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ASW-G-11 Gundam Gusion Rebake

A hunched, four-armed brawler that turns a rebuilt battlefield salvage job into one of the most characterful HG kits from Iron-Blooded Orphans.

MechaGrade Score

3.8/5

Gundam Gusion Rebake · 1/144 · 2016

GradeHG

Scale1/144

Released2016

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The verdict

I like this kit a lot more than its plain grey and orange color scheme lets on at first glance.

Once the hidden sub-arms are unfolded and the halberd is in hand, the Gusion Rebake reads exactly like what it is in the show, a patched-together Turbines rebuild wearing salvaged Barbatos parts. The engineering behind those shoulder pods is the reason to own this kit. The sticker sheet is the reason to keep your expectations in check.

Best for: IBO fans who want the extra-arms gimmick done right in an affordable HG

The full review

What it is

This is the HGIBO take on Akihiro Altland's Gusion Rebake, the confiscated Brewers unit that Teiwaz rebuilt around a salvaged Alaya-Vijnana system and spare Barbatos parts. The frame goes together clean, an inner skeleton under snap-on armor with no unusual tight spots or awkward glue-required steps. What makes it worth building is the pair of booster pods on the back. Each one unfolds into a Graze-derived sub-arm, so the finished figure can hold the long rifle, the Gusion Chopper, and the extendable Rebake Halberd all at once, or free up its main hands entirely. That gimmick alone gives this kit a personality most HGs at this price don't have.

The catch

The color scheme leans on stickers hard, and the face is the worst offender, two stickers wrapping the head that are fiddly to seat straight and painfully obvious if they sit even slightly crooked. Every major panel on this kit wants a sticker or paint to look finished, so out-of-box builders should budget real time for application rather than rushing it. The sub-arms are also the one point of friction in an otherwise easy build, the small pod hinges and slim arm segments take patience to swing into position without stressing the plastic, and they're looser than the primary joints once deployed.

Who it's for

Buy this one if you watched Iron-Blooded Orphans and want the Turbines' rebuilt Gusion on your shelf, or if you're specifically chasing HG kits with a mechanical gimmick beyond standard posing. It also works fine as an early kit for someone comfortable with sticker work, the frame itself never fights you. Skip it if you want a clean paint-free display piece out of the box, since the reliance on stickers for basic color accuracy will bother anyone chasing a factory-fresh look, and skip it if fiddly sub-assembly work isn't your idea of fun.

The build story

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

Runner quality is clean with minimal flash, and the internal frame under the armor plates is standard IBO construction, so if you've built a Barbatos or Graze before this one won't surprise you. Nub placement is unremarkable and cleanup is quick, the whole kit is a reasonable one to two evening build depending on how much time you spend on stickers.

The standout engineering is entirely in the rear booster pods. Each one houses a folded sub-arm taken conceptually from a Graze, and popping them out to grip the Gusion Chopper or the Rebake Halberd changes the kit's whole silhouette from a standard biped to something with real presence. Combined with the standard rifle and shield, the loadout options for a single HG are unusually generous, and the double-jointed knees and swiveling thighs mean it holds four-armed action poses without drooping.

Lore & trivia

01The Gusion Rebake first appears in Episode 17 of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, rebuilt by Teiwaz engineers with the Turbines after the original Gundam Gusion was confiscated from the Brewers.
02Pilot Akihiro Altland asked Orga Itsuka to let him pilot the confiscated Gusion to honor his younger brother Masahiro, which is why Orga blocked the unit from being sold off.
03The rebuild uses an Alaya-Vijnana System salvaged from a Man Rodi and structural parts borrowed from Gundam Barbatos, which is the in-universe reason the kit mixes Gusion and Barbatos-style frame details.
04The hidden sub-arms tucked into the back pods are derived from Graze arm parts, while the pods themselves are built from modified Gusion leg armor, matching the kit's own scavenged-parts backstory.