$10, GUNDARIUM TIER AND AWESOME! - Entry Grade 1/144 Gundam RX-78-2 Full Weapon Set Review
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- The Entry Grade Gundam RX-78-2 is still the best gunpla bargain money can buy, and now it finally comes with beams. AND MORE!!!
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0:00 Intro
1:05 The Build
3:43 Aesthetics
5:51 Accessories
11:30 Articulation
14:05 Verdict
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My 6yr old built an entry grade with minimal help. I only had to nip a couple parts for him and there weren't a ton of nub marks even with him popping the parts out with his hands. Perfect kit for a young one who looks at all your "toys" on the shelf wondering why they can't play with them. At $9.99 I grabbed a few and dropped them off at a toy drive to give the gift of gunpla to some random kids.
That last sentence was a pure chad move.
Giving the gift of a hobby like this, to young kids that will one day have a gigantic collection yet still fondly look back at this model as the start of it all... You are an absolute legend, you know that?
you are doing god's work, keep going you legend
Amuro would be proud
*Amuro would approve*
Would love to see them do an RGM entry grade. Cheap easily built grunts seem like a natural.
YES! THANK GOD IM NOT THE ONLY ONE!
It would be so easy ;-; idk why they won’t do it
That sounds great but I'd assume Bandai wants to keep entry grade to the suits that appeal to someone getting into gunpla. Amassing grunts is a bit more niche than that
@@Cooldude-kc5wf I mean different strokes for different folks I suppose. But frankly I think grunts would do well in the format. And the GM especially uses most of the same parts. On a similar note considering they've done a bunch of colorways of the Gundam it seems like a natural that they should do a Zaku 2 with option for command antenna. Then you can do a shit ton of zaku II ace colorways for like no extra work.
Also entry grade Zaku 2 or maybe zaku 1 for building our cheap zeon army lmao.
I really want an EG Zaku 2.
This level of engineering at this price point would be amazing for army building
This entry grade is totally legit. Sturdy, and as articulates as any other HG. The only thing that feels different from it is it's weight. It's feels lighter maybe because most of it’s part is 1-2 piece.
It's also missing a lot of color accuracy. The back head camera being white bothers the hell out of me.
@@insertnamehere6559 I hope this is sarcasm since that's really the only miniscule bit of color innacuracy on this kit snap built
@@MKmaki6094 the knees are missing tons of grey too???
@@insertnamehere6559 and? It does all it can for its price point to have all the primary details it would have, this isn't some Real Grade
@@insertnamehere6559 if it bothers you that much then paint it up
Hey just a general comment, but keep up your great work! Unlike other hobby CZcamsrs, you really tell us about the kit itself, not custom painted or completely different from the original product. Subscribed
To be honest, I used to hate him a lot, and he seemed to not really put effort into his builds, but he's become a lot better in recent memory might be my favourite
He's getting better....
There are literally dozens of CZcamsrs reviewing kits out of the box.
And their reviews are way less cringe that the ones this guy is making.
I don't really see him as cringe. He's silly at times but he knows when to dial it back. Him and zaku will always be #1 in my book.
@@truthseeker9833 Why are you here then?
Got the Target exclusive American-type version. $9.99. Very impressive kit, can confirm.
They sell Gunpla at Target? Guess I know where to visit next time I go to America
@@ParmMannREBORN yes! I just found it out myself! And even more so, they have one of the entry grade ones that you can only get at target!
So much so that I have two!
@@ParmMannREBORN Marginally, but yes. New marketing approach with the Battlogue mini series. The EG kit is exclusive to Target. The rest of the kits are rarely found. Normally located in the "Collector's Corner"in the back near movies and video games. In actuality, Target carries about 4 kits. Char's Zaku, RX-78, Heavyarms, and Strike Freedom Gundam.
Wish my target had it, was there the other day and didn’t see it.
I have to say... The Entry Grade is very impressive considering the retail price for this. This is definitely Bandai being super efficient with the design.
@xxnike629xx Do you want EG 00 *BOXES* if Bandai announces it in the future? 📦
Just gotta say, if you want a good model kit tool kit, get the Mr. Basic Tool Set. It’s pretty cheap, it comes with nippers, a filer, tweezers, and a pour type panel marker, and a clear box to put all that in. Just a suggestion, but now you know
A little tip, find tweezers designed for popping pimples, they're super super narrow, have a right angle hook and are perfect for applying stickers/waterslides. Never going back to regular tweezers
Maybe we also need to reviews on the various tools that come with the hobby, and brand comparisons.
