HG GUNDAM DENDROBIUM 4K REVIEW - The Legendary High Grade Bigger than a Perfect Grade

[@helgrund3315]

Ah, the classic Dendrobium. Where a whole other Gundam kit is in the accessory pack.

[@ReigoVassal]

Dendrobium is a battleship, or a starfighter, with a Gundam attached. You can't change my mind.

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

BANDAI GIVE ME A 1/144 HGUC NEUE ZIEL With all the big Mobile suits/ Mobile Armors Bandai has made recently, there's still hope 19:00 the Bazooka is meant to be posed between the arm and torso

[@fpz_studio]

Don't forget big zam, queen mansa, and shamblo

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

​@@fpz_studio The Byg Zam is getting a Robot Spirits version ANIME release

[@fpz_studio]

@@GojiraFan-in9oo oh yeah, I forgot... But still, we definitely needs the model kit version

[@Gernsbacker]

​@@fpz_studioThe Queen Mansa honestly deserves so much more

[@fpz_studio]

@@Gernsbacker cannot disagree here, I'm 100% into it

[@dragons_hook]

This is the one, y'know? Not just a holy grail, THE HOLY GRAIL of standard release HG's I was lucky enough to have a few in stock at my local hobby shop (in the US), it cost me an arm and a leg, but it was entirely worth it!

[@Viper-jr4sp]

i really considered into getting it had enough money saved up but came to the conclusion ''too big and pretty much a brick'' i already have issues with space with my over 200 models and if i wanted something just as good for the same price i could get 2 pgs

[@solomonazul3343]

Completely agree, got my holy grail right next to me on my bed till I build her, you near hobbytownusa in Tulsa ok? There were nine and I got number 8, nearly died from seeing 8 stacked on the floor lol I had already looked through the whole store before i seen it there for 360 after tax, got it on layaway for 90.07$ and i couldn't have been more happy, im put another in layaway if there still there

[@MrGrandure]

Newtype just restocked last month. That's hiw I got mine

[@dragons_hook]

@@solomonazul3343 hell of a deal! I paid about 300 for mine with discounts/coupons etc, but that's the deal of the century!

[@angelarch5352]

indeed!!! This is the one kit out of any gundam or even any genre scifi kit, that I just stare at pictures in awe...

[@a.p.studios8713]

The dendrobrium is the epitome of shoji kawamori’s macross influence in gundam Not only did the og macross heavily influence the zeta gundam anime But that glorious missile pod 31:17 is pure macrossian missile mania Props to him for that, especially with new macross model kits (i got durandal + pb super) rolling out!

[@MrGrandure]

Agreed.

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

Honestly he probably influenced Hathaway Flash also since the MS and the way the MS fights there are basically oversized fighter jets.

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

Honestly I think he should come back again for another Gundam Series. Preferably AU one. I mean we haven't really gotten a missile majority weapons focus Gundam. An AU would be excellent for him to use designs from him.

[@elementxxrider]

The insane ones: "Bandai, give me a Perfect Grade Dendrobium"

[@Franky_Sthein]

Sure.....why not ask for 1/1 Dendrobium. I mean it would only as long as a football field and tall like a four story building. There really are some crazy ones out there. Though imagen it....the Dendrobium, big enough that you could sleep in it.

[@elementxxrider]

@@Franky_Sthein at that point I'd instead go for making a Gundam-themed hotel they just do happens to have the shape of the Gundam Dendrobium

[@Franky_Sthein]

@@elementxxriderWould still be a nightmare to build. But at least you than could be sure it was solid....being basically a "normal" building. My god imagen you would need to build a live sized Dendrobium by yourself.....have fun for the next 15 years or so.

[@snukastyle]

There is a 1/72 scale, non-Bandai version. It looks freaking amazing.

[@elementxxrider]

@@Franky_Sthein ... All of a sudden, the idea of building a Gundam-themed hotel that just so happens to have the shape of the Archangel sounds much more reasonable.

[@soundsofstabbing3627]

I wish the Stamen actually got some use in Stardust Memory. I was waiting for the moment where it would detach for some cool moment, like maybe a final fight with a damaged Neue Ziel, but it only ended up detaching from the Orchis after the final fight it over. It doesn't help that the Stamen is actually a really good classic Gundam design

[@deshon845]

it gets that treatment in the Manga adaptation, 0083 Rebellion

[@arx3516]

Yeah, the whole concept was to have a mobile suit inside the mobile armor in order to be able to continue fighting even after the mobile armor gets wrecked and/or runs out of ammo.

