MASTER GRADE MASTERPIECE! - MG Narrative Gundam C-Packs Ver. Ka Review

[@askforamiracle]

Im so happy they did my boi justice! The narrative is so cool as an idea, being an old failed prototype with its unfinished and mechanical details. Just wish he wasn’t killed off so we could have seen more of the Mobile Suit!

[@nathancarbo]

I love that it looks like an incomplete NU which this is a prototype of the nu, which is also insane to think about

[@Yusei255]

Justice. *LOLOLOL* I'm sorry but this kit looks like complete shit, akd the series is well Bland dull and boring with a weak storyline.

[@adriflux7704]

I really like the actual prototype look this has, as opposed to most other prototype gundams which are super clean.

[@xxDxxism]

@@Yusei255 Think of it as a standalone kit. Your mind made a connection to the series hence your opinion on it is shit

[@dangerouszombie6007]

@@Yusei255 what you talking about it look sick af

[@crizy5555]

Doing decals on it right now, it truly is an amazing kit. I got lucky enough to find one in kyoto in a random hobby shop the last day of my trip on April 27th. It was my hope to get it for list price before getting home!

[@DX16]

I got one on HLJ, finishing the build

[@fieldkaiju]

At this point the MG line is the Ver.KA line..

[@kamenriderovant9676]

Putting the "Master" in MG. 😅 Cross Silhouette evolved into MGSD.

[@Atmixka]

I dunno man

[@JAMMD17]

Concerning the piece that sometimes pops off and removes the arm. Jobby-“Might as well glue it” Gundam Ghost-“NO! That’s against my religion!”

[@MegaKazooRider]

JobbyTheHong mention 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@LoliconSamalik]

I mean, you can glue it, just don't cement it in place or else you're f%cked

[@ghostmonkeycustoms3766]

That's why jobby sucks lol I hate his reviews.

[@paulheap1982]

But,but, but Jobby....

[@adamterry550]

Why would you bring up these old wounds? Poor Jobby has been through enough…then you go and bring up gunpla…hasn’t the poor man suffered enough!?

[@nickschoaf1953]

When the shield popped up in the beginning assembly bit, I swear the shield looked like it had a happy kitty face before the lower section was placed.😂

[@Ritlim55555]

There will be a P-Bandai blue NT-D psycho-frame version coming up for sure.

[@albertko1]

Just hope it's not a Gundam Base exclusive like some of the Unicorn Perfectibilities. Phenex is a "regular" release 🤞

[@noonethatspecial]

Or you can just find an unbuilt MG Phenex and use the psychoframe plate from that.

[@1Drake1]

Calling it now, this might actually get the A-B-packs. Why else would the stand adaptor be just a hole at such a weird angle at the back? and even hidden behind a folding panel.

[@MechaGaikotsu]

God damn it man you might just be right!

[@1Drake1]

@@MechaGaikotsu let's hope so! That would be sick.

[@gohan2355]

B packs????

[@ngocsondinh135]

oh now ya might be onto something hmmmmmmmm

[@Cwiffy_Beybes]

P-Bandai alert🚨

[@froznpyro]

Im a simple plamo hobbiest. I see core fighter, I buy. 🗿

[@hakiminshamsuri9202]

Gorgeous!!! Cant wait for mine, waiting for sinanju stein next!!! Yes I'm a huge ver.ka fanboy hahaha

[@Tronjheimr]

Ver Ka for the win!

[@Lucas-iSL]

God damn, between the Double Zeta, the Wing Zero custom, the Zeta, and this, ver Ka has become PEAK master grade

[@simpleanswer8954]

As if Ver Ka weren't already peak. Ver Ka was always top of the line, it's just that the standard for "top" is higher than it used to be. Also, Ver Ka aint nothing' compared to MGEX.

