Then Hathaway's Flash goes "WE NEED TO GO EVEN BIGGER" And then F91, Crossbone, and Victory comes along and be like "we go too far. Let's make a race car instead lol"
@@ArchusKanzaki tbh that's usually how technology go tho, we keep improving technology until until it become too big. After that the next step is compressing it so it's lighter, easier and cheaper to manufacture.
I used to give 1/144 scale kits a hard time but if Bandai keeps making high grades as good as the Nightingale and RGs as good as this, Zeong, and Sazabi, I'm really gonna have to eat my words.
And I always stuck by 144 because it was mostly uniform with my MSIAs and robot damashiis and in the long run this scales getting so.much better it's crazy. Other then like... black convoy and dragon megatron i don't have a single 1/100 style and I don't need
@@Matanumi My first kit was the MG EW Deathscythe and I ended up with some other video game 1/100 scale kits, so I just wanted to keep everything in scale, not to mention master grades just had more small detail and better overall accuracy. The Zeong is actually my first RG kit and I feel like I'm overdosing on small detail. I am absolutely in love with it, but it feels bittersweet to have insisted on MGs and spent well over double the price of the RGs for a product that ultimately feels inferior in the face of their RG counterparts.
Same it felt weird that hi-nu was a finished version of nu but was smaller, but my headcanon is amuro was way ahead of the curve in that version of uc and decided to make it smaller so it would be faster kinda like later uc stuff
@@smokemidigofoolish5797 "Cue Amuro flying Circles around Char's Chonky B- wait, no, 'cause it has Thrusters for days, so it can ( _kind of_ ) keep up. Though the Hi-Nu is still more mobile, and that's what counts! Now imagine the massive Nightingale getting the Scrap beat out of it by the more diminutive Hi-Nu! 😁
I've already built mine. An absolute beauty indeed. As for the white plastic, I think this kit contains 2 shade of whites but very hard to distinct. The white of the D runner is a little bit warmer than the whites on the C runners. I'm not sure if it is because of the light of my room is a warm yellow white or not but it does seem different to me.
pretty sure there's a difference. compare the front waist flaps to the plastic on the legs. the flaps are a matte finish whilst the legs are gloss. that's just one example I noticed whilst building. this was my first RG and it's been my best experience with a kit. still new to the hobby and had only built a bunch of HG G-Witch kits until this. got the RG Epyon & God to build next! RG has stolen my heart. cannot wait to try my first MG, maybe Char's Zaku II 2.0 :D
I never see scale as a huge issue for me. I see them as artistic renderings of mecha through the designer's eye. If the designer wanted it taller then that's that version of the hinu. The original is just that specific interpretation.
if you look at the head and torso size it's near identical to the nu. The legs are just longer. If a human is like 7 feet tall are they not in 1:1 scale anymore? XD the designer took a scale and just made a tall boi in my eyes.
@@AstreaGT but if you took a 5' person and a 7' person, and scaled them down by the same amount, they would still have the same relative height difference. If they were the same size when scaled down, they wouldn't be in the same scale as each other
considering how fin funnels only work in space, as far as i know anyway, those beam sabers in the wings could just detach and eject out, and still be able to be grabbed before they get to far away from the mobile suit. like how the guison from ibo grabbed its hammer.
I've been playing a lot of SD Gundam Cross Silhouette recently and that's exactly what a lot of suits do, just eject the weapons an then grab them. It also makes me wish we would get some good single player Gundam games with fully proportioned mobile suits.
@@MechaGaikotsu Back on the PS2 they released a Gundam turn-based JRPG that was really awesome...except for the fact that your totally mix-and-matchable mobile suits were SD.
To be fully honest the Hi-nu Gundam's design was really hard to capture with the high grade and master grade but the Real Grade took the cake in my opinion, its like the Perfect grade unleashed but smaller (excluding the real metal parts and the all the perfect gradiness of perfect grades) edit: i also like how they put pistons in the knees
It looks so cool! Sad that it's been sold out everywhere and apparently the amount produced for the first wave is not enough to cover all the preorders, so I'll probably have to wait for a 2nd (maybe even 3rd) wave to be able to get one :(
I started my descent into the Gunpla rabbit hole back in the summer of 2016 with the Hi-Nu ver.Ka. Needless to say I was very quickly in way over my head, but I haven't been able to stop my plastic addiction since. Too many kits in the backlog to count at this point, but I can't wait to get my hands on this RG to match with his MG counterpart. And for our main man Mecha, I've been following your channel for a while and you have been a large contributing factor to maintaining my love for this hobby. Your thorough (and quite often hilariously entertaining) reviews have made me add some kits to my collection that I had doubts about. I'm sure I speak for most of us here when I say that I hope we get to continue watching you bring so much energy and love to our hobby for many many years to come. Cheers!
Hi-Nu should always have been taller, since it was just an alternate Nu at first. The short height is an artifact from when Nu was said to be 20m in the old kits, MSVs and novels, and the Hi-Nu was just the slightly bulkier illustration of Nu that Izubuchi drew for the Beltorchika's Children novel. Nu was updated to 22m at some point in the 90s, but when the "slightly bulkier Nu from the novel" became its own design and got the name Hi-Nu, it kept the 20m height from the novel, even after Izubuchi slimmed it down in the early 00s.