[@gamerkingdom1442]

The legendary colossus…. I’m impressed it took you this long to review it! Such a crazy HG. Can you imagine, making a diorama of this fighting the HG NEO ZEONG? 😅

[@solomonazul3343]

Excuse me sir I think you dropped a NEUE ZIEL

[@vinuto9]

I'm glad you not only experienced this, but was able to share it.

[@vinuto9]

its too big to not think its awesome! awesome review!

[@vinuto9]

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

[@FatalPapercuts]

Mine's showing its age, but even with the more advanced the master and perfect grades in my collection, the GP03 is still my absolute favorite. Brings back good nostalgia to see what it looked like freshly built again.

[@chromiiayt3044]

HG Big Zam when

[@geist33w]

Exactly, also PG psycho gundam when

[@OKF.]

@@geist33wrg neo zeong when

[@IRJOE5]

I have had this kit since it was released! Loved the design since the first time I saw the OVA. Biggest issue I have had the last few years is where to store it.... so the joke with the local gunpla club is.. if you own it, it will end up on top of your fridge 😂 since for 5 years that is where mine was 😂

[@axelx9]

I wish Bandai would make a Neue Ziel of the same size as this Dendrobium. A man can dream

[@MrGrandure]

3d printing has come a long way

[@23mechanic]

I think a good video series from you would just be a simple detailing series, where you take kits you've previously reviewed and detail them up the way you've always wanted to.

[@albertko1]

It's certainly interesting that you never see something of this scale from Anaheim ever again other than the NeoZeongs. I was hoping we could see it next to the Deep Striker for comparision.

[@InsomiaCabbage]

i got this kit. took me a long time to build it (2 seasons of avatar long) once it was done i couldnt put up a shelf for it cause i needed to get the materials and so i left it on the table. someone in my family picked it up and dropped it shattering a large amount of the back and i have never regreted spending money on a hobby until then really cool videot tho T-T

[@snukastyle]

RIP to your kit! That family member, man, I'd want some money from them for such a stupid decision/accident on their part!

[@MrGrandure]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@razrafz]

missed opportunity by bandai to make a build version of this thats small enough to be used as a HG backpack

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

Manga version should fit. It fits of the idea of how FA Unicorn came to be.

[@FlyingCIRCU175]

@@gerogyzurkov2259I think I've seen it before as a Fix Figuration figure.

[@MrGrandure]

The "hg mechanics" dendrobium works perfect as a back pack for 144 scale gunpla.

[@razrafz]

i still think the HGM is still a bit too big, even when compared to the always bulky Zaku III in kakarot197 review

[@crypticmind03]

I built this kit and fully detailed and airbrushed it. Took me about 6 months total. I think the worst part is the lack of any decals at all

[@ricodilay]

Got mine tru a third party one

[@branchygiraffe]

I can’t wait for the destroy gundam to overtake the meteor tbh, that thing is gonna be such a crazy build

[@galaxycamerata]

While the craftsmanship of getting this kit to work to begin with is beyond compare, I find it deeply funny that this thing's scale was so enormous for High Grade that they had to give up on full snap-together ABS construction and just flat out give you bits of sheet metal, screws and screw hole covers just to keep it all stable.

[@alexguzman230]

Now imagine the people who will put countless hours into modifying this thing into a custom armor… think of all the things they’re going to do 😧

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

Honestly this thing could be modified to be ship armor even considering the MA part supposed to be a missile container.

[@NoName-sb9tp]

It's really is legendary. I'm still waiting for the revived version of the GP03 🥲

[@miragebangbravern2024]

I actually want a Revive or at least an RG of the GP03 too because I don't even have the space for a Dendrobium lmao

[@wingzero04021]

When I got into the hobby back in 2022 I wanted this kit really bad but didn’t want to pay the prices on eBay and other sites so I waited for a reprint for it and in January of 2024 some of the online hobby stores that I shop on was getting them in stock and I was finally able to get it and I bought their last one before it was out of stock I got lucky

[@MrGrandure]

Me too. I sold sperm and blood plasma to get mine.

[@juliovera2399]

the SAY HELLO TO MY BIGGER FRIEND armor:

[@fishpop]

It would be nice that if/when we finally get new versions of the GP01, GP01FB and GP03S (perhaps even an HGUC GP00 and GP04 while we're at it) that the Orchis gets a rerelease by itself. That way you can put the NEW GP03S in the Orchis and not have the old clunker laying around.

