ListNu Gundam Kits: RG vs MG vs PG Ranked
The nu Gundam is one of those suits where nearly every grade Bandai has touched turns out genuinely good, which makes ranking them harder than it sounds. Amuro's finale mobile suit has been reissued and reimagined across EG, RG, MG, and PG, plus the Hi-nu and nu-ff variants from Char's Counterattack side stories, and each one leans on a different trick to sell you the psycho frame and the fin funnels.
I ranked these seven kits the way I'd actually recommend them to a builder standing in front of a shelf, weighing build satisfaction, how well the funnel gimmick holds up in hand, and whether the grade's price tag matches what you get once the glue dries. The two grails up top earn that word honestly.
If you are new to the grade system itself before diving into this list, our guide to how the grades differ is worth a detour first.
11. RX-93 nu Gundam
The PG is the nu Gundam kit that makes the case for Perfect Grade as a category. At 1/60 the inner frame reads as an actual mechanical structure rather than a suggestion of one, and the psycho frame panels under the armor are exactly the kind of reveal this suit was built to sell. It is a long build and it is not cheap, and the funnel storage still asks for patience when you pose it, but nothing else in this ranking gets as close to the source material's presence.
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22. RX-93 ν Gundam "Ver.Ka"
Hajime Katoki's redesign turned into one of the best Master Grade builds Bandai has put out, and builders who have finished it tend to agree the assembly itself feels genuinely clever rather than just detailed. The foil stickers under the psycho frame cameras and the light up eye option (LED unit sold separately) reward the extra fuss. The one real complaint is the fin funnel rack, which holds fewer poses than you would like once every funnel is deployed at once. Still, for the price of an MG this is close to the ceiling of the grade.
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33. RX-93-ν2 Hi-ν Gundam
This is the RG that a lot of builders point to as the best Real Grade Bandai has released, and I do not think that is an overstatement. The multi-link gimmick lets armor panels slide open with the joints so the inner frame stays visible mid pose, and articulation is a clear step up from the standard RG nu Gundam. Fin funnel retention in the backpack is inconsistent between individual kits, some hold fine, some need a drop of glue on the joint, but that is a minor asterisk on an otherwise excellent 1/144.
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44. RX-93 ν Gundam
The original RG nu Gundam still holds up as a strong 1/144 in its own right, it just gets outclassed by its own Hi-nu successor on this list. You still get an inner frame, panel lined psycho frame detail molded into the parts, and the RG snap fit precision Bandai is known for. If the Hi-nu kit is sold out or priced above what you want to spend, this is the fallback and it will not leave you disappointed.
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55. RX-93ff ν Gundam
The nu-ff variant swaps in a new head and reworked armor pulled from the Char's Counterattack side material, and it comes packed with extra accessories including an Amuro figure and a stand for the statue pose. The tradeoff is the fin funnel unit, which skips some of the joints the standard RG funnel has, so it cannot be posed quite as loosely. Worth it if the alternate look and the bundled extras appeal to you, otherwise the standard RG nu Gundam funnels are more fun to fiddle with.
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66. RX-93 ν Gundam
Entry Grade nu Gundam does what EG kits do well: color separated plastic, no nippers strictly required, and a build that takes an evening instead of a weekend. It obviously cannot chase the psycho frame gimmick the way the RG and up can, and the funnels are simplified accessories rather than posable hardware. As a first nu Gundam for a beginner, or a cheap shelf filler next to a bigger grade, it earns its spot.
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77. RX-93ff ν Gundam
The EG version of the ff variant is the most skippable kit on this list. It carries over the simplified EG build and the alternate nu-ff look, but the novelty of the variant does not stretch as far at the entry level where the detail that makes the ff design interesting mostly gets flattened out. Fine as a very cheap impulse build, not the one I would lead with if you only want one EG nu Gundam.
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The PG and MG Ver.Ka are the two nu Gundam kits worth calling grails, but the RG Hi-nu is the best value 1/144 in the whole lineup.
Common questions
Is the PG nu Gundam worth it over the MG Ver.Ka?
If budget and shelf space allow it, yes. The PG's larger scale lets the psycho frame and inner structure do more, but the MG Ver.Ka gets you most of that experience for a fraction of the price and build time, which is why it sits so close behind at rank two.
Which nu Gundam kit has the best fin funnel gimmick?
The RG Hi-nu handles funnel deployment and multi-link armor the best of the 1/144 kits, though funnel retention in the backpack varies kit to kit. The MG Ver.Ka's funnel rack is the most finicky to pose fully deployed.
What is the difference between the RG nu Gundam and the RG nu-ff?
The nu-ff carries a different head and reworked armor pulled from side material, plus extra accessories like an Amuro figure, but its fin funnel unit is missing joints the standard RG funnel has, so it poses less freely.