How you put this kit together is quite reminiscent of those plastic model ship kits. It's also worth noting that this MS only existed on paper and was never actually built
I respect the complexity, but I just don't like the design. Sure every good officer knows the legs are just for show, but I like my mobile suits to look more mobile. Great review, man. Keep em coming!
Legs are only for show if you're sure you won't ever come into contact with another solid surface. A mobile armor like the Neo Zeong doesn't need legs, for example. But if you ever want to land somewhere or have another combat surface for kicking, then legs are nice.
I've built some gundams & I've enjoyed them all. One thing I thought of though, being a graphic designer and all,, is how their form never match their function. I found that Gundams NEVER need to have humanoid form. They dont need their legs, they dont need their hands, and they certainly dont need a face. They just need to be some sort of very agile tank that can fly. After that kind of mismatch in basic form-to-function concepts, imagine my amusement when I saw THIS guy.
I love the little painted details you did. They really improve the overall look of the kit. I won't be getting this because of lack of posing and price. Nice review. Pretty sure as impractical as it may seem, water slides are pretty nice for big surfaces, its just a bit hard to work with em if they get too big.
I agree with your reasons for thumbs down. Spending that much money I expect a bit more features/gimmicks and great color seperation, especially considering it's 2018. I like the design but I don't think I'll ever be able to justify going for this.
REALLY REALLY looking forward for a MG Ex-s Gundam ver.2.0 or something like that. I feel like Bandai is pushing out Sentinel series, which is incredible. With Metal Robot Zeta plus c1 coming in a couple months and this MG deep striker, I am quite sure that they won't just leave it there. Gundam mk v is likely to be a 1/100RE series, Zeta plus and S gundam would appear as a MG series. If not, RG would be nice. You know.... RG Ex-s gundam. I'd totally buy it.
Gonna have to disagree on the bit about waterslides not working. Nothing is preventing a builder from adding them during the build process once all painting is done, or even just in its basic limb components, stickers only for a kit this expensive is a ripoff.
Screws are a necessity.. no getting around it, its too big to have snap together parts hold together. Also if anyone wants to complain about price.... go buy a few warhammer 40k models and look at what you get for you money and you will never complain about the price of a gundam model ever again. Some of the molds games workshop are using are well over 15 years old.
Glad they actually did translate the details in the manual. Your criticism of the kit is understandable. Would it kill them to add a bit of chrome and some yellow?
Need more part separation on new parts, especially the chest. No clear part for the green lens, just big block of white. Add some extra panels n frame for it instead of charging us unused plastic from ExS.
Eh, the weapon being simple isn't surprising in the least. while it would have been nice to have some complexity on the main gun, more often than not most of the detail goes into the inner frame and the main body. which is underwhelming in a kit like this to say the least.
JamesBLonde0059 I'm aware. I stand by my statement. With over 100+ master grades under his belt, I'm surprised he would make such a statement. I mean, I only have around 40 MGs, and I don't find applying water slides that difficult enough to say it's a good thing this kit didn't come with waterslides over stickers because "....it'd be impossible."
I still don't see the point of this kit, when they first announced a sentinel suit for the 200th master grade, I was really hoping for a Mk.V , but when they said deep striker, I thought it was a joke. Fingers crossed for a Re/100
@@Zaku186 Exactly! As a matter of fact, I have the HG 1/144 Dendrobium :D It's the 2nd largest kit next to the HG Neo Zeong. I mean they were able to make that crazy huge NZ, why not the Neue Ziel?? Come on now Bandai 😑
@@Rey-sb6li They are more than capable of making a badass kit of the neue ziel. they are capable of putting LEDs in the thrusters and a LED mono-eye and giving it good articulation but still be solid and including beam effect parts and making those look awesome and they are capable of making the claws articulate but strong and giving up a nice strong wire for the rocket punch. but they wont. best we can hope for as 0083 fans is a new MG GP-01 but bet your ass it will be a ver ka and they will take his bell bottoms and give him skinny long legs and weak pencil arms and a tiny head. and maybe we will get lucky and live long enough to see a new GP-02A but you know it will be a RE/100. bandai has really killed my passion for gundam tbh. just disapointment after disapointment.
I'm a beginner to gundam, and I just have to have this!!! Why so much hate for this kit? I think it looks so menacing , if anything I just want it as a display piece.
