MCCode Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2

Vincent (Code Geass)

Britannia's mass-production answer to the Lancelot, kept just as simple to build as the frame it's copying.

MechaGrade Score

3.1/5

Vincent · 1/35 · 2008

GradeMC

Scale1/35

Released2008

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

The Vincent is Bandai's 2008 Mechanic Collection take on Britannia's pre-production mass-produced Knightmare Frame, the one built off lessons learned from the Lancelot.

Scalemates lists it as a full "new tool" release rather than a parts reuse, so this got its own dedicated sprue layout even though it stays within the same simple, snap-fit engineering standard as the rest of the line. As a shelf piece representing the show's shift from one-off prototype to mass-production frame, it does the job.

Best for: Code Geass R2 collectors who want the Vincent's white production-model look, or anyone building out the Lancelot-derived Knightmare family

The full review

What it is

In the show, the Vincent (RPI-212) is the pre-production prototype Britannia builds after studying the Lancelot and the Lancelot Club, meant to be the mass-producible successor once it enters wider service. This kit renders it in 1/35 scale as a genuine new-tool Mechanic Collection release, with a plastic sprue and a sticker decal sheet in the box, snap-fit with no cement needed. Straight off the sprue you get the Vincent's distinct white production-model paneling and the lance-type Maser Vibration Swords that mark it as Britannia's answer to scaling up Camelot's prototype work.

The catch

Being a new tool doesn't mean new engineering standards, this still uses the same simple pin-and-socket joint approach as the rest of the 2007-2008 Mechanic Collection wave, not a posable inner frame. Detail work on the finer trim leans on the included sticker sheet. As with its siblings in this line, I couldn't turn up meaningful English-language build documentation specific to this 2008 release, so the caveats here are grounded in the kit's real spec rather than a pile of secondhand build reports.

Who it's for

Worth getting if you want the Vincent's specific white mass-production look on the shelf, especially alongside the Lancelot it's derived from, or if Rolo Lamperouge's arc in R2 is part of why you're collecting this show's mecha. Skip it if you want an articulated display piece, or if you specifically want the Commander Type's red colorway instead, that's a separate kit built on this same tooling.

The build story

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

This is a straightforward snap-fit build with its own sprue set rather than reused parts, so nothing here is a shortcut version of another kit. Assembly follows the same no-cement pattern as the rest of the Mechanic Collection line, quick to finish in one sitting.

The loadout centers on the lance-type Maser Vibration Swords and the elbow-mounted Needle Blazers that define the Vincent's melee-focused fighting style in the show, both molded in rather than left as accessories you have to imagine.

Lore & trivia

01The Vincent (RPI-212) is a seventh-generation Knightmare Frame, developed from feedback on the Lancelot and Lancelot Club as Britannia's planned mass-production model.
02It's primarily piloted by Rolo Lamperouge in the anime, introduced a year after the Black Knights' attempted invasion of the Tokyo Settlement.
03Standard equipment includes a Cockpit Ejection System and Landspinner propulsion, shared traits across most Britannian Knightmares of this generation.
04The Vincent line branches into several named variants beyond this base kit, including the Commander Model and the mass-production Vincent Ward.