@@jackielee297 just passing by, but normally people would just say 'good for you' or something, yet 'congrats' seem oddly fitting. Being a customer has really become a competition now, yeah?
@@PaszerDye It is fitting because I lost out on the Zaku Warrior Concert version, I clicked Add to Cart three times but every time I got "Too much traffic" and had to reload multiple times until it was Sold Out in 20 minutes
@@nitsuga13 fair enough. I'm not a fan of most SEED kits. I did get the P Bandai Rey Za Burrel Zaku though. That suit was the 1st gunpla I bought, an EG released when Seed came out way back.
@@PaszerDye I got that one and the Yzak zaku because I lost out on it last year, but last year it wasn't sold out fast I just contemplated too long, by the time I realized I wanted it it was gone. I think that is what's going on, people have been seeing kits slip past them because they could not commit, or were waiting. I believe people are tired on missing out and are pulling the trigger as soon as it's available to not miss out
@Kurumatai Yes. So is the Tallgeese III, which he reviewed. The verdict essentially was that it was identical to the standard RG Tallgeese, and if you want it, go get it. A Tallgeese II review is going to be exactly the same.
For the slight inaccurate height, I think it's because they've incorporated so much engineering and layers into the overall build of the kit, to the point the "actual" height is compromised. I feel if this kit was made with the older RGs like with stuff like full prebuilt frames and less complex engineering, it would have at least remained the canon height.
I like all my gundams to be as close to this size as posssible, I know everyone isn’t the same, but like an average MG size is perfect for me. This, and RG sazabi are perfect. They look great next to my gundams like the MG red frame astray Kai
have to say I've always been disappointed how much shorter the Hi-Nu was, so I'm glad this consolidated design from the two existing Hi-Nu includes a much needed boost in height. I would like this to be the definitive ver of the Hi-Nu going forward!
Man we have come a long way with gunpla now, from early real grade syndrome to this. MG was always my fave grade but RG is winning me over with the phenomenal kits coming out. Even HGs today are amazingly engineered for the price you pay now. The designers of these kits are crazy
I missed building the RG Nu Gundam but this kit is just too GOOOOOOOOD that I’d really stupid to let this pass. A huge round of applause 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 to all those amazing people at Bandai for giving us this godly kit.
The inner-hinge of its front skirt should be made in future kits. Imagining RG-Shining Gundam with a perfect kneel pose inside the big hatch. No more hindering front-skirts. xD
Someone else mentioned RG Sazabi (so this has already appeared in a Real Grade), but still, I hear you! The RG Nu and Hi-Nu have crazy articulation, and if they go that route with the Shining and God/Burning Gundams, they're gonna be *Ridiculous,* the absolute Gods of Articulation (well, _conventional_ articulation, anyway, because the G40 is a tough act to beat)!
I was kinda bothered that the Hi-Nu was smaller than the Nu when the Nightingale was so much more than the Sazabi. So Bandai bulking up the Hi-Nu is 100% welcomed for me.
I understand designs are super subjective when it comes to judging which is best, but I still absolutely love the asymmetrical look of the Nu compared to the almost too perfect, winged Hi-Nu. The details on the H-Nu I will admit is great! I think the metallic injections should've been kept as is to properly judge how they look when it's all put together. Overall though great review!
I thaught Mecha-G came a bit too hard on the RG Nu Gundam. I've built the RG Nu, and I built the RG Hi Nu yesterday, and I have to say the two kits are still different, in the sense that they don't render the other one useless. I mean, if you've built the Hi-Nu, you'll still enjoy the Nu, and find proper differences between the two. Obviously, the RG Hi-Nu, has more plastic in the box, its design is richer, but yeah, it's how this mecha was designed. It's logical that the kit would be more detailed. So yeah, the RG Nu is still a great model kit, and isn't render obsolete with the release of the RG Hi-NU.
if you want to find out about its size in 1/144 scale (centimeters/millimeters), multiply it by0.00694 (based on wiki), so a 20 meter Gundam would only 13.88 centimeters in 1/144 scale
Ver ka exist, just tighten up the skirt and shoulders you'll be fine, oh yeah bring some purple paint for fin funnel if you don't want to use water slide
This... this video blew my mind with everything Hi-Nu has to offer. I might get 2... Still need to get an RG Sazabi. I feel like when it comes to the RG line up, Gunpla or not, they're testing some stuff out for what would be future kits. For example, the inner skeleton, Advanced MS Joint, is still around to this day, but made in a way where it's more so for smaller stuff. Crossbone and Impules' core fighters are a good example along with Nu Gundam's funnels. Unicorn went in with a better plastic and, the biggest one of all, moving parts for it's transformation. Sazabi completely did away with the MS Joint internal skeleton and went with polycaps instead. Making kits incredibly sturdy. Then the insane articulation that is of the Eva Units, especially with those ab crunches. You get the point. I started my first Gunpla with an RG, Strike Freedom, and since then, it has been my favorite line up. I've done a few HG and SDs before and only recently got into MG with Dynames. I'm looking forward to what Bandai has install for future RG kits.
