Bandai Hobby - Zeta Gundam - #49 Psycho Gundam, Bandai Spirits HGUC 1/144 Model Kit

Check out the image gallery! It explains some things I say in this review.If you're a fan of the newer, more complex mobile suit designs of modern Gundam, this kit may not be your style. The model's appearance is essentially a posable building; just flat surfaces, not much color differentiation. No interesting angles or anything like that. However, I love this model kit. I love the simplicity and blockiness of it. I love that it's HUGE. About the size...I'd describe it as a Leader-Class Transformer if you have any of those. It towers over my High Grade kits, and even my Master Grade kits! My High Grade Sinanju (already a tall kit) is four heads SHORTER than this guy! If you gauge a kit's value from its size, you're getting your money's worth with this monster. Despite its humongous size, this thing is very articulated! Your standard Gundam posability, plus individually articulated fingers (like a Perfect Grade). However, there's no waist articulation, but that's due to the transformation. Oh yeah, IT TRANSFORMS. The transformation is fortunately quick and simple (but fun!), and it doesn't have the stability issues associated with most transformable gunpla. The Mobile Fortress mode is great looking; just a solid chunk of Hong Kong-destroying awesome. However, the legs DO have a tendency to mistransform due to faulty connections, but it's not too big of a deal. One of the only (somewhat) major issues I could think of are the lack of accessories. True, it's accurate to the show (Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam), but wouldn't it be cool if the suit had a massive beam saber to go along with its shield? And about the shield...it's pretty plain. Now an advanced customizer could go in and add panel lines or something, but out of the box it's literally two giant chunks of plain plastic stuck together. And speaking of plain, this model kit is not very detailed; there are minimal panel lines and only a few color accents. Personally I don't mind, but some people may find it troublesome that a model kit so HUGE looks more cartoony and toy-like compared to a tiny Real Grade. Another issue I have with this kit (and most High Grade kits in general) are the abundance of stickers/seals. They provide the yellow accents and the eyes. However, the seals on this kit should have no problem going on the flat, blocky surfaces of this kit. Despite the amount of seals, there are no seals for the head cameras! You'll have to paint those (or not, your choice). And if you are bothered by stickers in general (like me), just paint the parts instead of putting the stickers on (like me!). I should mention the building process. It was fun, but be prepared to work! There are a lot of pieces, but the build is not too frustrating. Just follow the instructions carefully, or you might end up breaking something. I broke a clip-on part on the backpack (though I just feel nervous around clip-on parts in general); easily fixed with patience and super-glue. Also have a screwdriver handy; this kit actually comes with screws.Overall, this kit is awesome and you should get it...that is, if you don't mind the simple and cartoony nature of the design. And despite the issues I have with it, I can't hate it; not at all. To me, it compensates for its lack of detail with just its HUGEness (though that might be an issue for some; it's HUGEness makes its lack of detail more noticeable). You should DEFINITELY get this kit if you like the Zeta Gundam show. DO IT FOR FOUR!!

This thing is HUGE! My 12-year-old knocks out all the Gundam model kits so quickly, but this one took his over 8 hours over the course of several days - which I loved bc it kept him busy and off technology. Its massive next to the other Gundam model kits & its sturdy, not missing a single piece. I felt the price was overall very fair considering the prices of other seller options.

This is definitely the biggest Gundam Model I have completed as it is about twice as big as a normal 1/144 Gundam model, appropriately. It's about as big as this old Tidal Wave Transformer I got back in the early 2000s for Transformers Armada and about as solid also.Now, like any Gundam model kit, you really should buy a model tool kit to assemble it, if you haven't already. That's a slight pain in the butt, but not by much. For most of the Gundam models I have already assembled, I just needed the clipper/pliers from the model kit, but for Psycho Gundam, you need the little Phillips Screwdriver as there are several parts requiring very tiny screws in the assembly...fortunately, they are provided in the set in a nice little bag. Since I bought the tool kit back in early 2015, it's not really an issue for me, though.It took me a while to read the instructions, which are like a large Lego Set in the form of a big book of instructions, but they are very easy to understand as there are tons of detailed pictures to explain the assembly to those who don't read and speak Japanese. The assembly took me a couple of days to put Psycho Gundam together fully, but believe me it is worth it as this big guy is a crowning achievement for my Gundam Model Collection. If you got the cash to buy this big guy, I highly recommend buying him as he is totally worth it.

I have been buying these models for my son for over 23 years. He loves these model and I have seen some his finished work since he was 10. The finished models are absolutely awesome looking. As he has aged since then his finished models have now become amazing. The models are made of high quality material and each one is quite unique and different from the others. Great product, will continue purchasing in the future. Very satisfied with this purchase.

