MG RX-0 Unicorn Gundam 03 Phenex

The Master Grade (MG) RX-0 Unicorn Gundam 03 Phenex is a 1/100 scale kit released in 2014.

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Italicized lines are leftover items.

The head can rotate/pivot on an upside-down Ball-and-socket/C-clip joint neck.
Shoulder joints can slightly swing frontward.
The arms can...
- Swing on a peg-and-socket joint,
- Raise horizontally.
The upper elbows can turn.
Elbow joints can be bent up to 130 degrees.
The manipulators...
- Can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
- Feature 3+1+1 articulation on each finger.
The waist can rotate, though it can be hindered by a few skirt armor panels.
Front, side, and rear skirt armors are poseable via ball-and-socket joints, to avoid interference with the leg articulation.
The upper thigh joints can swing frontwards/backwards, raise horizontally and/or rotate on each piece.
Knee joints can be bent up to 80 degrees.
The ankle joints can tilt/pivot on a limited manner.
The Armed Armor DE backpack is jointed, allowing some articulation.

Unicorn Gundam 03 Phenex can convert into Unicorn or Destroy mode.
- The antenna can be swapped with either transforming or non-transforming pieces.
Any of the weapons can be wielded by the poseable hands.
The arms' Beam Saber panels can flip out to form Beam Tonfas.
The Beam Sabers on the backpack can be optionally removed as handheld weapons.
The Beam Magnum's E-Pacs can be swapped.
- The Beam Magnum's barrel can be slightly pulled forward, and one of the upper E-pacs can be removed to recreate its reloading feature.
The Hyper Bazooka can be converted between standby and firing modes.
- Its ammo pack can be optionally separated from the weapon.
The shield can...
- Be used as backpack-mounted Armed Armored DEs or as an individual shield.
- Only mount onto the left forearm via an adapter. (Only one is needed)
  - The shield's adapter is multi-jointed, allowing for some poses while mounted onto the forearm.
- Convert into Destroy Mode.
- Mount onto the backpack for storage.
Beam Magnum and Hyper Bazooka can mount onto the backpack via flip-out tabs.
- Each of their respective ammo packs can also be mounted onto the rear waist armor.
Unicorn Gundam 03 Phenex can mount onto Action Bases 1 or 4 with an adapter.

Due to the parts being coated along with the runner (and combined with a lack of undergates), cutting the pieces off from the sprues may leave some marks, even if some care is taken.
- Likewise, some parts' latches/notches can be in a tight fit while assembling, so some scraping is needed.
- If one wishes to panel-line the coated parts, use the water-based Gundam Marker GM20 black instead. (If one uses the oil-based Gundam Marker Panel Lining pen instead, caution is needed)
Care must be taken while transforming the antenna parts (C18 and C19); slightly excessive force and/or mishandling can potentially break the parts.
The Beam Gatling Gun［x2］ set add-on included from the 4th Volume of Gundam Unicorn can be used for this kit.

Later reissues of the Gunpla from September 2018 onward will feature a blue-colored Bandai Spirits logo.

This Gunpla is the first regular release chromed plated Master Grade since the MG Hyaku-Shiki.
As the original mold is not designed to have undergated armor parts (as it was released before the existence of both the Mobile Suit Gundam UC: Phoenix Hunting novel and its Gundam-type unit), the chromed parts suffers from cut marks when trimmed out from the runner.
The story on the manual made no reference to Rita Bernal, the Mobile Suit's "Pilot".