The Revive RX-78-2 is the second kit to come out of the Revive lineup from Bandai. It's new proportions may turn off the fans of the anime or fans of the older model kits. It comes with a smaller head and a thinner stature, but it doesn't bother me so much. It also does not come with any other stickers than the ones for it's face and inner eye pieces and the red sticker for the pelvis, which is great for new builders but may seem lacking for any who want a bit more to make it look less like a plastic toy and more like a realistic military robot.

Pros: It comes with a good arsenal of weapons for you pose it with and play with. The iconic beam rifle, hyper bazooka, and two beam sabers for close combat. The head construction gives you a choice of using a regular sticker, or using a clear eye piece and silver foil stickers to create depth to the eyes that can never be achieved with stickers. Articulation is exceptional for the arms and legs, but the way the polycap is placed the shoulders can move up and down but not forward and back. This allows it to be posed in such a way as to shoot the sky like in the anime, but limits a tiny bit of movement for arms if you're used to building other models. The color separation for the kit is great and only requires a little bit of grey paint to make it match it's box art and the model that is posed in its manual.

Cons: It doesn't come with the Beam Javelin, which is a separate purchase through import of a magazine that includes that.

Building / Fun Factor: Hands down one of my favorite to build. Loved building it so much that I went and bought a second kit for me to customize and play with. With that said, it's a simple build process that will require at most 4 hours of diligent and focused work. A little more time for panel lining and painting if you want to go the extra mile.

Arrived on time, which was good. Very much worth the price. However the bottom came in a bit damaged. Hopefully yours doesn't come in like this but overall 4/5

I'm new to Gunpla. This kit was pretty easy to assemble and it looks good out of the box. My only issue is that the arms pop off fairly easily. It's a solid 8/10 from me.

This was my first gunpla model, it only took a few hours to build and was super fun to put together. The instructions referenced stickers, which mine didn't come with, so I'm wondering if they were missing? I'm pretty sure they were supposed to be there. Either way really fun kit would still recommend.

I'm new to gunpla and this kit was a great introduction to the hobby. It was very cheap and easy to build and would probably make a great gift for someone looking to try gunpla for the first time.