I'm waiting on two of these to arrive, so I'm glad to see a favorable review. And as a note, the smoke launchers are the three gray tubes on the head---they're based off the smoke launchers you see on a lot of tanks. Which is to say, almost exactly the same because smoke launchers are very simple contraptions.
Yeah I was very impressed on how detailed the kit is and it’s color separation. Not to mention that rifle is insanely detailed for a Hg kit rifle. It blows all of my GM kits out of the water.
This is gonna be one of a those kits that I'd be shouting 'reloading' when playing with them! Just ordered one, really excited to build it. Nice review as always!
Given how lackluster the original HGUC GM Sniper II was (even back in 2012), this kit is very impressive. It may not be a top-tier HG when it comes to articulation or accessories, but it does everything you'd want it to do, looks fantastic, and just feels like a solid, contemporary HG. The HGUC GM Sniper II it's based on struggled to do a sniping pose and was arguably worse than HG GMs that preceded it, including ones like the Powered GM or Quel from 2006/7. The GM Sniper II was my favorite design at the time and I highly anticipated the HG's release, only to be left incredibly disappointed. I was worried about the reused GM Sniper II parts, but it basically turned out to one of the best gunpla comeback stories.
They reissued this kit so many times on USA P Bandai I built 3 as a squad on my shelf. You’re right about those extra parts too. Definitely gives you the ability to make more variety if you have more than one kit. I was wondering if you were going to get around to this kit. Wanted to hear your opinion on it as I fell in love with it and got 2 more through rerelease. Great review.
I didn't know this kit existed, and that was better because I freakin love it, it is REALLY impressive the amount of detail and armor separation, color separation in it and the design is just tasteful and awesome, but I will never be getting because of it being P-Bandai. What an HG, though.
I believe the little articulated pieces on his shoulders are supposed to be connection points for a jungle themed, camouflage cloak. I'm sure I've read that somewhere when I first found out about the GM Spartan years ago, but I'am not sure where and can't find it anymore, so don't take my word for it!
Superior training and superior weaponry have, when taken together, a geometric effect on overall military strength. Well-trained, well-equipped troops can stand up to many more times their lesser brethren than linear arithmetic would seem to indicate.
HG witch from mercury kits fall short for me of what a HG should be because despite all of their seeming extravagance at times, they also skimp on quality in places to keep the cost down. Namely C clips which to me, are entry grade level quality which shouldn’t be in HGs for important areas
This and the GM Custom are my all time favourite grunt suits. Finally seeing this suit made was amazaing, pre ordered it the moment I saw it (through gritted teeth, P Bandai after all). The only additions this kit should have had - - optional additonal vulcan pod for the head. The suit is written in lore it can mount one (based on GM Sniper 2). I just feel heads without vulcans are rather "naked". - an extra two magazines to mount on the rear skirt, the feature is advertised but who is going to place them there and leave the gun looking empty or at the very least NOT showing off it's unique quick reload function?
That was released in a time there was not a bloat of new alternate universes so UC still was the main focus of gunpla production. Now we get a lot of alternate universes kits and UC ones are mainly P-Bandai sadly.
The gm striker could use a refresh imo. The articulation is understandably dated, but for a close combat unit they could've eeked a bit more out of it.
a bit disappointed for that yellow sticker for tiny part on its waist. if they could separate color for that part for other kit in the same series like GM GTO, then why not this kit too?
hi Zaku...i really like when u review Hemoxian Thor... i wonder if u going to review In Era Thunderbolt... i meant i think it'll be safe bcoz the design is really far anough from gundam and i think the mechanic and gimmicks is really good. :)
@@ZakuAurelius hopefully they will. P bandai had black friday thing where they re released some models that were out of stock. So hopefully its a yearly thing where they re release old models
tbh I don't really care too much for the Spartan but given they were willing to make so many new runners for this kit I got high hopes for more more non-Origin GMs in the future
the hanging armor on the shoulder appears to be a Spaced Armor en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_armour . Seriously wished this got a regular release instead of being P-Bandai.
any chance you review a pbandai Aquam Hambrabi II both re-boot and re-zeon version , or you currently don't have one on hand atm? cuz I don't get why there's only a few reviews out there and it's half decent(no offense ) + its not on foreign language so you u can't understand a thing.