Diorama Idea: Have the Hg Neo zeong and nightingale duke it out with the RG Hi-nu Gundam and Unicorn Gundam Perfectibility. It would be the battle of the U.C ages!
I got it late. I just got it now, but still, it's worth the wait! That leg BLEW ME AWAY! In my opinion Hi-Nu Gundam is the best Gundam that embodies both the Regal and Over the top designing philosophy of Gundam, and this is one of the few interpretations of Hi-Nu that captured it perfectly. It reminded me again of what i love about the RG line.
I want 2 personally thank u for showing Hi-Nu Gundam. The design of the Hi-Nu Gundam RG kit is really awesome so after watching your review about him I bought him as soon as possible happily I was able to find him.
if you just straight buils ur kits, then go for the RG. i think to get the best out of any ver ka you should be a moderately experienced builder (you should know how to paint, apply waterslide decals, fixing loose joins and stuff like that)
Since i just started this video, i figured since i watch your vids a lot now, i just bought my first ever gundam and it will be here in the next few days. I bought a high grade wing zero color variant and im very excited to build it. After him i think i might get the perfect strike freedom.
A franchise I'd like to see a Real Grade kit of would be the Full Metal Panic line. I mean, Arm Slaves are pretty much as "Real" as you can get get (Lambda Driver shenanigans aside), and the kind of detail and mechanics they have would be perfect for RG, especially for details the HG kits couldn't get. RG ARX-8 Laevatain when.
I 100% agree. If you want this look just buy the MG Ver Ka and some paint and you will just have an even bigger version of this.. And I guess scale isn't that big of a deal.. Unless you have fourty 1/144's on your shelf that have all done a reasonably good job of scale .And then this.. I am really glad I couldn't care less about this kit. Bandai let the customer base down with the low numbers of release.. I swear they are working with resellers to spike the Scalping market... This really should have been a new line.. Definitely not a Real Grade (by prior definition), definitely not a MG. !! RG Unleashed !!
Just got mine Yesterday and done building it today. This is The pinacle of all Gunpla. Hope There would be an MG or PG kit of this Gundam with this Caliber. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻🔥🔥🔥Thank you sir for pushing me to buy this Masterpiece 😎💀
same, though I prefer the hard separation of colors here vs the gradient on the MG Ver Ka. Interestingly, if you go back to those very first promo pics of this RG, it looked more purple than the final version. Wonder why they changed it
@@alastormedial yeah the funnels on the RG are way better, the waterslides for the Ver Ka just falls off overtime as it's not on a flat even surface which is a shame that they did not colour separate it with parts.
Mecha, you missed the moving collar piece that allows for the head to look even further up and the flap at the back of head allows for the head to move 360 degrees. Also the ankle joints can be pulled down to allow for a much wider range of movement in the foot. I was quite disappointed you never took off the leg to test how far it can bend without the foot leaving the ground. Like you did it with all sorts of kits, but not the "king of gunpla"? C'mon dude.
This is big: if you have built the MG Nu Gundam Ver Ka, then you can use the Fin Funnel display stands that come with it to display this kit’s Fin Funnels too! They’re 100% compatible. No modification needed. Finding this out while building really blew my mind.
Wow they really went in (again). That leg detail is almost PG levels of immaculate, and the propellant tanks are a step up from the Sazabi's. I've also always preferred the Hi-Nu's funnel layout to the Nu's. And that beam rifle is _way_ sexier than it needed to be! Looking forward to getting my hands on one.
WOOO been waiting for this for the past few days. Surprised it didn't take longer to film this tbh but great vid. Totally agree about the stock doodoo gold they have, I was surprised when no other reviewer mentioned how bad it looked
Fecken Ridiculous !!! take my money !!! just ordered it . thanks for the review, have been waitinging for your judgement call on this. As always your on point.
My first gunpla was an impulse purchased RG Nu Gundam. It took a while but I finished it. I love it to bits, but, I hurt my hands a bit while building it (noobish mistakes while cutting/cleaning), so it _might_ have a bit of blood imbued into it. lol The Nu Gundam is now proudly displayed in my shelf, striking an action/shooting pose. After that, I _accidentally_ eight more gunplas from the UC era. I love this hobby! But, I'm bit burnt out. This beautiful RG Hi-Nu Gundam is really growing on me... and this nice review really sells it... but... my wallet... ah, screw it. Guess I know what my next gunpla's gonna be.
I've only built a few model kits but I've watched a lot of reviews and good lord... your review has convinced me this may be perhaps one of if not the best kits, even surpassing the RG of my beloved Unicorn. Even though I have no interest in reading the BC version of CCA, I have to pick this thing up at some point.
I missed the preorder window. Now my only chance is to wait for it to hit the shelves but since I live in Tokyo, I'm sure there will be hard core collectors checking everyday at all the local stores...
Just like to point out that the injected gold parts are actually metalic orange (says so on the manual) I used the metalic orange gundam marker on them and it looks great. You could also use brass paint and depending on the brand, looks pretty much like the plastic parts.
