Had mine preordered since july 2020 and it's been stuck in shipping purgatory for a month so far. Update: 3/12/21, Just received it at 1:11 pm. Ah yessir.
I'm extremely happy with the kit. Caught it at Samuel Decal for $155 that's including shipping. It was a very fun build super solid no fitting issues whatsoever. The judge stands out on a shelf for sure so many fine details.
Ever since I first saw this kit on Ali it's screamed Hell/Death Scythe Gundam to me but taken to much higher technical level than even the Super Nova version. Even the name 'Judge' evokes the familiar 'Death' with a scythe that we are used to in the West.
I remember when it first got shown off some people called it Forbidden. Idk if that was intentional from the designers or not. But while it does have a scythe and the binders, I feel like its similarities to the Forbidden end there. It looks completely different apart from the silhouette being very vaguely similar. It feels to me like Forbidden meets Astray, meets idk what else, but its sexy as all hell with way more detail and extra bits than those designs had. Love it regardless
@@dsg2v Doesn't help that the Judge has the same "in universe" model number as the Forbidden haha. Only difference is that it has "R-09" attached to the model number, suggesting that if this did exist in canon, that it's the 9th remodel of the Forbidden.
This actually happened to me. I was walking home with the PG Astray and i stopped at a gas station because my hands were cold. Some group of teens came in and sat down nearby, and one of them said "that guy has a transformer". AND THEN I GOT UP AND SMACKED HER IN THE FACE
@@The_Duggler25 The new 1/100 calamity Gundam looks exactly like the 1/144 scale one. Bandai is feeding people shit. They do not care their 1/100 scale product line anymore
@@yuhaosang685 are you talking about the new 1/100 calamity from the new line up? The one that looks incredible and has mg detailing but without being a mg?
I was really lucky that my local store got one of this and sold it to me for $100. I still haven't built it but I'm very excited now based on what I've seen. This would be a project to paint.
Man, looking at this thing is giving me the weirdest late 90s vies from when I first got into Gunpla and anime products, and I just bought all sorts of weird, unknown things with crazy designs and gimmicks. The "frontier" days... I miss that time so much...
I personally never enjoyed posing most models because the joints get loose over time, and I enjoy large backpacks like the moon gundam, 00 raiser, and turn red astray, so I think this metal frame would be right up my ally
Love all the subtle knocks while going through the sprues. "Don't break this V fin, there's only one in the box." Like i get 5 in my bandai models or something. 😆
The prices for bl/3rd Party stuff is one of the reasons I still like living in SEA. Found a first batch retail release for around 90 usd and immediately grabbed it, even that was a bit pricey considering that early POs were around 75-80 usd. With regards to the design I think it looks great because compared to other 3rd party "detail up" kits, the details are actually cohesive and not too gaudy. Also at first I thought they pulled an early DM move and just "borrowed" a resin design; the closest one I could find was the Artisan Club Forbidden conversion kit, and while the similarity is there, I believe that this is an original design.
This really looks like (to me,of course) like a heavily re designed G Savior,with the tall vents,head design,side skirts,cockpit chest design,and even partly,the foot design Probably just me,since I'm a fan of the G-Saviour's design philosophy
“Place this V-Fin and jewel underneath the skirt... eeeeeerrrr for reasons... *wink *wink 😉😉 not meant to go on forehead cause this isn’t a Gundam *wink *wink 😅😅”
the neck pice broke on mine, came broken actually, so many tiny parts make it hard and time consuming! Personally don't see anything that needs extra paint other than panel line, I did sand with a matt sponge all the blue parts.
While I haven't built any of the HIRM Gunpla kits, I can confirm the frames on Barbatos and both versions of Wing are much less stable than the Astrays and the G Gundam. Definitely recommend the Astrays if you are looking at picking up any HIRM kits
Looks like The Age 3, disguised as Sinanju Stein, cosplaying as Deathscythe Hell Custom, but the wings are just comprised of Seed Destiny bull shit and then the Crossbone Vanguard did the paint job..... I love it!
Hey, this might be a bit random, but I'd appericate any links to where I can purchase this! I've looked everywhere and It's constantly getting sold out before I can get my hands on one, or just gets marked up on Ebay.