The reason I'm so up in arms about this kit is because it feels like a P Bandai kit that just just shoehorned in as a standard release. It's not that I want this thing to be super poseable but common where are the gimmicks ? If this was a true MG it would have tons of color separation and gimmicks to make it more interesting.
already did the ex-s way back when, check my older reviews..........I was going to put them side by side for the review but they both didn't fit in the same spot.......
id only buy this just to customize another kit with that big ass gun XD i got a feeling they made it like that just because it needs a personal job on it maybe?
Can someone please explain to me what the purpose of this beast in Gundam lore is? All the thrusters, no legs, a radar dish, the insane bulk; for what purpose was this built and why does it seem so beloved within the Gundam community? The Wiki isn't very helpful so if anyone has time to explain I'd greatly appreciate it!
This is pretty obviously a space-only mobile suit, so legs wouldn't have done it much good. This is practically more of a ship than a mobile suit, I guess it could be put best. the sensors and huge cannon I imagine are probably for using it kind of like the Hyaku Shiki with that cannon it'd use for long range bombardment. You'd fire from out of the optical range of the enemy and do devastating damage.
It's basically a one-man ship killer. Relatively small but has the firepower and the range to take on capital ships with fairly little lost it it fails.
Basically as the name implies it is supposed to go deep into enemy territory strike something, usually a command ship, blow it up and get the hell out before the enemy knows what the hell even happened
i have a genuine and deep resentment to this kit. bandai wants 200 bucks and odin knows how many build hours for this thing. and it does nothing. bugger this noise, I'll buy ten high grades.
d'aw i was hoping for a comparison with the excess/exS gundam to see the two buff bois together. This is definitely not a kit I will be getting, it's just too clunky. I want my gundam kits to be posable, to look slick as they are futuristic suits. Why build something so un-aerodynamic? I get that it's a walking (or hovering, really) tank, kind of like the thunderbolt full armor gundam but more extreme, but it's just too much for me. I much prefer sleeker suits that still feel intimidating like the Sinanju.
jabman025 myeah its a shame. It just doesnt work as a kit. Having big weapons can be cool, but a model should never have big weapons to be cool. It just becomes overdesigned and clunky like this one. What use are all those awesome weapons when doing anything with the kit is a hassle? I think the nu gundam and sinanju kits prove that size does not mean unplayable or brick. This design i wouldve liked to see modernized to be more practical. Hope to see you review the f91 2.0 btw. To compare a 2.0 with a kit of the year winner sounds fun to me
@RobloxNinja Well to be honest, I think an MG GN-001 Gundam Exia (Roll Out) would have been a good candidate for a P-Bandai release since it was supposed to come out as a P-Bandai. In 2009, they had shown it to be in the works and planned to come out. It never did, and I still have no idea why it hasn't. But I suppose now would be a good time to do an MG and also an RG GN-001 Gundam Exia (Roll Out). As for the MG MSA-0011［Bst］ Plan 303E Deep Striker ... Honestly, given that it's mostly reusing a lot of parts from the MG MSA-0011［Ext］ Ex-S Gundam which came out in 2003, it should've been a P-Bandai release and let something else come out as a normal, retail release MG. To make things worse, the kit is (I think) the most expensive MG that Bandai ever released with its ¥20,000 price. To put that into perspective, for ¥20,000 you could buy things like: - PG MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam - PG RX-78GP01 Gundam "Zephyranthes"/Fb - PG GAT-X105 Strike Gundam + PG FX-550 Skygrasper + AQM/E-X01 Aile Striker and have money left - PG MBF-02+AQM/E-X01 Aile Strike Rouge + FX-550 Skygrasper and have money left - PG RX-0 Unicorn Gundam - 3 sets of MG MSZ-010 ZZ Gundam "Ver.Ka" and have money left ^ Each of those kits are ¥20,000 or a little less. Honestly, this is one of those releases that I think was a mistake on Bandai's part. It's poor judgement. If they really wanted to charge ¥20,000 for an MG, they could have at least made a totally new mold and instead of having to reusing parts from a very old MG. You can tell that MG MSA-0011［Bst］ Plan 303E Deep Striker is not something that Bandai thought about much and just rushed it out.
where can i get a 1/1 scale jabman ??
