HGBuild Divers

No-Name Rifle

A cheap little runner set that turns any HG in your pile into Shiba Tsukasa's rifle-toting Astray.

MechaGrade Score

3.6/5

No-Name Rifle · 1/144 · 2018

GradeHG

Scale1/144

Released2018

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

This is not a mobile suit kit, it is HGBC 045, a weapon and joint expansion built around the signature rifle carried by the Gundam Astray No-Name in Gundam Build Divers, and judged as what it actually is, it is a genuinely clever little accessory set.

Three runners and a pile of joint parts let you build the rifle in shooting mode, its D-Extension shield form, or a compact backpack mount, then clip the whole thing onto a wide range of other HG kits. For the price it asks, it punches well above its weight as a customization tool.

Best for: HG builders who already own an Astray-family kit or two and want the modular rifle/shield combo without hunting down a full Astray No-Name box

The full review

What it is

What you actually get here is a support kit, not a mobile suit. It is the transforming rifle Shiba Tsukasa's asymmetrical, battle-scarred Gundam Astray No-Name carries in Build Divers, molded across three runners with a big handful of joint parts in different peg sizes. I built it as a weekend side project and the fun is in the transformation gimmick itself. The rifle folds down into a backpack unit, swings out into a bulky forearm-mounted defense shield (D-Extension), or locks straight for its long-range B Smart Gun shooting pose, and none of that needs glue or tools beyond a side cutter.

The catch

The color separation is the real weak point. A chunk of the trim, the darker greys especially, comes molded in one flat plastic color and just is not accurate to the box art or the anime unless you break out a brush, so treat this as a kit that wants at least some spot painting. It is also, by design, an accessory rather than a self-contained build, so on its own you get a rifle and a lot of pegs, not a finished figure. Fit onto non-Astray HG kits varies since the joint sizes were tuned for the Astray line first, so test compatibility before you commit to a display plan.

Who it's for

If you already run Astray-family HGs, or you like the idea of a shared modular weapon system you can hand off between different kits on your shelf, this is an easy yes at its price point. It rewards people who enjoy the engineering puzzle of Gunpla more than the color-out-of-box payoff. Skip it if you want a complete standalone figure, this will not scratch that itch on its own, and skip it too if unpainted grey plastic on a shield panel is going to bother you every time you look at the shelf.

The build story

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

Assembly is fast and nub cleanup is minimal since this is a small parts kit rather than a full figure, most of the runner time goes into sorting which joint pegs match which mode rather than fighting tight fits. The transformation hinges have a satisfying click into each configuration and hold their shape without flopping open, which is the part that impressed me most given how small some of these pieces are.

The clever part is the joint system itself, a set of interchangeable peg sizes that let the rifle mount cleanly on kits it was never explicitly designed for. For 25 joint parts and three runners at a budget price, that is a lot of practical customization mileage, especially for builders who like swapping loadouts between figures rather than keeping every kit locked to its stock gear.

Lore & trivia

01The No-Name Rifle is the signature weapon of the Gundam Astray No-Name, the asymmetrical custom Astray piloted by Shiba Tsukasa in Gundam Build Divers, its lopsided design a result of in-universe battle damage and field modification.
02HGBC 045 No-Name Rifle released in Japan in September 2018 at a retail price of 864 yen, sold as a standalone accessory rather than bundled with a mobile suit body.
03The kit supports three distinct configurations, a long-range B Smart Gun shooting form, a D-Extension defensive shield form, and a compact backpack storage mode, all from the same set of parts.