundam MK II. Also no PG collection is complete without a Zaku II. The Zaku II is a bit tedious but a classic, green looks better than the Char Red. The PG Astray is a great kit, though it feels a bit cheaper than the PG Strike due to some design choices for the shoulders and backpack

Your number one was my fist perfect grade still need to buy another to build

The PG Gundam GP-01 is my personal favorite Not only do you get all the parts for the Zephyranthes but also the conversion pats to full burnern giving you 2 PG in one plus the included stand is designed like a maintenance bay to display the unused parts weapons and even workers in normal suits. Obviously big price tag but in the end we'll worth every penny.

Honestly with all the high praise i see Strike Gundam get in terms of model kits, i’m tempted to collect them all

I only have four perfect grades so far and this is just my personal least favorite to favorite. 4. Pg wing Zero custom. It looks good if you like more of a classy look, but I hate the build. If you don’t like screws then you’re going to hate it. The amount of screws it has will drive you mad. Plus you’re going to have to do the LED assembly. And obviously the worst part is that it don’t come with a stand. And the last thing is that the plastic feels a bit brittle. 3. The original pg RX-78-2. Again it had a very classic look to it and not a lot of detail on the armor. But there are two things about it that I just love about it. It it really does feel like a 1/60 robot and to be in a frame is drop dead gorgeous. No I don’t feel like something you would want to play around a lot it’s mostly just something to look at. 2. The pg 00 raiser. For me I actually do like it a little bit more than you do in my opinion. Not only the clutch joints suck but they are useless. Especially the one for the wrist. You’re never going to use that joint. Now I don’t dislike it as much as you did but still. My biggest problem with it is that I don’t quite feel like a perfect grade. I just feel like a 1/60 MG. It doesn’t have the most detailed inner frame I’ve seen and the legs to fall off quite a bit when you move them. However my favorite part about it is the possibility. It’s actually the only perfect grade where I like to pose it a lot. It’s just too bad they didn’t come with a stand. I’m not joking he original one (not the Trans Am version) not comes with a stand. 1. Pg banshee norn. It’s solid, (except for the ankle) It looks great in both modes, and the accessories are really good. But there are three things that I don’t like. One are the hands. The ball joint should’ve been a rotation. Because the weapons troops down easily. The full armor add-on came with trigger fingers which was awesome but I don’t have it so you know. And I also hate the connection for the big shield. The connection for is just too small and it does feel like it could snap at any moment. No just a two things I want to warn you. 1. old perfect grades until the strike gundam came with a bunch of screws and LED Assembly and if you’re not a fan of those then you’re going to hate it. 2. The old perfect grades may look out dated compared to modern kits and they’re not that poseable. The best attraction the older ones is that if you are an expert at painting the smallest little details to make it look real then you’re gonna be in heaven. They also feel like collector items. Not something to mess around with a lot. But if you’d like to pose your kits a lot then Buy the newer ones. The next perfect grade that I want to get is either the Gundam Mk-II the strike freedom or the pg Gundam Exia. If I had to recommend A perfect grade for you to build it would possibly be the Gundam RX-78 GP01/FB. It pretty much has everything that it needs. Bottom line is that I don’t think none of the perfect grades are bad it just comes down to how much you want. Except for the PG Evangelion. Avoid that one.

I literally just finished building my Perfect grade red astray. Its the first PG Gundam I’ve built and I really had fun with it.

I’m just saying the next real grade that needs to come out is the Ex-S gundam, or the Penelope/Xi duo, and god damnit I hope it’s the Ex-S

The ones I’ve built and my list would be: 1) Red Frame Astray(highly recommend) 2) Unicorn 3) 00 Raiser Trans Am Though with the 00 I still enjoyed the build but can understand the criticism on it

Mecha you should get more of the older PGs for review

It would be interesting to see the best and worst gunpla for each series or season of a series in the form of HG.

Top 3 for me regarding the ones I own: 1 - Phenex (Narrative) 2 - Strike Freedom 3 - RX-78-2 Unleashed

For some very strange reason I had a dream last night where i was at a store that dosent exist irl and saw some fishing lure batteries and mentioned to my dad that they worked with the pgu rx-78-2 beam saber

I’ve built a few older PG’s and they are okay relatively, however when it comes to surface detail I have a hard time displaying them with the newer kits’ details, but it could be just me though.

You definitely need to check the PG Red Frame Astray, very fun kit to put together. Only complaint (other than no stand) is only having one katana.. although the one it does have measures a cool 13" end to end.

I only have 1. The Astray. Btw Mecha, you NEED one. A solid kit without a doubt.

I have only one PG, the Clear Armor version of the Strike with the Skygrasper set.

That grand slam is the grandest of slams my dude. You can't slam no better without ya hear! Lol

It is beautiful when you turn on the led

Top 3 of of the 11 PGs I’ve done: 3. GP01/fb. There’s just SO much in the box and it still has the old school PG vibe. The build is interesting, the inner detail is imaginative, and the option to have either the 01 or fb variant on display along with the armor cage is awesome. 2. FA Unicorn. What’s better than the PG Unicorn? Making it 2’ long and loaded to the teeth with extra weapons and some proper waterslides! Who needs shelf space, amirite? 1. Daban PG Exia Avalanche. It may be a damn good carbon copy of the Bandai Exia underneath it all but Daban really went absolutely nuts with the Avalanche/Dash add-ons. There’s articulation and opening panels EVERYWHERE. I built it and I’m STILL finding movable panels I had no idea were meant to move. Not only is it a behemoth when finished but Daban really went the extra mile by including not only waterslides but an upgraded LED set that adds a USB power source AND the Exia Repair option parts! If you can track this thing down, it is an absolute GOD of a kit and takes over any shelf you put it on. Not much has really compared since. Oh and about LED kits. Third party! I have third party LEDs in both my Unicorn and Banshee and they beat the snot out of Bandai’s. USB power is nice, of course, but these things are remote operated AND play the Unicorn theme from a speaker in the base. Not just a clip, the full song. Cost a fraction of Bandai’s for both sets. P.s: fuck the 00 PGs lol. Possibly the most underwhelming PG I did. It felt like a clunky oversized MG and the condenser joints…blech.

How do you get the Exia's arm to hold the GN sword at a 90? I assume I'm missing something stupid, but the joint is strong up until I try to do that and the shoulder syncs and drops it to a 45 Love the video though man and looking to buy some more PGs on this list!

The spring loaded joints in the 00 are specifically meant to hold the giant GN sword.

Only PG I have is the Strike Freedom, so I've nothing to compare it to, though I do wanna get a couple more, but given the price tag the next ones are going to be 'important Gundam' only. Like top favorites or ones that got me into Gundam