MGMobile Suit Gundam SEED Eclipse (Cosmic Era)

Eclipse Gundam + EW452HW Maneuver Striker [Cyberised Color]

A Freedom-frame suit in a neon cyber coat, dragging a railgun striker pack that needs its own furniture.

MechaGrade Score

3.9/5

Eclipse Gundam + EW452HW Maneuver Striker [Cyberised Color] · 1/100 · 2023

GradeMG

Scale1/100

Released2023

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

This is a genuinely fun, slightly odd MG dressed in one of the more striking limited colorways Bandai has put out for this mold.

It borrows its engineering from MG Freedom Gundam 2.0, so the base suit moves better than its unusual proportions suggest, and the Cyberised Color treatment turns a kit that was already a SEED-anniversary curiosity into a real shelf standout. The catch is that this is a two-part purchase in spirit (suit plus a heavy striker pack) and the color rework does nothing to fix the pack's structural quirks.

Best for: SEED-frame fans who already like Freedom 2.0 engineering and want a neon-and-chrome centerpiece with a dramatic flight-mode gimmick

The full review

What it is

At its core this is the MG Eclipse Gundam riding on Freedom Gundam 2.0's frame, so the hips, ankles, and skirt armor all move the way that excellent kit's do, even though Eclipse's big shoulder and leg armor plus small V-fin make it look like nothing else in the CE lineup. The Cyberised Color version leans into that oddness with neon-tinted accents and metallic highlights over the usual white, blue, red, and yellow, and it reads as genuinely striking once built rather than gimmicky. Bandai's color separation on this mold is already strong, with sensor and head detailing precise enough that I skipped the eye decal entirely.

The catch

The Maneuver Striker Pack is the real complication here. Its four booster units are inseparable from the frame, packed with pointy small parts that demand careful gate cleanup, and once mounted the whole assembly is heavy enough that Bandai's own instructions call for two action bases just to keep the suit standing without tipping. This is a P-Bandai limited release, so pricing runs above a standard MG and availability is inconsistent since it originally shipped as a region-limited exclusive. None of that touches the suit itself, which builds cleanly, but budget extra patience for the striker pack specifically.

Who it's for

I'd point this at builders who already enjoy Freedom Gundam 2.0's engineering and want that same feel in a much less common color story, plus anyone chasing SEED-era P-Bandai exclusives for the collection. It is not the kit to hand a first-time MG builder, both because of the fiddly striker hardware and because of the price and hunt involved in tracking down a limited colorway. If you can find one at a fair price and you like display pieces that need real setup (stand, action bases, floor space for flight mode), this earns its spot.

The build story

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

Runner cleanup on the base suit is straightforward and the plastic quality is a step up, with tight color separation that let me skip painting sensors entirely. The Maneuver Striker Pack is where the build slows down. Its four booster and railgun units are molded as inseparable clusters with thin, pointed wing pieces that fold for mode changes, and those wings are exactly the kind of part that stresses or snaps if you force a fold before it is fully seated.

Once assembled, the suit itself poses well: the skirt armor pivots out of the way for real leg lift, the ankles tilt and rotate, and the frame holds weapon poses without drooping. The striker pack adds a genuine flight-mode transformation with a locking mechanism that clicks in solidly, and it comes loaded with beam sabers, a beam rifle, twin beam shields usable as arm swords, and the pack's own railgun, which is a strong accessory count for the price band even before counting the recolor as a value-add on its own.

Lore & trivia

01Eclipse Gundam shares its internal frame engineering with MG Freedom Gundam 2.0, which is why its articulation feels familiar despite a very different silhouette.
02The suit and its Maneuver Striker Pack were introduced in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Eclipse, a project made for the franchise's 20th anniversary, piloted by Tatsumi Hori of the Orb Disaster Relief Team.
03The Maneuver Striker's four booster units are heavy enough in-kit that Bandai's build recommends two action bases to keep the model stable once the pack is mounted.
04Cyberised Color is a Premium Bandai limited colorway of the standard Eclipse Gundam plus Maneuver Striker mold, released as a region-limited exclusive rather than a new tooling.