Wow, this thing is a real beauty, I'm so temted, but I already spent so much money this month, this is more than I've ever paid for a model kit, and I'm still sitting on that Black Wargreymon kit I bought from usagundamstore a while back oops
Isn't Bandai has issues with Gundam lookalikes? If I remember correctly, they didn't want any other company to make a Gundam lookalike. Even Banpresto Super Robot Wars series Gundam lookalike the Huckebein got "upgraded" to Exbein that removed the V fins/red chin/red cockpit hatch.
How is the fitting of this? The pre-built inner frame is giving me flashbacks to trying to get the Hi-Res Wing EW put together with a friend, but maybe that's just because the frame was made in a different factory.
I was personally disappointed with the way my kit arrived. A couple things I wish I had known before ordering; you’re kind of taking a chance on what you get. Mine arrived with the neck joint snapped completely off (a known issue I was willing to take a chance on) however it was also totally missing the bottom metal part of the left foot on the diecast frame. Had I known about the diecast frame potentially missing parts I would have passed on it. Maybe I just got the luck of the draw on a lemon, although I doubt that considering they had to put out a fix for the broken neck. Unfortunately the website I finally found it in stock on and ordered from gave me the “you get what you get we can’t guarantee condition upon arrival”. This is 100% my fault for choosing the website/store. That isn’t necessarily on Zero Gravity. Just something to consider for the $200+ premium. I really, really wanted to like this kit, I bought into the hype regarding it and was just surprised at the apparent lack of QC. Being a third party kit I expected it to be nowhere near Bandai quality, but not quite this disappointing. I wouldn’t personally recommend it at the current market price. Should be far below the $100 price imo, nowhere near the almost $180-$200 you see them going for now. Just know you’re taking a chance on getting a kit that may or may not contain a complete/unbroken inner frame when you order one of these.
I love the design of this. It's very heavy on Seed aesthetics, and is full of gimmicks and various weapons. I would have loved to of picked this up, but I'm always skeptical about 3rd party kits.
Thats the most Gundam not Gundam I've seen.
@@StarkNoir2094
Or is it Brian Cranston's Judge from the HBO limited series Your Honor?
Like Dragonar
Have you seen the SRW Huckebein kits by Kotobukiya? haha
Iseewhatyoudodthete
Ok, if this was a custom build kit, it would’ve been f**king awesome.
"It's a Gundam!"
"It may look like a Gundam but due to international copyright laws, it's not."
"Still we should run like it is a Gundam!"
"But it isn't."
*both scream*
It’s a gunsam
@@KaizCh but it's secretly a zaku
It is forbidden to be called a Gundam
@@wanderingaceminecraftandmo8034 best comment award goes to you 👏
I like how it looks like someones heavily customized Gundam but is "completely Original".
It's zero gravity's original gundam OC from an alternative AU dont steal
@@lucasoliveirafrancisco6868 nah that's a modded Forbidden design
The fact that everyone and their mom was ordering these to scalp them immediately soured me on this thing
theres a special place under my boot for scalpers
Had mine preordered since july 2020 and it's been stuck in shipping purgatory for a month so far.
Update: 3/12/21, Just received it at 1:11 pm. Ah yessir.
That's the state of the world we live in. Good things are scalped to make other people miserable.
@Brique Zallivam saw one listing literally 3x the price
I was thankfully able to order one today. Hopefully it doesn't get cancelled. 😬
The clear green blue vent bits should be for LED lights if you customise it
I want to do that with mine but I dont have the skill for leds
I'm extremely happy with the kit. Caught it at Samuel Decal for $155 that's including shipping. It was a very fun build super solid no fitting issues whatsoever. The judge stands out on a shelf for sure so many fine details.
This kinda looks like a super tricked-out Astray, to me. Really cool!
Yeah that’s what it looks like to me as well
The head man. It really does make it resemble the astray, particularly those of Nielson works
With this vfin on it yes but with the other one it screams forbidden gundam
the backpack reminds me of lightning striker
@@Kirramato i can see that. Honestly i cant wait for my mg lightning strike full package ver RM (china red color) to come in to see how it looks
Ever since I first saw this kit on Ali it's screamed Hell/Death Scythe Gundam to me but taken to much higher technical level than even the Super Nova version. Even the name 'Judge' evokes the familiar 'Death' with a scythe that we are used to in the West.
