BEHOLD THE NEW KING OF GMS! - HG G-Line Standard Armor Review

[@NoName-sb9tp]

Man, I really wish Bandai would really slow down with the Pbandai and start to put them in the standard releases.

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

the only standard release from this game is the full armor G07, and units 4-6 were P bandai as well an obscure MS makes sense as a P Bandai especially when it comes from an older piece of Gundam media

[@miragebangbravern]

To be fair, this comes from a game where in the Japanese perspective, the only thing that was of note was the 7th Gundam, this MS and the opening. It was not like a well liked game at all.

[@kira516]

​@@miragebangbravern still this kit has no business to be this good

[@miragebangbravern]

@@kira516 That do be the Bandai engineers ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[@furiousoyster2166]

Yeah it's getting to the point I'm not even enjoying picking up pbandai it's more of just work and making sure you don't miss shit. No bandai plz reprint these 30 year old fucking hg instead of making this modern stuff a normal releases

[@MechaMechaBurst]

The only Boundary that separates me and this kit is the Pbandai logo

[@lewtan298]

Remember Premium Bandai just means exclusive to online in Japan, doesn't mean the kit is "premium" in terms of quality though we all wish that all kits get the premium treatment.

[@vietnamabc2290]

Limited stock means it is P-enuf to rest of the world mate

[@crosshero9436]

@@vietnamabc2290 No, not really. It would just be a limited item, same as every item that is limited to a convention or simialar events, or a shop. People should just stop beliving that P-Bandai does contain Premium in the sense as we think it is. But opening sentences like the one of this video aren't going to help with that missconception. Yes it has a premium price tag for everyone not lucky enough to live in a supported countrie, but it's just not a premium item.

[@omnom277]

P Bandai literally has a US website even if you wanna blanket Asia as "Japan".

[@zacharyradford5552]

So that we website is still recent. Also you missed the point there was a time when P-Bandai or limited releases was only available in Japan and rarely other Asian countries, and it was mostly different color palette of already existing kits, sometimes it was a variation of an already released kit. It was NEVER a thing where they made special kits just P-Bandai

[@omnom277]

@@zacharyradford5552 4 years is considered recent? And even if it was 6 months ago, so what? The point is it is not a online Japanese website for well over a decade now, with P Bandai Taiwan being a thing since 2012. And your point is fucking stupid. "Acksually there was a time this was available only in Japan"? Guess what dumbass; so was fucking Gundam in 1979.

[@ZimMan2]

gatling missiles have a long, storied tradition in mecha. Voltes V, Getter Robo, and beyond.

[@mrbones_7420]

gline standard armor gatlings are just bullets iirc

[@ariesclockworkkai9298]

The are large caliber gatling autocannons. Thus the "smasher" part of the name. They pack quite a punch.

[@SgtPotShot]

They're fun to use in GBO2

[@gavburgess6467]

​@@SgtPotShotcame here to say this, they do look like missiles on the kit/design but GBO2 definitely has them as decent gatling guns

[@jaderabbit898]

Getting more UC0081 suits is a good thing, because I'm hoping we'll finally get an HG kit of the NORMAL RX-78-7 7th Gundam soon.

[@reijigamer]

I too have been wanting a normal HGUC 7th Gundam for a while.

[@jaderabbit898]

@@reijigamer It's always weird to me that they bother to make the FA of the 7th GUndam but not the normal 7th despite it being the closest to the normal RX-78-2.

[@reijigamer]

@@jaderabbit898 I think it being closest to the RX-78-2 is the reason the FA version was released. I can barely tell the designs apart and that would be confusing to have both a RX-78-2 and a normal 7th Gundam on shelves.

[@jaderabbit898]

@@reijigamer True, but then again, it wouldn't hurt to complete the RX-78 lines. Granted some are harder to get than others but it'd be nice to finally see all 7 *8* side by side.