Something worth noting is that the Full Weapon set ver. of the RX-78-2 isn't actually the same as the original EG. The original EG has lineart colors with the pure white and such, but this version has anime colors like the Revive, which is why the white has a shade of green to it and other colors are slightly different.
The original box EG has that green to the white also I built two. The American type from Breaker Battlelog is pure white tho.
I came here to find out why my first EG kit is a mint green, thanks for your post. I'm sure it will look fine one built...
Fun fact about the Gundam Hammer and Bram Javelin:
They were removed in the movies of the 1979 anime because they were too "super robot".
I love the EG gundam in terms of aesthetics, however I found the leg joints as well as the knee armor to suddenly become loose despite not having played around with it any more than I have with others and it seems like I'm not the only one who has this issue. It's not a huge complaint given the price, and you can certainly fix it, but it is definitely an Achilles heel.
Yes! I have the same issue
i got the 78 eg as my first gunpla, and for me it's not only on the legs that have a problem, but with the arms too coming loose, in my experience at least.
I just got it and yea, after rotating it several times it became lose.
@@youraveragehumanbeing806 yeah posing your entry grade too much will start to become loose, but i heard you can just spray the loose joints with top coat. then again we all had that moment with our first gundam and we kept on fiddling with the figure lol
Imagine a EG ver. of Zeta Gundam, that would be awesome.
It's like a new peak of Bandai's plamo engineering but on a completely opposite spectrum to the Perfect Grade line.
This is how Bandai is beating it's competitors in terms of revenue. Where others like Kotobukiya and GoodSmile excel with high surface details and overall impressive presentation, Bandai knows better to appeal to the niche subsets of model kit fans who enjoy low-cost but decent looking plamo.
I'm so excited for Nu Gundam and the inevitable Fin Funnel + bazooka expansion pack
The fin funnels and bazooka shown with the announcement aren't for an expansion pack
It's saying it's compatible with the weapons from the old HG nu Gundam
There never was competition though.
I like that it at least has all the weapons associated with it, I’ve never liked how most kits leave out the gundam hammer and beam javalin. And I don’t even mind the fixed position of the gundam hammer, like my MG Turn A has a gundam hammer but it’s also an actual ball/chain, so never been able to pose it at all.
A bit unrelated to this video, but as someone who got into this hobby just months before this kit was released, I gotta say, Mecha, that you and your videos are absolutely what got me started, and I cannot be thankful enough for your channel. The intricacies of your reviews, the sheer knowledge and passion you have for this hobby, convinced me to get kits of my own. While I lacked tools for the first two (HG Wing and HG RX-78-2), I can say that I am absolutely immensely happy with my RG Nu Gundam after you fully sold me on that beast of articulation. I even got another friend into Gunpla, and it's all been thanks to you for giving me something that actually puts a smile on my face in these troubling times. Much love to you and your community, and build on!
Absolutely love the Eg kit it's so balanced it can pull the matrix backbend without any stand or support. Plus the engineering in every part is top notch.
A note for anyone that's getting the Strike Gundam, i've got the Strike Rouge and the hip joints/ball joints make the legs extremely loose and they constantly fall off, hopefully they've remedied this problem by the time the Strike Gundam comes out, but you should know how to tighten joints before you plan on getting it. (i use ModPodge/Decoupage.)
They did not sadly, hey if you wanna sell your strike rouge, hmu.
@@SpoopyKatt That's too bad, also i'm not planning to sell.
Last Christmas my 7 year old daughter wanted to build a Gunpla with me so I got her Hello Kitty RX 78 2, she loved it and wants to build another this Christmas with me, think this'll do perfectly.
Thanks for the good look at the joints on the articulation section. I'm slowly hand-painting and assembling the Gundam base painter's edition of the kit and now can see where some of the joint clearances are going to be.
Love this kit. Everytime I see one in the wild I get it and build it. It's delicious hand candy.
one thing i love about the entry grade is the fact that it can hold its shield out in front of it one handed unlike most kits that consistently require it to be attached to the arm or it will just flop around
This one was my first gunpla model, way back in January! I've built a couple of HG models since then, all from the Witch from Mercury collection (Aerial, Lfrith, Lfrith Ur and Michaelis), and now I'm waiting for my first RG to arrive, that beauty 00 QanT!! That's such a nice hobby that incentives you to always aim higher and do a better job than before.
I still use those entry nippers with the last 40 kits i finished, the handles are annoying as they get loose during long building sessions and it does feel like they're getting dull sometimes but it gets the job done.
Job done? By that you mean, remaining nubs and scratches on your kit?