*Definitely not based on Forbidden Gandum* (joke)
I remember when it first got shown off some people called it Forbidden. Idk if that was intentional from the designers or not. But while it does have a scythe and the binders, I feel like its similarities to the Forbidden end there. It looks completely different apart from the silhouette being very vaguely similar. It feels to me like Forbidden meets Astray, meets idk what else, but its sexy as all hell with way more detail and extra bits than those designs had. Love it regardless
@@damianwomack4668 if u compare it next to the forbidden line art it has a lot of similarities its just ramped up to 100 lol
@@dsg2v Doesn't help that the Judge has the same "in universe" model number as the Forbidden haha. Only difference is that it has "R-09" attached to the model number, suggesting that if this did exist in canon, that it's the 9th remodel of the Forbidden.
Custom some parts and sell it like bandai!! Ez money
Imagine hearing someone looking at the kit and saying "That Transformers robot looks so cool"
I slap them right away
Guess why i slap them
This actually happened to me. I was walking home with the PG Astray and i stopped at a gas station because my hands were cold. Some group of teens came in and sat down nearby, and one of them said "that guy has a transformer".
AND THEN I GOT UP AND SMACKED HER IN THE FACE
There were actual headlines that called the IRL Rx 78-2 in Japan a Gundam
@@umersyed1402 i think you messed something up there. Were you trying to say they called the grandaddy a transformer?
@@lucaseichler3140 Yeah, I remember reading an article that was calling the life size grandaddy a transformer
I never heard of the Zero Gravity Judge but I'm impressed with this kit, thanks for the review Zach!
That vfin idea is brilliant and sneaky af. This kit looks awesome.
and now we have the Zero Gravity HIRM 1/100 Judge Moonlight Ver coming in october.
Wow, I kind of want this now. I love Die-Cast parts, they feel so nice to mess with.
Jeezus.. this thing makes MGs look like HGs, i mean if you want details this kit has got it in spades!
Cant wait to build mine. Honestly bandai needs to step it up. The part separation and detail is amazing.
@@The_Duggler25 The new 1/100 calamity Gundam looks exactly like the 1/144 scale one. Bandai is feeding people shit. They do not care their 1/100 scale product line anymore
@@yuhaosang685 are you talking about the new 1/100 calamity from the new line up? The one that looks incredible and has mg detailing but without being a mg?
@@The_Duggler25 How can you say it's incredible? It is basically RE in a different name. It does not even have a frame.
@@yuhaosang685 so if it dosent have a frame them its trash? Also its not like a re1/100, the detail is far above it. Have you even seen pics of it?
Love this kit absolutely gorgeous and would make a good shelf piece to lighten up the room
I heard Zero Gravity will release Blood Blade this July, I'm looking forward to it
Whats that?
@@The_Duggler25 their next kit project
Fyi Blood Blade is a prebuilt figure.
Wow, never had seen a pre-built frame before nor one with metal! Very interesting 🤔
I was really lucky that my local store got one of this and sold it to me for $100. I still haven't built it but I'm very excited now based on what I've seen. This would be a project to paint.
That's a huge steal price man! I paid around 115 and that was off a pre order.
Man, looking at this thing is giving me the weirdest late 90s vies from when I first got into Gunpla and anime products, and I just bought all sorts of weird, unknown things with crazy designs and gimmicks. The "frontier" days... I miss that time so much...
I personally never enjoyed posing most models because the joints get loose over time, and I enjoy large backpacks like the moon gundam, 00 raiser, and turn red astray, so I think this metal frame would be right up my ally
Love all the subtle knocks while going through the sprues. "Don't break this V fin, there's only one in the box." Like i get 5 in my bandai models or something. 😆
😂
this thing looks straight up something from seed astray.
It's based loosely on the Forbidden Gundam.
@@Alucia0 i can see some similarities, but that head, chest and backpack screams astray to me.
The prices for bl/3rd Party stuff is one of the reasons I still like living in SEA. Found a first batch retail release for around 90 usd and immediately grabbed it, even that was a bit pricey considering that early POs were around 75-80 usd.
With regards to the design I think it looks great because compared to other 3rd party "detail up" kits, the details are actually cohesive and not too gaudy. Also at first I thought they pulled an early DM move and just "borrowed" a resin design; the closest one I could find was the Artisan Club Forbidden conversion kit, and while the similarity is there, I believe that this is an original design.