[@movingtarget2977]

Best support MS vehicle but the Ugly Story based on it

[@kritthanon_leasiripanid]

GP03's arms are not just HAVING a sub arm, it TRANSFORMS into sub arm. I don't know if this kit can do it or not, but after you fold out the sub arm, take it all the way out and close up the cover section, then fold the arm at around the wrist to switch hand position make the sub arm become using arm, that's probably why they included 2 spread hands Addition : GP03's name is "gundam dendrobium", when separated they become "orchis" and "gundam denbrobium stamen" so it's not just gundam -dick- but gundam flower's -dick-

[@solomonazul3343]

That's a fun fact I'll tell my friends lol

[@MrGrandure]

Orchis

[@kritthanon_leasiripanid]

@@MrGrandure thanks, fixed

[@Smilomaniac]

We need an MG Stamen 2.0 and an RG Stamen. There is so much old Gundam to go to for great looking mobile suits, they don't have to reinvent the damn things all the time, there's plenty to appreciate about older designs.

[@rviejohn]

HG Gerbera Tetra left the room.

[@mugensamurai]

RG Dendrobium hear me out.

[@user-ev6rd7mp5r]

Do you want a model kit the size of a small child?

[@bloxynub4088]

​@user-ev6rd7mp5rhe said rg not mg

[@Ejack69]

Day 19 of asking Mecha Gaikotsu to review the Sentinel Riobot Gurren Lagann

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

HGCE Destroy Gundam incoming @Mecha Gaikotsu! It looks abit undersized for scale considering Destiny Gundam looks like as tall as the chest height though.

[@HGxDIGI]

The anime makes giant mech like Destroy and Psycho bigger than their official height.

[@miragebangbravern2024]

The kit is based on the head height

[@oscarnjboy]

Dude. How big is that room? Holy moly! Amazing job on this video!

[@christianaguirre163]

There are a couple of "mobile armors" you're missing - HG GN Arms type E - HG GN Arms Type D - HG barbatos + Kutan Type III

[@vustvaleo8068]

don't forget the HG GN Arms and the HG G-Self Assault Pack for the 1/144 "Gundams docked with a Mobile Armor-like unit".

[@doreo4166]

FINALLY I REMEMBER ASKING YOU TO REVIEW IT WHEN YOU DID THE NEO ZEONG (I still have mine it's still amazing)

[@Jazard2k]

I loved building this when I got mine. The GP02 is my favorite of all Gundam suits so I hope that one day Bandai will come back and update this OVA's models.

[@Bigbear0288yt]

We need HG revives of the stardust memory kits

[@ShinJabba]

I finally pick mines up from Den Den town last week. And it was the last one there. WOOT!!!

[@angelarch5352]

Dendrobium is best-robium! It is the coolest space scifi thingee i have ever seen in any genre! :D

[@EnishLord]

Managed to grab one of these a few months back when it came into stock at a reasonable price, after wanting one for years. Took me quite a while to build, especially with the panel lining and detail painting that it needed to make it look as good as it can.

[@EnishLord]

It is interesting though, my box is obviously a new one (has a blue bandai logo), but it does not have the "gundam base" logo. Maybe they didn't mark the ones that they were sending to online retailers like that? Can confirm the low quality box art. Though interestingly, the booklet has the red bandai logo on it.

[@HitsuTwistedTalong]

my dream kit I always see this in malls back in the day or at toy conventions. I'm too poor to buy one and have no space to put it. Maybe one day I'll get one.

[@feral404]

Only one nitpick. The reprint wasn’t Gundam Base exclusive. It was a retail and Gundam Base reprint, and plenty of US vendors have it in stock right now at MSRP. So if you are in the U.S. and searching for this kit there are plenty of vendors with it in stock as of this comment. If you are viewing this in the future, then it will be reprinted again eventually. It had retail reprints in 2019 and 2020 before this recent reprint in December 2023.

[@i8u2manytimes]

I remember when I was a kid, my uncle had one of these on display

[@supermechagirlathena9425]

So could you say the Gundam Stamen is pretty stiff? Maybe a little hard?

[@MrGrandure]

And girthy

[@stupidfast900]

WOW! At first, considering the age and lack of colors I wasn't expecting very much. But now that I see all the gimicks and storage, I'm BLOWN AWAY! Imagine how insane this could be if you took the time to give every small molded detail the appropriate paint (might take forever and a day but....), this could be really intense and well worth the shelf space. Damnit! Now I kinda want one. The price and difficulty to find would kill me even before the build would get it's chance, but again, WOW!

