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RX-93 ν Gundam "Ver.Ka" Double Fin Funnel Custom Unit

Amuro's last Gundam, built as big and as detailed as its legend deserves.

MechaGrade Score

4.3/5

Nu Gundam · 1/100 · 2013

GradeMG

Scale1/100

Released2013

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The verdict

This is one of the great MG kits, and the Double Fin Funnel treatment only sweetens the deal.

Katoki's redesigned frame, the psychoframe reveal at the chest and shoulders, and a fully articulated finger system make this feel like a Perfect Grade that got shrunk down. It asks more patience than a typical MG, but every hour you put in pays off on the shelf.

Best for: Experienced builders who want the definitive Nu Gundam and are willing to work for it

The full review

What it is

I went into this expecting a good MG and came out thinking I'd built something closer to PG-lite. The Ver.Ka redesign gives Amuro's final Gundam a heavier, more sculptural silhouette than the old kits, and Bandai lets you see the psychoframe glowing through cutaway armor at the chest and forearms instead of just implying it's there. The hands are the real showpiece. Each finger articulates individually, so you can actually curl a fist or cradle the beam rifle instead of relying on swap-in gesture hands. With the Double Fin Funnel expansion stacked on top, you get twelve funnels total, a second display stand, and funnel effect parts, which is exactly the loadout this suit needs to look right.

The catch

Be honest with yourself about the time commitment. This is a D1 box with 25 runners and nearly 600 parts, plus a full sheet of water slide decals on top of the usual foil stickers, and reviewers regularly clock multiple weekends on it. The fin funnels are the weak link: their folding clips don't have much contact area, so getting all twelve to lock together and stay put mid-pose takes fiddling, and they can pop loose in transit. The waist skips a second swivel joint, a deliberate trade so the suit stands upright under the weight of all those funnels and effect parts, but it does cap how deep you can bend at the hip. A few builders also flag the small ball joint carrying the shoulder and arm assembly as a long-term wear point.

Who it's for

If you've already got a few Master Grades under your belt and you love the UC Gundam movies, this is worth clearing a weekend for. The payoff, a big, heavily paneled Nu Gundam with real psychoframe detail and a full funnel spread, is hard to match at this scale. First-time builders should not start here; the decal load and part count will wear you down before you get to the fun part. If you mainly want a display piece and don't care about posing every funnel independently, the base MG Ver.Ka without the expansion gets you most of the experience for less money and less funnel-wrangling.

The build story

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

This is a long build and it wants your full attention. Gate placement on the frame and armor runners is clean enough that cleanup doesn't slow you down much, but the sheer part count and the decal sheet mean you're looking at several sessions rather than an evening. Fit is tight and precise in the way Katoki-era MGs tend to be, panels click home with a satisfying snap once you've got the frame assembled correctly, though a few small joints (the shoulder ball joint especially) feel like they're doing a lot of work for their size.

The engineering highlights are the psychoframe reveal and the finger articulation, both of which read as genuine upgrades over earlier Nu Gundam kits rather than cosmetic tweaks. Color separation is strong for an MG of this vintage thanks to molded color across the frame, with stickers mostly reserved for camera lenses and small accents rather than large panels. Value is excellent if you actually want the full funnel array: the Double Fin Funnel set adds six more funnels, a second stand, and effect parts, turning a great standalone MG into the complete all-range-attack display.

Lore & trivia

01The ν Gundam's psychoframe was built from psycommu receptor chips reportedly leaked to Anaheim Electronics from Neo Zeon technology, letting Amuro channel Newtype mental energy directly into the suit's systems.
02Its fin funnels are technically bits rather than true funnels, since each one carries its own internal generator instead of drawing from an E-cap, trading higher production cost for far longer operational time.
03In Char's Counterattack, the ν Gundam's psychoframe cockpit overloaded from the combined psychic force at Axis, an event that became known as the Axis Shock and pushed the asteroid away from Earth.
04The MG Ver.Ka redesign was done by Hajime Katoki, the mechanical designer behind the movie's original suit art, and the kit shipped as a D1 box with 25 runners and close to 600 parts.