This is the HGUC RX-178 Gundam Mk II with Titans Colors. Although designed as a general purpose mobile suit, the Gundam Mark II was intended to be a highly capable unit under gravity and atmosphere - specifically, when fighting inside space colonies. Three prototype units were constructed at the Titans’ base at the Gryps colonies, with plans to mass-produce the Mark II already in the works.
Head: The head unit can equip the optional vulcan gun, like the other two models. It has average movement from side to side but almost no horizontal range.
Torso: The Torso construction for the HGUC Mk II was innovative to the rest of the HGUC lineup as it strayed from the traditional construction methods of having two pegs sticking out of the sides of the torso for the arms to connect to. The Mk II’s arm connections are actually their own separate piece that blend the shoulder into the torso construction. This also adds slight mobility over traditional HGUC torsos. The Armor over the cockpit can be removed to reveal “details” but as far as I’m concerned, this feature is useless as the cockpit door still remains and there is a small box with “details” forged into it. I wouldn’t even bother investigating this… it will only upset you.
Backpack: Pretty standard for HGUC. This backpack has boosters and two slightly moveable beam saber hilts. There is a piece you can remove to reveal a polycap that can attach to the G Defensor to make it the Super Gundam.
Skirt Armor: Like most HGUCs, the front skirt armor plates are molded together with a bar between the pelvic armor. This can quickly be fixed by cutting the two in half and making them independant. The far left and right skirt armor plates can hold the E-caps cartridges that come with the Hazel HGUC kits. There is also a fold-down hilt for the bazooka it comes with.
Arms: Standard HGUC single-joint arms here. Accurate, moderate poseability, single-jointed elbows, and a hole for the shield… whoopee!
Legs: Standard HGUC leg units, with the exception of the double-jointed foot. The front half and back half of the foot can move. This feature helps it fit into the Flying Armor, even though the kit itself was designed far before the Mk II + Flying Armor kit was introduced.
Weapons: This kit comes with the standards for the Mk II. Its beam rifle, its beam saber (molded-in-hand, non-transparent) and shield. The Beam Rifle has a handle that can extend out for the double-handed firing poses. The Shield can also be “folded” for storage and connects to a peg thats connected to the arm unit.
Hands: This kit comes with a trigger hand, a saber hand with the saber molded into it, and a left hand fist (with the hole down the center of course)
Overall: This kit has a solid construction with simple weapons and features. Its got no real flaws other than the fact that its construction and joints have been outdated just as quickly as the Gundam Mk II itself was outclassed in the Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam series. It serves as a good base MS for two other kits, the Super Gundam and the Gundam Mk II + Flying Armor and, in my personal opinion, looks the most badass due to its Titans Colors. Many Titans fanatics have painted their G Defensors and Flying Armors in Titans Colors to go with this kit and they work with it perfectly because this was the base kit that those two armors were designed to work with in the first place! This kit was really one of the solid designs of the early HGUC lineup and is usually pretty cheap to pick up too. It wouldn’t hurt to beef up your Titans forces!
June 2nd, 2007 at 8:18 pm
This is the HGUC RX-178 Gundam Mk II with Titans Colors. Although designed as a general purpose mobile suit, the Gundam Mark II was intended to be a highly capable unit under gravity and atmosphere - specifically, when fighting inside space colonies. Three prototype units were constructed at the Titans’ base at the Gryps colonies, with plans to mass-produce the Mark II already in the works.
Head: The head unit can equip the optional vulcan gun, like the other two models. It has average movement from side to side but almost no horizontal range.
Torso: The Torso construction for the HGUC Mk II was innovative to the rest of the HGUC lineup as it strayed from the traditional construction methods of having two pegs sticking out of the sides of the torso for the arms to connect to. The Mk II’s arm connections are actually their own separate piece that blend the shoulder into the torso construction. This also adds slight mobility over traditional HGUC torsos. The Armor over the cockpit can be removed to reveal “details” but as far as I’m concerned, this feature is useless as the cockpit door still remains and there is a small box with “details” forged into it. I wouldn’t even bother investigating this… it will only upset you.
Backpack: Pretty standard for HGUC. This backpack has boosters and two slightly moveable beam saber hilts. There is a piece you can remove to reveal a polycap that can attach to the G Defensor to make it the Super Gundam.
Skirt Armor: Like most HGUCs, the front skirt armor plates are molded together with a bar between the pelvic armor. This can quickly be fixed by cutting the two in half and making them independant. The far left and right skirt armor plates can hold the E-caps cartridges that come with the Hazel HGUC kits. There is also a fold-down hilt for the bazooka it comes with.
Arms: Standard HGUC single-joint arms here. Accurate, moderate poseability, single-jointed elbows, and a hole for the shield… whoopee!
Legs: Standard HGUC leg units, with the exception of the double-jointed foot. The front half and back half of the foot can move. This feature helps it fit into the Flying Armor, even though the kit itself was designed far before the Mk II + Flying Armor kit was introduced.
Weapons: This kit comes with the standards for the Mk II. Its beam rifle, its beam saber (molded-in-hand, non-transparent) and shield. The Beam Rifle has a handle that can extend out for the double-handed firing poses. The Shield can also be “folded” for storage and connects to a peg thats connected to the arm unit.
Hands: This kit comes with a trigger hand, a saber hand with the saber molded into it, and a left hand fist (with the hole down the center of course)
Overall: This kit has a solid construction with simple weapons and features. Its got no real flaws other than the fact that its construction and joints have been outdated just as quickly as the Gundam Mk II itself was outclassed in the Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam series. It serves as a good base MS for two other kits, the Super Gundam and the Gundam Mk II + Flying Armor and, in my personal opinion, looks the most badass due to its Titans Colors. Many Titans fanatics have painted their G Defensors and Flying Armors in Titans Colors to go with this kit and they work with it perfectly because this was the base kit that those two armors were designed to work with in the first place! This kit was really one of the solid designs of the early HGUC lineup and is usually pretty cheap to pick up too. It wouldn’t hurt to beef up your Titans forces!