RG hi nu was my most invested kit until now Also the most expensive overall Went full on panel line,gave the gold and silver part a more shinier look eith the markers and most important,the beautiful ws decals
This one goes beyond Gundarium tier ! Thanks @Mecha Gaikotsu for showcasing all the aspects of this kit ! :D Love your reviews. Mecha-designers at Bandai really hit it out of the park with this one :)
I just got mine in the mail a few seconds ago. With me being 12 and all, of course I lost my nippers. I was so darn happy and then life threw dirt in my face.
Is it white or grey? I really can't quite tell! PS im new to gundam...I've got my first kit on the way but would love to do an RG kit next and I think this might be the one! Either this or the RG Nu
The Mobile Suits at the event of CCA are basically Go Big or Go Home
Then Hathaway's Flash goes "WE NEED TO GO EVEN BIGGER"
And then F91, Crossbone, and Victory comes along and be like "we go too far. Let's make a race car instead lol"
@@ArchusKanzaki small MS virgin vs Big chonk MS chad
And then there is char who took the 'go big' concept in his own interpretation lol
Jk I love nightingale. One of my fave MSes
@@ArchusKanzaki tbh that's usually how technology go tho, we keep improving technology until until it become too big. After that the next step is compressing it so it's lighter, easier and cheaper to manufacture.
Now that's a mantra I can get behind!
Praying for the poor souls who designed this masterpiece. Press F to pay respect.
F
F.
RG Nu gundam flashback
F indeed
They sold their soul for this kit engineering
F
I used to give 1/144 scale kits a hard time but if Bandai keeps making high grades as good as the Nightingale and RGs as good as this, Zeong, and Sazabi, I'm really gonna have to eat my words.
I was the same. 1/100 or nothing at all.
But bandai have been really raising their game of late.
And I always stuck by 144 because it was mostly uniform with my MSIAs and robot damashiis and in the long run this scales getting so.much better it's crazy. Other then like... black convoy and dragon megatron i don't have a single 1/100 style and I don't need
@@Matanumi My first kit was the MG EW Deathscythe and I ended up with some other video game 1/100 scale kits, so I just wanted to keep everything in scale, not to mention master grades just had more small detail and better overall accuracy. The Zeong is actually my first RG kit and I feel like I'm overdosing on small detail. I am absolutely in love with it, but it feels bittersweet to have insisted on MGs and spent well over double the price of the RGs for a product that ultimately feels inferior in the face of their RG counterparts.
We will be back here in a several years to see u eat ur words.
>:D
@@ithanlolxd9554 That Lfrith tho
Mecha in 2019: RG is the new MG 1/144
Mecha in 2021: RG is the new PG 1/144
I was always bothered that the Hi-Nu was smaller than the Nu Gundam. I don't mind at all it being out of scale.
Same it felt weird that hi-nu was a finished version of nu but was smaller, but my headcanon is amuro was way ahead of the curve in that version of uc and decided to make it smaller so it would be faster kinda like later uc stuff
@@smokemidigofoolish5797 Meanwhile, Char went in the exact *opposite* direction, and said "What if it was _Bigger_ ?"when designing the Nightingale!
@@Altarahhn exactly
@@smokemidigofoolish5797 "Cue Amuro flying Circles around Char's Chonky B- wait, no, 'cause it has Thrusters for days, so it can ( _kind of_ ) keep up. Though the Hi-Nu is still more mobile, and that's what counts! Now imagine the massive Nightingale getting the Scrap beat out of it by the more diminutive Hi-Nu! 😁
Because Amuro preferred Ranged combat with Balistic Weapons(Rocket launcher) than Close combat.
I've already built mine. An absolute beauty indeed.
As for the white plastic, I think this kit contains 2 shade of whites but very hard to distinct.
The white of the D runner is a little bit warmer than the whites on the C runners.
I'm not sure if it is because of the light of my room is a warm yellow white or not but it does seem different to me.
If there is a difference it sure is subtle.
You can check the colour guide on the last page to see what colors are there
pretty sure there's a difference. compare the front waist flaps to the plastic on the legs. the flaps are a matte finish whilst the legs are gloss. that's just one example I noticed whilst building. this was my first RG and it's been my best experience with a kit. still new to the hobby and had only built a bunch of HG G-Witch kits until this. got the RG Epyon & God to build next! RG has stolen my heart. cannot wait to try my first MG, maybe Char's Zaku II 2.0 :D
I never see scale as a huge issue for me. I see them as artistic renderings of mecha through the designer's eye. If the designer wanted it taller then that's that version of the hinu. The original is just that specific interpretation.
That's actually a really good way to look at this being out of scale.
Tbf the RG is mash of elements from the original design and Katoki's redesign so it makes sense
I suppose the problem is really that they are advertised as being in a particular scale. So why do that if they aren't gonna follow their own rules
if you look at the head and torso size it's near identical to the nu. The legs are just longer. If a human is like 7 feet tall are they not in 1:1 scale anymore? XD the designer took a scale and just made a tall boi in my eyes.
@@AstreaGT but if you took a 5' person and a 7' person, and scaled them down by the same amount, they would still have the same relative height difference. If they were the same size when scaled down, they wouldn't be in the same scale as each other
The review everyone was waiting for!
considering how fin funnels only work in space, as far as i know anyway, those beam sabers in the wings could just detach and eject out, and still be able to be grabbed before they get to far away from the mobile suit. like how the guison from ibo grabbed its hammer.
