MG Gundam Ez8 (Part 2: MS & Verdict) 08th MS Team Ez-8 gunpla review

[Underoath0509]

The MG Dom is actually pretty good. I've recently built it, and it's pretty solid.

[crushker]

@SquirtleScott92 how well does it hold the gattling shield up?

[SquirtleScott92]

my favorite gundam series. God, I love the EZ8. It has a very realistic and practical military feel. Not all overly fancy like the other lead gundams. Great review! You should do the MG Gouf Custom. In my opinon, it's a great kit. I had the HG one a very long time ago (when 08th team was airing on toonami), and I recently did the MG and loved it.

[classicnemo]

gundam plastic sucks always broke :(

[ricepicker562]

i got this guy for 20 dollars yo

[shakezilla29]

have you thought of battle damaging this kit? it would be a fitting touch, and isn't too hard to do.

[Riptidezz]

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[NottheFacePlease]

Cool. Now, I will buy this kit..

[LookMaNoBrains]

thanks for the video. Now i'm NOT gonna buy the EZ8.

unless i'm super rich in the future with lots of spare cash.

[SolBadguy777]

I find ez-8 badass looking. one of my favorites.

[raiser188]

always funny at the last ..FG exia too...i wanna get his?? sign

[Spartan51692]

This is always on my list of my favorite gundams. 08th MS Team was one of my favorite OVAs and I love it considerably more than 00 or Seed. You kept saying off white but really its more of a tan or off tanish color which is because it was made to be used in urban and desert environments hence the word ground.

[azngaara]

The only problem I have with old kits are how the proportions seem off.

[Acecombatfighter]

isn't there a much better versoin of the Ez8? I because I keep finding different forms of the high grade and master grade kits on amazon, ebay, and some dedicated gundam model sites.

[jetfish777]

is the machine gun stock backwards?

[kravenfox]

Mind if I ask what type of kit this is and were you purchased it? I'm getting back into gundam full force, and I'd love to get into something a bit more constructive then the little plastic toys I use to play with when I was a kid.

[NS13Guardian]

I think this is actually one of my favorite 'lead' gundams (and models) because its default paint scheme is different from the standard white, red, and blue, with yellow/gold highlights.

Granted it still does contain a lot of white, and blue, and is somewhat plain, but it seems fitting given that it was supposedly designed from spare parts. I think its lack of colours also adds a certain elegance to it, but that's all just my opinion.

This was a great set of videos; thanks for sharing.

[FrankW1029]

as for someone who started with the MG when they first released the RX78 and Zeta in 1996. The EZ-8 was an awesome kit that started having some of the inner frames we see today. I need to get another since I gave away my original to neighbor's kid when he broke the antenna.

the only thing i hate is that the EZ8 the proportion is a little off. wish there's a ver. 2.0 of it.

[GundamFan4Ever1]

i need to get this kit cause i have just order the MG Golf Custom and i want to have it pose it next to the gouf C

[scopeeyevideo]

That knee joint can actually bend farther than this.

If you look at the assembly of the knee joint - it's not actually double-jointed, it's -triple- jointed. But one of the three joints is built in to the knee block itself, and it tends to be stuck in place when you first assemble it. But pull the knee block away from the upper leg, take a pair of pliers and force that third joint to unlock, and it'll be mobile and you'll be able to double the leg over as far as the armor will allow.

[QuantumExia]

it looks like the unicorn gundam was based off of this just look at the shoulders and colors

[sebaale91]

rrobbert184 you are the greatest rewiewer ever! *sorry for my bad english! :P

[zoidsmaniac]

I actually really like the design for the Ez8. It's just got this feel to it. No clue what it is though.

[Gayo77]

08th MS Team series was the best, and the EZ8 was my Favorite Gundam of all. The Reasons being, it was the most realistic, in terms of laws of gravity, physics, enginerering, and the Human factor. Also it was short and sweet, and pack with action.

[OdeToSoIitude]

even though i dont think this gundam is nowhere near as popular to other gundams i wish theyd make a ver 2.0 of this o.o this is actually one of my favorite looking gundams

[hollowsephiroth]

Hey Mr. rrobbert183, are you going to do the Blue Destiny kits anytime soon? Just a question.

[aleshamder]

you think the unicorn mode is ugly? uglier than the destroy mode?

[bobbyrim]

very nice review ... I am also a gunpla fan ... and i also have a lot of gunplas... about 30 to 40 of em.. which is all MG and PG .. i wish i could make one one those video too.. anyways.. thx for the video

[lightningGundam]

I just got the DVD for this it's so cool that gouf is a badass

[marluxia0080]

u cant mount the hyper bazooka on the sheild

[sporemancrazy]

It has a Megatron vibe to it, does it not?

[rx7superchai]

yeah when i compare unicorn and exia it was like wow

[6MetaL6Core6]

Ez8 Is definitely my favorite lead gundam next to the original RX78, I really like the gritty, military feel of all the 08th models compared to the heroic esq that we are getting nowadays. Great review, I find myself coming back to this one consistently.