[@reijigamer]

@@jaderabbit898 yeah the RX-78 line is hard to get. Is there even a HG Prototype Gundam? I have the HG RX-78-3 that came as a twin pack with Char's Rick Dom which isn't easy to get let alone the G-3 Revive version. I was able to get HGs of Units 4 and 5 during the first preorders but haven't caught a reprint of the Mudrock. On a side note, I like to joke that the Requiem for Vengeance RX-78 Gundam is the 8th RX-78. There is some negative space that looks kind of like an 8 on the inside of the kit's shield.

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

9:09 That's just funny and a hint of spite for the IBO simp

[@grip3939]

He knows when to get out of the camera frame

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

@@grip3939 you know your opinion is wrong when your own gunpla goes out of its way to contradict you

[@spikmaster18]

19:35 A bit of FYI since the G Line had 3 different type of armor and weaponry, easch of the configuration can be mix matched with ease. E.g, G Line Standard with Light Armor Missile/Assault Armor Cannon.....and vice versa

[@LostInTheInternet93]

Im just glad the G-Line is getting some representation. This thing is a great series of suits to use in the MSG:BO2

[@Mystic2760]

I've been wanting a kit of this since I discovered it through the game Gundam Battle Operation 2, and I was genuinely surprised when I learned the G-Line lineage effectively _had_ no form of figure or model kit representation after all this time when I learned it had been announced for P-Bandai HG, I was ecstatic, and Im SO glad to see and hear that it is as good a kit as it looks, and of the G-Line's, Im really glad they did the Standard Armor first, and appreciate that they made the bare G-Line itself an option as well

[@KenArcadia-g8o]

The G-Line Is literally giving me a vibe of a core gundam, all thats left is a armor Flyer, really love this kit so much

[@johnb3587]

Mine should be shipping Tuesday and I’m stoked for this one

[@SudrianTales]

Just got one on Ebay, ever since I found this bad boy on Gundam Battle Operations 2, I fell in love Also this isn't a GM, it's the Gundam made into a actual grunt unit without many of the sacrifices of the original GM.

[@fishpop]

Equipping the armor reminds me of the Core Gundam. The Standard Armor being the same blue as the Earthree doesn't help :P

[@torifin755]

oh hey a new GM that i like! (hears it P-Bandai) oh...

[@comicworldboss2696]

For those who don’t know, this is the second kit from Battle Record 0081. The first was the HG Full Armor Gundam 7th.

[@ezhumbug]

I knew it! I was looking at my 7th gundam HG behind me because of the shield and many similarities between the MS

[@kamenriderovant9676]

3rd, the Efreet Nacht was released too.

[@comicworldboss2696]

@@kamenriderovant9676 right forget about that one

[@VictorPerez-hg2ed]

It's truly the most beautiful model kit, I have ever seen.

[@OtonashiV]

P-Bandai was never meant to be premium quality; it just means just limited-production (and I'm pretty sure you knew that, but you wanted to make a point about how good this kit is). It was *supposed* to only be for niche recolors and minor parts variants that wouldn't have been worth it for retailers to stock. The kit quality itself was never supposed to be any different from standard Bandai kits. There was some backlash against the HG Pale Rider, which originally released as a tie-in with the Missing Link PS3 game, being added exclusively to P-Bandai's catalogue bc it was the first time an original gunpla mold in its entirety wasn't available via retail. Now it's just kind of normal. Nowadays, retailers seem to have more sway over what kits they stock as well, which might also influence P-Bandai decisions. When the HG Age line came out, a notable bluefin (pre-Bandai acquisition, ofc) rep complained about Bandai forcing them to stock HG Age kits despite them not selling well.

[@crosshero9436]

It feels like talking to a wall in regards to that topic. People like him won't ever really consider the cultural differnces when it comes to using words, terms and phrases from other languages in another language, in this case english in Japan. A P-Bandai item is by all means, just a limited item like any other exclusive one can get. Be it at a store, a event or whatever.

[@usedtissuepaper42]

19:43 a gatling missile launcher would actually be so fucking cool

[@xnflg3074]

This kit absolutely kicks ass. So fun and seriously posable. Fun fact… the new Figure rise Standard Avatar Fumina has G-Line Gatling smashers and other armor pieces as standard 😛

[@AngeMaru486]

I just know they’re gonna do an expansion set for the other armor sets, P-Bandai of course.

