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Long Rifle & Custom Parts Set for MSN-04 Sazabi

The alternate loadout that turns your MG Sazabi into the sniper Char never quite got to use.

MechaGrade Score

3.4/5

Sazabi · 1/100 · 2001

GradeMG

Scale1/100

Released2001

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The verdict

I'll say it plainly: this is a resin accessory set for people who already own an MG Sazabi and want the long-barreled rifle, funnel containers, and propellant tanks from the supplementary art instead of the anime's stock beam shot rifle.

It is not a standalone mobile suit kit and it will not build itself the way a normal MG does. If you already know how to work with resin, it is a genuinely satisfying way to give a Sazabi you have built before a second, meaner-looking silhouette.

Best for: existing MG Sazabi owners with resin-casting experience who want the long rifle loadout from the supplementary art

The full review

What it is

This is B-Club's 2001 resin add-on set built around the Sazabi's alternate weapon configuration, the elongated sniper-style long rifle plus a pair of funnel storage containers and external propellant tanks, all recreated from the Char's Counterattack supplementary illustrations rather than the film's screen design. It is not injection-molded styrene like a standard MG. It arrives as garage-kit resin castings meant to be cleaned up, cemented, and painted before they mount onto an existing MG Sazabi. I like it precisely because it does one specific thing well: it gives a suit you already built a completely different, longer-reaching profile without buying a second full kit.

The catch

This is resin, not styrene, so plan on instant cement, careful deburring of casting seams, and full painting since there is no molded color separation at all. HLJ lists it as a discontinued, out-of-production item, so tracking down a copy in decent condition is its own project before you even open the box. It also is not self-supporting content, you need an MG Sazabi already built (the original 2000 release or Ver.Ka) for this set to have any purpose, and the rifle's proportions take some fitting work to sit naturally in the Sazabi's hands.

Who it's for

This is for the Sazabi collector who already has the mobile suit on the shelf and wants a second, more menacing loadout without buying an entirely new kit, and for builders who enjoy resin casting as part of the hobby rather than a barrier to it. If you have never worked with resin before, or you just want a Sazabi to display straight out of the box, skip this and stick with the standard MG or Ver.Ka weapon set. This is a deep-cut purchase for people who are already sold on the suit and want to push their build further.

The build story

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

Working the resin is the whole experience here. Casting seams need real cleanup with files and sandpaper before cement will hold cleanly, and because everything is a single flat gray resin color, every surface you want distinguished (barrel, grip, tank housings) is on you and a paintbrush. It is slower and messier than clipping styrene off a runner, and if you have never handled instant cement on resin before, this is a rough place to start.

Where it pays off is fit and proportion once assembled. The long rifle reads as a real weapon in the Sazabi's hands rather than an oversized prop, and the funnel containers and propellant tanks read as an actual alternate backpack loadout rather than a token add-on. For a niche accessory set it holds its shape and articulation points well once it is mounted, and it genuinely earns the different silhouette it promises on the shelf.

Lore & trivia

01The Sazabi is Char Aznable's personal mobile suit in the 1988 film Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, designed by Hajime Katoki as his signature reinterpretation of a Zeon-lineage flagship unit.
02The long rifle and funnel-container loadout this set recreates comes from Char's Counterattack supplementary illustrations rather than the film's on-screen beam shot rifle configuration.
03B-Club was Bandai's in-house garage kit and limited-run resin label, used for accessory sets and variant kits that never got a full mass-produced styrene release.