MCCode Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

Lancelot Air Cavalry (Code Geass)

Suzaku's white knight with its flight pack attached, in a simple 1/35 snap kit.

MechaGrade Score

3.3/5

Lancelot Air Cavalry · 1/35 · 2008

GradeMC

Scale1/35

Released2008

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The verdict

The base Lancelot is the signature machine of the whole series, and this Air Cavalry version adds the backpack-mounted Float System that lets Suzaku take it airborne, which is a meaningful visual distinction even within a simple Mechanic Collection kit.

It shares tooling with the standard Lancelot release, so the underlying build is familiar, but the flight pack gives this version its own identity on the shelf.

Best for: Code Geass fans who want the Lancelot with its flight loadout specifically, or collectors building out both Lancelot variants side by side

The full review

What it is

Released in 2008, this kit represents the Z-01/A Lancelot Air Cavalry, the standard Lancelot fitted with a backpack-style Float System that allows it to fly despite the enormous power draw the system demands in the show. Box contents are plastic sprue and a decal sheet, no polycaps, matching the format of the standard Lancelot kit this one builds from. The white and gold color scheme and the twin Factsphere sensors that make Lancelot instantly recognizable all carry over, with the flight pack as the added distinguishing feature.

The catch

This is a 1/35 Mechanic Collection snap kit, not Gunpla, so expect modest articulation and no inner frame regardless of the flight pack addition. Because it shares tooling with the base Lancelot, if you already own that version, this one will read as a running change with an add-on backpack rather than an entirely new build. As with the rest of this older line, dedicated hands-on build reports specific to this kit are thin online, so treat fit and cleanup as general to the format rather than confirmed for this release.

Who it's for

Worth buying if the Float System equipped Lancelot is the specific look you want, or if you are building both Lancelot variants for a side-by-side display. If you only want one Lancelot and do not care about the flight loadout specifically, the standard Lancelot kit is the simpler starting point and the more thoroughly documented of the two releases.

The build story

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

Box contents are plastic sprue and a decal sheet, keeping the build quick and low-tool in line with the rest of the Lancelot family in this line.

The flight pack is the highlight here, a backpack-mounted Float System that visibly changes Lancelot's profile without requiring any different build skill than the standard kit, a straightforward way to get a second, distinct-looking Lancelot on the shelf.

Lore & trivia

01The Z-01/A designation marks the Lancelot when equipped with its backpack Float System, which the show establishes as extremely power-hungry to operate.
02Suzaku continues using the Lancelot Air Cavalry with a custom shield resembling the Knight of Honor emblem during the European Union campaign depicted in Code Geass: Akito the Exiled, as a tribute to Euphemia li Britannia.
03The base Lancelot was developed by Lloyd Asplund and the Camelot engineering corps and was the first seventh-generation Knightmare Frame ever fielded, with its combat data eventually informing the development of the mass-produced Vincent line.