I love this kit! I brought the standard EG and fell in love! So much so that I brought 3 of the light armour versions to customise! For some reason however I was under the assumption the light armour version still came with the shield and rifle, despite being cheaper and named "light armour ver"
Unfortunately all 3 light armour versions I made ALL got super floppy, and can't hold a pose, yet the standard (full armour I guess) is still rather solid. Odd.
I got this little guy out of impulse and I ended up loving it more than I expected. I can fiddle with it without worrying about breaking it due to how cheap and easy it is to build it.
Great video as always, and yes, the original version of this kit was my first model kit and the hip ball joint on the left broke off. It sucked but bluefin replaced it! Blew me away that they even cared that much for a 10 dollar kit.
A little correction: the version in the bag is actually different from the box, it does not contain any weapon at all.
I dabbed the part under the eyes with a panel line make and now it looks perfect. Probably will buy this version if I feel like getting into painting.
I haven’t watched Gundam since I was in second grade today I saw this exact model at a store so I picked it up because I’ve seen a couple of channels talk about them I had no idea what I was missing out on it was so fun putting this thing together
Hey Mecha Gaikotsu, I have just started getting into Gunpla. Noticed that platinum tier is missing from your playlist. Keep up the great work, love the channel!
I do hope Bandi moves away from gundams for the entry gate and taps into its full potential by making GM's, zakus, and other grunt suits into entry grade kits would make it the perfect way to army build
Thanks for more quality gunpla content keep it up
This was a simple build and the pieces came out the runners so easily (literally a few pieces just fell off the runner) that I put down my nippers and removed the rest by hand, a bit of sanding, panel lines, and hitting the javelin with some paint I can say this is a very nice kit
As someone who recently got into rabit hole of gundam with original 1978 anime series and planning to build gunpla, this is just the perfect one, its just so wholesome with all weapons, the RX7802 Looks straight out of 1978 anime!! i feel nostologic remembering amuro and gundam looking at this set thats how good this set is, i alredy even though i finished watching anime month ago !!
I have an entry grade nipper which I use to help in the clean up of parts over clipping out the parts.
Ok that ABB crunch in the intro looks awsome af cant wait for the review as the next 2
Got the EG Strike Rouge. Great little kit, but really bare bones. Hopefully we'll see some striker packs soon.
This was my first ever gunpla kit, I tried it out cuz my friend was a huge gunpla collector and I wanted to see what gunpla was, I went from entry grade to master grade in the span of 2 months an already have about 20 model kits. Gunpla forever!!!
I honestly thought M.G. was joking when they said this kit was the bees knees, but I actually can't shut up about it to even my non-Gunpla inclined friends. It's really such a solid solid kit!
The only let down for the EG for me has been the knee and heel joints that becomes loose over time. It’s an easy fix though and you can’t fault it for the price.
knowing that they have weapon kits get me interested in what the rest of this line will have. like the next two, the strike and nu, both have obvious expansion packs of, the aile striker pack and fin funnel wing, so I'd wonder if that's the plan going forward. Sell an inexpensive base model entry grade and then the expansion pack to 'complete' it.
Simply amazing, full weapon set finally!!
This is entry grade kit is really good for beginners i started with this kit super simple and easy
I just got this as my first gunpla, im looking forward to exploring this hobby 👍
just picked this up a week ago debating on building it myself or seeing if my cousin wants to give gunpla a try when she comes to town in a week
Im planning to buy this and the high grade char's zaku revive ver super excited to build this
Looks sick! Just ordered!
Picking up one of these to mod as a GM. It’ll be easy since the RGM-79 standard GM is basically just the RX-78 with a few differences
I bought the normal version hours before I got the notification from Newtype that they had the full weapon version in stock. 😢
Beautiful. cant wait to get.
Would've liked to see more size comparisons with other hg scaled kits like a zaku or other feddy suit, still good review man
Fantastic value for your money, really enjoyed this build, just got the EG Strike and already pre-ordered the EG Nu!
One major downside though: I REALLY don't enjoy how...not exactly white the white plastic is. At least it's a good kit to practice painting on!
Entry Grade is really awesome. Bought my 2nd one for custom project.
The OG big poppa Gundam. This looks great for a entry level build!
I was able to get the Beyond Global of the RX-78. It’ll be great to build the legend one again!!
