It’s been nine months since my first Gunpla review. Since
then, I’ve only had time to build one more model and it’s of the same Gundam
suit. This time though, I built a Master Grade version of the RX-79 (G) Gundam.
Regular readers will know that I’m a big fan of The 08th MS Team series and it just seemed natural to me to seek
out the main Gundam from that series to build as my first Gunpla kit. Why then
would I buy a kit for the same Gundam as my second build? The answer is simple
enough. I’m extremely new to Gunpla building and I wanted to build a kid that
would help me differentiate between High Grade and Master Grade kits. It seemed
to me like the best way of doing that was to build the same Gundam in both
grades.
Even though I had recently built an RX-79, I got quite a
bit of enjoyment out of the Master Grade version. I simply like this mobile
suit, so building it is a treat on its own, but the real delight came in
comparing the High Grade kit to the Master Grade. Best of all, I found the
Master Grade to be superior in all areas which led to this build being more
enjoyable than my first one. Part of that definitively has to do with me being
familiar with the building process and knowing the basics. That helped me a lot this time
around.
