Series: Mobile Suit in Action!! (MSiA)
Title: RGM-89 Jegan & Base Jabber
Release Date: 06/2003
Suggested Price: ¥ 1200
No. of Parts: 15+
Plastic colors: light green, black, red, yellow, gray
Gimmicks: high poseability

Introduction

Contributor: Winn Sevilla
Date: January 24, 2004

The return of Neo Zeon led by Char Aznable in UC 0093 proved to be a serious threat to the Earth. To eliminate this threat, the Earth Federation created London Bell, an elite task force to hunt down and destroy them. Learning from experience from past conflicts with the Zeon idealism made it certain that London Bell was equipped with the best and latest technology. One of the units that served as a support unit was the RGM-89 Jegan.

From the long line of families of the GM series, the Jegan proved to be a maneuverable and high performance mobile suit. Usually armed with a beam rifle and beam saber, it can also be outfitted with an optional vulcan pod on the head, a grenade rack and missiles mounted on its shield. Even after the Neo Zeon war, the Jegan and its variants were still used for decades.

Box art- The box format follows the standard design of the version 2.0 MSiAs.

Colors- Unlike the actual colors from the lineart, this MSiA comes in a lighter shade of puke green, which I find just fine.

Head

The details are good BUT the articulation is hindered since the head is too low and comes in contact with collar.

Torso

Solid, the torso is finely detailed and looks good. The waist can be turned around 180 degree, which is excellent. Despite there are no front skirt armors, it makes this MSiA very poseable as it can do kneeling poses. The side skirt armors are weapons rack wherein you can store the beam saber at the right and grenades at the left. Excellent!

Connected to the back via two pegs, the backpack is done in good faith as the design. The verniers especially the biggest one are well articulated and painted, not to miss out that its detailed.

Arms

Going back to the old design of shoulder armors that are places between the torso and the arms, it still fits firmly so it is okay. The upper arms can rotate and the elbow joints, although not in ver.2.0 format, can still be rotated like the MSiA PMX-003 The-O so it can compensate for the "gorilla arms" design that the kit suffered from. Hands come in three sets: closed fists, open palm for the beam sabers and a right hand that fits into the beam rifle. Bandai has this one well made. The hands are also in ver.2.0 format, hence they are articulated very well.

Legs

The legs look thick and macho for this one, and the knee joints are in ver.2.0 format, so its just perfect! The verniers are poseable which is an added bonus to the trick!

Weapons and Accessories

Beam rifle - Holds well on the right hand and well designed its beautiful.

Beam saber - The hilt is removed from the right skirt hardpoint and is connected with a thick saber blade - which is quite too big I'd say. It doesn't fit firmly on both open hands unless you insert it deeper up to the tip of the hilt.

Shield - It can be connected through hardpoints found in both forearms, but the bonus here is that it can be adjusted accordingly to whichever you see fit! What a marvelous idea!

Grenades - Three pieces and fits well for both open hands.

Head vulcan - It seems to be permanently connected to the head, and I'd rather not remove it to prove that. Details are fine though.

Conclusion

A worthy "GM-esque" MSiA has Bandai provided to us! A winner in good colors and articulation, this Jegan received a good design treatment from Bandai and in turn, you will enjoy the rewards when you purchase this as well. A must for cannon fodder lovers!

Overall Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

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