You'll have to see the only distributor - his parents.
It's a limited run.
You can find many seller of that model kit on shopee but the problem is if shopee is available shipping out of Asia.
I was already going to skip this kit when my bank turned down my mortgage request for it, now I'm glad they did
How you put this kit together is quite reminiscent of those plastic model ship kits. It's also worth noting that this MS only existed on paper and was never actually built
I respect the complexity, but I just don't like the design. Sure every good officer knows the legs are just for show, but I like my mobile suits to look more mobile. Great review, man. Keep em coming!
Legs are only for show if you're sure you won't ever come into contact with another solid surface. A mobile armor like the Neo Zeong doesn't need legs, for example. But if you ever want to land somewhere or have another combat surface for kicking, then legs are nice.
Great Job my man, best reviewer out there
I've built some gundams & I've enjoyed them all. One thing I thought of though, being a graphic designer and all,, is how their form never match their function.
I found that Gundams NEVER need to have humanoid form. They dont need their legs, they dont need their hands, and they certainly dont need a face. They just need to be some sort of very agile tank that can fly.
After that kind of mismatch in basic form-to-function concepts, imagine my amusement when I saw THIS guy.
I love the little painted details you did. They really improve the overall look of the kit. I won't be getting this because of lack of posing and price. Nice review.
Pretty sure as impractical as it may seem, water slides are pretty nice for big surfaces, its just a bit hard to work with em if they get too big.
Holy crap, I can't even imagine how much that 1/1 scale Jabman costs. What a collection you got there..
I agree with your reasons for thumbs down. Spending that much money I expect a bit more features/gimmicks and great color seperation, especially considering it's 2018. I like the design but I don't think I'll ever be able to justify going for this.
Ending nailed it. Its a " hollow block ".
They should've made this in HGUC rather than MG; much easier to display and cheaper in the long run.....also far lighter.
The kits size is better than normal size if its hg, in my opinion its better like this the only problem is where to put him.
hoping that the 1/1 Jabman isn't premium bandai exculsive.
REALLY REALLY looking forward for a MG Ex-s Gundam ver.2.0 or something like that. I feel like Bandai is pushing out Sentinel series, which is incredible. With Metal Robot Zeta plus c1 coming in a couple months and this MG deep striker, I am quite sure that they won't just leave it there. Gundam mk v is likely to be a 1/100RE series, Zeta plus and S gundam would appear as a MG series. If not, RG would be nice. You know.... RG Ex-s gundam. I'd totally buy it.
Love your reviews man, keep it up. Thanks a lot
Oh boy, can't wait for the 1/144 scale Jabman!
Gonna have to disagree on the bit about waterslides not working. Nothing is preventing a builder from adding them during the build process once all painting is done, or even just in its basic limb components, stickers only for a kit this expensive is a ripoff.
Those small variations in color you did really make it pop. Great review! 👍
now there are 2 big MG's. the deep striker and perfect zeong
Is Bandai still selling the 1/1 scale jabman?
Screws are a necessity.. no getting around it, its too big to have snap together parts hold together. Also if anyone wants to complain about price.... go buy a few warhammer 40k models and look at what you get for you money and you will never complain about the price of a gundam model ever again. Some of the molds games workshop are using are well over 15 years old.
Glad they actually did translate the details in the manual.
Your criticism of the kit is understandable. Would it kill them to add a bit of chrome and some yellow?
Need more part separation on new parts, especially the chest. No clear part for the green lens, just big block of white. Add some extra panels n frame for it instead of charging us unused plastic from ExS.
Speaking of parts separation, I'm surprised Jabman didn't mention that the main weapon's body is literally two pieces sandwiched together.
Eh, the weapon being simple isn't surprising in the least. while it would have been nice to have some complexity on the main gun, more often than not most of the detail goes into the inner frame and the main body. which is underwhelming in a kit like this to say the least.
"Waterslides would be impossible!" Uh, yeah. Strongly, strongly disagree. With a on almost $200 kit, I feel cheated with just stickers.
Kong Vue I think he was referring to the application of the decals, not Bandai including them.
JamesBLonde0059 I'm aware. I stand by my statement. With over 100+ master grades under his belt, I'm surprised he would make such a statement. I mean, I only have around 40 MGs, and I don't find applying water slides that difficult enough to say it's a good thing this kit didn't come with waterslides over stickers because "....it'd be impossible."
