We have here an out of the box build review of HG 1/144 RX-78-2 Gundam 7-Eleven Version. This is one out of three 7-Eleven Gundam kit versions for this year 2011. The other two are the Zaku and Bearguy kits. Some people laugh when I tell them there is a 7-Eleven Limited Edition kit like this. I do not blame them, I too was surprised the first time I heard it on year 2010, because here in the Philippines we take the 7-Eleven brand for granted but in Japan, the brand name is popular and respected. Anyway, We had fun building this kit. Only the decals, colors and some extra accessories vary from the regular kit. Let us move on with the review. ^_^

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BOX ART

 

has a big 7-Eleven logo at lower left

 

You can see on the picture below the alternative form of the shield which we did not do because we decided to go with the old style

 

 

they really love to promote Gundam AGE — LOL

 

 

it comes with a 7-Eleven placard

 

 

1300 yen?

 

 

advertisement! haha

 

 

 

 

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UNBOXING / CONTENTS

 

all the box contents

 

left: manual for the kit

right: manual for the placard and the shield variant

 

 

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RUNNERS

 

 

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FOIL and CLEAR STICKERS & METAL CHAIN

 

 

 

 

 

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BUILDING OF KIT

 

 

 

TORSO

 

 

as you can see here, the blue color of the regular version has been replaced with GREEN and the yellow parts to ORANGE while the red color has been toned down a bit to a LIGHTER RED one…

 

 

the beam saber hilt color remain unchanged

 

 

 

HEAD

 

nothing different for the head part – only the lighter red color

 

 

 

 

ARMS

 

 

nothing different as well for the arms

 

 

quick preview of the already built parts

 

 

 

 

LEGS

 

not much difference here either  – only the lighter red color

 

 

 

WAIST

 

red to lighter red
yellow to orange

 

 

another preview ^_^

 

 

 

 

SHIELD

red to lighter red
yellow to orange

 

 

 

 

BEAM RIFLE

 

 

 

BAZOOKA

 

 

 

GUNDAM HAMMER – this one was really nice!

 

 

this is where we use the METAL CHAIN included in the kit

 

 

 

PLACARD

 

 

 

the kit without the decals

 

this is how it looks like after the decals had been placed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MORE PICTURES ^_^

 

 

 

I had him carry all of his accessories — LOL!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SIZE COMPARISON

 

 

against SD RF ASTRAY

 

 

against HG 1/144 Gundam Age-1 Normal

 

 

against MG 1/100 Gundam Wing

 

 

against all of them

 

 

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