Gunpla Accessories Roundup November 2025

Let’s look at some accessories I recently got. First, we have the System Base 001:

And next we have the box full of ¹⁄₁₄₄ scale hands:

System Base

This is basically just a little hangar diorama for you to display ¹⁄₁₄₄ scale kits. I don’t think there is any sort of wider “family” of System Base products, despite this one being called System Base 001. It seems to simply be part of Bandai’s overall collection of display stands, alongside things like the “Action Base” and “Customize Scene Base” product lines:

There’s also plenty of non-Bandai hangar displays like this, and while I’ve seen plenty of them on the Internet, I have no firsthand experience with them. I figured this would be as good a place to start as any.

The Parts

It’s not much, but believe it or not there’s more articulation to this kit than you might think:

The parts also have a ton of surface detail; you could paint this thing up real sharp if you wanted to. Which is exactly what I plan to do … eventually. My plan is that I’ll add little bits of color while working on other builds. For now though, it’s going to be mostly plain.

Assembly

This here is part of the back plate:

Notice the little sliding mechanisms. That’s because you can adjust the width of the entire System Base, and that’s because there are two different standing platforms you can use - one for a wide stance (or I guess if you just have particularly wide model):

And one, um, not wide one:

Or you can just eschew the standing platforms entirely and have the model stand directly on the ground, in which case you can attach one of these two spacers to keep the backplate steady:

But wait, there’s more! The backplate attaches to a pair of sideplates using a hinge joint, allowing it to lean back at an angle like this (just in case you want to make it look like your mobile suit lying down for repairs, or is rolling off the assembly line):

And to finish it all off, we get two pairs of those little weapon clamps, like the ones I got with one of my System Weapons Kits:

I tried adding the clamps from the System Weapon Kit on the other side of the display, but believe it or not I don’t think they’re compatible. Sure, they look identical, but they fit very loosely and like to fall out. It’s very strange.

Anyway, that’s it for the System Base. I don’t plan on using it to put any particular model on permanent display, but that could always change. For now, I’ll probably drop some of my HG’s and RG’s onto it during photoshoots.

Build Hands

A younger version me would haved laughed at the prospect of buying a box of holding hands. Guns, sure, but hands?

Thankfully I know better now. I’ve said it before, but a good set of expressive hands (including but not limited to open palm hands) are just as important to good posing as the weapons. If you want to do a two handed firing pose, or have your model point or beckon or whatever, you’re going to need the right hands for the job. But sadly, so many ¹⁄₁₄₄ scale kits only come with a single pair of basic fists.

Also, hands are liable to break. Having a box of spares like this is just good common sense.

Now, before we dive into the specific hands that I have, I do want to point out that this is not the only box that Bandai makes. For instance, the ones I have are “Round Type” hands, where the backs of the hands are more curved and rounded, but they also make a “Square Type” version:

Conventional wisdom says that the Round Types are best used on Zeon-style mobile suits, while the Square Type are best for Gundams and other Earth Federation-style units, but then again the instruction manual shows Gramps front and center showing off his new round hands:

Remember folks - Gunpla is Freedom.

But that’s not all. They also make “Jigen Build Knuckles”, which seem to be hands that are useful for martial arts poses:

As well as this set here, which seems to have some alternate (and interesting) finger positions:

Granted, these boxes don’t necessarily encompass every single kind of possible hand, but it’s still a pretty impressive variety. At least one of them should have what you’re looking for.

When it comes to accessory packs, Bandai doesn’t always have the best track record. They sometimes feel like they’re missing that extra something, whether that be color accuracy, or decals, or some extra part or two that would be super helpful to have.

Thankfully, when it comes to these Build Hands, I think they did alright. Let’s drill down and look at the good (and a little bit of bad) about this set.

Three Different Sizes

As shown on the box, the hands come in three different sizes. This is really important, because not all mobile suits are the same size, and thus they don’t all use the exact same size hands.

Kits from G Gundam, Gundam Wing, F91, and Victory Gundam all have smaller hands, while models from Char’s Counterattack (and other late-era Universal Century stories) have larger ones.

In other words, if this box only included medium sized hands, there are a whole bunch of High Grades out there for which they may not be compatible (or at the very least they might look a bit funny).

Now I did some experimentation with all the different sizes, and I discovered that things aren’t quite as rosy as it might seem on paper.

First, the good - I tried fitting a large hand to the big and chonky Gustav Karl, the medium hand to a Zaku, and the small hand to a Gundam Wing kit. Each one fit perfectly and looks great:

However, it turns out that even the small sized hands are still too large to use with G Gundam High Grades:

For the sake of curiosity, I did a little further experimentation, and I can confirm that the small sized hands do fit on the HG Victory and the HG F91, so it seems that it’s just the G Gundam kits that are a problem.

And to be fair, it’s not really a problem considering the G Gundam models all come with plenty of holding hands already, so they don’t particularly benefit from this accessory set.

Still, I’m bit shocked that they’re that small, and it makes me wonder if there are any other High Grades out there that are similarly incompatible.

Three Different Styles

Again, as see on the box, set includes three different types of hands, including:

1. Closed Fist (non holding hand)
2. Closed Fist (holding hand)
3. Open Palm Hands

These are arguably the three most basic kinds of hands, but they’re also the most versatile. These three alone can cover most bases.

Now I know what you might be thinking - why no trigger finger hands? I can only speculate, but my guess is that most trigger finger hands are specifically sized for each Gunpla’s given weapon; in other words, there’s no easy way to make a universal trigger finger hand. And besides, the regular holding hand can do the same job (even if it might not look as good).

Quantity

Not only does the set comes with left and right versions of all these different styles of hands, but it also comes with each, for a total of twelve hands in all.

I really, really like how it comes with two of them, because it means you have at least one spare in case any of them break. Compare this to the System Weapons Kits, which have specially sized holding hands for holding some of the weapons, but since there’s only one of each hand, you can easily screw yourself over by breaking any of them (ask me how I know).

Quality

These hands are slightly higher quality than usual, because unlike most HG holding hands, these ones have a wrist hinge:

This little bit of extra articulation can be crucial. For example, it can make it easier to tuck a weapon in close to the chest, or to wrap an open palm hand around the stock of a rifle during a two-handed pose. It can also give you juuuuust the right angle when posing with a melee weapon.

Now, there is one big caveat with these hands - they all come with plain, dark grey backplates. This is generally a good thing, as it’s a neutral color that isn’t going to look out of place with any model.

However, what if you want to swap out the stock backplate for the one that comes with your Gunpla? For example, what if you’re building a Gouf and you want to use its blue colored backplate? In some cases that may simply be impossible. Not every backplate uses the same kind of connector, so most of them probably aren’t going to be compatible with these particular hands.

I don’t think this is a dealbreaker, but it is worth pointing out. Overall though, I think this is a great accessory set. It’s thorough, and all the accessories are high in quality. It doesn’t feel like anything crucial is missing, or that they took any shortcuts.

Conclusion

Both of these accessories surpassed my expectations, which is a pleasant and unexpected surprise. I’m looking forward to using both of them with the Zeta Plus. bit shocked that they’re that small, and it makes me wonder if there are any other High Grades out there that are similarly incompatible.