[@yi_hou3092]

I honestly don't find it peak, since you basically have to buy an unused MG Phenex to get the Psycho Plates

[@vince7202]

I have the metal frame upgrade for the Nu Ver Ka. Besides the metal parts, it has a replacement part for the fin funnels connector. And it works wonders, very stable, and won't fall even if you shake the kit

[@jjohnson8288]

That's the first time I've seen you do the different lighting on a kit. I love that.... that should be something you do in all your reviews. 😮

[@jesusdeytiquez9249]

Already amazed how they do stuff in Bandai especially the corefighters, but my nitpick is the landing gear of corefighters needing to be attached. The OC in my mind want it to be more "real" or "seemless". 😂

[@elementst]

tape with the V fins is such a good idea.

[@MechaGaikotsu]

Tape it onto the inside of a shield for protection!

[@gbresaleking]

Doesnt bandai understand we want more MG, they can be ver ka, but please non premium bandai

[@kimimarobonez]

I took a break from master grades and have mostly been building HGs and RGs because of shelf space but man this MG of the narrative is really tempting me. It looks so good!

[@MechaGaikotsu]

HGs these days are definitely a nice rest from MG. It’s nice to be able to sit down and get a kit finished in one sitting.

[@seanvanderstruys5196]

​@@MechaGaikotsuthe mg has a nice cost to detail ratio that I like 😊

[@kingio1184]

26:08 bruh I didnt expect that ;-;

[@thankyouverymochi]

hey thanks for doing an in-depth review of this kit. you’re so passionate about it and it’s accessories, it really helped when you do a closeup zoom of each acc and poses/form.

[@JericoLeslie]

Can’t wait for Shinanju Stein Narrative ver.ka

[@askforamiracle]

That would probably end up being a P-Bandai kit since they already have an MG Stein, I’d recommend just painting up a MG Sinanju and mash some of steins parts onto it

[@takonoko1743]

​@@askforamiracle It's real, and it's coming to retail next month! From the pictures a lot of details (well, basically everything) was redesigned to be way more blocky than the unicorn version, and not just a recolor.

[@Hnter2200]

Yeah. I’m super pumped for this 3rd MG Sinanju Stein kit as well especially since the latest Stein Narrative kit was released in 2019... Not to mention how excited I am about the fact that this will be the 5th MG Sinanju Kit… BUT this is the 1st to Actually Color Separate the Sleeves!!! So yeah, that’s the greatest reason apparently I or Katoki himself could think of for this kit to exist. And at a certain point, you gotta ask how many years straight will there be only Ver.Ka MGs drip fed to us now, since RG, MGSD, (and MGEX sorta?) have seem to have taken top priority?

[@Hnter2200]

Totally seems like it’ll be worth buying this kit a 5th time… because those sleeves! I mean come on! Why go with an original designed Ver.Ka, when you can modify the Sinanju for Ver.Ka release a 3rd time..? And literally saying the selling point for this kit is the color separation on the Sleeves, which they did on the RG already…. But yeah, why not sell a 5th ver. of an existing MG kit based off of that alone… it’s not like we only get 2 legit MG kits a year if we’re lucky…. And that sadly seems to include the lovely MGSD line, which is Screwed up. I love the MGSD line, but where the hell are all the 1/100 models at???

[@ChrisTian-sd5yq]

​@@askforamiracleunfortunately it's a regular release

[@matthunter9562]

My RX 9C HG I give it to My Nephew if I bought again for MG version I will putt the Grey Phsyconframe its so cool ❤❤.

[@entityuntombed]

Rejoice brothers! His nail polish isn't chunky!

[@sharkbaitcustoms6111]

With the small number of MG regular release kits, it’s really a must to grab these even if you don’t like the mobile suit itself. I didn’t like the movie too, but I preordered this anyway.

[@SuperdreadnoughtLiebe]

That’s the spirit, just consume product and then get excited for next product!

[@lucienhouseknecht7587]

any idea when they will be arriving? I just ordered mine today :)

[@Hnter2200]

I’m loving all the different colored Psycho Frames you can throw on this kit. Seeing all these pics of people using the Psycho Plates from their MG Phenex, Banshee, and Unicorn Gundams’ to give it a new look is so freaking good.