I've been playing a lot of SD Gundam Cross Silhouette recently and that's exactly what a lot of suits do, just eject the weapons an then grab them.
It also makes me wish we would get some good single player Gundam games with fully proportioned mobile suits.
@@MechaGaikotsu Back on the PS2 they released a Gundam turn-based JRPG that was really awesome...except for the fact that your totally mix-and-matchable mobile suits were SD.
To be fully honest the Hi-nu Gundam's design was really hard to capture with the high grade and master grade but the Real Grade took the cake in my opinion, its like the Perfect grade unleashed but smaller (excluding the real metal parts and the all the perfect gradiness of perfect grades)
edit: i also like how they put pistons in the knees
Don't know man, I own both and I'd say the ver ka is as good as this one
Cant imagine the evolution of RG kit in another 10 years later
You time machine 10 years into the future where plastic kits are banned due to huge climate shifts:
Ry0u Sama: "fuck..."
Wouldn't be surpised should there be a new line called " RGEX " hahaha
@@jev.jRG 2.0
Small 1/144 fighting robots with bluetooth controls
@@jev.j and RGEX is just a one off kit of a single character we already have a bunch of kits of?
It looks so cool! Sad that it's been sold out everywhere and apparently the amount produced for the first wave is not enough to cover all the preorders, so I'll probably have to wait for a 2nd (maybe even 3rd) wave to be able to get one :(
Same
bandai had scheduled the next production at December and January 2022, along with Nightingale HG, i will wait for the ready stock at my area
That is happening so much lately, it really does suck. Hopefully the gunpla drought will come to an end sooner rather than later.
Welp looks like I'll have to go for the HG then.
Atleast u know you’ll get one they may never make the one I want again
I started my descent into the Gunpla rabbit hole back in the summer of 2016 with the Hi-Nu ver.Ka. Needless to say I was very quickly in way over my head, but I haven't been able to stop my plastic addiction since. Too many kits in the backlog to count at this point, but I can't wait to get my hands on this RG to match with his MG counterpart.
And for our main man Mecha, I've been following your channel for a while and you have been a large contributing factor to maintaining my love for this hobby. Your thorough (and quite often hilariously entertaining) reviews have made me add some kits to my collection that I had doubts about. I'm sure I speak for most of us here when I say that I hope we get to continue watching you bring so much energy and love to our hobby for many many years to come.
Cheers!
Hi-Nu should always have been taller, since it was just an alternate Nu at first. The short height is an artifact from when Nu was said to be 20m in the old kits, MSVs and novels, and the Hi-Nu was just the slightly bulkier illustration of Nu that Izubuchi drew for the Beltorchika's Children novel. Nu was updated to 22m at some point in the 90s, but when the "slightly bulkier Nu from the novel" became its own design and got the name Hi-Nu, it kept the 20m height from the novel, even after Izubuchi slimmed it down in the early 00s.
Finally! Been waiting for your review on this one for quite some time. At this rate, RG will become mini Perfect Grade in the next 10 years.
I was able to score the Hyper Mega Bazooka Launcher last night on P-Bandai, I can not wait
Congrats man
@@jackielee297 just passing by, but normally people would just say 'good for you' or something, yet 'congrats' seem oddly fitting. Being a customer has really become a competition now, yeah?
@@PaszerDye It is fitting because I lost out on the Zaku Warrior Concert version, I clicked Add to Cart three times but every time I got "Too much traffic" and had to reload multiple times until it was Sold Out in 20 minutes
@@nitsuga13 fair enough. I'm not a fan of most SEED kits. I did get the P Bandai Rey Za Burrel Zaku though. That suit was the 1st gunpla I bought, an EG released when Seed came out way back.
@@PaszerDye I got that one and the Yzak zaku because I lost out on it last year, but last year it wasn't sold out fast I just contemplated too long, by the time I realized I wanted it it was gone. I think that is what's going on, people have been seeing kits slip past them because they could not commit, or were waiting. I believe people are tired on missing out and are pulling the trigger as soon as it's available to not miss out
When Mecha says that calling a kit a mini-Master Grade is a disservice, you know it's an amazing kit.
I've been waiting for this review, yes!!!
Edit: And when will you review the RG Gundam Mk 2?
Maybe, always wanted to get the titans color one!
@@MechaGaikotsu cool :)
@Kurumatai He’s reviewed the RG Tallgeese three times already. The Tallgeese II should be identical.
This is like to see, I've been debating getting one for ages
@Kurumatai Yes. So is the Tallgeese III, which he reviewed. The verdict essentially was that it was identical to the standard RG Tallgeese, and if you want it, go get it. A Tallgeese II review is going to be exactly the same.
28:49 for those who wants to see Mecha Gaikotsu's Amazing Hi-Nu VS Nightingale pose
For the slight inaccurate height, I think it's because they've incorporated so much engineering and layers into the overall build of the kit, to the point the "actual" height is compromised.
I feel if this kit was made with the older RGs like with stuff like full prebuilt frames and less complex engineering, it would have at least remained the canon height.
It would've been a mess of a kit probably if this was made back when rg first started
They should just retcon the height to match the kit. Never made sense that it was noticeably shorter.