What about the size next to the MG Pyscho Zaku Ver Ka?
I still don't see the point of this kit, when they first announced a sentinel suit for the 200th master grade, I was really hoping for a Mk.V , but when they said deep striker, I thought it was a joke. Fingers crossed for a Re/100
They did it because bootleggers were cashing in on it. UC fanboys were clamoring for a MG Deep Striker while the bastards in China capitalized on it.
@@crigonalgaming1258 not uc fanboys but the few people who like sentinel
Kinda wish Sunrise would give us another season of Daily Lives of High School boys.
Nifty enough design, but yeahhhh, I knew this wouldn't be for me. Thanks for taking the plunge, and your customization did add a lot of life to it.
...If the ever come out with a perfect grade of this...
except for the mg perfect zeong that thing is huge
RB_Unit MKII yeah but this thing could probably take down my perfect zeong in one shot
J Prime im talking size wise that thing is the size of a baby
Now this kit is completed now answer me one question Bandai!!! WHERE THE MG KSHATRIYA????
"On, and on, and on, and on, andon, andon, andon, andon, anon, anon, anoN, anON, aNON, ANON! ANON! ANON! ANON! ANON!!!"
I'm not gonna get this but I am getting the mg F91 2.0 can't wait
So when will the 1/100 scale Jabman be released?
This kit looks so dope! Still not getting it though lol
I still can't wait to get my hands on this one. Considering the equivalent 3rd party goes for like $400, I'll take it.
Need this for next to my gffmc zeta plus c1 hummingbird
Would you say it’s worth 150$ including shipping fees?
I was hoping for a size comparison with the ex-s
I wish they would make a Neue Ziel.
Amen. Been hoping for this too.
@@Rey-sb6li i love the neue ziel so damn much. Its a badass mobile armor and stardust memory was good af. But bandai dont give a fuck.
@@Zaku186 Exactly! As a matter of fact, I have the HG 1/144 Dendrobium :D It's the 2nd largest kit next to the HG Neo Zeong. I mean they were able to make that crazy huge NZ, why not the Neue Ziel?? Come on now Bandai 😑
@@Rey-sb6li They are more than capable of making a badass kit of the neue ziel. they are capable of putting LEDs in the thrusters and a LED mono-eye and giving it good articulation but still be solid and including beam effect parts and making those look awesome and they are capable of making the claws articulate but strong and giving up a nice strong wire for the rocket punch. but they wont. best we can hope for as 0083 fans is a new MG GP-01 but bet your ass it will be a ver ka and they will take his bell bottoms and give him skinny long legs and weak pencil arms and a tiny head. and maybe we will get lucky and live long enough to see a new GP-02A but you know it will be a RE/100. bandai has really killed my passion for gundam tbh. just disapointment after disapointment.
bigger than MG Perfect Zeong?
Its debatable if i choose mechanicore deep stirker or that bandai deep striker
35 pages and it’s just a standard MG, imagine how many pages it’d have if it was a MG Ver Ka >.
I'm a beginner to gundam, and I just have to have this!!! Why so much hate for this kit? I think it looks so menacing , if anything I just want it as a display piece.
The parts separation sucks, seam lines sucks, it's just re/100 quality parts on top of a nearly two decade old kit
@@Bobert2020 I still want it tho😍
@@jesses542 it's a bad kit, but you can like it
@@Bobert2020 I've seen it in a comic book shop on top of a shelf, but how big is it?
@@jesses542 really big. Like the gun is 22 cm long I think? So you need a lot of space for it
almost same size with PG?
Is it bigger than the perfect Zeong though
its a. really really big bad ass lookin paper weight
When I built ex-s I used a real silver paint marker for the joints and anything not the armor that was black .. Stiff and stuff as can be
I'm going to have to point you towards the Perfect Zeong, it's the same height as the PG Gundam RX-78, Plus it's not a brick kit
only disappoint is the attach on base not like the other kits but looks heavy
The reason I'm so up in arms about this kit is because it feels like a P Bandai kit that just just shoehorned in as a standard release. It's not that I want this thing to be super poseable but common where are the gimmicks ? If this was a true MG it would have tons of color separation and gimmicks to make it more interesting.
