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Tomino-exhibition limited Gundam F91 Ver.2.0 ORIGINAL PLAN Ver.

The same brilliant F91 engineering dressed in the colors nobody but Tomino ever saw.

MechaGrade Score

4.3/5

Tomino-exhibition limited Gundam F91 Ver.2.0 ORIGINAL PLAN Ver. · 1/100 · 2019

GradeMG

Scale1/100

Released2019

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The verdict

This is the excellent MG F91 Ver.2.0 engine wearing a paint job pulled from Yoshiyuki Tomino's own early concept art, and I think that combination is genuinely special.

The base kit was already one of the best-engineered MG releases of its generation, fully polycap-free with a real inner frame, and this venue-limited version adds gold-plated chest and backpack parts plus light-piping detail for the vulcan and thruster ducts. It costs more, it is harder to find, and none of that changes how good the actual build is underneath the finish.

Best for: Ver.2.0 F91 fans and Gundam-history collectors who want the definitive engineering plus a color story you cannot get anywhere else

The full review

What it is

Strip away the exhibition branding and this is the MG Gundam F91 Ver.2.0 skeleton, one of the cleaner-engineering MG releases Bandai ever put out, dressed in the muted color scheme from Tomino's original design proposal rather than the show's final white and blue. I built mine expecting a novelty and came away impressed with how coherent the whole thing feels. The gold-plated torso and backpack parts catch light in a way molded plastic never does, and the light-transmission ducts mean you can pose the suit mid-boost with the MEPE effect glowing without touching a paint booth. It reads as a genuine alternate-universe F91, not a reskin.

The catch

This kit was sold only at 'The World of Yoshiyuki Tomino' exhibition in 2019, so secondary-market prices run well above a standard MG and availability is inconsistent. The Ver.2.0 platform itself still has the one real weak point builders flagged back in 2018: the ankles have almost no range of motion compared to the rest of the double-jointed leg, and the new knee mechanism can be fiddly to straighten out after a deep bend. You are also relying on foil stickers and dry transfer decals for a chunk of the marking detail, and the clear duct parts need careful gate cleanup so you do not tear the light-piping surface.

Who it's for

Buy this if you already love the Ver.2.0 F91 sculpt and want the one version with a color story tied directly to Tomino's own design history, and you are not put off by exhibition-exclusive pricing. Skip it if you just want an F91 on your shelf; the standard Ver.2.0 release gives you the same articulation and inner-frame engineering for a fraction of the cost and hassle. This is a kit for people chasing the lore angle and the gold-plated finish specifically, not a first F91 purchase.

The build story

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

The build follows the Ver.2.0 F91 sequence runner by runner, and the frame goes together with a confidence you don't always get from kits this size. Gate placement on the clear duct parts demands care, several builders note cutting away extra gate material carefully to avoid clouding the light-transmission surface, and the foil marking stickers need a steady hand since there is no molded color underneath some of them. The knee joint's new double-hinge mechanism gives great bend but can be stiff to reset to a straight leg after a deep pose.

Where this kit earns its reputation is the engineering under the skin: no polycaps anywhere, double-jointed elbows and knees, swiveling thighs, and shoulders that both swing forward and lift, which together let it hold genuinely dynamic action poses. The VSBRs deploy as a linked set with the leg thruster interlock gimmick, the beam launcher and beam shield round out a strong weapons loadout, and on this version the gold-plated chest and backpack pieces plus lit ducts turn a great frame into a display piece that looks different from every other F91 on a shelf.

Lore & trivia

01This venue-limited version was sold exclusively at 'The World of Yoshiyuki Tomino' commemorative exhibition starting July 20, 2019, and was never given a general retail release.
02The color scheme reproduces Tomino's original design proposal for F91 before the show's art staff finalized the white and blue look audiences know from the 1991 film.
03The F91 was developed under the Earth Federation's classified 'Formula Project,' a miniaturized mobile suit program meant to break Anaheim Electronics' monopoly on MS technology.
04The MG F91 Ver.2.0 platform this kit is built on was the first Master Grade release engineered with zero polycaps in its joints.