--- product_id: 18453453 title: "Bandai Hobby - Gundam The Origin - RX-78-02 Gundam, Bandai Spirits MG 1/100 Model Kit" brand: "bandai spirits" price: "VT1789" currency: VUV in_stock: false reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/18453453-bandai-hobby-gundam-the-origin-rx-78-02-gundam-bandai store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # Minimal painting needed Officially licensed No glue assembly Bandai Hobby - Gundam The Origin - RX-78-02 Gundam, Bandai Spirits MG 1/100 Model Kit **Brand:** bandai spirits **Price:** VT1789 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > πŸš€ Build Your Legacy with RX-78-02! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Bandai Hobby - Gundam The Origin - RX-78-02 Gundam, Bandai Spirits MG 1/100 Model Kit by bandai spirits - **How much does it cost?** VT1789 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/18453453-bandai-hobby-gundam-the-origin-rx-78-02-gundam-bandai) ## Best For - bandai spirits enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted bandai spirits brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Vibrant Details:** Colored plastic for stunning realism. - β€’ **Official Quality:** Authentic Bandai Namco product for peace of mind. - β€’ **Collector's Dream:** Includes 1000 pieces for ultimate customization. - β€’ **Effortless Assembly:** No glue requiredβ€”just snip and build! - β€’ **Perfect for All Ages:** Designed for hobbyists aged 15 and up. ## Overview The Bandai Hobby RX-78-02 Gundam Model Kit is a premium 1/100 scale assembly kit that requires no glue, features vibrant colored plastic, and includes 1000 pieces for a detailed and customizable build. Perfect for collectors and hobbyists alike, this officially licensed product guarantees quality and authenticity. ## Description The first Gundam as visually re-interpreted in Gundam The Origin features new engineering that allows it to perform amazing feats of flexibility in its torso and ankles to recreate dynamic poses never before possible. Weapons include wrist and chest mounted vulcans, chest mounted launcher, interchangeable shoulder canon, bazooka, 2 types of beam rifles, beam sabers, and shield, New to this version are special effect parts to recreate smoke trails/muzzle flash on its small arms weapons. Review: The 2015 "RX-78-2 Gundam" - Another year, another model of the RX-78-2 Gundam from Bandai. It's like seeing another yearly release of a popular sports car. It's the same basic look, but the engineering and features gets better with each iteration. So what's new with this latest Master Grade version of the most popular Gundam ever? For starters, this is a bit of a bit of a redesign based on the "Gundam The Orgin" manga/OVA version of the RX-78-2. The most notable differences are a shoulder cannon, various added machine cannons, and a more boxy, squared off shoulder and torso design. (Watch out for the yellow vent pieces on the chest, they tend to fall out, might I suggest some glue?) Underneath, 90% of it's insides are entirely new, engineered for even greater posing. The only tiny reused bits are a few parts from the Gundam 2.0 for the arms. With the provided accessories you can display the kit in either it's intended Origin version or a more standard RX-78-2 version (albeit with some extra guns). You get two "2" beam rifles with this kit. One is the normal, standard Gundam rifle. The other is the Orgin Beam Rifle which looks quite looks nice. However I must add that the clear lens piece on it does not tend to stay in place so you may have to employ creative means to keep from loosing it. You get the standard shield, which can be displayed either right side up, or upside down. (I don't know what the tactical value is of having the shield upside down is, but that's the way it's often portrayed in Orgin style). You also get a rather nice hyper bazooka, slightly redesigned for this kit. Two beam saber come as well, though you can only have one on the suit in Orgin style. The beam rifles and bazooka all have attachment pegs to allow you stow them to either the back hip or back of the back of the backpack. They can also be attached to the underside of the shield if you want. (No, you can't attach the rifles to the arm peg holes like the Gundam 2.0 could. :( ) Now about that shoulder cannon. It's a great little gimmick with a slightly complex folding/swinging up over the shoulder system. However there is a catch with it. Should you choose to go with it (and why wouldn't you?) you'll find that this piece stretches out the polycap in the backpack. Once that happens, the beam saber holder part that replaces it won't fit