Awww It's a bit of a shame you didn't put the Sazabi Ver.Ka next to it.
How is this compared to a 1/48
Did u have a new lighting system? This is so much better than before. 💕
Great review. Thank you!
biggest master grade of all time? what about the psycho zaku? the perfect zeong?
Can you build the S/EX-S by itself? It'd be neat to see it in a hanger diorama (I'm aware that would take a whole corner of a room :P)
already did the ex-s way back when, check my older reviews..........I was going to put them side by side for the review but they both didn't fit in the same spot.......
Jabman I still wonder why you haven't get yourself a exs gundam 1.5 ver ? 🤔
id only buy this just to customize another kit with that big ass gun XD i got a feeling they made it like that just because it needs a personal job on it maybe?
To quote Char, "it has no legs."
Gonna revive this command section.
The Base is never a PG base the base is first introduce with the MG Ex-S then its use by the PG Strike Freedom.
Is this thing bigger than the hg gundam dendrobium?
Smaller and it's 1/100
Can someone please explain to me what the purpose of this beast in Gundam lore is?
All the thrusters, no legs, a radar dish, the insane bulk; for what purpose was this built and why does it seem so beloved within the Gundam community? The Wiki isn't very helpful so if anyone has time to explain I'd greatly appreciate it!
This is pretty obviously a space-only mobile suit, so legs wouldn't have done it much good. This is practically more of a ship than a mobile suit, I guess it could be put best. the sensors and huge cannon I imagine are probably for using it kind of like the Hyaku Shiki with that cannon it'd use for long range bombardment. You'd fire from out of the optical range of the enemy and do devastating damage.
It's basically a one-man ship killer. Relatively small but has the firepower and the range to take on capital ships with fairly little lost it it fails.
Basically as the name implies it is supposed to go deep into enemy territory strike something, usually a command ship, blow it up and get the hell out before the enemy knows what the hell even happened
A mobile turret along with its escort unit Hummingbird.
During the Gundam sentinel story the deep striker was going to be used the the eff but it never went into production
is it bigger than the perfect zeong? i know thats the biggest kit ever made
Perfect zeong might be a tad bit taller but in terms of length girth and just overall weight it doesn't come close to this
Its no immune to a heat hawk.
Hi sir
Do you have a blog? that i can see your model kits
thanks
Actually
The biggest mg is perfect zeong
i have a genuine and deep resentment to this kit.
bandai wants 200 bucks and odin knows how many build hours for this thing.
and it does nothing.
bugger this noise, I'll buy ten high grades.
Scott wachter you could probably get 15 to 20 hg kits depending on which one you get
trufax.
i've got my eyes on some grunts for the collection.
Needs wings and fin funnels, don’t forget the rail cannons too
Biggest MG ever made??? What about, say, perfect zeong?
Wireless_Phantom the Zeong is the tallest, this one is the widest.
Joeie Rivera fair enough.
Joeie Rivera and the longest
Joeie Rivera this is still a bad kit by all means should have been an RE 1/100 instead that makes more sense tbh.
It's not just a brick. It's a brick with a gun.
Does it give you enough parts to build just the sentinel with all those unused parts?
Ex-s was and is my fav
Doesn't even have the parts for the old kit
I can’t decide between this kit and the MG EX-S. Which one would you say is better? (Note: I don’t paint my kits)
well they are both big monster kits that don't move so if you want big monster go with this
Ex-S for me.
Thanks for the review, now I know that I'll pass on this one.
The smallest Gundam till date is shared by both Victory and F91, both standing @ 15.2m tall. :)
Elozt yet the small mech that still has my heart will always be the urban mech it’s the little trash can that could.
Better we got it than not at all.
Anybody else get a metal gear rex vibe from this thing?
How much bigger than the mg perfect zeong?
@jabman025
Brick kit.
its bad ass paper wait
PERFECT ZEONG IS BIGGER
The "S" of the S gundam stands for "SUPERIOR" not sentinel.....just saying.....
That head design is dope Shogun to the bone
dang! 1:1 scale jabman!
I think the Perfect Zeong is still taller
Let me guess; are you going to pass on the MG Banshee ver Ka? I think you’re already tired of all these Unicorns.....
