Model Kits

Gunpla Build - Master Grade Gundam Unit 04 (Flavor Text) 2026-10-09

The flavor text in the instruction manual goes over a lot of the same things we’ve already mentioned: the optimization for space, removal of the Core Block system, etc. However, there’s also some interesting stuff in there that tries to retroactively justify how and why there were so many additional, offscreen Gundam prototypes running around beyond the one we all know and love. It’s a … worthy attempt at the very least.

Gunpla Build - Master Grade Gundam Unit 04 2026-10-05

Here now is my next Post-Disaster build (no, not that Post Disaster). Since it’s a Master Grade, that means this is going to be a longform project:

This here is Gundam Unit 04, from … well, it’s from a bunch of different stuff. That’s one of the reasons it’s a longform project. We’ve got a lot of ground to cover.

Gunpla Build - High Grade Revive Zeta (More Photos) 2026-09-29

We have to get to the Wave Rider transformation, but before we do that, let’s take a look at some comparisons with the Zeta’s transforming siblings.

Real Grade Zeta

Folks, I think this is the end of the line for this Real Grade. It’s still broken, it’s getting even saggier, and I’m not really digging the look of it anymore.

Gunpla Build - High Grade Revive Zeta 2026-09-27

This thing here is part of what broke me:

I basically found myself trying to make the Ultimate Build and Breakdown (and Photoshoot) of the High Grade Revive Zeta. It was becoming a whole thing, with multiple posts and over 200 photos. And all of this - all of it - for the stupidest reason imaginable; I saw a bunch of folks on Reddit slagging the Revive Zeta as being a bad kit, and I wanted to prove them wrong.