In Mobile Suit Gundam, the RX-78-2 Gundam is a powerful experimental mobile suit developed by the Earth Federation during its war with Zeon. When his colony is attacked, teenager Amuro Ray accidentally becomes the Gundam’s pilot and uses its advanced weapons and armour to protect the battleship White Base. The series became famous for portraying giant robots as realistic military weapons and focusing on the human cost of war.
Name: RX-78-2 Gundam (Ver A.N.I.M.E)
Line: Mobile Suit Gundam Robot Spirits
Manufacturer: Bandai
Released: 2016
Price: 5,500 JPY
Scale: 12.5 CM in height
Accessories: Numerous accessories included
Obviously, everyone in this day and age should know of Gundam or at least be able to recognise the original design, as by this point, I think it’s become quite iconic. It’s definitely a toy/figure/collectible that is associated with Japan quite strongly. I’m not a fan of building model kits very often. So I was holding out for a figure version I could happily buy and own.
The classic anime design was released back in 2016, but thankfully rereleased in 2025. This happened to coincide with my trip to Japan last year, when I was actively searching for one. If I can walk into a store and buy one, I feel that’s a lot more rewarding than just buying one online and thankfully, I found one at Nakano Broadway when I was there last September, which I found on one of my last few days there.
SCULPTING
Excellent sculpting for this figure. Seeing as this first Gundam has such an iconic look, Bandai have done a really good job matching the Anime appearance almost perfectly in my opinion. Plenty of fine detail, line work, smooth surfaces and sharp edges. You will be happy to have this figure on your shelf.
PAINT
Paint is overall clean and crisp. Neatly applied and little to no slop. The colours really pop too. Most of the figure is cast in the colours it’s meant to be, and that’s great in my opinion. What paint there is, you shouldn’t have an issue with.
ARTICULATION
As expected, this figure has a lot of articulation! You can easily put the figure in most poses that you would put him in. Moving the arms and legs is smooth and easy. There’s even some added articulation in the chest to hold the sabre close to the body without the chest getting in the way. So this Gundam figure really excels with the articulation.
ACCESSORIES
This figure comes stacked with a number of accessories! Numerous hands, gun and sword effects, a bazooka, a beam rifle and a shield. You really have a lot of choice here and can really have a lot of options for how you want to display your Gundam figure.
POTENTIAL PROBLEMS
I don’t think you will have too many problems with this figure. The hands can be a little bit fiddly to change – that and the missiles on the head to change over. But otherwise, I think it’s very well made with quality plastic parts as expected from Bandai.
PRICE
I got mine in Nakano last year for about 6,000 JPY, not a bad price, considering I was having a little bit of trouble tracking one down in person. As this figure has been rereleased in 2025, you should not have too much trouble getting one, even outside of Japan.
OVERALL
This is a really excellent representation of the Mobile Gundam Suit from the original anime. It is expertly sculpted, has great articulation and paint and numerous fun accessories. If, like me, you just want a reasonably sized Gundam for your display shelf that looks like the anime, then this is the one to get.
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