back in securely and be forever limp and loose. So you pretty much have to decide if you want this kit to have two beam sabers from the get go, or just forgo one for the cannon. It has a cannon, just go with the cannon. Now for some of the little things. There are various added machine cannons on this Gundam. A vulcan in the right shoulder, which you have the option of having a matching blue or clashing yellow cover for. A... I think it's a flare or small grenade launcher for the left shoulder. You get the option of having machine cannons on either both forearms or just one. I think it's silly Bandai didn't just provide an extra blank cover for having no forearm guns, but whatever. By now you might be thinking, great! Sounds like a totally loaded Gundam with everything the previous had and more. But wait, where's that danged core fighter? There is no core fighter. Take it as a blessing here that there is no core fighter. In the absence of having a solid box stuck in the abdomen of the Gundam we now have a Gundam that can do ab crunches. Joy. From my understanding, the Orgin Gundam is a "early" version of the RX-78-2 in which the core fighter wasn't incorporated yet. I find the story explanation puzzling since I always assumed the Gundam was designed with a core fighter in mind in the first place, but I'm not missing it here. You get much more natural posing out of the torso now than in any previous MG Gundam kit. The kit will take a LED if you have one. I have green ones, but green seems to the wrong color for this kit. I don't know if Bandai has yellow LEDs, but if so that would be more appropriate. The decals provided are the sticker form. Hands if you're curious, are the 3.0 style with fold out pegs. Watch the pinkies.Cockpit also opens downward, a new one for me. That makes three ways I've seen the Gundam's cockpit open up now. Last, but not least, you do get some nifty gun effect parts for the many body cannons. Effect parts for guns are a bit unheard of to me in regular releases so I thank Bandai for the nice bonus. Well, I think about covers it. Despite it's minor flaws this is a wonderfully well engineered kit and a marvel to have. I admit I'm not always so keen on seeing yet another RX-78-2 Gundam from Bandai when there other suits I'd rather see them make, but in this case they did enough new and different to warrant it. Now if this thing would actually show up in the OVA... Me thinks Bandai might had jumped the gun a bit, but we still got a great kit. Perhaps we'll get an MG Origin version of Char's Zaku II this year to go with this. Review: Great kit, two small issues - Overall a great kit and of the 4 different RX-78-2 sets I have built my favorite by far. The only two issues are rather small but worth pointing out. The first is the hands, they are the highly detailed hands with 5 individual fingers and each finger has several joints making them extremely posable and are very impressive. However they are fairly weak at the ball joints in the palm and tend to pop out all the time when adding or removing a weapon. I am sure they will be better after I take the time to add some clear coat to the balls to thicken them up but out of the box you need to be careful. The second one is more about the led light you can add. Bandai lights are garbage, of two I have bought one never worked and the other constantly flickered and then would just turn off after 30 to 45 seconds. Due to this I have tried two alternate led lights that are cloans of the official ones but coat a fraction of the price. Overall these are much better and much brighter but tend to get jammed in the gundam making them hard to turn off or replace. This is not really the fault of this kit, and more the fault of the worthless bandai led, so I don't hold this against the kit, just be warned that it you want to light it, you might have issues. ## Features - No glue required for assembly, a hobby nipper is required to remove parts from runners - Colored plastic, little to no paint required to replicate appearance - Runner x 14, Foil Stickers, Dry Transfers, Tetron sticker, Instruction Manual - The product box will have a Bandai Namco warning label, which is proof that you are purchasing an officially licensed Bandai Spirits product ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B014SCW9DQ | | Age Range (Description) | 15+ | | Art Craft Kit Type | model building | | Brand | BANDAI SPIRITS | | Color | Rx-78-02 Gundam | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (542) | | Global Trade Identification Number | 04549660013143 | | Included Components | Gundam The Origin - RX-78-02 Gundam MG 1/100 | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | | Item Weight | 1.54 pounds | | Item dimensions L x W x H | 4 x 4 x 7 inches | | Item model number | BAN201314 | | Manufacturer | Bluefin Distribution Toys | | Manufacturer recommended age | 15 years and up | | Material | Plastic | | Model Name | Gundam The Origin - RX-78-02 Gundam MG 1/100 | | Number of Pieces | 1000 | | Product Dimensions | 4 x 4 x 7 inches | | Release date | June 1, 2024 | | Seasons | All Seasons | | Set Name | Gundam The Origin | | Size | 8" | | Style | Modern | | Theme | Anime | | UPC | 743181068048 787799761199 793631211623 | ## Product Details - **Age Range (Description):** 15+ - **Brand:** BANDAI SPIRITS - **Color:** Rx-78-02 Gundam - **Item dimensions L x W x H:** 4 x 4 x 7 inches - **Theme:** Anime ## Images ![Bandai Hobby - Gundam The Origin - RX-78-02 Gundam, Bandai Spirits MG 1/100 Model Kit - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61oeJqmZKDL.jpg) ![Bandai Hobby - Gundam The Origin - RX-78-02 Gundam, Bandai Spirits MG 1/100 Model Kit - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71dEmEcu5+L.jpg) ![Bandai Hobby - Gundam The Origin - RX-78-02 Gundam, Bandai Spirits MG 1/100 Model Kit - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81vfn3a1KnL.jpg) ![Bandai Hobby - Gundam The Origin - RX-78-02 Gundam, Bandai Spirits MG 1/100 Model Kit - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71vH2-2vwVL.jpg) ![Bandai Hobby - Gundam The Origin - RX-78-02 Gundam, Bandai Spirits MG 1/100 Model Kit - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61kS4DhXD0L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The 2015 "RX-78-2 Gundam" *by D***F on May 24, 2016* Another year, another model of the RX-78-2 Gundam from Bandai. It's like seeing another yearly release of a popular sports car. It's the same basic look, but the engineering and features gets better with each iteration. So what's new with this latest Master Grade version of the most popular Gundam ever? For starters, this is a bit of a bit of a redesign based on the "Gundam The Orgin" manga/OVA version of the RX-78-2. The most notable differences are a shoulder cannon, various added machine cannons, and a more boxy, squared off shoulder and torso design. (Watch out for the yellow vent pieces on the chest, they tend to fall out, might I suggest some glue?) Underneath, 90% of it's insides are entirely new, engineered for even greater posing. The only tiny reused bits are a few parts from the Gundam 2.0 for the arms. With the provided accessories you can display the kit in either it's intended Origin version or a more standard RX-78-2 version (albeit with some extra guns). You get two "2" beam rifles with this kit. One is the normal, standard Gundam rifle. The other is the Orgin Beam Rifle which looks quite looks nice. However I must add that the clear lens piece on it does not tend to stay in place so you may have to employ creative means to keep from loosing it. You get the standard shield, which can be displayed either right side up, or upside down. (I don't know what the tactical value is of having the shield upside down is, but that's the way it's often portrayed in Orgin style). You also get a rather nice hyper bazooka, slightly redesigned for this kit. Two beam saber come as well, though you can only have one on the suit in Orgin style. The beam rifles and bazooka all have attachment pegs to allow you stow them to either the back hip or back of the back of the backpack. They can also be attached to the underside of the shield if you want. (No, you can't attach the rifles to the arm peg holes like the Gundam 2.0 could. :( ) Now about that shoulder cannon. It's a great little gimmick with a slightly complex folding/swinging up over the shoulder system. However there is a catch with it. Should you choose to go with it (and why wouldn't you?) you'll find that this piece stretches out the polycap in the backpack. Once that happens, the beam saber holder part that replaces it won't fit back in securely and be forever limp and loose. So you pretty much have to decide if you want this kit to have two beam sabers from the get go, or just forgo one for the cannon. It has a cannon, just go with the cannon. Now for some of the little things. There are various added machine cannons on this Gundam. A vulcan in the right shoulder, which you have the option of having a matching blue or clashing yellow cover for. A... I think it's a flare or small grenade launcher for the left shoulder. You get the option of having machine cannons on either both forearms or just one. I think it's silly Bandai didn't just provide an extra blank cover for having no