Series: Super Deformed (SD)
Title: RX-77-2 Guncannon
Release Date: 11/2001
Suggested Price: ¥ 500
No. of Parts: ??? + polycaps + paper stickers
Plastic colors: red, greenish white, gray, transparent blue
Gimmicks: beam rifle, shoulder cannons

Introduction

Contributor: Elliott "Hiddenpower" Solomon
Date: October 31, 2003

Well, what to say about this SD kit? For one I like it as well as being a big fan of the Guncannon, so this is a nice little kit.

Head

This has a decent range of motion left, right and a little up and down, which is really all you can expect for the size of an SD head. It is molded in two halves with a visor piece that snaps onto the front, inside which is placed a shiny reflective sticker. The red cap bit is also attached separately, which is nice meaning I don't have to paint it.

Torso

This is made with a polycap in the middle allowing for it to turn at the waist, which makes for some nicer poses. The arms are attached via pegs that stick out the side, and the legs have ball joints (the reason of which escapes me as they really can't do anything other than rotate left and right in the socket). The cannons are attached via polycaps in the shoulder joints to accommodate them, and the backpack is mould ed in one piece and just stuck on the back via two pegs.

Arms

These arms are joined at the body and the elbow giving a very nice range of motion. There is a bit of trouble with seam lines on the ball shaped shoulders, but nothing some glue or putty won't fix. The jointed elbows due to the size of the kit leave the polycap joint totally visible if the arm is posed straight, which I guess is the price you pay for the added poseability.

Legs

These are basically two pairs of half pieces with a ball joint polycap in the middle, nothing special.

Weapons and Accessories

Although the beam rifle is nice it is only one sided, meaning that it limits the number of poses you can do, but it's still nice just the same. The shoulder cannons are nicely mould ed with a ridge around the circumference which is achieved by a separate piece that makes up the actual barrel attaching to the end of the tube.

Conclusion

Overall I'd say this is a pretty nice kit, but then I'm biased towards the Guncannon. I'd use this kit to define an average SD kit, which is not a bad thing, it's just the way the kit is I recommend you try it though.

Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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