[jobiwankanobi]

Your accent is painfully Canadian.

[greenmondaymorning]

this is an awsome looking kit and im ane that doesnt complain about artikulation at all. and i love the wepons.

the feet is why i like making dioramas you can make it look much better by diging it into the ground, alltho i have no kits i need to do this with i am very new to gundam modeling well 3-4 months

[THEPAINE552]

i just watch o8 ms team it was amazing and sad awesome gundam .

[Hakuru15]

hey guyz don't forget also the Ez8 also equips the HAC armor, its has four beam powerful rifles on each side, one vulcan gun, pretty huge armour and also it has great thrusters but even so tis weight, thrusters and other such are unknown since its a heavy mass armor

[silvias13ftw]

Im planning to add the whole 08th team MG kits to my collection you know the MG rx79, MG eZ8, And even the Custom Gouf that was outstandingly strong for a Mobile Suit,Stands no chance to other Gundam's tho such as Burning,Gundam X,And the Turn A. etc

[lyue1996]

0:52 You see something horny?

[NovaHyou]

The thing this one has over the Ground Gundam is that is in fact very different lookwise from the original RX78-2. That and its military appearence makes it worthwhile, at least for me.

On the other hand, the HGUC ground gundam is better than any other 08th Ms Team's related kit (anyone who hadn't bought that one should fix that), so I hope (and I don't think it's that impossible with bandai's tendency to rehashing stuff) that the EZ8 gets the HGUC treatment.

Is the MG ZZ that bad rrobbert? :(

[DamienZshadow]

Ah so many memories from this show...didn't it air closer to night or was it part of Toonami's Midnight Run? Am I going too far back and is it just another Adult Swim series? I forget but I just remember this series being like none of the others and definitely having more realistic character relations and environments.

[chetario]

Is the stock of the machine gun upside down? I had the Mobile Suit in Action and the machine gun on it was the other way around.

[chankwokhei]

rrobbert184, do you have the 1/144 Union Flag, and if you do, do you know that the 1/144 Union Flag come with a open right hand for holding Exia's shoulder like in the show? If you do see this please reply.

[AMagicChicken]

I don't think they do. What you CAN do though is borrow an open fist from Masurao/Susanowo and use it on the Flag. I'm not sure if this will work, but I'm assuming it will since the builds are similar.

[ZeroFilth]

Lol at the final 5 seconds ! Best part of the review i guess...

You should make a compilation of your funny scenes there...

specially the PG 00 Smashing the FG Exia

[masterofdragons95]

funny ending :))

[123asd1]

still think they need 2.0 of all the mgs, mainly ova models such as 08th, man loved how it reminded me of 0079 rise from the ashes.

[choasloard97]

lol the head of the EZ8 reminds me of the terminator...

[J374338]

@choasloard97

chee, thx o.O i was wondering too,i know its kinda of american or western-liked military but i couldnt figured it out

the chin part which pops out & the round things like big screws or nats on the forehead(refer to the box cover at the begining) make it look solid-metallic yet very robotic

[onikuy]

Looks like a UN Mobile suit to me XD nice now i will buy one

[tran92dude]

i don't know why but when i look at teh head i think of the bolt gundam's and maxter gundam's heads lol

[Deathscythe92]

I'm a big fan of the OVA and I was happy to see this,especially since i am actually building the kit right now. It's done except for the shield and beam rifle, which I am waiting to buy some off-white grayish paint to perfect those pieces before putting them on. I may make a video showing it off when it's done. I think you did a little better with the detail lining, but i did paint the chest a little more, and I painted the tiny shiro inside the cockpit. I hope you would like to see it Robert

[frogy300]

lol v gundams gone camping.

[SushiDragon358]

can u tell us or show us how to put on water slide decals?

[narutoman876]

he doesnt use those he uses dry transfers

[DjLhomicide]

storm trooper + gundam = Ez8 :O

[101Gundam]

that totally reminds me of a storm trooper too

[xxdmdxx]

If you keep bending the leg, it will pop at the lower joint and give extra mobility

[crapmunky99]

Awesome review. I'm forgiving enough to accept an older kit like this for what it is, but even for it's age, I wouldn't say it's too bad, actually. So, since I am a big fan of the OVA, I may actually consider getting this and/or the regular Ground Gundam and/or the GN Sniper someday.

And you can't count out the 08th MS Team Mobile Ball; that kit looks like it would be a LOT of fun to build! ;)

But now that you have all lead Gundams,

where will you go from here...?

[greenmondaymorning]

grats rrobbert

now that chapter one is compleet on to chapter two the lead gundams rivals hows about it?

