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F91 Gundam F91 Ver.2.0 (Harrison Madin Custom)

The best-engineered F91 frame ever made, wearing a colorway most builders have never even seen in person.

MechaGrade Score

4.2/5

Gundam F91 Ver.2.0 (Harrison Madin Custom) · 1/100 · 2019

GradeMG

Scale1/100

Released2019

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

This is the acclaimed MG F91 Ver.2.0 frame under a rare blue and yellow paint job, and that frame alone earns its keep.

I went in expecting a reskin and came out impressed by how much of the kit's reputation is deserved: the double-jointed elbows and knees, the transforming head, the deployable VSBR cannons all work exactly as billed. The Harrison Madin colorway on top of that just makes it a more interesting shelf piece than the standard white release, provided you can actually track one down.

Best for: MG collectors who already know Ver.2.0 is great and want the rarer P-Bandai colorway instead of another white F91

The full review

What it is

This kit is the Ver.2.0 remaster of the classic MG F91, molded in the dark blue and yellow scheme associated with Harrison Madin's mass-production units from the anime, applied here to the F91 itself as a P-Bandai online-exclusive variant. Under the paint it is the same frame that built its reputation on being small in stature (F91 is a compact suit even at 1/100) but enormous in what it can do. Building it, the transforming face mask panel and the twin beam shield generator stored in the waist skirts are the kind of gimmicks that make you stop and appreciate the engineering rather than just clip parts together.

The catch

The colorway leans hard on water-slide decals to hit the accent details rather than molded color, so if you want the scheme crisp you are setting aside real time for decal work and probably a topcoat. Reviewers of the base Ver.2.0 frame have also flagged the arm and leg inner-frame parts as smoother and less detailed than you would expect for an MG, more like a scaled-up HG skeleton than a true full inner frame. Knee and ankle articulation, while functional, is more limited than the hip and waist range. And because this is a niche P-Bandai recolor, secondary market pricing runs well above a standard MG.

Who it's for

Buy this if you already love the MG F91 Ver.2.0 and want a legitimately different-looking build for the shelf, or if the Harrison Madin scheme specifically appeals to you as a UC side detail worth owning. Skip it if you just want the definitive F91 kit at a fair price, since the standard white Ver.2.0 gets you the same frame and gimmicks without the decal workload or the exclusive-release markup. First-time MG builders should also start elsewhere, this one rewards people who already know what they are getting into with the frame.

The build story

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

Runner cleanup on the Ver.2.0 frame is straightforward, gate placement is sensible and nub scarring is minimal on visible surfaces, but the Harrison Madin release adds a real second phase of work once the frame is together: cutting and applying the water-slide decals cleanly, then sealing them under topcoat so they survive handling. Skip that step and the scheme looks unfinished compared to how it photographs on the box.

The standout engineering is all Ver.2.0's: shoulder armor flips clear so the arms can actually raise overhead, the head transforms between open and closed face states with very few parts, and the hip and waist joints give the suit a genuinely wide stable pose range for its size. Part count and accessory loadout (spare shield generator, twin sabers, VSBR cannons) deliver strong value for an MG, even before you account for the rarer color.

Lore & trivia

01The Gundam F91 was piloted by Seabook Arno in the 1991 film Mobile Suit Gundam F91, also known as Mobile Suit Gundam Formula 91
02Harrison Madin, the character the colorway references, piloted mass-production suits in the film rather than the F91 prototype itself, making this kit's scheme a stylistic homage rather than a strict anime-accurate recolor
03The Ver.2.0 frame was released in 2018 as a full remaster of Bandai's original 2006 MG F91, redesigning the inner frame for far greater articulation and adding the transforming face mask gimmick