I like all my gundams to be as close to this size as posssible, I know everyone isn’t the same, but like an average MG size is perfect for me. This, and RG sazabi are perfect. They look great next to my gundams like the MG red frame astray Kai
Let's respect those who sold their soul to design this Masterpiece...
The devil is going to be getting some mad model kits down there when they die, that's for sure.
@@MechaGaikotsu I Think he'll be content with the MG Gundam Barbatos.
MY GOD RG SAZABI STILL LOOKS LIKE THE KING OF REAL GRADE.
💀
have to say I've always been disappointed how much shorter the Hi-Nu was, so I'm glad this consolidated design from the two existing Hi-Nu includes a much needed boost in height. I would like this to be the definitive ver of the Hi-Nu going forward!
Respects for the pose with Nightingale! Great work and review as always! Would love to see a wip for that pose!
Man we have come a long way with gunpla now, from early real grade syndrome to this. MG was always my fave grade but RG is winning me over with the phenomenal kits coming out. Even HGs today are amazingly engineered for the price you pay now. The designers of these kits are crazy
I missed building the RG Nu Gundam but this kit is just too GOOOOOOOOD that I’d really stupid to let this pass. A huge round of applause 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 to all those amazing people at Bandai for giving us this godly kit.
The inner-hinge of its front skirt should be made in future kits. Imagining RG-Shining Gundam with a perfect kneel pose inside the big hatch. No more hindering front-skirts. xD
RG Sazabi
Someone else mentioned RG Sazabi (so this has already appeared in a Real Grade), but still, I hear you! The RG Nu and Hi-Nu have crazy articulation, and if they go that route with the Shining and God/Burning Gundams, they're gonna be *Ridiculous,* the absolute Gods of Articulation (well, _conventional_ articulation, anyway, because the G40 is a tough act to beat)!
Just ordered mine. Can't wait to get and build him!
I was kinda bothered that the Hi-Nu was smaller than the Nu when the Nightingale was so much more than the Sazabi. So Bandai bulking up the Hi-Nu is 100% welcomed for me.
I understand designs are super subjective when it comes to judging which is best, but I still absolutely love the asymmetrical look of the Nu compared to the almost too perfect, winged Hi-Nu. The details on the H-Nu I will admit is great! I think the metallic injections should've been kept as is to properly judge how they look when it's all put together. Overall though great review!
I thaught Mecha-G came a bit too hard on the RG Nu Gundam.
I've built the RG Nu, and I built the RG Hi Nu yesterday, and I have to say the two kits are still different, in the sense that they don't render the other one useless.
I mean, if you've built the Hi-Nu, you'll still enjoy the Nu, and find proper differences between the two.
Obviously, the RG Hi-Nu, has more plastic in the box, its design is richer, but yeah, it's how this mecha was designed. It's logical that the kit would be more detailed.
So yeah, the RG Nu is still a great model kit, and isn't render obsolete with the release of the RG Hi-NU.
Nu Gundam was my first real grade and the kit that made me actually fall in love with the hobby. I can’t wait to do this one. Looks absolutely badass.
It is!
Just grabbed two from a local hobbytown today, can't wait to build em!
I just laughed at how far we've come in terms of articulation at 24:01, what in the absolute fuck are those mad geniuses at Bandai doing
if you want to find out about its size in 1/144 scale (centimeters/millimeters), multiply it by0.00694 (based on wiki), so a 20 meter Gundam would only 13.88 centimeters in 1/144 scale
Started collecting some RG and i cannot believe that i got this kit with Nu Gundam and Sazabi 😍😍😍
Found one at a local shop yesterday! Stoked to get this big boi goin.
I actually like the injection gold in this kit as it helps make the colors pop even more than it already does.
I feel like the Hi-Nu is the Nu's older, cooler brother
24:24 satisfying moment
17:21 we have v-fin separation bois XD
I want this exact model with the same colors and proportions but in 1/100 😭
The ver ka? The proportions r slightly different but hey, the thiccer the better
@@nemueru to each their own, I definitely prefer the slimmer proportions with the longer legs of the RG.
A bit hard, but u can try the 2007 Hi Nu version
It is a great kit, event to today standard, with a much slimmer silhouette than the Ver Ka
Ver ka exist, just tighten up the skirt and shoulders you'll be fine, oh yeah bring some purple paint for fin funnel if you don't want to use water slide
@@GeremyG then do some modifications with the proportions, it's gonna be hard but it's gonna be worth the effort
huh, weird how they didn't include the iconic double beamed beam saber the hi nu has. just a pet peeve, still an amazing kit
This... this video blew my mind with everything Hi-Nu has to offer. I might get 2... Still need to get an RG Sazabi.
I feel like when it comes to the RG line up, Gunpla or not, they're testing some stuff out for what would be future kits. For example, the inner skeleton, Advanced MS Joint, is still around to this day, but made in a way where it's more so for smaller stuff. Crossbone and Impules' core fighters are a good example along with Nu Gundam's funnels. Unicorn went in with a better plastic and, the biggest one of all, moving parts for it's transformation. Sazabi completely did away with the MS Joint internal skeleton and went with polycaps instead. Making kits incredibly sturdy. Then the insane articulation that is of the Eva Units, especially with those ab crunches. You get the point.
