MCCode Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

Lancelot (Code Geass)

The White Knight's very first frame, built simple so the silhouette does all the talking on a shelf.

MechaGrade Score

3.2/5

Lancelot · 1/35 · 2007

GradeMC

Scale1/35

Released2007

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

This is the original 2007 Mechanic Collection release of the Lancelot, and I'd frame it honestly up front: it's a collectible built to look right, not a posable Gunpla-style kit.

Bandai's Code Geass line never got the HG/MG grading treatment the Gundam side gets, so this is a snap-fit statue piece first and a display toy second. Judged on that basis, it earns its spot, the White Knight's silhouette reads instantly the moment it's assembled.

Best for: Code Geass fans who want the original Lancelot's exact 2007 silhouette on the shelf and don't need Gunpla-level articulation to get there

The full review

What it is

The Lancelot is Bandai's first plastic kit of Suzaku's Knightmare Frame, released in 1/35 scale as part of the Mechanic Collection line rather than the graded HG/MG system Gundam kits use. The box holds a plastic sprue and a sticker sheet for the finer sensor and panel detailing, and the parts snap together without cement, in keeping with how Bandai ran this whole product line. What you get out of the box is unmistakably the White Knight: the angular white and gold armor, the Slash Harkens at the hips, and the twin Maser Vibration Swords and VARIS rifle that define its silhouette in the show.

The catch

This line predates any pretense of Gunpla-grade engineering. The joints are simple pin-and-socket connections rather than a real inner frame, so don't expect a wide range of dynamic poses, this is built to stand and look like Lancelot, not to hold a mid-swing sword pose. Some of the finer panel and sensor detailing leans on the sticker sheet instead of molded color. I'll also be upfront that this specific 2007 release has very little English-language build documentation behind it, no stack of community write-ups to draw on, so what's here is grounded in the kit's real spec sheet rather than secondhand build reports.

Who it's for

Pick this up if you're building out a Code Geass shelf and want the Lancelot exactly as it first shipped, or if you're chasing the full Lancelot family (this kit shares its tooling lineage with Lancelot Conquista and the later Vincent line). Skip it if posability matters to you, or if you're looking for the newer HG Lancelot Albion, which is a different unit from R2 built on Bandai's modern HG engineering rather than this older Mechanic Collection standard.

The build story

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

Assembly is exactly what you'd expect from a 2007 tie-in snap kit: parts pull off the sprue, click together without glue, and the sticker sheet handles most of the finer sensor and trim work. There's no inner frame to speak of, the armor panels are the structure, so this goes together fast without demanding much technique.

The accessory loadout is the strong point for the format. Twin Maser Vibration Swords and the VARIS rifle cover Lancelot's signature moves from the show, and the Slash Harkens at the hips are molded in place rather than left off, so the kit doesn't feel stripped down even with the simple engineering underneath.

Lore & trivia

01The Lancelot is a seventh-generation Knightmare Frame developed by Lloyd Asplund and the ASEEC team (Camelot), first piloted by Suzaku Kururugi.
02Its standard equipment includes the Blaze Luminous defensive barrier system and a Factsphere Sensor, both of which show up repeatedly in the anime's fight choreography.
03This same tooling lineage later grew into the Lancelot Conquista, and its mass-production descendant, the Vincent, both of which followed as their own Mechanic Collection releases.
04The Lancelot's name comes from the Knight of the Round Table, continuing Code Geass's habit of naming Britannian Knightmares after Arthurian legend.