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RGM-79SP GM Sniper II (White Dingo Team Custom)

A P-Bandai remix kit that hands you a whole armory and a paint job most builders never see coming.

MechaGrade Score

3.8/5

GM Sniper II (White Dingo Team Custom) · 1/100 · 2017

GradeMG

Scale1/100

Released2017

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The verdict

This kit earns its cult following honestly, it takes an older MG frame, dresses it in a white and dark blue scheme nobody else is making, and hands you enough weapons to fill a display shelf on its own.

I like it a lot, but I go in knowing the engineering underneath is not cutting edge, and that is the trade for the loadout and the paint scheme.

Best for: GM completionists and 0080-era fans who want the widest weapon loadout on a GM frame and do not mind hunting a P-Bandai reissue

The full review

What it is

This is Bandai taking its existing GM Sniper II MG tooling and rebuilding it as the White Dingo Team's unique white and blue machine, the one that got rushed straight from Jaburo instead of the gray paint the rest of the unit wore. The parts come from three different older MG kits stitched together into one box, and the result is a GM with more gear than I expected: a long range beam rifle, a standard beam rifle, a ground-use hyper bazooka, a 90mm bullpup, a 100mm machine gun, beam sabers, and a shield built just for this variant. Building it feels like getting a greatest-hits GM loadout in a single kit, and the white/blue scheme genuinely stands out next to every other GM on my shelf.

The catch

The frame under the paint is not a modern MG design, it is assembled from runners shared with older kits (the F plate of MG-027, the M plate of MG-033, the I and L plates of MG-092), so the engineering feels a generation behind current inner-frame MGs. Builders note the newer hands do not always grip the included weapons as securely as the older fully-molded hands would have. The White Dingo markings come on water-slide decals rather than molded color, so you are relying on careful decal work and a topcoat to protect them. It is also a P-Bandai exclusive that comes and goes with make-to-order windows, so pricing and availability swing depending on when you catch a reissue.

Who it's for

If you already have a base GM Sniper II or GM Command in your collection and want the version with the wild weapon count and the scheme nobody else has, this is worth tracking down. It also rewards Gundam 0080 and One Year War fans who know the White Dingo Team's story and want that specific unit on the shelf. I would skip it if you want the newest inner-frame engineering MGs offer now, or if you do not want to deal with decals and a limited-run purchase window. For most GM collectors chasing variety over cutting-edge build tech, it delivers.

What works

Genuinely huge weapon loadout for one box: long range beam rifle, standard beam rifle, hyper bazooka, two machine guns, sabers, and a dedicated shield
The white and dark blue White Dingo scheme is distinctive and not something you get from any other GM release
Solid GM-family articulation with double-jointed elbows and knees, a swinging shoulder mount, and poseable skirt armor that avoids interference

Worth knowing

Frame is built from older MG runners rather than a current-generation inner frame, so the engineering feels dated next to newer MGs
Newer hand parts do not always grip the included weapons as firmly as fully-molded hands would
Unit markings rely on water-slide decals, and the kit is a P-Bandai exclusive that is not always in stock

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The build story

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

Because this kit reuses runners from three earlier MG releases, the build has an older-school feel, snug part fit in places, simpler frame logic than a current MG, and it moves fast if you have built a GM-family MG before. Gate placement and cleanup are what you would expect from mid-2010s Bandai tooling, nothing fussy, but not the razor-clean nub work of the newest kits either.

Where it earns its keep is the sheer accessory count and the unique paint job. You get a long range beam rifle, a standard beam rifle, a ground-use hyper bazooka, a 90mm bullpup machine gun, a 100mm machine gun, twin beam sabers, and a shield made specifically for this variant, more hardware than most GM kits offer at any grade. Articulation covers a ball-jointed head, a torso that tilts and twists, shoulders that extend and swing forward, double-jointed elbows and knees, a full 360 degree waist, and skirt armor that swings out of the way so poses are not blocked.

Lore & trivia

01The White Dingo Team was an independent mobile suit platoon on the Australian front given an emergency mission at the very end of the One Year War to stop Zeon HLV launches.
02Because the GM Sniper II was rushed to the team straight from rollout at Jaburo, it never received the gray paint the rest of the unit's machines wore, which is why it carries this unique white and dark blue scheme instead.
03The kit's parts are pulled from three separate earlier MG releases, the F plate of MG-027, the M plate of MG-033, and the I and L plates of MG-092, making this a build-from-existing-tooling P-Bandai exclusive rather than an all-new mold.
04The White Dingo Team fought Zeon's MS-14G Gelgoog Ground Type and a prototype Rhinoceros mobile armor in Australia and reportedly saw every member survive to the end of the war.