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Mission Pack R-Type & V-Type for Gundam F90

Two completely different personalities for one Gundam, bolted on for the price of a used HG.

MechaGrade Score

3.5/5

Mission Pack R-Type & V-Type for Gundam F90 · 1/100 · 2021

GradeMG

Scale1/100

Released2021

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The verdict

I like this pack a lot, with the honest caveat that it is only as good as the F90 you already own.

On its own it is not a kit, it is two armor loadouts, a recon shell and a beam weapons rig, that snap onto the base MG Gundam F90 body sold separately. The V-Type in particular earns its reputation, it turns the F90 into a genuine VSBR gunslinger with real shelf presence. The R-Type is the quieter surprise, the stealth armor's full-body movable plating is a small engineering flex I did not expect from an add-on set this cheap.

Best for: F90 owners who already have the base MG and want two distinct silhouettes without buying a second kit

The full review

What it is

This is the Premium Bandai add-on set that gives the MG 1/100 Gundam F90 two of its most requested Mission Pack configurations in one box. The R-Type is the reconnaissance loadout, a stealth armor shell with a camera unit that ejects on a length of lead wire, and the armor plating itself is hinged across the whole body so it actually moves with the pose instead of sitting there as a static shell. The V-Type is the weapons-test loadout, the one that carries the VSBR lineage forward into the F91, and it comes with shoulder heat-radiator fins, leg thrusters, a mega gatling arm, and a dedicated beam rifle. Snapping either one onto the F90 changes the whole read of the suit, and building both in one box for around twenty dollars felt like real value.

The catch

The build quality is a clear step down from the base F90 kit. Nub placement and seam lines are more visible than what Bandai gave the main body, and there are no molded red accent parts, you are using HG-style stickers or paint for that color instead of proper part separation. The decals are the nicer piece of the package, a full water-slide sheet for the fine markings, but getting the R-Type and V-Type armor looking as clean as the F90 underneath takes some extra work with rattle cans or a brush. And obviously, if you do not already own the base MG F90, this set does nothing for you, the body is not included.

Who it's for

Buy this if you already have the MG F90 on your shelf and want it to do double duty as a stealth recon unit one week and a beam-weapons brawler the next, the R-Type and V-Type genuinely do not feel like the same suit once they are on. Skip it if you are hunting for a standalone MG experience or you are new to the line, this is a second purchase for people already invested, not an entry point. If you can live with a little extra panel-line and paint work to match the base kit's finish, the value here is easy to justify.

The build story

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

The runners are smaller and simpler than what you get with the base F90, and it shows in cleanup, gate marks and seam lines are more visible than Bandai's usual MG standard once the armor panels are on. None of it is hard to build, it just does not hide its shortcuts the way the flagship kit does, so if you want a flawless finish you are picking up a hobby knife and some panel liner rather than clipping and going.

The engineering payoff is in how the armor moves. The R-Type's stealth plating is hinged in sections across the whole body rather than being a rigid shell, so it tracks with the F90's own articulation instead of fighting it, and the ejectable camera arm on lead wire is a genuinely fun little gimmick. The V-Type swaps in heat-dissipating shoulder fins, leg thrusters, a mega gatling gun for the right arm, and a dedicated beam rifle, giving the same body a completely different weapons loadout and a much bulkier, gunfighter stance.

Lore & trivia

01The Gundam F90 first appeared in Yoshikazu Yasuhiko-adjacent territory as the prologue project to Mobile Suit Gundam F91, designed by Kunio Okawara and serialized starting in 1990 as part of Bandai's Formula Project.
02F90 stands for Formula 90, and the suit was built around a Mission Pack system with roughly 26 planned configurations, lettered A through Z, of which only some were ever fully realized in the original material.
03The V-Type's VSBR (Variable Speed Beam Rifle) is the direct testbed for the signature weapon later carried by the Gundam F91, making this pack a literal piece of that suit's development history.