[@cilitbang12]

P bandai calamity is unreal!

[@RolandTengu]

I'm thankful that good kits exist, and i appreciate the scout work. 07 commander.

[@ibahaibrahim9032]

The RX-81 G-Line is Limited Production Pseudo Gundam-type Mobile Suit the of true original Mobile Suit Mass Productions.

[@mordeshkaiser]

With all that part separation I'm really excited for the Mega Man Color scheme I'm gonna try on this guy! IDK what it was but when I saw the preview for this that's all that came to mind, so gotta make it so!

[@scen45]

I've got this kit and it feels like an entirely different kind of gunpla. It's got features the a new that you dont see often and some things that aren't on it that feel like it really should be (why dont the the massive feet seperate but the wrists have a unique twist). I know this and the gm spartan are from some obscure games but they are completely new designs with unique builds and features (its the only hg i can think of that has the vulcans colour seperated. It would probably sell out anyway because of the unique and cool design along with the spartan if it was released a regular. Luckily I got mine early though so I guess I won't have to worry about scalpers.

[@Tazer_Silverscar]

Only just noticed the Avatar Fumina is based on this :O While she's still using Cardigan colours, she's definitely got the same Gatling Smasher style backpack.

[@sierracosta47]

I'm excited for mine it's coming next week

[@LuoSon312_G8]

would say it's an inspiration for SEED's Blu-Duel as for in universe; from the armor options for the Gundam Alex, combined with the production of Powered GM, Custom GM and the Pale Rider series.

[@vietthanhnguyen1227]

Interesting even I know the existence of those machine in the lore, the design is surprisingly similar to Gundams of 00 season 1 when it comes into modelkit, especially Dynames, in a good way. The unique shape of chest section, the leg, shoulder armor with hardpoints, the round disk in ear position. Sunrise 🌄 owns them all btw.

[@tommyv010]

MG Gundam MkV is also PBandai only.

[@Objectorbit]

Of course I get into Gunpla literally after the release period for this.

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

Mecha apparently forgot that UC invented the Full Armor system and the Duel Gundam is the derivative of that concept

[@Angel_Love6680]

tbf, Mecha was never really a big Gundam Lore kinda guy since he hasn't even seen Gundam Seed or Zeta, he just loves the kits that came out from them cus Big Robot Models are kewl.

[@Imjudah-]

@@Angel_Love6680 I don’t get watching original but not zeta, it’s better in every way

[@bruticus1496]

@@Imjudah-idk kamiel is even more whiny than amaro

[@Imjudah-]

@@bruticus1496 I feel like it was more deserved with him, but I’m biased cause I really related to him when watching

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

@@Angel_Love6680 even though he's done research oh several other obscure MS before for the reviews that he makes

[@YU_ZU98]

I'm so mad that I missed the preorder window for this kit on our local e-commerce platform. God damn scalpers and their bots, man.

[@Imjudah-]

New molds shouldn't be P-Bandai. It should only be for color variants. L take.

[@adriflux7704]

Completely agree. Sometimes I find out about cool new designs from kits, and I would be a buying customer if it wasn’t for the ridiculous p-Bandai rarity and prices at my local shops. Plus Bandai wastes their resources on things like Metaverse and Gwitch's endless recolors while this is exclusive.

[@azuzu9813]

​@@adriflux7704wdym endless recolors there are only like 5 lol

[@xXswagy0l0blazeit420]

People always parrot this shit around because they don't understand how business works. Bandai has thousands of molds and products that aren't discontinued, meaning they are spread extremely thin. Also, Bandai has a pattern of timing retail releases/reprints with anniversaries and big media releases like a new movie, with few exceptions. That's why you see recolors of old kits being sold as retail releases. The sales of these kits are banking on existing hype. It has always been this way and always will be. With that said, HG G-Line would have NEVER seen the light of day if it wasn't for P-Bandai. So I'd rather Bandai make these kits limited release than not make them at all. Some gunpla fans are seriously entitled. If they got into other plamo like car kits, they'd understand true scarcity.