[@Samudra-qm9dw]

Gundam 0083 : Stardust Memory Dendrobium Gundam VS Neue Ziel

[@snukastyle]

Dang, that's a beast! I could see someone taking time to panel line it here and there while videos render or such. I have the old Gundam Weapons volume on this kit-the full pictures inside required two fold-out pages to fit the cannon in! Meanwhile, Rodams does have that massive 1/72 version. I still have no idea how much space that thing would take to build, let alone display!

[@temp8789]

'nothing can compare with this in the gunpla world' machanicore would like to drop by

[@gundamenjoyer217]

1:13 “this is a kit among kits” -Mechagaikotsu, 2013

[@gundamenjoyer217]

The Dendrobium, the first gundam to have an entire gundam as an accessory*

[@MackieStingray2040]

Bought mine while visiting a friend in Japan April/May 2002....unfortunately I have yet to build it =X

[@Gaming_Groove]

Too big for me to ever consider, even if I could afford it or had the time to do it justice. I'd just be happy to see a reprint of the HGM version. Secondary market pricing is wild even for that one.

[@OvAeons]

An idea: find someone in community who has painted the Orchid and see if they would work with you and send B roll footage to show off the kit at that level.

[@rifaldopalaska7737]

man that looks cool

[@shunyatoshiki2351]

Damn...I bet building that monster of a build can take a while. You have my respect my man.

[@ChiruYES]

I wish they would make more models at this size of like the main ships more often and more available.

[@jabman025]

the only gunpla kit that requires a furniture purchase

[@NeoSlashott]

If imagining this from the IBO resemblances: Folding Smoothbore-bazooka, Barbatos's sub-arms, MA Bulky-Hasmal looks etc. 😊😊

[@fuzzlewuzzle9388]

You should paint and touch it up in small sessions. Make a series of smaller videos about painting this kit. I think a lot of viewers would watch it.❤

[@Bocalt]

Wish they did a rg of the gp03 already, btw the naming convention still continues up till gp04

[@LedosKell]

0083 is so close to having a full HG roster. Xamel, the Val Varo, the Neue Ziel, and the Dom from the prologue (I think it was a Funf) are missing, plus some of the Kimbareid colored Zaku II F2s. 0083 has such classy mechanical designs.

[@harrisonchr]

This is on my bucket list of kits I want to buy/build one day. Unfortunately, it costs a lot and takes up a lot of room.

[@jasonc5781]

On a random sidenote, I was wondering if Solomon's GP02 caught your attention.

[@getampedmiku12]

The first half second brought me back to 2020

[@shauqiharris2772]

22 years later and still one of the biggest HGUC of all time.

[@razif6916]

The legendary version is the 1/400 collection series...if you can get it with the right price.

[@Smitty_Werbenjagermanjensen111]

This is my holy grail of gunpla and the only thing i wish it had is the demolition chain but if you have a Kampfer you could use its chain.

[@solomonazul3343]

Thank you for this comment, I need a few kampfurts for customs anyways

[@sadierobotics]

The giant line through the head is actually part of the MS's design in the anime. Its kinda funny IMO. 14:16

[@MrDarksol]

Damn that is a big box and a giant kit! Now we need the Dendrobenum vs. The METEOR if only so I can say the original massive weapon pack vs. The copycat that SOMEHOW makes the protagonist gundam even more broken for no reason. Like still in awe at how big this is despite it being an older kit.

[@FlyingCIRCU175]

Screw making them fight; I wanna see both pull off a Death Star trench run. It's more than doable. METEOR + Strike Freedom as tip of the spear with Dendrobium as backline, or have Kou be in front screening the turret emplacements while Kira hangs back to slap any TIE Fighters outta there.

[@MrDarksol]

@@FlyingCIRCU175 You know I'm surprised that that never happened in any of the dynasty warriors gundam games yet if at all. They never did a trench run before. No wait no there was a trench run in the series, it was just in seed and I think seed destiny. Although it would be entertaining to see something like that.

