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The High Grade (HG) Gundam G40 (Industrial Design Ver.) is a 1/144 scale kit released in 2019.
Includes[]
- Gundam G40 (Industrial Design Ver.)
- 2 Beam Sabers
- Manipulators
- Multipurpose weapon-holding (1 pair)
- Open-palm (1 pair)
- Trigger-finger (right)
- Beam Rifle
- Shield
Kit Features & Gimmicks[]
- Builders can choose with either red or yellow eye stickers.
Articulation[]
- The head can swivel/pivot/tilt on a triple-jointed neck.
- The torso can tilt back-and-forth/sideways on a multi-jointed frame.
- Shoulder joints can raise up for upper articulation.
- The arms can...
- Swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
- Raise horizontally.
- The upper elbows can turn.
- The elbow joints can be bent up to 110 degrees.
- The lower forearms can swing sideways, though the articulation is very limited.
- The manipulators can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
- Wrist joints can pivot.
- The waist can rotate 360 degrees if the torso is slightly pulled up.
- To compensate with the single-piece skirt armor, the 2-piece hip joint axis can further swing down.
- The upper thigh joints can swing frontward/backwards on a peg, raise horizontally, and/or rotate on each piece.
- The upper section of the thigh parts can pivot frontwards.
- The knees are double-jointed.
- The 2-piece lower leg can swing sideways, though the articulation is very limited.
- Ankle joints can tilt.
- The three-piece foot parts can pivot.
- The backpack thrusters can pivot up and down.
Weapons/Other Gimmicks[]
- The hands are swappable.
- Each of the weapons can be wielded by their respective hand parts.
- When stored, the Beam Saber racks can be flipped up.
- Beam Saber hilts can be optionally removed from the backpack joint as handheld weapons.
- The Beam Rifle's hilt and scope can swing left or right.
- The Shield can...
- Can mount onto any forearms, though the default position is on the left.
- The Shield's grip can be flipped out.
- Also be stored onto the backpack.
- Can mount onto any forearms, though the default position is on the left.
- Gundam can mount onto any Action Bases. (Fork type adapter is needed.)
Tips & Tricks[]
- For better results, some of the details are needed to applied/panel lined with Gundam Markers and/or Mr. Color paints.
- Topcoat (Mr. Hobby recommended) can be used to protect stickers/applied decals and if any, painted details.
Variants[]
Italicized items are exclusives.
- HG Gundam G40 (Industrial Design Ver.) (Clear Color Ver.)
Notes & Trivia[]
- This Gunpla is...
- Released as part of the Ken Okuyama x Gundam 40th Anniversary Project.
- The first kit to be released featuring an original design.