When fully built you'll think you bought a 1/100 MG model. Certain details are naturally lacking, for example the bottom front torso thruster unit is red in the box but black on the model. The legs are flimsy and hard to pose without the model losing balance. Easiest way to display is in mobile armor mode.

Bought this for my nephews 5th birthday, him and my sister built it in under six hours. Even though its HGUC 1/144 scale, the finished product stands twice as tall as all of the other high grade kits. He loves Gundam, he loves Transformers, so I thought he'd go nuts over this, but my sister said he hasn't "transformed" it yet because he loves it just the way it is.

Huge and looks killer on the shelf, this dude needs no weapons besides his fist and his stare. The size of a PG and 1/4 the price. If you dig the classic Gundam style this belongs in your display.

It's big that's about the only thing it has going for it. It feels very cheap .The detail isn't that great and I think that they could have done a better job with the actual kit itself and not used yellow decals for some of the details. They could easily have been molded in yellow. So for the money this thing costs I do not recommend it.

Fun and simplistic to build despite the sheer size of it, would recomend to any fan of gundam or gunpla

il modello è molto grande e piacevole da costruire, ma non è particolarmente dettagliato; in aggiunta si vede che lo stile è ormai abbastanza retrò.

控え目に言って「頭おかしい」としか言いようがない。機動戦士Zガンダムのストーリーで外せない機体であるため、製品化されてもおかしくはないと思われつつ完全変形のサイコガンダムはモデルアップされていなかった。ところが2004年に本製品が発売されたことで「なんだよバンダイ、やりゃできるじゃないの！」ともっぱら喝采であったことは記憶に強く残っている。‥それくらいに衝撃的な製品化だったのだ。当時のMGをぶっちぎる価格(そして最近のMGとタメを張る)なことからそっち方面でも話題が尽きることは無かった。参考までに、2004年発売のMGで最高価格がパーフェクトジオング(定価1万円)、ほぼ同時期発売のHGUC 百式&メガバズーカランチャーセットでも1800円なのだからいかにサイコガンダムが逸脱しているかご理解いただけるだろうか。もっとも、サイコガンダム自体がサイズ的に考えて「MGと変わらねーじゃねーか!!」なので、価格的には間違ってはいない筈。プレイバリューとしては圧巻かつ大迫力。こいつに勝てそうなボリュームはネオ・ジオングかデンドロビウムくらいしか無いと言って良い。クシャトリヤやユニコーンガンダムもボリュームはあるのだが、機体がスマートすぎるのでサイコガンダムと並べてしまうと「でけえ！」という印象は薄い。ユニコーン世代の方が凹凸や細かい意匠といった視覚的な情報量が多いので精密感というか密度感は半端ないのだが‥。サイコガンダムの「圧倒的存在感」と比べてしまうとちょっと比べるには方向性が違うかな？という気がする。発売時期や成型精度の進化もあって、最近のHGシリーズと見比べるとパーティングラインのアラだとか可動域といった要素では太刀打ちできる筈も無い。が、現時点(2019年夏)のレベルでver.2などを出そうとすると金額的にもパーツ数的にも組立難易度的にも厳しいものになると思う。そういう点では2004年にリリースしたのは正解だろう。個人的にはサイコガンダムmk-2も発売してほしいのだが、先の制約的要素から厳しいだろうなあと半ば諦めの領域だ。(そう言われておきながらMG PLAN303Eを発売した変態企業もあるが)サイコガンダムを手にしたらやることは一つ。是非、ガンダムmk-2を購入してそのサイズ比を実感していただきたい。カミーユ君、こんなのに真っ向から喧嘩を挑んだのか。頭おかしいんじゃないのか？‥と。

この機体がHGUC化されること自体有難いため手にとっておきたいこと、ティターンズの機体を揃えたいこと、そして何より作ることそのものに挑戦したいという動機の元に購入しました。大型のキットであるため作りにくいと思われがちだが、面倒なのはネジ止めや指の細かいパーツわけといった点のみであり、それ以外はパーツが大きいだけで非常に組みやすいです。小学生くらいでもネジ止めさえできるなら楽に組めるキットになるのではないでしょうか。色分けやクオリティも十分合格点です。自分は機体自体はそこまで好きというわけではないものの最初に述べた三つの理由から考えても十分購入する理由にはなりますし、サイコ好きには自信を持ってオススメできます。

これＭＧとかＰＧで発売されないとは思うけど、とにかく大きい。さすがにＰＧユニコーンと並べると少し小さいが、見た目も昔の調合金ロボ的でなかなか良い。ただ、変形は１回やったら二度とやりたくないほど面倒、そして飛行形体では見る角度によって中の空洞が丸見えでどうしようもない。あと、個体差かも知れないが人型の時に頭の引っ掛かりが悪く、頭が少し胴体にめり込む感じになる。