It used to be exciting to see a PB release as it was usually something that wouldn't have seen a released. Now it's just milking and paywalling great kits. I refuse to buy anything that should have been a regular release
So many people in this comment section not understanding that this mobile suit predates Halo. It was the inspiration for the spartan power armor, not the other way around.
@@KZN02 I'm not sure if they've ever directly stated it but Bungie is known to be full of Gundam fans (to this day they have a gunpla club in their office). Plus there are a number of other direct Gundam references in halo and their earlier games; given their history and all the similarities in design it would be much weirder if it weren't an inspiration.
@@gophermanX Gundam in general being an inspiration I can believe. This specific mobile suit I’m pretty doubtful. Mind you the current appearance we see here was designed after Halo was released.
So utterly annoying so many of the best kits I actually want are BS-Bandai kits made of unobtainium. Would be nice if they included a second shield, missile rack, and an extra ammo pack so you could have two spares and symmetry.
Can we all agree, considering Bandai owns the Armored core IP, that if they would release kits with interchangeable parts of Armored Core's, that that would be a absolute golden move to make?
That would be cool if bandai decides to dip into Armored Core. I know Kotobukiya have been making A.C. model kits for a while now, even announcing that they’ll be making some for Armored Core 6. I also know that Bandai will be making Armored Core 6 Figures under their Robot Damashii line
If the UNSC made mobile suits.
Gotta say, it looks the part.👍
If chief had access to that the covenant wouldn’t have made it past harvest.
@@bakernation on gosh, it woulda been a wrap
"I need a -weapon- mobile suit."
Lmao yess
“Master Chief, you mind telling me why you’re in that Mobile Suit?”
"Sir, finishing the one year war!"
Sir, giving the zeon back their bomb.
@@danhanrahan9459Sir, giving back Zeon's dropped Colony
GM spartan came out early 1990
I'm waiting on two of these to arrive, so I'm glad to see a favorable review. And as a note, the smoke launchers are the three gray tubes on the head---they're based off the smoke launchers you see on a lot of tanks. Which is to say, almost exactly the same because smoke launchers are very simple contraptions.
Yeah I was very impressed on how detailed the kit is and it’s color separation. Not to mention that rifle is insanely detailed for a Hg kit rifle. It blows all of my GM kits out of the water.
And we are waiting the Amazing GM Origin that came out in november in Japan. This time not P-Bandai.
I hope this
Kit is an indication of a better HG quality in future.
better pbandai quality probably
not really...it really depends on the generation...hg origins kits have better articulation than older pbandai kits
This is gonna be one of a those kits that I'd be shouting 'reloading' when playing with them! Just ordered one, really excited to build it. Nice review as always!
Really hope we can get a Master Grade of this guy at some point!
there is a resin conversion kit out there. Made by Evo i believe.
There is a pretty good 1/100 resin kit by Simpro
id love it too but it would most likely be pbandai which kinda is lame
lol never gonna happen
"Sir, request permission to leave the station."
“For what purpose, Master Chief?”
@@Brawler_1337 "To Give The Covenant Back Their Bomb"
@@RevanR “Permission granted.”
👌👌👌
Given how lackluster the original HGUC GM Sniper II was (even back in 2012), this kit is very impressive. It may not be a top-tier HG when it comes to articulation or accessories, but it does everything you'd want it to do, looks fantastic, and just feels like a solid, contemporary HG. The HGUC GM Sniper II it's based on struggled to do a sniping pose and was arguably worse than HG GMs that preceded it, including ones like the Powered GM or Quel from 2006/7. The GM Sniper II was my favorite design at the time and I highly anticipated the HG's release, only to be left incredibly disappointed. I was worried about the reused GM Sniper II parts, but it basically turned out to one of the best gunpla comeback stories.
Loving the detail on this HGUC GM Spartan! 👏🤩
They reissued this kit so many times on USA P Bandai I built 3 as a squad on my shelf. You’re right about those extra parts too. Definitely gives you the ability to make more variety if you have more than one kit. I was wondering if you were going to get around to this kit. Wanted to hear your opinion on it as I fell in love with it and got 2 more through rerelease. Great review.
