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MS-14B Uma Lightning's Gelgoog High Mobility Type

A P-Bandai ace-custom Gelgoog that trades a little ankle range for a genuinely fun weekend build and a loadout big enough to fill a display shelf.

MechaGrade Score

3.8/5

Uma Lightning's Gelgoog High Mobility Type · 1/100 · 2018

GradeMG

Scale1/100

Released2018

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The verdict

This kit earns its keep on personality and parts count, not perfect engineering.

It leans on the MG Gelgoog Ver 2.0 platform, so you get a real ABS inner frame and a build that reviewers consistently call a pleasure, but you also inherit that platform's known ankle and groin-joint compromises. If you already like the Gelgoog silhouette and want the ace-pilot version with the biggest weapon spread of the line, this is worth tracking down. If tight, holdable poses are your top priority, go in with realistic expectations.

Best for: Universal Century collectors and Gelgoog fans who want the definitive Uma Lightning ace custom with a full weapons loadout, not the tightest posing MG on the shelf

The full review

What it is

This is the P-Bandai exclusive ace-custom variant of the MG Gelgoog High Mobility Type, built around Uma Lightning's personal machine from the MSV-R line. It ships with genuinely new tooling rather than just a recolor: a reworked head unit, an altered high-mobility backpack with extra leg boosters, and a modified beam rifle with an added grenade launcher on top of the standard rifle. Add the 3-tube missile launcher, the beam naginata, the shield, and Uma Lightning's own missile launcher, and you end up with a display case full of accessories for one suit. Builders on P-Bandai review blogs and YouTube describe the assembly itself as one of the more enjoyable MG builds out there, and I get why. It never feels like a chore.

The catch

The bones under this kit are the MG Gelgoog Ver 2.0 frame, and that frame comes with baggage. The ABS inner structure is solid and holds its shape well, but it is also heavy, and the groin polycaps can sag under the weight of the legs once you try a dynamic lifted-leg pose. Ankle articulation is the other known weak point: the armor shells clamp down on the joint and cut into horizontal foot movement, so some poses that look natural on paper end up stiff in practice. This is also a P-Bandai release, which means secondhand hunting and import pricing rather than a simple retail pickup, and the extra new-mold parts add gate cleanup time on top of an already part-dense build.

Who it's for

Buy this if you are already sold on the Gelgoog silhouette and want the ace-pilot version with the most complete accessory set in the line, or if you collect MSV-R variants and this slot is still open. The upper body articulation and the sheer amount of new tooling reward patient builders who enjoy a longer, fiddlier session at the workbench. Skip it if you want a kit that holds aggressive leg poses out of the box, or if you are not willing to chase down a P-Bandai exclusive on the secondary market. There are easier MG builds if display flexibility matters more to you than backstory and loadout.

The build story

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

The build follows the MG Gelgoog Ver 2.0 sequence, so expect a proper limb-by-limb inner frame assembly before armor goes on. The new-mold parts for this variant, the head, backpack, and leg boosters, add extra gates to clean beyond the base kit, but nothing here trips up an intermediate builder. Reviewers who built it noted it never felt tedious, just thorough.

Color separation on the frame is handled well through molded plastic rather than heavy sticker reliance, and the accessory count is the real standout: two distinct beam rifles (including the modified grenade-launcher rifle), a 3-tube missile launcher, a separate custom missile launcher, beam naginata, and shield all come in the box. Upper body and arm articulation take good advantage of the frame, even where the legs fall short.

Lore & trivia

01Uma Lightning, nicknamed the 'Blue Lightning', piloted this custom Gelgoog as an ace of the Principality of Zeon's Chimera Corps, a specially organized unit within the Mobile Attack Force.
02After the One Year War ended, Uma Lightning joined the Federation Forces and eventually commanded the 202nd Technical Test Battalion, continuing to fly an upgraded version of his own Gelgoog with Federation tech folded in.
03The kit's backpack and leg boosters were newly molded specifically for this High Mobility Type variant rather than reused from the standard MG Gelgoog Ver 2.0.