MGGundam Build Divers Re:Rise (GIMM & BALL's World Challenge side story)

Hyaku-Shiki Raise Cain

A gold-plated victory lap on a frame that already knew how to move.

MechaGrade Score

3.8/5

Hyaku-Shiki Raise Cain · 1/100 · 2021

GradeMG

Scale1/100

Released2021

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

This is the Hyaku Shiki Crash mold dressed in gold, and I think the plating job is the whole reason to want it.

The proportions and inner frame carry over from a kit builders already rated highly, so the bones here are sound. What holds it back from higher marks are the same two soft spots the base kit has always had, a loose wrist and a loose calf vernier, which feel out of place on a kit charging a premium price for its finish.

Best for: Hyaku Shiki fans and P-Bandai collectors who want the flashiest version of this frame on the shelf

The full review

What it is

Raise Cain is the golden variant of the Hyaku Shiki Crash, a heavily customized take on the classic Zeta-era Hyaku Shiki that showed up in the Build Divers side story. Most of the armor uses undergating, so you are not hunting for stray nub marks across a finish this shiny, and the molded plastic itself carries a metallic tint that plays nicely against the gold plating. Snapping this together felt closer to assembling a display trophy than a regular kit. The slim inner frame shows real detail work, especially through the abdomen, and it is what makes the oversized armor panels sit right instead of looking bulky.

The catch

The looseness that dogs the Hyaku Shiki 2.0 lineage is still here. The calf vernier unit and the wrists both have some play in them, so posing a stable stance or a firm two-hand weapon grip takes a bit of extra fiddling, sometimes a drop of glue or a rubber band trick if you want it locked down. The arm-mounted pipes also get in the way of holding the beam rifle one-handed, and the rifle's own weight makes the wrist sag under it. None of this is a dealbreaker, but for a Premium Bandai release asking a collector's price for a paint job, I expected the mechanical issues to have been ironed out along the way.

Who it's for

If you already love the Hyaku Shiki silhouette and want it in a finish that actually looks like gold instead of yellow plastic, this is worth tracking down. It also rewards anyone who enjoys parts-swapping, since it ships with a stack of unused frame and armor pieces from the Hyaku Shiki Kai and 2.0 kits plus a spare clay bazooka, so there is bonus material for a kitbash pile. Skip it if you are chasing rock-solid articulation above all else, or if you are not willing to pay P-Bandai exclusive pricing for what is fundamentally a repaint and remold of a kit that has been out for years.

The build story

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

The assembly itself is genuinely fun. Because so much of the armor is undergated, you spend far less time worrying about visible cut marks on a kit whose entire appeal is a clean, reflective gold surface. Panel fit is tight where it counts on the torso and shoulder armor, and the metallic-flake plastic underneath the plating keeps the whole model looking cohesive rather than like a paint job slapped on a mismatched frame.

The inner frame is the standout engineering piece, with detailing through the abdomen and joints that hold up under normal posing. Articulation range matches what the Hyaku Shiki 2.0 line has always offered, wide shoulder and hip movement, decent knee bend, and a workable double-jointed feel through the torso. The known weak points are the wrist and calf vernier, both of which loosen with handling, and the beam rifle interaction with the forearm pipes. Included armaments carry over from the Hyaku Shiki Crash loadout, and the bundled leftover runners from the Kai and 2.0 kits add real part-count value for anyone into customs.

Lore & trivia

01The Hyaku-Shiki Crash, on which Raise Cain is based, was built by the character Markie of Force Gevaudan Wolf in the Gundam Build Divers side story GIMM & BALL's World Challenge, and Raise Cain is its gold-repainted follow-up appearance.
02The MG Hyaku Shiki Raise Cain was sold as a Premium Bandai exclusive, releasing in Japan around February 2021.
03The kit reuses tooling from the MG Hyaku Shiki Crash and by extension the MG Hyaku Shiki 2.0, with the armor given a metallic gold-plated finish in place of the Crash's original colorway.
04Both the Crash and Raise Cain versions trace their design lineage back to Char Aznable's original Hyaku Shiki from Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, reimagined as an in-universe custom Gunpla within the Build Divers meta-fiction.