I love watching these p-bandai reviews so I can see kits that I will never build.😀 ha ha!
wow they actually went of the way to give part separation for the backpack pipes and inside the thrusters
The simp decals come with these awesome camo decals. I loved this kit. Its an easy build. Looks great
the g rework waterslide decals for this kit make it look even better
Love this design. Think you have the wire-guided missiles on backwards. lol Thanks for the review.
The backpack unit disperses Minovsky particles so the MS can infiltrate.
I didn't know this kit existed, and that was better because I freakin love it, it is REALLY impressive the amount of detail and armor separation, color separation in it and the design is just tasteful and awesome, but I will never be getting because of it being P-Bandai. What an HG, though.
Yes it’s a Minovsky dispersal unit. Best HG all year!
Lovin this GM as much as my favorite, the GM Custom.
I believe the little articulated pieces on his shoulders are supposed to be connection points for a jungle themed, camouflage cloak. I'm sure I've read that somewhere when I first found out about the GM Spartan years ago, but I'am not sure where and can't find it anymore, so don't take my word for it!
Superior training and superior weaponry have, when taken together, a geometric effect on overall military strength. Well-trained, well-equipped troops can stand up to many more times their lesser brethren than linear arithmetic would seem to indicate.
Master chief's MS
They put the master chief in the mobile suit
The halo shotgun fits perfectly
bought this kit for my partner who's indifferent to gundam but loves GMs, now im wishing i got a second one for myself
That waist articulation had me bug-eyed lmao. The gm sniper 2 could only dream it had that level of articulation lol
hey i got this kit recently but i misplaced the instruction manual, any chance you or anyone would be able to imgur it so i can get this built lmao
HG witch from mercury kits fall short for me of what a HG should be because despite all of their seeming extravagance at times, they also skimp on quality in places to keep the cost down. Namely C clips which to me, are entry grade level quality which shouldn’t be in HGs for important areas
Lets just say to each their own.
If master chief was a gundam
great video I love all GM's i wish i had GM spartan so Great Video and have great day !!!!❤
This and the GM Custom are my all time favourite grunt suits. Finally seeing this suit made was amazaing, pre ordered it the moment I saw it (through gritted teeth, P Bandai after all).
The only additions this kit should have had -
- optional additonal vulcan pod for the head. The suit is written in lore it can mount one (based on GM Sniper 2). I just feel heads without vulcans are rather "naked".
- an extra two magazines to mount on the rear skirt, the feature is advertised but who is going to place them there and leave the gun looking empty or at the very least NOT showing off it's unique quick reload function?
Man, such a great Kit to be a Limited P-Bandai Kit. This makes me glad the HGUC GM striker was released Before the P-Bandai.
That was released in a time there was not a bloat of new alternate universes so UC still was the main focus of gunpla production. Now we get a lot of alternate universes kits and UC ones are mainly P-Bandai sadly.
The gm striker could use a refresh imo. The articulation is understandably dated, but for a close combat unit they could've eeked a bit more out of it.
I have this one and I have to say, it even trumps some of the new HGWFM kits. I hope they do make an official MG for this one
The P-Bandai has some nice gimmicks.
soon we will have spartan gundam
Master Chief GM. I won't let anyone tell me otherwise 😂😂
Can you also review the 3rd party kit of this model kit?
GM Striker Custom EX Metal Spider, WHEN BANDAI!!!!!!!
Can you review the hg stark jegan
Man now I really regret not getting this kit, hope they reprint it at some point or that I can find it elsewhere
bought 2 master chiefs so im excited to build it.
a bit disappointed for that yellow sticker for tiny part on its waist. if they could separate color for that part for other kit in the same series like GM GTO, then why not this kit too?
The thing on shoulder is Rocket. If you play GBO2 you will know how it works.