[@reijigamer]

@@xXswagy0l0blazeit420 I have been saying this forever

[@reijigamer]

Bandai has never said that P-Bandai would exclude new molds. P-Bandai is composed of Variation items, Expansion items, and Special items. If anything the Special items category is so vague that it kinds of implies new molds. Like does anyone care that not only does the HGUC Neo Zeong didn't come with Psycho Shards but the P-Bandai Psycho Shards expansion set (technically a new mold like a lot of the expansion sets) gets reprinted more often than the retail kit it is for.

[@MrBadmonkeycw]

I sadly, did not get the initial wave ordered. However, I DID get a later one. So about July for me. Along with the Lfrith Pre-Production and the Heingra 😂Now looking even MORE forward to their arrival

[@mohdalifffahimi]

Love the Universal Century kit

[@PhoenixFyre]

I know it from gundam battle operation 2 on ps5. It's the fully armored version with the galling cannons.

[@ekirentaden910]

This kit and GM Spartan are the few premium bandai kits that actually make me feel "premium". However this kit has a minor flaw that is the connection part of the gatling smashers is loose and easy to fall apart after rotating the gatling smashers front and back for awhile.

[@LeeONardo]

Since the GM Spartan has the ability to mount equipment on the back skirts, and this kit has the awesome beam rifle the release of a GM Spartan (RG) from Code Fairy being made is becoming more of a certainty lol.

[@ZChael]

I think the beam rifle and shield is similiar to the old HG release, the HG Full Armor Gundam 7th, it may be old but it still kicks, for me that is

[@JunkyardGod]

I remember seeing a resin kit for a MG version of this.

[@miguelsolorzano8898]

I did not know about this kit therefore don´t know they appereance BUT those gatlings look exactly like missile pods even they have the thin line in each "pod" like the one heavyarms have in their missile pods

[@SILENTBULL_9er]

Well, this is me. Wishin for a MSG 00 revive. They did it with wing and Seed, which had multiple gundams. Hope they do that to 00 as well.

[@professorgrouch]

I love how much it looks like a respecced nu-Gundam frame. Will have to cop a different variant.

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

When will you review the HG Full Armor Gundam 7th which comes from the same game??

[@tlcompletionist7892]

I’d like a video talking about noteworthy P-Bandai kits.

[@mw4222]

Don't know if we've got the recent fumina kit to thank for this or is it the other way around

[@kamenriderovant9676]

Thank Fumina.

[@pauljordan0203]

the beam rifle reminds me of the Spartan rifle from Halo, though a bit different design wise.

[@angelomendoza1174]

That's 3X for the HG Gundam Barbatos kept falling off his desk!

[@AndreaDoesYoga]

Wow, the G-Line Standard really is the new king! 🤩👑

[@Ryhillchibulls]

P bandai whining will never die nor will opinions about the situation ever matter. I would pay to not see comments about it.

[@JTruong3rd]

I hate how this is p bandai during a long drought that lasted more than a year for any hguc or ac kits. And funny enough the bad counterpoint people tried to push was witch of mercury taking up the slots. They forgot hguc/ac always comes out with normal releases every year no matter what till recently. Also remember the Guntank missile launchers work like a machine gun in some adaptations.

[@Unknown-tl4yc]

I hope you review the figure rise standard Kaiju no 8 when it comes out

[@branchygiraffe]

P-Bandai should be relegated to clear versions and that kind of stuff tbh. The Lfrith test type from the prologue of Gwitch and the GM spartan should not be pbandai at all

[@Matanumi]

Same goes with all G unit kits

[@StrikeNoir105E]

The Lfrith Test Type is a machine from the Prologue that's a "sub" variant of the retail Lfrith, while the GM Spartan is from an MSV. They're actually both the kind of designs you'd expect to be in P-Bandai.

