RE100Universal Century

XM-07B Vigna-Ghina II

An F91 spinoff that looks sharper than it builds.

MechaGrade Score

3.2/5

Vigna-Ghina II · 1/100 · 2019

GradeRE100

Scale1/100

Released2019

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

The Vigna-Ghina II is a good-looking suit stuck in a kit that does not quite earn the design.

The shot lancer, twin beam sabers, and beam shield give it a genuinely striking silhouette once assembled, and I will say the double-jointed elbows and knees do more work than I expected from an RE/100. But the color separation leans hard on foil stickers rather than molded plastic, and next to an MG on the same shelf this kit reads flat and a little cheap.

Best for: F91 MSV completionists who want the Vigna-Ghina II specifically and are fine supplementing with paint or panel lining

The full review

What it is

This is Bandai's RE/100 take on an obscure Mobile Suit Variations design, the upgraded second unit of the Vigna-Ghina line built to riff on Gundam F91 itself. Piloted in-universe by Dorel Ronah, it swaps the original's fin nozzles for flexible wing nozzles that echo F91's VSBR arms, and the shoulder fins and lance give it a meaner, more aggressive profile than most 1/100 no-grade kits manage. Building it, I liked how much presence the head sculpt and shoulder fins carry once assembled. It photographs better than it feels in hand, but for a suit this niche just getting a proper kit at all is a small win.

The catch

RE/100 as a line sits between No Grade and Master Grade on purpose, and this kit shows it. There is no real inner frame, the hands are static rather than interchangeable beyond the included alternates, and a lot of the color coding on the shoulder fins, calf thrusters, and head emblem comes from foil stickers instead of molded color. One widely shared build review actually called it one of the weaker Gunpla releases of its year, and while I think that is harsh, the flatness of the detail without aftermarket panel lining or paint is a fair complaint. Budget time for cleanup on the lance and skirt armor gates too, the plastic there is soft and prone to visible seams.

Who it's for

Buy this if you specifically want the Vigna-Ghina II or you are working through the F91 MSV catalog and know what an RE/100 price point gets you. Go in planning to panel line or dry brush the sticker-heavy areas and you will end up with a display piece that holds its own next to MG kits from a few feet back. Skip it if you want an out-of-box showpiece or your first serious build, since the payoff here depends on extra work most HG or MG kits do not require. This is a kit for people chasing a specific suit, not people chasing the best RE/100 has to offer.

The build story

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

Assembly moves fast since RE/100 kits skip the layered inner-frame steps of an MG, but that speed comes with a tradeoff. Several of the gates sit in visible spots on the lance shaft and skirt armor, so plan on a hobby knife and fine sandpaper rather than just nippers if you want clean edges. The stickers go on smoothly, but they are doing a lot of the color work the plastic itself is not, especially on the shoulder fins and calf thrusters.

Where the kit earns its keep is the joints. The double-jointed elbows and knees hold weapon poses better than I expected, and the ball-and-socket neck lets the head tilt and turn with real range. The skirt armor panels pivot out of the way of the hip joints too, which is a small touch that pays off when you pose the legs wide. Weapon loadout is generous for the price band, between the lancer, rifle, shield, and dual sabers there is enough to build a dynamic pose without feeling like you are working with a stripped-down kit.

Lore & trivia

01The Vigna-Ghina II is a Mobile Suit Variations (MSV) design, meaning it never appeared in the F91 anime itself but was created as an official spinoff variant.
02Its wing nozzles were designed to visually echo the VSBR arm units carried by the Gundam F91, tying the suit's silhouette back to the mobile suit it was built to counter.
03In the MSV backstory a further-modified Jupiter Battle Specification version of the Vigna-Ghina II was fielded during the Jupiter Wars of the UC 0130s, adding extra weaponry beyond this kit's loadout.