[@GundamSeltsam]

Mecha need to get on those new announcements pretty interesting tbh

[@imahoare4742]

That redesign of the 1980 model really caught my eye. Hope they do a Zaku to accompany him.

[@maliciousexefile]

that rifle attachment is probably the best design I've ever seen hopefully bandai adapts it for more kits lol

[@angeloinfinity3054]

My VerKa Narratives are due next month... yes i ordered 3 because i love the Narrative Gundam so much! Also when they do core fighter MS they really should include 2!

[@cabellism]

All MG's forward from now needs to copy this one idea from the MG Narrative Gundam at least. The hands options,I swear to god Bandai actually did something really great, fixed posed nice looking fists, and good decent movables.

[@masoncourteoreille6767]

Really hope they release a fully furbished version of the narrative I wanna see what it looks like finished

[@seanvanderstruys5196]

Thank you for your reviews, you are my gundam go to. 😊 Want this kit so bad, love it. As I was watching this review I was thinking the same thing as you, gotta get two of them 😅

[@kyled911]

I wonder if they will do an A pack version for p bandai. That would be absolutely massive.

[@maxnexus5421]

I feel like its possible that they can make the A-packs for this kit

[@MechaGaikotsu]

I hope they do! 😊

[@alexanderw5974]

You should turn it into the awakened form with the blue psychoframe from the mg Phenex or mg unicorn perfectibility

[@dangerruss5]

Bandai saw the Solomon Physalis GP-02 and realized they had to step up their game significantly.

[@amemesgodisme1285]

"and then he walked out side with a robot toy? and started posing it"

[@johnkim7890]

Man i wanna build this so bad... but wouldn't it be awesome if they released a A-Packs? lol that would be nuts.

[@MechaGaikotsu]

It would be so awesome! Come on Bandai!

[@thankyouverymochi]

having an MG Sinanju from 2012 production and now buying this kit I can say that this kit was a really 'rock solid'. everything from the design and stability was so strong and reliable. previously in my MG Sinanju non-verka sometimes the shoulder spikes popped off, it can stand without a bandai stand but MG Narrative ver ka had soooo much stability in standing. it is a massive upgrade in gunpla in my perspective of owning older ones.

[@TitleDS]

That Mahou Shoujo transformation scene is super hillarious it made my day.

[@Eucep]

"Dunno what this action base is called." That is literally an Action Base 1.

[@raphaelsanluis9711]

We salute the gunplas and gundams .

[@apartizann]

When you said the legs were wiggly, I was a bit concerned, but when you showed us that, it didn't think it was THAT kind of wiggle.

[@Owen-zm6sq]

This is our one master grade of the year better savor it

[@crist3809]

Somebody mad you complimenting this kit and post this video in my group hating you lmaoo 😂

[@D.E.S_CT]

@MechaGaikotsu actually the white part that you take out on the front skirts actually needs to flipped and put into the opposite skirt backwards then put the psycho plate with the peg in after. Its really confusing in the manual but that's what they want you to do. this way you don't have a random piece laying around incase you take out the psycho plates later actuall

[@yohahahello]

I've heard that the cockpit parts are very thin, and people tend to break them a lot (grey parts at the window). How can I prevent that from happening? Thx in advance.

[@hinewdaniel2998]

The chest of the Narrative Gundam looks better, in my opinion, compared to the Nu Gundam. Looks modern and would look great on the Nu Gundam.

[@HybrydATP64]

35:29 a little bit you missed is that the large white parts you remove are meant to be flipped and switch sides and be put under the clear red parts

[@Borgron]

Finally! The 2.0 hands return! The fixed fists are also a nice touch, since that’s the one pose I feel articulated hands struggle with.

[@karldavid4621]

Love your reviews! When it became available, I instantly bought it because it is so AWESOME! This is going to be my first UC kit. Really excited to add it to my backlog. 😅😅😅

[@crypple455]

i just know whenever i see possible hands im going to get the middle finger, its like drilled into my brain now. amazing review as always

[@sir_coma60]

The best thing to come from this kit, even for those who don't get it, is showing how the core fighter transforms

[@IniOny]

I love mgk vids for showing the kits transformation process most of the time.

