PG UNLEASHED RX-78-2 Gundam

PG UNLEASHED RX-78-2 Gundam
Japanese Name	PG UNLEASHED RX-78-2 ガンダム
Subtitle	E.F.S.F. Prototype Close Combat Mobile Suit
Classification	Perfect Grade
Scale	1/60
Franchise	Mobile Suit Gundam
Release Date	December 19, 2020
Price	¥27,500
JAN/ISBN	4573102607652
Need glue?	No
Materials	PS ABS PP Die-cast (Verniers Vulcans)
Run	Standard
Model of	RX-78-2 Gundam

The Perfect Grade UNLEASHED (PG UNLEASHED) RX-78-2 Gundam is a 1/60 scale kit released in 2020.

Includes

• RX-78-2 Gundam
  • 2 Beam Sabers
  • Core Fighter
    • 1/60 Amuro Ray figurine (sitting)
  • Manipulators
    • Fists (1 pair)
    • Weapon-holding (1 pair)
    • Trigger-finger (1 pair)
    • Open-palm (1 pair)
• Beam Rifle
• Shield
• Light-up Beam Saber hilt
  • Testing Battery
• 1/60 Amuro Ray figurine (standing)
• 1/60 Sayla Mass figurine
• Assembly tool for light-up Beam Saber hilt

Kit Features & Gimmicks

Articulation

• The head can rotate/pivot.
• When slightly pulled up, the torso can tilt back and forth/sideways in a limited extent.
• If slightly pulled out, the shoulder joints can...
  • Raise upwards.
  • Swing frontwards/backwards.
• The arms can...
  • Swing on a peg-and-socket joint.
  • Raise horizontally.
• The upper arms can rotate.
• Both the elbows and knees are double-jointed.
• The wrist joints can pivot.
• The Manipulators can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
• If the front crotch and rear hip panels are slightly pulled down:
  • The waist can rotate 360 degrees as there are provided clearance.
  • The legs' vertical movements are expanded.
• The upper thigh joints can swing frontwards/backwards, raise horizontally and/or rotate 45 degrees on each thigh.
  • Front, side, and rear skirt armors can pivot to avoid interference.
• The ankles can pivot and/or tilt sideways (in a limited extent).

Weapons/Other Gimmicks

• The hands are swappable.
• Each of the weapons must be wielded by their respective hand parts.
• Core Fighter can transform into Core Block and dock with the Gundam.
• Core Fighter's cockpit canopy and/or the missile panels can flip up.
  • Core Fighter's landing gears can flip out.
• Beam Rifle's foregrip and scope can swing up or down.
  • The scope can additionally rotate on a double-jointed part.
  • The foregrip can swing frontward as well.
• The shield's...
  • Shutter can be opened and closed with a lever switch.
  • Grip can flip out for the left weapon-holding hand to hold.
• The shield can mount onto the backpack for storage via minor parts rearrangement on the latter.
  • The poseable mounting arm can be rearranged to provide clearance.
• Beam Rifle can also mount onto the shield's inner section for storage.
• Beam Saber hilt(s) can be optionally removed from the backpack as handheld weapons.
  • The light-up hilt can be used as an alternative.
• The various hatches on the RX-78-2 can be opened/flipped up.
• The forehead, camera eyes, and the chest vents can light up by pulling the cockpit hatch then push it back. (Leaving the cockpit pulled out for 1 second will automatically close the LED feature) The LED will automatically turned off if left for 1 minute.
  1. If the switch is pressed once:
     • The eyes and the cockpit/chest intakes light ups in blue and blinks in yellow after it went off.
  2. If the switch is pressed twice:
     • The eyes light ups in pink and blinks in yellow after it went off.
     • The cockpit/chest intakes light ups in pink and blinks in red after it went off.
  3. If the switch is pressed thrice:
     • The eyes light cycles between pink and yellow.
     • The cockpit/chest intakes pulsates quickly in red.
  4. If the switch is pressed at the forth time:
     • The eyes pulsates quickly in yellow.
     • The eyes and the cockpit/chest intakes change from green, bluish-green to blue and vice versa.
  5. If the switch is pressed for the fifth time, it goes back to stage 1.
• The light-up hilt can also replace the left beam saber hilt to light-up the backpack verniers.

Tips & Tricks

• For better results, some or most of the details (including the figurines) are needed to be applied and panel-lined with Gundam Markers and/or Mr. Color Paints.
• Top coat (Mr. Hobby recommended) can be used to protect applied stickers/marking decals and if any, painted details.
  • If using matte/flat-finish top coat, it is advisable not to spray on the clear/translucent and the die-cast parts - can be done by spraying top coat while the said parts are separated.
• LR41 button batteries are required for the main LED unit.
  • BR435 Lithium Battery are needed for the light-up Beam Saber hilt.
• The 1/60 Clear Color Body for PG Unleashed RX-78-2 Gundam can be used to replace the external armor parts if one wishes to display it with the inner frame exposed.

Variants

Italicized items are exclusives.

• Reprints from mid-2022 onward will also feature the Bandai Namco logo.
• PG UNLEASHED RX-78-2 Gundam (Polarized Coating Ver.) - Bandai China flagship store exclusive

Notes & Trivia

• This Gunpla is...
  • First revealed at the Gunpla 40th Anniversary Livestream.
  • The second PG kit to be based on the RX-78-2 Gundam.

Gallery

Packaging

Bandai Spirits logo/Pre-Bandai Namco logo label

Stock Photos