HGNew Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Dual Story - G-Unit

06MS-SR2 Leo-R

A Leo reshaped into a warrior queen, with a P-Bandai price tag that assumes you already love her.

MechaGrade Score

3.4/5

Leo-R · 1/144 · 2025

GradeHG

Scale1/144

Released2025

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

This is a genuinely lovely reshape of a plain old Leo that stumbles on a few things a kit at this price shouldn't.

I like her a lot as a design exercise, the hourglass waist and pauldron work actually sell the 'custom knight' concept the anime gave her. But the parts reuse shows in a couple of spots, and the accessory situation left me annoyed enough that I have to dock points for it.

Best for: Gundam Wing side-story fans who want the Stardust Knights look and don't mind a light HG doing some heavy cosmetic lifting

The full review

What it is

The Leo-R takes the humble OZ-06MS Leo, the grunt suit of Gundam Wing, and reshapes it into Kratz Silvy's personal ride from the G-Unit side story. New sculpting gives it a pronounced chest, a genuine hourglass waist, and legs borrowed from the Aries line, and the whole thing is capped off by the Extension Balancer, a flowing hair-like tail piece that is clearly the reason this kit exists. Building it feels like a standard easy HG with a fun cosmetic twist bolted on top. You get four hands, two fists, an open palm, and a dedicated grip for the beam duel lancer, which is a nice touch for a kit this size and lets you actually pose her holding her signature weapon convincingly.

The catch

The reuse of the base Leo arms means the color-correcting stickers on the elbows don't actually match the molded plastic, a small thing but noticeable up close. The gold accent parts use Bandai's flatter, less convincing gold plastic rather than anything with shine to it. The bigger issue is the shield: the kit does not include all the parts needed to actually build a working one, and she can't mount shields to the shoulders the way the standard Leo and Tallgeese can, which feels like a real omission on a suit built around dueling. She can stand on her heels for dynamic poses but getting the balance right takes some patience.

Who it's for

Grab this if you're already invested in Gundam Wing's expanded universe and want Kratz Silvy's suit on the shelf, or if the Extension Balancer gimmick and the reshaped silhouette are enough on their own to win you over, they were enough for me. Skip it if you're shopping by price-to-parts value, since this would be a perfectly fine $15-20 retail kit but asks P-Bandai money for a build that reuses a good chunk of an older mold and shorts you on the shield. New builders looking for a first HG should look elsewhere first; this one rewards people who already know and like the source material.

The build story

What the build is actually like, and the engineering worth knowing about.

This goes together like the easy HG it's related to. Gate placement is unremarkable and cleanup is light, there's nothing fiddly about the actual assembly, the complexity here is all cosmetic rather than mechanical. The new waist, chest, and Aries-derived leg parts snap on cleanly and the whole thing holds together well once built.

The standout is the Extension Balancer, a poseable hair-like tail that can be arranged to mirror shots from the anime, and it's the single best reason to want this kit on a shelf. Articulation is standard HG fare, serviceable but not spectacular, and she can balance on her heels for a dynamic stance though it takes some care. Weapon loadout covers the beam duel lancer and shoulder shields conceptually, though as noted the parts to fully build a working shield aren't all present, which undercuts the accessory value for the price.

Lore & trivia

01The Leo-R is piloted by Kratz Silvy (also romanized Cratz Shelvey), one of the Stardust Knights serving OZ Prize in New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Dual Story - G-Unit.
02Its legs are derived from the OZ-07AMS Aries rather than being pure Leo parts, part of how the design distinguishes itself from the base suit.
03This HG release is a Premium Bandai exclusive that has been reissued more than once, most recently arriving in January 2025 at roughly 2,420 yen.