Bandai Hobby Turn A Gundam, Bandai Master Grade Action Figure

Turn A is a unique and satisfying master grade. The design is sleek and full of detail, with the most opportunity for panel lining I've seen on a mg. The build is interesting and fresh from start to finish and all parts fit together with precision. Turn A has great movement and posability. Pieces dont randomly fall off and the model has very good stability. The accessories are standard weapons like blaster, shield and beam sabers but it also has a gundam hammer (spiked ball and chain). All accessories are well done, look great and fit well in the models hands. They can even be stored nicely on its back with special connector parts. The kit doesnt have very many decals except for a small sheet of dry transfers and the manual only shows one of them used in the instructions. It is taller than average for a master grade and the colours and proportions are right on. Overall, the design and very unique look of the kit sold me. After putting it together, I think it's one of the best master grades in its price range.

The build of this kit is the most interesting out of any other gundam model, And I have built about 50 of them. The only downside to this kit is that it has very bad runner marks on every piece, but it has a sturdy ABS inner frame, good articulation, great accessories, and fun extras (a 1/100 scale cow from a one episode gag). It has a pretty hollow head that will be very easy to modify an LED into as well, and has good detail on the armor plating for panel lining. The pieces are very stuck onto the kit however so if you wanna paint it, do it before assembling. (I also painted the green on the forhead and the loran and cow figurines, they come in pure white and grey OOB)

Turn A Gundam is an unconventional Gundam show with a lot of unconventional designs. It's also my favorite of the entire franchise, and Bandai's Gunpla team has done the titular suit a lot of justice with this kit.The joint structure is as radical as the mustache. It eschews the usual armor-over-frame construction I've seen in a lot of MGs. I love the way the thruster vanes in the legs flex and mesh together. The shoulder pads swing up cleverly to allow the arms a full range of movement. A mirrored sticker scatters light thru the translucent eyes, giving the appearance of backlighting without the need for LEDs or batteries. The chest has multiple concealed compartments for missiles... or livestock (if you don't know why this kit comes with a cow, go watch the series... it's a long story). The core fighter is also quite clever. Even the instruction manual bears tribute to Syd Mead and his amazing work for this show.No Gunpla kit is truly perfect, tho. The beam rifle's alt mode is hard for the suit to hold on to. This is exacerbated by the someone older engineering of the hands- they're posable, but not the best Bandai has done.The suit stands on its own very well, but if you wanna put it in a flight pose, I recommend an Action Base 1 or 4- this is a fairly tall MG, and the AB5s come up a bit short. And if you want more Syd Mead awesomeness, the Master Grade Turn X is my #1 favorite out of all the Bandai kits I've built.A great tribute to a brilliant designer, and to one of Bandai's best shows.

Awesome kit, but if you're looking to buy one you probably already know that. I'm just here to say that the seller was an absolute pleasure to work with! Amazon misinformed me about the expected delivery date, and when I reached out to the seller they responded asap and got it to me in time for a competition. Thank you!

It's hard to deny how catchy the Turn A looks. While a surprising amount of people hate the look of the Turn A, it cannot be denied how unique and fresh the design feels. From its cockpit to its mustache to its briefcase rifle, it is really one neat looking gundam. This kit really does it justice, in my opinion. There's a reason this kit was voted #3 out of the best gundam MG kits ever.When completed, this thing stands close to 8 inches tall, and comes with a ton of extras. The only downsides I personally have with the kit are the fragile missile pod covers and useless decals. If you're willing to panel line maybe use a bit of superglue, then you're fine.

Hands down the best gundam,… scratch that, model I've ever had the pleasure of coming into contact with let alone own. The design is either a love hate but the model is just perfect. Its construction and engineering is fluid and dare I say economical. Nothing is superfluous and you even get a cow.

Great Gundam kit! I initially thought it had weak arm joints until I realized I assembled it backwards. Love the cow!

Great MG. I had fun building it and don't recall any problems. Looks great, probably the tallest MG I have (2nd tallest with the weapon deployed on the Gundam X) . I guess I forgot to review this when I bought it, but I don't recall any shipping issues.