[@lester44444]

aaah I had the hg stamen and zephyranthes when I was a little kid back in 2003!!! Definitely fiddly for kid me, especially since I didn't know to clean up nubs hahahaha and treated it as a pop-out-with-your-fingers and build :') found all the bits torn apart in the old toy tub abd cleaned up the nubs a decade later when I was a bit bigger, and the sub arms that never fit before folded in so much nicer lol

[@The_Lunatic_Fringe89]

Others have already said it, but I'll say it again. We need a HG 1/144 Neue Ziel. That would officially complete the trifecta of awesome, humongous mobile suits.

[@westwindzephy3668]

Will you be getting Solomon Model Physalis?

[@MrGrandure]

I've seen it. What do you think about it?

[@westwindzephy3668]

@@MrGrandure it's amazing, the 2.0 gp02 we never had. It's like a mix of PGU and Mgex.

[@internetperson573]

Fun fact, there is a multiversal variant of iron man that has basically a red-gold dendrobium attachment for their suit also holy fuck this kit is two years older than me

[@DonMenelo]

I would pay up to 400~500 $ Just to get this in MG form.

[@joecarr6790]

"it is big hard and probably made of ABS" requires a lot of context

[@SumptuousMeat]

Bandi! MGEX GPO2! Do it, or no balls

[@neauthraxyeet3307]

0 dislikes? Drop yet another bangers vid

[@Raigeko_13]

Got mine in and haven't built it yet. Been very excited to get around to it.

[@mez4554]

HG Big Zam needs to get mass produced

[@VainComputer]

The way you built the beam rifle for the GP01 is wrong isn't the second handle supposed to the other way around just pointing it out 😊

[@OvAeons]

Imagine this as a RGEX kit..

[@BigWired]

I remember seeing this kit at a second hand store when I was in Utsunomiya, Japan... made me wish I'd gotten it, even if the cost of shipping woulda been high as hell.

[@porakiyadraekojin3390]

I really need to get around to getting this after this video. As well as try watching/reading where it comes from. The model kit looks like an absolute spectacle to both build and display. I remember trying the suit out in Dynasty Warriors Gundam Reborn (sony! Release that for pc, or make a new one, or something!). You controlled just the Stamen portion, but you could summon weapons from the Orchis as part of the combos, and the burst attack was becoming the full Dendrobium for a short while. It was just a spectacle to play as (even if I preferred using the strike freedom)

[@wanderingthedesert5599]

Looks great, though I do think it's kind of crazy that the Dendrobium reissue is north of $330.00..... whereas P-Bandai has the Meteor Unit for $67.00 which means I can grab two and then just grab an HG Freedom and Justice to plug in for under $200.00.

[@Lavendeer201]

This kit is insane! I really hope we can see this with Thunderbolt Zeong eventually (objectively the coolest suit) 😅

[@twelfthknight]

It's funny you mention Star Wars because for a while there it looks you're making a Star Destroyer model or something similar.

[@CrispUnicorn]

about those beam sabers. What I do is just cut off the beam part, drill in 1,5mm hole and you got regular beam saber handle. Then you can take regular beam and stick it in . Its a model kit, stop complaining.

[@Slappy1q7]

My local Hobbytown has this restocked 🙏

[@GundamSeltsam]

24:01 doggo

[@pencarinafkah8835]

Always make me want to scream, GATOOOOO !!!

[@WinkelManBearPig]

I've waited 20 years for a reprint

[@jframe9715]

I need to build my second one.

[@squeaksqueakimaknight]

I hope they make a revived version of Gundam GP03 Stamen

[@TokyoFilthy]

darn now i wanna see thus next to the MG deep striker

[@fpz_studio]

34:40 the only let down on neo zeong is that its supposed to have sub arms in the front skirt

[@andrewmccall837]

Whatever happened to the GP03 after the delaz conflict because its wasn’t destroyed.

[@LuoSon312_G8]

this set the bar for Gundam support armor

[@JonathanMartinez-ei4up]

The next one Bandai should make is The Devil Gundam, Colony Form; From G-Gundam.

[@snukastyle]

I'd love to see the Devil/Ultimate in its base form, with the long body and multiple legs. It'd still be a crazy big build. I've seen scratch builds of the colony version, though. Very cool stuff.

[@cancersticks2048]

One day I will drop the big bucks to get all the mobile armors ( 2 meteor units and stuff like that ). I really wish we had more hg’s like queen mansa, Azieru, Neue Ziel and all the other insanely cool ones they could pick from. Maybe 2024 will be the year of mobile armors

[@AndreaDoesYoga]

Amazing review, the Dendrobium looks epic! 🚀👍