BANDAI SPIRITS Gundam RX-0 Unicorn Gundam Ver Ka MG 1/100 Scale [Toy] (Japan Import)

This was an easy build, but it looks great and I am happy that it is part of my collection

Arrived in great condition and it even included a beautiful origami toy!

Product is amazing i really love the build for this kit. My only gripe with the kit itself is that for a Ver.Ka kit I was expecting waterslide decals but you instead get stickers and dry rub decals. My other gripe is that I bought this through Amazon from a 3rd party seller and the product box came busted up badly. For a 100$ kit I was expecting this box to be in pristine condition. Unfortunately I can't find anywhere to leave the seller a review so I left it here. Be wary of buying through Amazon because this is the second time this has happened from two separate 3rd party sellers. You're better off getting this from Newtype.us if they have it.

This is the Ver Ka Unicorn in all of its splendor. Having previously built the OVA version as well, I can say that the two are similar, but have some differences. The OVA Ver. is slightly more flexible in some areas, especially in the legs, but the claims of the Unicorns' "horrible" joints are greatly exaggerated. Keep in mind as well that if you really needed to, it is possible to cannibalise the three parts(thigh armour and hidden calf thruster armour) from the OVA version to give your Ver Ka this extra few degrees of movement, but it's probably easier to modify the Ver Ka itself.Apart from the joints, aesthetically there isn't too much of a difference. The markings are greatly different and in much vaster quantity, as is to be expected from a Ver Ka. Additionally, the Ver Ka comes with pink beam sabres instead of the OVA's clear blue, and there are some colour differences on the frame, blue feet parts, and weapons. The frame(the gray frame, not the psychoframe) is a noticeably lighter shade of gray and is less metallic, and looks more plastic-y to me. The weapons are also a darker shade of gray(but they'll have to be painted over to complete the look anyway), and the blue parts on the feet are darker as well.In conclusion; should you splurge and pay the extra money for this instead of the OVA Ver? The answer is... Probably not, unless you know what you're getting yourself into. The two are very similar, with the only real differences being improvements on the newer OVA kit, and the typical(and awesome) Katoki marking set. I'm sure if you looked hard enough on other sites(I'd suggest HLJ or eBay, because a quick search yielded no results on Amazon), you could find a set of waterslide decals from this kit to slap onto the OVA version instead. Quite honestly, I don't regret this purchase, but that's because I bought it expecting exactly what I got. I wanted to buy this kit to help complete my Unicorn collection, and to own a piece of Gunpla history--the Unicorn is truly one-of-a-kind, and when this kit came out it, along with the Nu, Sazabi, and Sinanju Ver Kas, set a new standard of quality for modern Gunpla. The only reason you should ever buy this kit over the OVA version anymore is if you're a collector.

I have 5 master grades and this one is one of my favorites. It looks much better than the regular version but takes much longer to build, but that's half the fun. This is a definite buy!

Fun to build, but articulation and posing is not quite there. The torso joint is loose and the sabers attach very poorly to the back pack. It looks like the RG Unicorn has better detail on the panels and is overall a better designed model, so I would recommend that instead.