"Completely New Design Beyond Imagination"
Kappa
Looks like a heavily customized strike mixed with a death syth
I was able to preorder mine, and I am so glad that I have it.
This is a work of art. I only wish it were more available.
That is supposed to be a tricked out Forbidden Gundam, but it looks way more Astray-like with all the armor
it reminds me of deathscythe and zaku heathawk and a sandrock kind of shoulder.and barbatos head vibes.combined together😊..wow
i recently got mine in and just finished it up. my only complaint about it is the 5-piece-style hands, but otherwise, I definitely like it a ton
I love how stable it is when standing-pretty damn cool presence!
Yeah buddy locked in with 2nd batch over at USA Gundam Store. Thank you
that "moon" variant is out right now for pre order for any of you looking
This is what I've been waiting for. Thanks for the review Zaku😊
I need to watch this again because I ordered the recolored version. Hope I won't get into any big issues especially with fittings.
Yeah, i hope they fix those hands :(
I would definitely call that a halberd not a scyth. The scyth like part is just the spike/hook.
It reminds me of the axe of darius
Halscythe.
So glad I was able to get this kit on order from USA gundam
I use to have that Macross Regult Model back in the 80's when I was in elementary school.
I’m getting a Nu Gundam + Astray + IBO feel from this guy (not sure why on the IBO)
This really looks like (to me,of course) like a heavily re designed G Savior,with the tall vents,head design,side skirts,cockpit chest design,and even partly,the foot design
Probably just me,since I'm a fan of the G-Saviour's design philosophy
Its supposed to be a stylized version of the Forbidden Gundam from Gundam Seed
28:58
RX-78-2: *looks up* Grandson?
Judge:... Yeah sure. By adoption.
This is an incredible awesome kit. Thanks for the review.
I just pre-ordered mine and will be arriving anytime on the first week of April.
Ahh yes, the Zero Stock Gundam.
Wow this is an amazing kit !! I’d love to get my hands on it that’s for sure!
Wow those effect parts look way nicer than Bandai ones!
The head and chest reminds me of a mix between the Gundam Age II Magnum and Astray
Gundam or not Gundam... you be the JUDGE of that
Thanks for the video, just ordered mine *thumbs up*
“Place this V-Fin and jewel underneath the skirt... eeeeeerrrr for reasons... *wink *wink 😉😉 not meant to go on forehead cause this isn’t a Gundam *wink *wink 😅😅”
The frame for the Hi-Res Wing Gundam EW (Not the Wing Zero) is actually pretty solid too. Not to mention the Neo Bird transformation isn’t as bad too
the backpack of mine doesn't clip very well. it tends to fall off whenever I'm attaching its wings.
I see the Rage Nucleon High Mobility Backpack for the Nu Gundam in the shelf. When will you build it?
Nice pfp, sadly the cat is dead
Yeah I will!
@@ZakuAurelius looking forward to it
Destiny and Death scythe had a baby
the neck pice broke on mine, came broken actually, so many tiny parts make it hard and time consuming! Personally don't see anything that needs extra paint other than panel line, I did sand with a matt sponge all the blue parts.
While I haven't built any of the HIRM Gunpla kits, I can confirm the frames on Barbatos and both versions of Wing are much less stable than the Astrays and the G Gundam. Definitely recommend the Astrays if you are looking at picking up any HIRM kits
Just ordered mine off USA Gundam Store!
I’ll start to build this one as soon as I finish the freedom 2. freedom will look small with this huge dude.
raises the bar nicely - essentially everything that we wish bandai wouldve done
Are the hip joints ratcheted?
Sort of yes
Definitely regret not picking this one up. Hoping for a second print
Looks like The Age 3, disguised as Sinanju Stein, cosplaying as Deathscythe Hell Custom, but the wings are just comprised of Seed Destiny bull shit and then the Crossbone Vanguard did the paint job..... I love it!
Do you know where I can buy one like that and how much good sir?
I love it, hopefully they do another production run
Hey, this might be a bit random, but I'd appericate any links to where I can purchase this! I've looked everywhere and It's constantly getting sold out before I can get my hands on one, or just gets marked up on Ebay.
you can usually find them in Aliexpress
This is just a cool redesign of the Forbidden Gundam from Gundam Seed but with a different backpack.
Looks like the lightning striker on its back that metal build just released
at minute 10.13 is that kit just snapfit or already include stickers-painting-lining?
