Hi everyone! We have here an unboxing review of MSIA Devil Gundam First Form (aka Ultimate Form or Original Form) from the popular series G Gundam. This Devil Gundam is considered to be one of the many holy-grail Gundam figures ever released by Bandai. It is considered such because it is old (released 2002) and hard to find (rare). We found one that is still sealed inside the box though we paid a hefty amount to get it. But being brand new makes the price worthwhile. MSIA figures are considered to be in the scale of 1/172 (roughly) so it should be smaller than 1/144 kits. You will see later when you check out the size comparison with other Gundam models. Moving on with the review…

 

 

 

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BOX ART

 

front

 

left side

 

right side

 

bottom

 

top

 

back

 

 

details of the box ^_^

 

Devil Gundam Original Form as Ultimate Gundam

 

 

Mobile Fighter Mode

 

has Missile Launching Gimmick

 

 

MSIA

 

 

Front

Side

 

 

 

Top view

 

 

Bandai 2002 Made in China

 

 

 

 

 

 

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UNBOXING

 

box can be opened on the side

 

 

CONTENTS

 

 

Manuals are attached inside the box

 

 

Mobile fighter mode, spine and missiles are packed together

 

 

The spider body

 

 

 

the abdomen part which is quite detailed

 

 

the arms and legs are packed together

 

front (you can find the rest behind this one)

 

back

 

 

container can be pulled out

 

 

they are tied individually using tie wires

 

 

finally got them off! ^_^

 

 

Looks like a bird head right???

 

 

spikey!

 

 

let us check out these 3 first….

 

 

This is the spine attachment which has 2 articulation points.

 

 

Missiles for the claw hands

 

 

The mobile fighter itself

 

 

 

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Front view

 

Side

 

Back

 

has some markings on the rear skirt armor

 

Articulation

 

 

SIZE COMPARISON

 

against SD RF Astray

 

against 1/144 spiegel

 

 

against 1/144 devil gundam final form

 

 

against all of them

 

 

 

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Attaching the SPIDER parts together

 

that is roughly how it should be positioned

 

 

We just need to attached each part to their respective ball sockets

 

 

All legs attached

 

 

Claws attached

 

 

Claws are usually displayed like that

 

 

 

I already placed the missile inside the claws (and it fires by opening the claws – it fires about 5 inches far)

 

 

Now we need to place the upper body of the mobile fighter mode using the SPINE connector to the lower body of the First form mode

 

just making fun of the spine ^_^

 

 

upper body attached… goodbye lower body *weeps*

 

 

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MORE PICTURES!

 

view from under the figure

 

 

feels weird looking at this… not a fan of insects… aaargh…

 

 

 

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First Form Size Comparison

 

 

against 1/144 devil gundam final form

 

head on!

 

 

against SD RF Astray

 

 

against 1/144 spiegel

 

 

1/144 upper  body against the MSIA upper body (MSIA is smaller right? definitely 1/172)

 

 

I tried placing the 1/144 upper body on the MSIA fig… Looks better I think

 

 

this is the original upper body (see? which do you like better?)

 

 

Against SD Devil Gundam

 

 

Againsts MG 1/100 Wing Gundam TV Series

 

 

Against 1/60 God Gundam

 

 

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