[@branchygiraffe]

@@StrikeNoir105E pbandai should be relegated to mobile suits that aren’t as well known or for clear colors/finishes etc. something like that blue Lfrith which was seen in the show shouldn’t be pbandai, pbandai shouldn’t even exist tho

[@l-omega402]

@@branchygiraffe so the lfrith preprod type who is an exclusive from an ova prologue and appeared for less than a minute in the show?

[@branchygiraffe]

@@l-omega402 okay and? It was still a big part of the show idk why you’re defending terrible anti consumer practices

[@toddcrim7012]

This mobile suit is a instant selection for me in gundam battle operations 2

[@TwilitEpitaph]

Does the gatling backpack extender work with the alternate, 6-thruster backpack?

[@ezhumbug]

Getting 7th Full Armor Gundam vibes, just by its design, and the similarities between them: Backpack, beam rifle although different, shield, and maybe its full armor I guess. Should look into 7th gundam despite its age, is really great build imo.

[@miragebangbravern]

They are from the same game after all

[@Hellcaiser4]

I have all the G-Line units on GBO2 and they are so much fun. I hope they do the other units and re-release the Efreet Nacht!!!

[@Ender__Wa]

9:07 "I've had enough of this shit." G-Line GM feels like a UC-0079 or maybe UC Engage-ified "Nero" MS, and I love that, I've wanted a HG or MG Nero for a long time. (It also feels like a UC vers of Barbatos Form 6, very nice. Edit; Also also feels like if Narrative Gundam stock version had a baby with a GM, so nice looking. 12:05 (It's basically the 7th Gundam shield though noticably different. I only wish there were waterslides

[@kamenriderovant9676]

In the game one of the 2 G-Lines takes its true form the 7th Gundam. It's not a coincidence that the backpack is in there. In the manga it does not use the G-Line frame inside. HGUC 7th Gundam(if they finally release it) will not entirely be a new mold due to the later.

[@Ender__Wa]

@@kamenriderovant9676 Oh I see thank you, that is pretty neat to know.

[@tensazero]

The most effed up line in P-bandai is the Wing series and EW. While most series and OVA are normal produced, the W line is p-ban for what's in the animation and normal production for Manga. I've waited 10years for the prices to come down.

[@MarxMayhem]

I'm sad that I was unable to score my own order of this guy when he was around...

[@OneAndOnlyDave117]

hey mecha, did you maybe try building one of the motor nuclear kits? i know you reviewed Cao ren figure, but Model kit of it is totally different beast

[@jakstrieder]

so if the miner gripes you had with this kit were fixed would it go up in tear to Gundanium?

[@nnrmnlg]

pbandai should really be phased out or introduced everywhere around the world

[@godzillaandstuffproduction9383]

Where can i buy that hanger at 3:05?

[@RoarRumble]

How does it look with a Gundam slapped on it?

[@GyrollMulliganTwine]

Waited for this review for a long time

[@tntkaboomsky7427]

They should have a re run in The future but I should have snapped it up when pre orders were up

[@Taescythe]

I’m starting to hate Bandai for putting great kits in essentially the shadow realm of model kits

[@furiousoyster2166]

Yeah it's kinda a joke.

[@astraea_4368]

This kit looks like X in Megaman. Awesome!!

[@rubest1515]

Thanks for the video. I hope this one is in Gundam Breakers 4

[@sierracosta47]

Not sure but it is in gundam battle operations 2 as a starter unit.

[@vustvaleo8068]

so the G-Line is the Gundam F90 before it was a thing and are probably related in-universe.

[@kira516]

Not really f90 had kits in 90s, but this gm design is an upgrade to rx-81

[@vustvaleo8068]

@@kira516 I meant the in-universe canon fiction as in the U.C. timeline not the model kits as in the G-Line might evolve into the F90's gimmick.

[@thespikeheadboy3164]

Yes, G-Line is the first suit to be using interchangable loadouts in UC so it left its mark in the roots of the F90

[@alfan0079]

i hope bandai would release rx 81 custom from 0083 rebellion

[@MakoweeIzmaNem]

wishing bandai would do an MG version of this

[@Dogasupreme]

BEHOLD THE Not available in my Country.