[@majormaxor7592]

Is the ZZ the 1st official good Ver.Ka? Was there a good Ver.Ka before it?

[@jarik7658]

There is no "officially good", but other VerKa's that are generally seen as good that came out before the ZZ came out are: Ball, Nu Gundam (it comes with a stand for the Funnels, so funnels not staying in place is really a non-problem), Sinanju Stein, Sazabi, Full Armor Thunderbolt, Psycho Zaku.

[@whiteraven1992]

I wasn't expecting MG kits of the Narrative to be coming so soon. I'm glad that this is a solid kit, too.

[@simpleanswer8954]

6 years is soon?

[@whiteraven1992]

@@simpleanswer8954 5-½ years. It's May 2024 now; Narrative initially aired in November 2018. Anyway, yes, that's relatively soon. Especially when compared to _both_ how uncommon MG releases are now, *and* mobile suits from other [early/mid-2000's series] only just receiving MG kit releases in the past couple years.

[@simpleanswer8954]

@@whiteraven1992 How many of those other MG releases were protagonists? Sure, they took forever to release things like Dynames and Kyrios, but MG Exia was out in under a year. It took four years for MG Barbatos, and people were complaining that was a long time for a main MS to get a release. I'd say this is about as long as it gets for any protagonist MS to actually get a release. They either come much sooner like the Exia, or not at all like the G-Self.

[@nickschoaf1953]

Also that's the outframe d if im not mistaken.

[@lonso5037]

I never thought I'd stay to watch a 40min review

[@etankhardcore]

Lil trick with the Nu ver Ka's funnels: only install the lil connecting arms that are absolutely necessary, leave the rest out. This cuts down the weight enough to make them totally viable to stay connected on their own without being a floppy mess.

[@GeremyG]

These 2.0 style hands are the best MG hands.

[@GundamSeltsam]

If you want this in Australia I would recommend gundam express Australia!

[@bellwitch007]

This kit looks BADASS!

[@Coolio_Ash]

Oh wow inserting the psycho frame is a lot more involved than i thought! I thought youd be disassembling a lot but a lot of the armor just moves out of the wah for that.

[@user-iu5pg8gq2p]

You panel lined the face though

[@johnmichaelreyes4577]

I somehow heard "Yamete!!!" in my mind while attaching the action base. 😂😂😂

[@TheOturanArtist]

I want to get and build this, but I still have a mountain of backlogs that I gotta go through still. Putting decals on Zeta ver Ka is one of them. 😅

[@RoushFan1799]

This really sold me on this kit, it looks amazing! I’m hoping for a B Packs and like we had recently from Gundam Base, one with blue awakened psychoframe.

[@kiillu2008]

0:06 what kind of hangar is that anybody know?

[@lucaseichler3140]

Slight mistake: the parts removed from the front skirt are still used when the psycho plate is attached, they flip over and attach underneath it. I missed that the first few times I went through the process, but it definitely adds to the look if you're using the active psycho plate parts.

[@kaboom7817]

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚜, 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚐𝚊𝚙 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚕

[@tommyv010]

The Narrative riffle actually uses parts from the Beam magnum from the Unicorn Gundam.

[@lammie-858]

Hey Mecha thanks for the review. Would you be so kind when you have time do a short tutorial on how to do a 360 video of the figure, like how to set up the tri pod, the camera angle and lighting? Much appreciated!

[@RogueTheRaccoon]

When you realize Bandai gave us the ability to make our own custom psycho frame colors because they basically give you a blank non transparent variant of the psycho frame 24:38

[@RealRSmokinJoe]

I've got one in the backlog, can't wait to start on this one!

[@PhenexIV]

I’m looking at that shield and thinking “hello Premium Bandai B-Packs”

[@allyrivers7236]

Great review! Ive never been a big fan of the narrative but this kit slaps

[@shadowX50]

I cant wait for mine to come in. I just found a hg one I must have backlogged a while ago. Building it to hype myself up

[@FOXZILLA5734]

What an amazing MG, bandai really went all out on this and it paif off. The Narrative Gundam is such a cool gundam and this MG did it justice, definitely wanna pick this up.