Imagine this kit in pg form
Gonna be a hard pass for me. Holding out for maybe a PG this year
just so you know the S in S Gundam doesn't stand for Sentinel, it's stands for Superior.
d'aw i was hoping for a comparison with the excess/exS gundam to see the two buff bois together. This is definitely not a kit I will be getting, it's just too clunky. I want my gundam kits to be posable, to look slick as they are futuristic suits. Why build something so un-aerodynamic? I get that it's a walking (or hovering, really) tank, kind of like the thunderbolt full armor gundam but more extreme, but it's just too much for me. I much prefer sleeker suits that still feel intimidating like the Sinanju.
This particular Mech like the Nightingale only functions in space
jabman025 myeah its a shame. It just doesnt work as a kit. Having big weapons can be cool, but a model should never have big weapons to be cool. It just becomes overdesigned and clunky like this one. What use are all those awesome weapons when doing anything with the kit is a hassle? I think the nu gundam and sinanju kits prove that size does not mean unplayable or brick. This design i wouldve liked to see modernized to be more practical. Hope to see you review the f91 2.0 btw. To compare a 2.0 with a kit of the year winner sounds fun to me
Pg version of this 🤔
I watch other reviewers on RUclips but no one compares to Jabman...
Just bought the kit. Getting it shipped and most likely gonna cost me 400 Usd
Whaaaat?!!
@@RaggenZ expensive kit. Plus large box so shipping also expensive
@@ZimbolicalMayhem wayy to expensive, I got mine from second hand seller for only 170 USD (kit still brand new)
@@RaggenZ Mine was around USD 220, Shipping was the rest
@@ZimbolicalMayhem 180 usd shipping is robbing !
This is a starship pretending to be a gundam. Hate that its a MG, I've seen SDs with better color separation than this.
seems as though bandai putting less effort in their kits as time goes. after many years of this hobby kinda tired of it..
i dont know about anyone else, but all the extra stuff o this gundam seems a bit... EX-Sive :>
And none of the parts are useful
@jabman025
Honestly, this kit seems like a wasted release. It should've been a P-Bandai. There are other kits that should've been released.
Yeah like exia rollout colors
@RobloxNinja
That MG was supposed to be a P-Bandai. It as shown, but never released.
I meant iss exia rollout one of the kits you think should have been released instead of deepstriker?
I think they should released MG Dynames instead of deepstriker. What kits nick do you think they should've released instead of deepstriker?
@RobloxNinja
Well to be honest, I think an MG GN-001 Gundam Exia (Roll Out) would have been a good candidate for a P-Bandai release since it was supposed to come out as a P-Bandai.
In 2009, they had shown it to be in the works and planned to come out.
It never did, and I still have no idea why it hasn't.
But I suppose now would be a good time to do an MG and also an RG GN-001 Gundam Exia (Roll Out).
As for the MG MSA-0011［Bst］ Plan 303E Deep Striker ...
Honestly, given that it's mostly reusing a lot of parts from the MG MSA-0011［Ext］ Ex-S Gundam which came out in 2003, it should've been a P-Bandai release and let something else come out as a normal, retail release MG.
To make things worse, the kit is (I think) the most expensive MG that Bandai ever released with its ¥20,000 price.
To put that into perspective, for ¥20,000 you could buy things like:
- PG MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam
- PG RX-78GP01 Gundam "Zephyranthes"/Fb
- PG GAT-X105 Strike Gundam + PG FX-550 Skygrasper + AQM/E-X01 Aile Striker and have money left
- PG MBF-02+AQM/E-X01 Aile Strike Rouge + FX-550 Skygrasper and have money left
- PG RX-0 Unicorn Gundam
- 3 sets of MG MSZ-010 ZZ Gundam "Ver.Ka" and have money left
^ Each of those kits are ¥20,000 or a little less.
Honestly, this is one of those releases that I think was a mistake on Bandai's part.
It's poor judgement.
If they really wanted to charge ¥20,000 for an MG, they could have at least made a totally new mold and instead of having to reusing parts from a very old MG.
You can tell that MG MSA-0011［Bst］ Plan 303E Deep Striker is not something that Bandai thought about much and just rushed it out.
Not worth it
How about compared to the Perfect Zeong?
I'll stick to my ex-s
Brently Bennett ok
This kit is awesome i don't care what is said.
S Gundam stands for Superior not Sentinel ya dingus