forearm guns, but whatever. By now you might be thinking, great! Sounds like a totally loaded Gundam with everything the previous had and more. But wait, where's that danged core fighter? There is no core fighter. Take it as a blessing here that there is no core fighter. In the absence of having a solid box stuck in the abdomen of the Gundam we now have a Gundam that can do ab crunches. Joy. From my understanding, the Orgin Gundam is a "early" version of the RX-78-2 in which the core fighter wasn't incorporated yet. I find the story explanation puzzling since I always assumed the Gundam was designed with a core fighter in mind in the first place, but I'm not missing it here. You get much more natural posing out of the torso now than in any previous MG Gundam kit. The kit will take a LED if you have one. I have green ones, but green seems to the wrong color for this kit. I don't know if Bandai has yellow LEDs, but if so that would be more appropriate. The decals provided are the sticker form. Hands if you're curious, are the 3.0 style with fold out pegs. Watch the pinkies.Cockpit also opens downward, a new one for me. That makes three ways I've seen the Gundam's cockpit open up now. Last, but not least, you do get some nifty gun effect parts for the many body cannons. Effect parts for guns are a bit unheard of to me in regular releases so I thank Bandai for the nice bonus. Well, I think about covers it. Despite it's minor flaws this is a wonderfully well engineered kit and a marvel to have. I admit I'm not always so keen on seeing yet another RX-78-2 Gundam from Bandai when there other suits I'd rather see them make, but in this case they did enough new and different to warrant it. Now if this thing would actually show up in the OVA... Me thinks Bandai might had jumped the gun a bit, but we still got a great kit. Perhaps we'll get an MG Origin version of Char's Zaku II this year to go with this. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great kit, two small issues *by T***L on December 8, 2021* Overall a great kit and of the 4 different RX-78-2 sets I have built my favorite by far. The only two issues are rather small but worth pointing out. The first is the hands, they are the highly detailed hands with 5 individual fingers and each finger has several joints making them extremely posable and are very impressive. However they are fairly weak at the ball joints in the palm and tend to pop out all the time when adding or removing a weapon. I am sure they will be better after I take the time to add some clear coat to the balls to thicken them up but out of the box you need to be careful. The second one is more about the led light you can add. Bandai lights are garbage, of two I have bought one never worked and the other constantly flickered and then would just turn off after 30 to 45 seconds. Due to this I have tried two alternate led lights that are cloans of the official ones but coat a fraction of the price. Overall these are much better and much brighter but tend to get jammed in the gundam making them hard to turn off or replace. This is not really the fault of this kit, and more the fault of the worthless bandai led, so I don't hold this against the kit, just be warned that it you want to light it, you might have issues. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ THE DEFINITIVE OG GUNDAM *by L***O on September 21, 2020* The build quality and complexity is excellent. It isn't a complex build like the 3.0 but has all it offers and more. It's final build is near perfect but its hand guards always fall off when you're losing the articulated hands. It can stay in any pose you can think of even balancing itself on one leg. The accessories are plentiful and include 2 beam rifles, 2 beam sabers, shield, rocket launcher, optional 2nd wrist gun, 3 blast effects, and a shoulder cannon. It's color separation is just perfect. All in all get it even if you have a passing interest this build will be fun and rewarding Articulation 5/5 Build 4.9/5 Accessories 5/5 Quality 5/5 Final score 19.9/20 ## Frequently Bought Together - Bandai Hobby - Gundam The Origin - RX-78-02 Gundam, Bandai Spirits MG 1/100 Model Kit - Bandai Hobby MS-06S Char's Zaku II Ver 2.0 Master Grade Action Figure, Model:BAN149834 Red - Rustark 9Pcs Gundam Model Tools Kit Hobby Building, Repairing and Fixing Set for Kids --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/18453453-bandai-hobby-gundam-the-origin-rx-78-02-gundam-bandai](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/18453453-bandai-hobby-gundam-the-origin-rx-78-02-gundam-bandai) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-05-10*