Youtube review: https://youtu.be/jMT4p-5nKHY
Hello, guys. It’s me again with the gunpla review, and the kit which I would like to review this time will be: the premium bandai exclusive, real grade, tallgeese III from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz. Tallgeese III is one of the most anticipated pbandai real grade kits of 2019. I bought this kit directly from premium bandai hobby site, with the price of 3024 Japanese yen (excluding tax), which is around 300 yen more expensive than pbandai Tallgeese II which was released earlier this year, for a good reason. Anyway, without further ado, let’s start with the review of the kit.
As you can see, this is the out-of-the-box look of Tallgeese
III, with panel lines and all sticker markings applied on the kit. While
maintaining most of basic frame and colors of the original Tallgeese Endless
Waltz, you could clearly see some major differences between this kit and its
retail brother. With bigger shoulders and slimmer head piece, Tallgeese III looks
more robust, compared to Tallgeese I and II. Similar with previous Tallgeeses,
this kit mostly has glossy body armors with some flat surfaces for the cockpit,
shoulders, head, hips and backpack. It also has at least two shades of blue,
which could be easily seen on the backpack thrusters. In contrary with Tallgeese I and II which both
have dark frames, the main body frame of Tallgeese III are primarily consists
of white and creamy-color parts.
Anyway, the most striking features which make Tallgeese III
looks so much different with its brother units obviously, are the weapons.
Instead of a dober gun and round shield, this white mobile suit has a mega
canon and shield which are much bigger than the original Tallgesee. The mega
canon has nice details and color separation, and similar with the dober gun, it
also connected to special articulated joints to Tallgese III right shoulder and
it has extension gimmick to switch between compact mode and canon mode. The
shield, on the other hand, while still retaining to host the beam sabers, also has
another weapon in the form of heat rod. This weapon could be extended by
part-swapping the spike at the end of the shield with fully retracted heat-rod
parts. This rod extension was built along a wire cable, and has 7 segments
which could be moved and curled easily. Unfortunately, the rod on this RG kit
was shorter compared to the MG version.
Nevertheless, the addition of these two weapons truly makes Tallgeese
III looks much more menacing and badass compared to Tallgeese I and II.
The articulation of this kit is basically same with previous
Tallgeese. If you have built RG Tallgeese before, you may notice that the
joints of torso and limbs are mostly tight and quite harder to move, hence
making quite hard for posing. These tight joints however, make the kit so solid
(and somewhat stiff enough) once you set it into a pose. The backpack thrusters, beam canon and heat
rod on the other hand, are quite easy to move and play with.
And finally, the verdict about this kit. In my opinion, this kit is one of the best RG
kits of 2019, and if you are a fan of wing series, especially Tallgeese, you
should pick this kit up. It looks so badass and compared to previously released
P-Bandai Tallgeese II, this Tallgeese III is definitely a much better kit, with
the better aesthetics, accessories and values considering the price difference
between those two.
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OZ-00MS2B Tallgeese III
Pros:
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OZ-00MS2B Tallgeese III
Pros:
- Great design with much more details than previously released RG Tallgeese EW/II
- More badass weapons and gimmicks
- Good stickers for an RG kit
Cons:
- Heat rod is shorter compared to MG version (or DM version)