I started my first Gunpla with an RG, Strike Freedom, and since then, it has been my favorite line up. I've done a few HG and SDs before and only recently got into MG with Dynames. I'm looking forward to what Bandai has install for future RG kits.
17:21 Bye - Bye V-fin and just like that magic 😺
Diorama Idea: Have the Hg Neo zeong and nightingale duke it out with the RG Hi-nu Gundam and Unicorn Gundam Perfectibility.
It would be the battle of the U.C ages!
With all these articulation I think we're ready for RG G Gundam line, or those martial art fighters from Build series
Edit: RG GOD GUNDAM IS COMING
I got it late. I just got it now, but still, it's worth the wait! That leg BLEW ME AWAY! In my opinion Hi-Nu Gundam is the best Gundam that embodies both the Regal and Over the top designing philosophy of Gundam, and this is one of the few interpretations of Hi-Nu that captured it perfectly. It reminded me again of what i love about the RG line.
I want 2 personally thank u for showing Hi-Nu Gundam. The design of the Hi-Nu Gundam RG kit is really awesome so after watching your review about him I bought him as soon as possible happily I was able to find him.
I legit wonder how they're going to top this with the next RG
Wait until RG Xi, RG Ex-S or RG FAZZ I guess. Or RG Kshatriya.
@@androyus still hungry for that RE/100 Kshatriya. Bandai pls
RG God Gundam or shining gundam
@@normanferras4377 shining god damn that'll be so nice especially with new rg tech
@真ゲッターロボ タラクChandelier Mirage agreed
should i buy this instead the ver ka one?
Of course, this is so much better, in terms of articulation, looks etc
I think this is better than the ver ka
If you want more articulation and detail, yes
if you just straight buils ur kits, then go for the RG. i think to get the best out of any ver ka you should be a moderately experienced builder (you should know how to paint, apply waterslide decals, fixing loose joins and stuff like that)
Good luck finding one
MG's Top 5 best Gunpla for next year is going to be a blast. Might as well categories it as with frame and frameless category.
Since i just started this video, i figured since i watch your vids a lot now, i just bought my first ever gundam and it will be here in the next few days. I bought a high grade wing zero color variant and im very excited to build it. After him i think i might get the perfect strike freedom.
I love RG, wish we got more.
This one just doesn’t do it for me visually so I’ll have to wait for future releases
Maybe next year's rg epyon
Same, to be honest I like the design of the regular Nu Gundam more than the Hi Nu
A franchise I'd like to see a Real Grade kit of would be the Full Metal Panic line. I mean, Arm Slaves are pretty much as "Real" as you can get get (Lambda Driver shenanigans aside), and the kind of detail and mechanics they have would be perfect for RG, especially for details the HG kits couldn't get. RG ARX-8 Laevatain when.
I 100% agree. If you want this look just buy the MG Ver Ka and some paint and you will just have an even bigger version of this.. And I guess scale isn't that big of a deal.. Unless you have fourty 1/144's on your shelf that have all done a reasonably good job of scale .And then this.. I am really glad I couldn't care less about this kit. Bandai let the customer base down with the low numbers of release.. I swear they are working with resellers to spike the Scalping market... This really should have been a new line.. Definitely not a Real Grade (by prior definition), definitely not a MG. !! RG Unleashed !!
0:03 IS THE ORGY HI NU GUNDAM BETTER THAN THE NU GUNDAM⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️
A few review vids released about this kit, but always i prefer how you represent it better than others
Just got mine Yesterday and done building it today. This is The pinacle of all Gunpla. Hope There would be an MG or PG kit of this Gundam with this Caliber. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻🔥🔥🔥Thank you sir for pushing me to buy this Masterpiece 😎💀
It' beautiful. Even though the scale is off a bit I can take it :D
It looks hella good, but i kinda like the purple white colour scheme of the MG ver ka more
When we were shown this kit for the first time it was purple, they changed it afterwards
same, though I prefer the hard separation of colors here vs the gradient on the MG Ver Ka. Interestingly, if you go back to those very first promo pics of this RG, it looked more purple than the final version. Wonder why they changed it
@@kwertchayolo2911 Yup the prototype was a light lavender-ish colour
@@alastormedial yeah the funnels on the RG are way better, the waterslides for the Ver Ka just falls off overtime as it's not on a flat even surface which is a shame that they did not colour separate it with parts.
@@alastormedial the purple gradient funnels would be impossible
Indeed it's a masterpiece. I'm glad they went all out on RG Amuro kits. We're getting the RX78-2 ver 2.0 as well.
It may be too early, but I'm calling it... Mecha Gaikotsu's Top 1 best gunpla of 2021!!!
Mecha, you missed the moving collar piece that allows for the head to look even further up and the flap at the back of head allows for the head to move 360 degrees. Also the ankle joints can be pulled down to allow for a much wider range of movement in the foot. I was quite disappointed you never took off the leg to test how far it can bend without the foot leaving the ground. Like you did it with all sorts of kits, but not the "king of gunpla"? C'mon dude.
