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Mission Pack Hanger for F90 Gundam F90

The display piece that finally lets your F90 mission pack collection make sense.

MechaGrade Score

3.6/5

Mission Pack Hanger for F90 Gundam F90 · 1/100 · 2022

GradeMG

Scale1/100

Released2022

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

This is a support kit doing exactly one job, and it does that job well.

It is not a mobile suit, it is a pair of dedicated stands that let you shelve, swap, and show off the F90's mission packs the way Bandai's own concept art always implied you should. If you own one or two mission packs it is a nice-to-have. If you are chasing the full A to Z project like I am, it stops being optional.

Best for: F90 A to Z Project collectors juggling more than two mission packs who want them displayed properly instead of bagged in a drawer

The full review

What it is

This P-Bandai twin set gives you two hangers built specifically around the F90's mission pack hardpoints, and once I had the first one together I understood why Bandai bothered making a whole kit just for this. Each hanger has an action-base-style pedestal on the bottom and an arm assembly on top with a joint that matches the pack's mounting point, so a mission pack clips on and just sits there, supported, at a display height that actually reads well on a shelf. There is a stored mode with the pack hanging free and a maintenance mode where the arm angles the pack as if it is mid-installation onto the F90 itself, and switching between the two takes seconds once the joints are assembled.

The catch

The obvious catch is that neither the F90 nor a single mission pack comes in this box, so the sticker price is really an add-on tax on a hobby that already asks you to buy A through Z separately. It is also a Premium Bandai release, meaning it comes and goes in limited windows and resale prices climb once it is gone. The hooks that hold each pack are adjustable but not universal, so heavier or oddly shaped packs need a bit of test-fitting before they sit level. And because it is two small hangers rather than one big build, the runners clear out fast, there just is not much kit here if you are hoping for an afternoon project.

Who it's for

Buy this if you already own or plan to own more than a couple of F90 mission packs and you are tired of them rattling around loose or lying flat in a box, this is the accessory that turns a pile of weapon options into an actual display. Skip it if you have exactly one mission pack, or none, since a single pack looks fine sitting on its own action base without a dedicated hanger. It is also worth skipping if P-Bandai pricing and import fees push it well above what the two small hangers are worth to you, this is a convenience upgrade, not a must-have.

The build story

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

There is very little clipping to do here compared to a normal MG, the parts count is small and gate marks are easy to clean since most surfaces face away from view once assembled. The pedestal snaps together the same way an action base does, so if you have built one of those before there is nothing new to learn, the only part that takes a minute is lining up the arm joint so it seats flush against the mission pack's hardpoint.

The clever bit is the dual-mode arm. Rotating the same joint gives you a hanging stored pose or an angled maintenance pose without needing separate parts, which is a smart use of a small part count. Because the hook width can be shifted to different insertion points, one hanger design covers packs of noticeably different bulk, which is the whole reason this twin set works across the growing A to Z lineup instead of needing a new hanger for every pack.

Lore & trivia

01The F90 was designed around 11 hardpoints so its mission packs could be swapped for different combat roles, a concept Bandai calls the F90 A to Z Project since it eventually plans mission packs for every letter A through Z.
02In the fiction, mission pack testing began in U.C. 0112 and by U.C. 0120 multiple F90 units were deployed for real battlefield data collection with the 13th Experimental Combat Group.
03The F90 itself was built by the Strategic Naval Research Institute as a low-cost, lightweight rival proposal to Anaheim Electronics during the Earth Federation's next-generation mobile suit competition.
04This hanger twin set was released through Premium Bandai specifically to give A to Z Project collectors a way to display multiple mission packs at once, since the main MG F90 kit only ships mounted with one.