[DjLhomicide]

Dude right on !! Imagine a showcase with all the leads confronting the rivals XD

[BUNCHACRUCH]

some feeling of ... oldness

[okamishade]

congrats on finishing your lead gundam collection, rrobbert. I just realised that the EZ-8 reminds me of the kind of MS police might have. dunno why. Anyway, thanks for the great review^ ^

[Coolguy17]

you should have posed the Ez8 holding the other arm, you know when it fought the gouf.

[Prime92]

People are just spoiled with the new fancy Master Grades. Back when this kit came out it was the bees knees. I enjoy old kits because I keep in mind that for the time, they kicked ass.

[rrobbert184]

Prime, I agree with you that at the time, each kit that came out was awesome. Actually, I'm pretty happy with every MG I have after 1999s ZZ, with the exception of MG Nu's proportions.

[otakunick89]

cungrats on finishing your leed gundam colection Im thinking of starting a MGUC colection

[zdiect]

fg exia..subject for jokes!!

[jabman025]

My first MG was the Ez8 so its kinda special for me. I have added weathering effects to this kit and making it look a little dirty and grimy really add to the looks of this kit.

I do have to agree with what Robert said about the 2000 rule. This kit represents a turning point for the MG line when thing really stard to turn for the better.

[WannaSeeMyGundams]

lmao

[windrarjs]

i'd say kits really started to get good around 2002 and above, some 2001-2000 kits disappointed me (Nu, re-gz, etc.)

[rrobbert184]

Windrar, you didn't really like the MG Re-GZ? I was thinking of trying it sometime.

[AMagicChicken]

The MG Re-GZ is alright. There aren't too many redeeming qualities though. Honestly it just seems like a blue Zeta, and looks a little cheesy with the color scheme.

[windrarjs]

Well if you haven't noticed its proportions are kinda bad, compare with the HGUC version. The MG's weapons are too small, the legs are also kinda small and i think the head is a bit too big,

[marluxia0080]

@windrarjs only problem was that there joints were prone to breaking but other than that they were very fun to build

[BMSilverFish]

Isn't it mostly the sheen you get with older plastics which makes it look like a toy? In the new models, plastics are mostly matte

[E23443]

does it have some beer in the fridge?

[ken9kai]

over sized high grade. lol

[SpecialAgentRavage]

the stock on the machine gun is upsidedown

[JKim91EX]

i wonder if ull ever get the ex-s gundam, rrobbert. it looks very interesting.

[rrobbert184]

JKim, MG Ex-S looks tempting, but I have to find the book Sentinel first.

[Yukikazehalo]

do it, its a great book, one of the best pieces of gundam literature out there. probobly the most "realistic" view towards gundams and mobile suits. id love to see a movie of it.

[jkdarlow]

i love the EZ-8 one of my favourite gundams and one of my first MG

[BentheBassPhish]

Oh that FG Exia. He's a joker ^_^

[RoboticStriker]

the EZ8 isnt something that i can easily taking a liking too.Well,if you have owned a HGUC Ex-S gundam that came out in 2002 you ll be even be grateful the legs even bend.

[Crimsonhawk29]

U should put a ring or a flower into it's hand when it's kneeling then make

It propose to something XD

[broodjebamibal]

Side Pockets for Beam sabers is something that I'd like in more models.

[Monkerr]

LOL ending is great. Great review, weird Gundam but that's what makes it special :).

[seed4212]

lol,but ture the EZ8 is look ugly n unicorn gundam is the best model

[GoneDeathMode]

same colour scheme as unicorn....... in unicorn mode..

[brianuy75]

very informative review

[oninrin]

if that's your last lead gundam,how bout the gundam quanta,if its model is released?

[anguyen4564]

8th ms team is my 4th favorite gundam

and i agree with u the Ez 8 does look ugly

[gundam00lover4eva]

I wonder if theres going to be a ver2.0

[KincardNaushadi]

Unfortunately, that's very unlikely due to the little interest Bandai has in revisiting their OVA series. Even for their big-name series it takes a long time to revisit them (Zeta Gundam 2.0 for example), and there's still lots of Gundams for them to MG-ify like the GX models, so if it ever happens, it will be nearly a decade before we see it.

[KincardNaushadi]

I get the feeling you didn't enjoy this model too much, heh. It's definitely a very outdated model. At the same time though, the EZ8 certainly doesn't look like the type of suit to do acrobatic poses anyway.

I really wish they'd use that color scheme on more Gundams, at least. That less gaudy military look suits the tone of Gundam. Then again, 08th MS Team is pretty unique when you place it side-by-side with all the other shows.

[unknown25deloser]

the only "GUNDAM" without "V antenna"...

[Destinyfire0]

what year did the mg ZZ gundam came out?

[Shad77777]

Lmfao at the ending.

Nice review. :D

[SyafiqBot]

rrobbert can u review msia noble gundam pls

[dragonxcLs]

Hey rrobbert, do you have the mg turn A model?

[NovaStorm13]

i gave both videos 5 stars :D

i like this gundam, it looks nice :d

[aland2faraway]

i like thyis guy