This is a small PG grade
thanks for including the crossbone for the comparison. it's my 1st RG gundam. thanks again Mecha!!!
This is big: if you have built the MG Nu Gundam Ver Ka, then you can use the Fin Funnel display stands that come with it to display this kit’s Fin Funnels too! They’re 100% compatible. No modification needed. Finding this out while building really blew my mind.
Mecha questioning us is the hi nu better than the nu, no they're both 50/50
Just bought this kit last night because of your suggestion. I look forward to the build.
That pose at the end with the light.....Mecha you killed that. Fantastic review btw
Wow they really went in (again). That leg detail is almost PG levels of immaculate, and the propellant tanks are a step up from the Sazabi's. I've also always preferred the Hi-Nu's funnel layout to the Nu's.
And that beam rifle is _way_ sexier than it needed to be! Looking forward to getting my hands on one.
i've seen 70% of this review before with the regular RG Nu Gundam review but i still enjoyed every second of it
Been waiting for this all year! Mine is in the mail along with the Nightingale and I can't wait for these phenomenal kits. Great review!
WOOO been waiting for this for the past few days. Surprised it didn't take longer to film this tbh but great vid. Totally agree about the stock doodoo gold they have, I was surprised when no other reviewer mentioned how bad it looked
The standard Nu Gundam has always been my favorite design. This totally spoils me! Love it
my girlfriend just helped me buy myself one of these for nearly half price and im so excited
"it holds on to it perfectly" then the V-fin popped off got me laughing on the floor XD
Fecken Ridiculous !!! take my money !!! just ordered it . thanks for the review, have been waitinging for your judgement call on this. As always your on point.
Can't imagine how many years they spent designing this awesome kit! Also the mold design of the plastic parts!
Glad I kept the preorder on this! Best video yet, MG!
Sold for me! Wish they make an MG version of this one!
We have the 2007 and the Ver.Ka.
3:22 Megatron is looming in the background so menacingly
when the video is 30 minutes you already know that the video is gonna be good
Just buy this gunpla kit 5day ago... it is so satisfying to own this.. it is king of gunpla..
I came across a random copy of this in a hobby store last week and I snapped it up - will be building it after the master grade Barbatos
This guy looks like a monster of a RG and I can't wait to get my own! And I just gotta say, that Gold you painted looks SOO GOOD!
I don’t understand why he was complaining about the silver plastic. I think it looks really cool! Something about it makes it look slightly sinister
Sold out everywhere in Japan atm but looking forward to getting my hands on one soon!
Awesome review. Looks amazing......can't wait it will be my first RG breaking the rules w/ MG & PG only.
My first gunpla was an impulse purchased RG Nu Gundam. It took a while but I finished it. I love it to bits, but, I hurt my hands a bit while building it (noobish mistakes while cutting/cleaning), so it _might_ have a bit of blood imbued into it. lol
The Nu Gundam is now proudly displayed in my shelf, striking an action/shooting pose. After that, I _accidentally_ eight more gunplas from the UC era. I love this hobby! But, I'm bit burnt out.
This beautiful RG Hi-Nu Gundam is really growing on me... and this nice review really sells it... but... my wallet... ah, screw it. Guess I know what my next gunpla's gonna be.
I've only built a few model kits but I've watched a lot of reviews and good lord... your review has convinced me this may be perhaps one of if not the best kits, even surpassing the RG of my beloved Unicorn. Even though I have no interest in reading the BC version of CCA, I have to pick this thing up at some point.
I'm new to Gunpla (just built 2 EGs, about to move on to HGs), but I'm tempted to grab this anyway and just hold onto it until I'm ready to build it.
I missed the preorder window. Now my only chance is to wait for it to hit the shelves but since I live in Tokyo, I'm sure there will be hard core collectors checking everyday at all the local stores...
For those wondering, yellow submarine has some in stock. I picked it up for about 45 usd. Never seen it in stock anywhere for almost a whole year.
Just like to point out that the injected gold parts are actually metalic orange (says so on the manual) I used the metalic orange gundam marker on them and it looks great. You could also use brass paint and depending on the brand, looks pretty much like the plastic parts.
The hi nu and the sazabi fit so well together!
this really does make you wonder what the point of the Nightingale is, if the Sazabi looks great with both Nu Gundams
23:15 RG Astray drooling on the side.
RG hi nu was my most invested kit until now
Also the most expensive overall
Went full on panel line,gave the gold and silver part a more shinier look eith the markers and most important,the beautiful ws decals
This one goes beyond Gundarium tier ! Thanks @Mecha Gaikotsu for showcasing all the aspects of this kit ! :D Love your reviews. Mecha-designers at Bandai really hit it out of the park with this one :)
I got lucky today and picked this up at the hobby store in my area. Can't wait to get this guy all displayed up.
I just got mine in the mail a few seconds ago. With me being 12 and all, of course I lost my nippers. I was so darn happy and then life threw dirt in my face.
Im so excited to build this new RG! Awesome review as always mecha
Is it white or grey? I really can't quite tell!
PS im new to gundam...I've got my first kit on the way but would love to do an RG kit next and I think this might be the one! Either this or the RG Nu
The Zeong wasn't the last RG to come out, it was the RG Wing Gundam, with the cool wings.