Mine in backlog mountain waiting to be given attention 😂
man i hope someday they make the MG of this gundam
hi Zaku...i really like when u review Hemoxian Thor... i wonder if u going to review In Era Thunderbolt... i meant i think it'll be safe bcoz the design is really far anough
from gundam and i think the mechanic and gimmicks is really good. :)
My biggest gripe about GM spartan design, that head smoke launcher just too small compared to zaku cannon :(
That's not a grenade launcher but actually a hidden pistol to surprise opponents in close combat!
beautiful kit. its sucks that you cant find it for less than 60 bucks nowadays
Hope they’ll reprint it so those who missed the first release can get one for a little cheaper!
@@ZakuAurelius hopefully they will. P bandai had black friday thing where they re released some models that were out of stock. So hopefully its a yearly thing where they re release old models
tbh I don't really care too much for the Spartan but given they were willing to make so many new runners for this kit I got high hopes for more more non-Origin GMs in the future
That MS is ready to take on the flood, I bet it's got an AI operating system that is a holographic blue chick
funny that people compared this GM to Master Chief as Bandai in the past did make model kits based on Halo characters under their "SpruKits" line.
man i need this under 60
the hanging armor on the shoulder appears to be a Spaced Armor en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_armour . Seriously wished this got a regular release instead of being P-Bandai.
Bandai finally makes some militaristic mobile suits i like...makes like a few thousand and stops...
9:12 i believe thats a heat sync of some sort, maybe even a radiator
For those unfortunate enough not to get this, try the JMS bootleg and thank me later.
any chance you review a pbandai Aquam Hambrabi II both re-boot and re-zeon version , or you currently don't have one on hand atm? cuz I don't get why there's only a few reviews out there and it's half decent(no offense ) + its not on foreign language so you u can't understand a thing.
It feels like Master Chief from halo🤔
Do PBandai kits ever get a regular release? I know the answer. I just wish this kit wasn’t $60!
Super sick kit!
Amazing kit. Pity it's P-Bandai!
the put teh mater chehf in dur gm
Wort wort wort
It used to be exciting to see a PB release as it was usually something that wouldn't have seen a released. Now it's just milking and paywalling great kits. I refuse to buy anything that should have been a regular release
Gm spartan^doesnt have a gold visor🤐
This one is a double dipping cash grab by Bandai! Taking advantage of Halo fans and Gundam nuts all at once! Not the first time!😛
Fun fact the spartan was designed before halo came out, master chef is very likely inspired by it.
@@emperorhadrian6011 Yup, this design is from '88.
I kinda wish we could get a helmet that resembles this thing's head, in Halo: infinite.
Hopefully we can see an affordable $400 USD Master Grade (after scalpers) one day!
So many people in this comment section not understanding that this mobile suit predates Halo. It was the inspiration for the spartan power armor, not the other way around.
Where was it said the GM Spartan was the inspiration? From what I read, it seems to be just a coincidence.
Also wrong. Halo and this design have nothing to do with each other, it's pure coincidence
@@KZN02 I'm not sure if they've ever directly stated it but Bungie is known to be full of Gundam fans (to this day they have a gunpla club in their office). Plus there are a number of other direct Gundam references in halo and their earlier games; given their history and all the similarities in design it would be much weirder if it weren't an inspiration.
@@gophermanX Gundam in general being an inspiration I can believe. This specific mobile suit I’m pretty doubtful. Mind you the current appearance we see here was designed after Halo was released.
So utterly annoying so many of the best kits I actually want are BS-Bandai kits made of unobtainium.
Would be nice if they included a second shield, missile rack, and an extra ammo pack so you could have two spares and symmetry.
Can we all agree, considering Bandai owns the Armored core IP, that if they would release kits with interchangeable parts of Armored Core's, that that would be a absolute golden move to make?
That would be cool if bandai decides to dip into Armored Core. I know Kotobukiya have been making A.C. model kits for a while now, even announcing that they’ll be making some for Armored Core 6.
I also know that Bandai will be making Armored Core 6 Figures under their Robot Damashii line
They don't own the IP for Armored Core
Still. The GM Sniper 2 K9 from build fighters is more cooler than this.
I wish Bandai would make more standard releases. Unfortunately I have no choice but to pass on this kit and that sucks.
man, bandai really screwing us over by making this p bandai .....
Of course the nice kit is a p-Bandai 😢
And the regular release will get.... build series... again 😰
Sighhhhhhhhhh....
great kit ruined by being P-bandai as are so many these days