Loving all these videos
if you want to steal more hands for the Entry grade all of the 30MM and 30MS hands also work with the EG
watch out for joint wear once the joint connections wear down it’s like a ragdoll
yep i can confirm that the ball joint hips are prone to breaking due to the stiffness of the hip joint since mine already broke when i move the hips 😅🤣
finally got my entry grade today sadly didnt realise it was the bagged variant with no weapons but oh well i plan to buy the strike next and then the nu its a very nice figure im excited t oget into this hobby more and more
finally an entry grade grandaddy that imo makes the revive obscelete as a first kit purchase as the previous versions lacked some accessories that makes it feel incomplete
This looks great! I have the older entry grade RX-78-2 (Roll Out Colors)
just bought it today and I loved every part of it and it's posable body parts are amazing
The leg of my entry grade broke while posing it last year when I got it. Happened a week or two after Christmas.
Mine has a broken hip but managed to repair and the left leg loosen up very bad, so bad Im going to get another one!
the waist joint is great. Cheap and will be great for kitbashing.
I don't have a nipper to cut my gunpla out of the runners so I use a nail clipper instead. It works so I have no complain
I got the regular entry grade but now I want this one too.
I got this on clearance 3 dollar steal from target and it’s a great kit and I just finished the O kit
I only have three warnings about this kit:
1. The joints loosen up easily in less than a year.
2. Yes, the hip joint is prone to breakage; already happened to mine.
3. Although it's not that bad, there is still a seam line on the lower legs.
But otherwise, still a cool kit for such a low price.
how did you manage to break it? overposing or the joint is just weak?
@@markandrewposa I would say a combo of both.
I wish this entry grade was around when I got into Gundpla perfect beginner's kit
Amazing vid
Reminds me of Antique Gradeless First Gundam and Weapon Kits, but with color,joints and snaptights. That would be the best First gundam Kit(Without Frame).
I put some mg unicorn decals on my eg rx 78 2 and it was freakin awsome
Time to buy 4 of these, and paint em
As an owner of both, I agree on how the EG is better in a technical standpoint and colour accuracy. But I find it harder to keep it standing straight compared to the HG revive after a while.
Mine was just all loose straight out of box so that sucks ass :(
I just bought that exact kit yesterday at gamestop it was worth it and I love the end result of it
It's also the entry grade RX 78 2 in America colors that was released for Gundam Breaker Battlelog
Just bought it today and I'll admit, its pretty damn good!!! Sure shoulders could've been better but I love it!! possibly better than my G40! Though where I got it at was 10$ more which is a gripe but totally recommend it!
The thing I hate the most about the EG Gundam is that ugly gap in the back.
What's the point of an awesome ab crunch if you can look inside the torso from behind???
YES. Absolute beauty of a kit BUT my hip joint snapped off so easily. I was just moving the leg around and the whole thing ripped off :/
I had a bit of a problem with my buddy entry grade the white was a little more of very very light green but idk it’s white now but I guess it was some magic
M8, my beginner nipper probably lasted all of 3 months before it got dented to high hell. I'm talking holes between the blades.
This is my favorite model. for real💟
The high grade revive backpack is probably in the 30 minute missions air fighter box
Just a little thing about the strike it is identical to the hg strike in almost every design aspect
I have built 3 of these and on one of them BOTH of the leg hip attachments broke so I had to drill pin and glue them.
I custom it i put freedom back pack in and it fit in very well i think if i have more hg seed i can put it back pack on this
That ab-cruncharium Tier! 😁
I wish in the future, EG line would have Zaku 2 tho, it'll be awesome i guess
So i screwed mine right up by trying to use tamiya pannel liner on raw plastic… made the arm brittle and the inside bits that hold it together basically disintegrated
On the bright side, i found an amazing fix for it that doesn’t at all resemble how broken it is.
I just put some sticky tac inside of the arm, and squished the pieces together with that inside, and now the arm is sturdy.
Lol i learned my lesson with just how fragile a gundam is
Entry Grade X 30 Minutes Missions
some how the arm and leg joints are compatible, also the waist
The Buzooka was featured in the G3 Gundam
I hope there is a entry grade zeta gundam
I want to see something like this for the Kotobukiya Mega Man line.
Giggity giggity giggity damn i cant get quagmire out of my head after that lolz
Just bought this and Strike to jump back into the wonderful world of Gunpla.
Edit: built both and loved it. Definitely staying with this hobby.
I really liked the Entry Grade RX-78-2 for what it was when I got and built it, but after a few months of standing on my shelf both hip joints snapped when I tried to re-pose it, it definitely is a breaking risk. That T cross-section design is just not durable enough. Hopefully Bandai fixes it on the EG Nu, it's hard to tell in the promotional images.
Fact, I built this using the nippers once on a part the instructions say to be careful on, and used my fingers everywhere else with no issue
There has yet to be a beam colored beam javelin (that I know of) sadly. This could've been their chance to finally do it!
Slight correction, the bag has the empty beam sabers but no rifle/shield