It’s all just snap built
I feel judge is the most powerful name because its one syllable. President, overlord, and what else? Just one pulse. bam. Judge.
This kit looks amazing. Are there waterslide decals included? Hopefully a good amount of decals
Yes there are, as shown
The V-Fin can be plugged into the Backskirt because the Forbidden had one.
this thing is like the Gundam Deathscythe (Rousette Unit Ver.) mixed with the GAT-X252 Forbidden Gundam
the backpack kinda looks like the Lightning Striker pack, the chest kinda looks like the Freedom's chest and the head is totally Astray style
It's basically Build Fighter's Forbidden Gundam gone ow so right.
Wow, this thing is a real beauty, I'm so temted, but I already spent so much money this month, this is more than I've ever paid for a model kit, and I'm still sitting on that Black Wargreymon kit I bought from usagundamstore a while back oops
time to patiently wait for the restock
so does anyone anywhere know where i can still find this kit? everywhere i check its sold out!
Atm a few preorders are still available at USA Gundam but I doubt that’ll be the case for long
i would love to see the HG version of the OZ-12SMS Taurus
Wat Gundam? You're lawyer now? This is Don't Judge.
Metal build Strike Freedom meets Forbidden Gundam with design tweeks here and there. Well what else can we expect from a Chinese manufacturer
really love this...looks so solid kit
Which Gundam Character do you think will pilot the Zero Gravity Judge?
Quatre
The neck issue is still not solved?
Isn't Bandai has issues with Gundam lookalikes? If I remember correctly, they didn't want any other company to make a Gundam lookalike. Even Banpresto Super Robot Wars series Gundam lookalike the Huckebein got "upgraded" to Exbein that removed the V fins/red chin/red cockpit hatch.
Exactly
Rewatching this review to convince myself why I need this kit
It’s an awesome kit!
Because this is actually inspired by the Forbidden Gundam. They mentioned it back when this kit was still a CGI render.
how does this reflect with nub marks? does it clean up easy?
Yep I found it to be pretty easy
that was actually a custom forbidden gundam which makes it literally forbidden to be called a gundam
I'm buying it. I just bought the blade king. 😊
Hello could you tell where did you get this zero gravity judge
They sent me one for review 👍
Like you didn't buy
Did you buy
@@ZakuAurelius did you buy
Been building it myself, the fitment is fantastic, it honestly feels like a Bandai kit fitting wise. Plastic is about 7.5 or 8/10 quality of Bandai.
How is the fitting of this? The pre-built inner frame is giving me flashbacks to trying to get the Hi-Res Wing EW put together with a friend, but maybe that's just because the frame was made in a different factory.
Great fit!
Excellent fit, it's like building a bandai kit.
That's a pretty cool transformer
Unfortunately, I missed out on it. I would definitely get one if they make a second run.
Alright this is cool and all, but of this isn't the first kit, what is, and where can I find them?
I was personally disappointed with the way my kit arrived. A couple things I wish I had known before ordering; you’re kind of taking a chance on what you get. Mine arrived with the neck joint snapped completely off (a known issue I was willing to take a chance on) however it was also totally missing the bottom metal part of the left foot on the diecast frame. Had I known about the diecast frame potentially missing parts I would have passed on it. Maybe I just got the luck of the draw on a lemon, although I doubt that considering they had to put out a fix for the broken neck. Unfortunately the website I finally found it in stock on and ordered from gave me the “you get what you get we can’t guarantee condition upon arrival”. This is 100% my fault for choosing the website/store. That isn’t necessarily on Zero Gravity.
Just something to consider for the $200+ premium. I really, really wanted to like this kit, I bought into the hype regarding it and was just surprised at the apparent lack of QC. Being a third party kit I expected it to be nowhere near Bandai quality, but not quite this disappointing. I wouldn’t personally recommend it at the current market price. Should be far below the $100 price imo, nowhere near the almost $180-$200 you see them going for now. Just know you’re taking a chance on getting a kit that may or may not contain a complete/unbroken inner frame when you order one of these.
Grey par inside the vents should have been painted gunmetal or chrome that would have been SICK
I love the design of this. It's very heavy on Seed aesthetics, and is full of gimmicks and various weapons. I would have loved to of picked this up, but I'm always skeptical about 3rd party kits.
What’s the reason for pre-assembled frames?