[@tristan-jackmandelburg6182]

Quick question: What ever happened to the Gipsy Avenger model kit you had 6 years ago?

[@sharpy3453]

we ever going to see the MG stark Jegan?

[@acertainmoogle]

I preferred when p-bandai was just recolours or pilot specific versions of suits. Modern day p-bandai has been the bain of every gundam fan outside of Japan.

[@ThadDePadua9928]

Ah yes, the GM series and thus; the RGM series made it all the more memorable. ;-;7

[@kamenriderovant9676]

G-Line is the actual MP Gundam its model# is RX-81.

[@Gbo2_player]

I would want this kit only for the beam rifle just in case i do a gm spartan (rg)

[@ssjichigo666]

honestly I prefer p bandai to be variants and not completely unique kits, unique kits should be regular releases so everyone can get ahold of them, and an exclusive service should be variants so that way if you want that color you can either buy the extra money for the p bandai version or get a regular version and paint it yourself

[@Tofu-d1s]

Now that's what I call a Full Armor GM

[@geowilson1587]

anywhere to order this or any p gline

[@AstreaGT]

This looks like a seed version of a GM if the dagger wasn't a thing

[@CoffinGheist]

Super bummed I missed out on pre-ordering this

[@furiousoyster2166]

Blame bandai for being stupid

[@NeoGato2point0]

It’s a shame it’s P Bandai because it’s a HG I would totally pick up

[@jessestone725]

still waiting for bandai to release the light armour variant

[@reaper78541]

I've been watching a few minutes and the whole kit gives me 7th Gundam vibes.

[@xnflg3074]

From same game

[@reaper78541]

​@xnflg3074 oh, I saw the proportions and the shield.

[@soviet_rabbid3333]

I seriously can't wait until g-line light armor comes out. Even tho the game feels dated, i can't help but love every suit that was introduced in that game.

[@412456]

for a complete new design kits, it should be normal release instead of PUT ON PB, have to pay a lot more money for pb kits because of those reseller

[@-mcpie-6802]

Making the third wfm option set p-Bandai is a scummy move on their part. They know Darilbalde and Pharact are popular (nobody cares about Michaelis) and they will do anything to milk their fans. So nah, I want pee Bandai to stick with recolors and part variants. Third wfm should be retail only

[@behindthedope]

Beautiful

[@henry605]

That looks cool

[@Homelander99956]

I hope they make an MG out of this

[@m.ppanca5057]

we knew its great kit if they separated the head vulcan on premium kit

[@pretzel1313]

The US actually has its own P-Bandai branch, too. We don't get everything Asia does I don't think, but we get most of the Gunpla if I'm not mistaken. Also sometimes we get stuff that was supposed to be P-Bandai as retail releases like the HG Breaker Battlogue kits. I really wish we had gotten the new HGFC kits as retail in the US. We're like, the country that loves G Gundam the most!

[@reijigamer]

the US P-Bandai branch can get every P-Bandai kit that gets released in Japan. The US branch decides if it will distribute certain reprints. Also, Bandai (Japan) will intentionally make kits for regular release outside of Japan but P-Bandai in Japan. Doing this isn't that common but is a decision that Bandai (Japan) made in advance on their own. The last 4 Breaker Battlogue kits being retail was probably based on Bandai's collaboration with Target.

[@miragebangbravern]

Wish this wasn't P-Bandai but I somewhat get why because this is from a Japan only PS3 game that the only thing memorable thing about it was this, 7th Gundam and the opening. The game was not well received in Japan compared to something like Blue Destiny so yeah. Sucks but oh well.

[@arserya4815]

If the protagonist chose a GM instead a gundam

[@FroskWasTaken]

I will never forgive bandai for making the bloody gline p-bandai, man I just wanna see some standard releases again.

[@pa86_]

This is available as a bootleg, in a certain express site. Just saying 😉😉😉 Just put it together and it's totally worth the 11€ i paid for it.