[@sir_coma60]

I just found out that the A-packs uses the propellent tanks from the FA Unicorn

[@gundamartz]

Nice review! I was little sceptical when Bandai announced it but now I can’t wait when my copy arrives. Hope that Mr Katoki will do some Seed machines in near future. Seed Ver.Ka is something I need to experience.

[@justinl8791]

Back then, Ver KA mean "unplayable/unposable hand grenade that barely fucking works as a statue". Nowadays, Ver KA means "the best build able action figure that you can buy that even rivals actual fucking Metal Builds".

[@kaihayase1205]

Likely hoping later this year Hobby Lobby get this in stock and gonna wait until its 40% off to get it.

[@AnotherAyushRaj]

this might be the first time I might not panel line a kit. It looks so clean

[@BrianDeLeon-nl4iy]

That is one beautiful Gunpla!!! The detail and engineering are wickedly awesome!!! Off topic; I need to store my Gunpla, mostly MG's and the Unicorns. What zise ziplock bags did you use? Thanks in advance and keep up the awesome reviews 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@AndreaDoesYoga]

🤩 Great review, I can't wait to get my own MG Narrative! 🚀

[@Kbr8886]

Kit so beautiful that bro panel lined his face

[@DX16]

43:58 The calf also moves downwards.

[@marvinjasonlopez3623]

I think the two front white skirt armors can be reversed and can be placed behind the psycho frame

[@itoch.8685]

29:50 Bandai actually sells this action base. it's called action base 1

[@MechaGaikotsu]

Action base has screws holding it together, this kind of one has no screws in it

[@kivulifenrir]

@@MechaGaikotsu The Action Base that comes in MG kits is the Action Base 13. Bandai considers it a premium product, hence why they made the decision for it to only be included in certain kits, which is a shame as it's pretty much the best Action Base they've made.

[@WotFanar]

is there really no panel lining on that face plate. it looks so crisp

[@KingBanjo1217]

29:52 Decently sure that’s the Action Base 1. You can buy them for ~$10-$20. Edit: Not the AB1, the AB1 has screws. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[@DarkeLourd]

You got a laugh out of me when you compared the head to the RG Nu's rounder take on the Nu head, because earlier in the review when you compared the kit to the Katoki lineart I thought he made the kit's head a bit longer than in the lineart to better match the normal Nu head.

[@NokasaTenma]

You can use the Phexex's Psycho frame to recreate the awakened version

[@Ver.KazzyODST]

29:38 I'm fairly sure that's an Action Base1, which are (or were) sold by Bandai

[@twraia]

10:03 and of course there is also the MG Turn A Gundam :)

[@dirtyfingersninja]

sweet review, gonna grab on to put it in backstock

[@lancehkh6860]

Wonder if Bandai applied the wrong colour tone to the core fighter's window. The official model appears blue but the product isn't?

[@livingglowstick1337]

The so called unnamed one is the action base 5. First action base I bought

[@douggoins2960]

Wonder if they'll make the MG a-packs and b-packs for this kit

[@shadowsoulex3616]

The psycho plate reminds me so much of my Banshee's psycho frame

[@The_Lunatic_Fringe89]

This may be the Nu Gundam fanboy in me talking, but the Narrative Gundam looked freaking sick with the fin funnels on.

[@johnsouto5221]

When are they going to release the extra body parts to make it look less like a “Scarecrow Gundam “

[@lllXanderlll]

Idk if anybody else has mentioned this before or not but I just noticed that the front skirts on the Nu ver ka look like a stormtrooper helmet with all those little holes on it

[@Guacarmoly]

Hi mecha can you do a short tutorial for painting the pilot figurine and what paints you used? Want to replicate this so badly!

[@MechaGaikotsu]

I just used citadel contrast paints, they make painting little things a lot easier

[@Guacarmoly]

Did u prime it black?