HGCosmic Era

GAT-X105 Strike Gundam F.C. TOKYO Ver.

A proven HG frame in a football kit you will not see on anyone else's shelf.

MechaGrade Score

3.7/5

Strike Gundam F.C. TOKYO Ver. · 1/144 · 2020

GradeHG

Scale1/144

Released2020

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

This is the same well built HGCE Strike Gundam frame Bandai has been refining for years, just repainted head to toe in F.C.

Tokyo's blue, red, and white. The suit underneath is genuinely good, so the build quality is not in question. What you are actually paying for is the novelty of a J.League team colorway and the club decal sheet, and I think that is a fair trade for the right buyer, a mixed one for anyone just chasing the best Strike Gundam for the money.

Best for: J.League fans and Gundam 40th anniversary collectors who want a genuinely fun HG build in a colorway nobody else owns

The full review

What it is

Strip away the paint job and this is the modern HGCE Strike Gundam frame, the same one that upgraded the old early 2000s mold with better proportions and cleaner part separation. F.C. Tokyo's team colors replace the usual white, red, and blue Cosmic Era scheme with a bolder, flatter blue and red block layout, and the kit ships with a small sheet of club branded decals instead of typical Gundam markings. Building it feels exactly like building the standard HG Strike Gundam, which is to say it goes together quickly, poses easily, and looks sharp on a shelf once the gate marks are cleaned up.

The catch

This was a limited run sold at F.C. Tokyo match events in 2020 for the Gundam and Gunpla 40th anniversary, so pricing above retail and hunting on the secondary market is the real cost here, not the build itself. Like the base HG it is based on, color separation is good but not perfect, a few panels rely on stickers rather than molded plastic, and the head unit has small fiddly pieces that reward patience. There is no striker pack included, so if you want the Aile, Sword, or Launcher loadout you are buying and swapping parts from another Strike kit.

Who it's for

Buy this if F.C. Tokyo or J.League collecting means something to you, or if you specifically want a piece of the Gundam 40th anniversary crossover history sitting on your shelf next to the standard release. The frame itself is a legitimately solid, easy, satisfying HG build that holds poses well and looks proportionate. Skip it if you just want the best version of the Strike Gundam for the least money, since the standard HGCE Aile Strike release gets you the same core kit, better color accuracy to the source anime, and a striker pack, for less hassle and less cost.

The build story

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

The build moves fast with no genuinely tricky assemblies, though the head unit has several small parts that take a steady hand, and the V-fin needs careful trimming to avoid visible gate marks on a part everyone notices first. Nub placement follows Bandai's usual HG standard, mostly on the inside of limbs where a light clip and sand job hides them easily.

The frame's real strength is articulation for a kit this size, the head swivels and tilts well, shoulders move forward on their polycaps, elbows and knees bend deep, and the ankles have enough range to plant a dynamic pose without looking flat footed. Part count and detail land right where you expect from a mid tier HG, solid value for a kit this size, with the F.C. Tokyo decal sheet standing in for the usual Gundam markings.

Lore & trivia

01The GAT-X105 Strike Gundam is the protagonist mobile suit of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, first piloted by Kira Yamato.
02This F.C. TOKYO Ver. was part of a 2020 Bandai and J.League collaboration that recolored several HG kits, including the Strike Gundam, 00 Gundam, and Gundam Exia, into the uniform colors of individual J.League football clubs.
03The collaboration launched as part of the combined 40th anniversary of the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime and the Gunpla model kit line.