5 Reasons To Start With HG

Most Series

Yes, almost every variant of gunpla is available on High Grade. Bandai always released the HG first, then the other. There are so many HG categories based on the series. There are HGAC, HGAW, HGBF, HGCC, HGUC and many more. Some people said that the HGUC has different kind of plastic than the other. Some old kits also reproduced in this line like Wing and Wing Zero. In the HGAC line, Wing get improvements and new mechanism as other newer HG. HGBF has a good representation from the anime. I can say that the HGBF series is better to be bought rather than the MG because in the anime, the character used the HG sized gunpla. So almost everything on the anime exists in this line.

Simple Assembly

HG kits are the basic gunpla scale. HG kits do not need so much effort to work with. The construction is relatively simple and easy to understand. There is no inner frame like MG kits so it is simpler. The joints and mechanism also very simple. HG kits usually implement the same polycaps joints although the newer ones also used plastic joints. That makes the assemble and the disassemble process become much easier. With this condition you can assembly one HG kit only in 3 hours. Of course if we compare the HG with SD, the SD is the simplest one. Only 3 small runners on SD while HG has 3-5 runners usually.

Mechanism and Gimmick

Nowadays HG kits have what the MG kits have, starts from the leg armor separation until the double joints mechanism. We can see the progress how the one jointed elbow grows into double jointed, rotation only-hand into wrist jointed hand, and open hatch gimmick on some armors. That’s so awesome. And the mechanism is still simple to build. And don’t forget that the accessories and weaponry also have some gimmicks. The Exia’s GN Sword, Wing Zero’s Twin Buster Rifle, Destiny’s Wing of Light, Nu’s Fin Funnels, and many more. They have the same gimmicks as the MG’s. 

Easily Customized

Well, customization is the interesting part in gunpla. We can express our creativity to build the best gunpla. This customization can be done by some ways: kitbash, repaint and detailing. Kitbash is a customization method by mixing other kits’ parts into one kit. In HG, kitbash can be done easily without modification. Usually HG comes with the similar joints system, similar polycaps and similar placement of pegs. So when we want to change the lower leg of one kit with the others’, we can easily replace the part. Or if we want to use other kit’s beam saber effect, we can just look at the type of the hole that the beam saber handle has. Very simple and efficient. Repainting HG kits is relatively simple. We can easily take off the parts without disassembling so many parts. The time used to paint also shorter because it has less parts compared to MG. Of course, we can save the paint. The detailing process like using plaplate or scribing panel lines also easier. So overall modification will be easier in HG kits with the universality.

So, with those reasons, most people always choose HG to enter gunpla world. Beginner can easily understand how to build it and they can choose anything they like in the anime series. Whatever they want can be done easily in this grade. Even the novice and professional builder love to choose HG to be the masterpiece. Most of them also recommend a beginner to start with HG. The most important thing when building a HG is the excitement. So start to choose your gunpla and welcome to the gunpla world. :)