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RX-121-2P Gundam TR-1 [Hazel Owsla] Gigantic Arm Unit

A 1/144 Hazel Owsla wearing a Psycho Gundam's arms like a bodybuilder in someone else's jacket, and somehow it works.

MechaGrade Score

3.8/5

Gundam TR-1 [Hazel Owsla] Gigantic Arm Unit · 1/144 · 2022

GradeHG

Scale1/144

Released2022

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

This kit sells you on a single joke and then backs it up with real engineering.

Bolting Psycho Gundam sized arms onto a Hazel Owsla body sounds like a gag until you see the ten finger mounted beam cannons and realize Bandai actually reworked the shoulder and wrist joints to carry that mass. It is a P-Bandai exclusive so getting one costs more than the sticker price of a normal HG, but as a display piece it earns its shelf space.

Best for: AoZ fans and HG builders who want an oversized, weapon heavy centerpiece without stepping up to MG

The full review

What it is

This is the Hazel Owsla, itself already a mashup of Hazel Custom skirt armor, Advanced Hazel legs, and a new torso housing the Primrose escape pod, now wearing the enormous arms of the MRX-009 Psycho Gundam. Building it, the first thing that gets you is scale mismatch as a design choice rather than an error. The forearms and hands genuinely dwarf the torso, and each finger carries its own tiny ball joint so you can splay them out for the ten beam cannon light show the anime built the whole gimmick around. It reads as a joke on paper and looks properly menacing on a shelf.

The catch

Bandai reworked the arm engineering for this release rather than just recycling the old Psycho Gundam tooling, and it shows in how the shoulders take the weight, but the kit still leans forward when posed with the arms extended and benefits from the included display stand almost as a requirement rather than an option. Being a Premium Bandai exclusive means secondary market prices run well above the original roughly 6,200 yen tag, and outside Japan you are paying reseller markup on top of shipping. Standard HG-era nub marks and a few visible seams on the forearm shells need cleanup if you want it point blank clean.

Who it's for

Grab this one if you already like the Advance of Zeta side story or the Hazel Owsla line and want the biggest, weirdest looking entry in it without committing to an MG price tag or build time. It also rewards anyone who likes a kit that photographs like a much bigger grade thanks to the sheer bulk of those arms. Skip it if you only wanted a clean, standard proportioned Hazel Owsla, or if paying import markup for a P-Bandai exclusive is a dealbreaker, since the regular Hazel Owsla and Advanced Hazel kits give you that experience for less.

The build story

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

The build itself moves at typical HG speed, snap together with light cement if you want to erase seams, but the forearm shells and the massive hand assemblies take longer than the rest of the kit combined because of how many small finger joints get threaded through each palm. Gate placement is mostly forgiving on the torso and legs carried over from the standard Hazel Owsla tooling, but the new Gigantic Arm parts have a few nubs in visible spots on the outer forearm that reward careful clipping and a sanding stick.

Where the kit earns its score is the finger articulation and the shoulder engineering Bandai added specifically for this release, not simple recycled Psycho Gundam tooling. Each of the ten fingers has its own tiny ball joint so the beam cannon fan out pose from the source material is achievable straight out of the box, and the wrist adds a hinge on top of the swivel so the hands can angle beyond a standard HG wrist. Weapon loadout carries over the long bladed rifle, winch cannon, and missile pod from the base Hazel Owsla, so you are not just buying arms, you are buying a fully armed suit with an absurd upper body bolted on.

Lore & trivia

01The Hazel Owsla combines the frontal skirt armor from the TR-1 Hazel Custom, the legs from the RX-121-2A Advanced Hazel, and an all new torso built around the Primrose emergency escape pod.
02This Gigantic Arm Unit variant appears in the manga Mobile Suit Gundam Advance of Zeta: The Flag of Titans, equipped with the arms of the MRX-009 Psycho Gundam for a total of ten finger mounted beam cannons.
03It released in Japan in May 2022 as a Premium Bandai exclusive at roughly 6,200 yen, well above standard HG pricing for the era.
04The kit includes its own display base specifically to help support the weight of the extended Psycho Gundam sized arms in standing poses.