MG Rick Dom (Ver.1.5) - Mobile Suit Gundam UNBOXING and Review! 

Ich really like that you shpw yourself holding the kit at the beginning of videos. This really helps to get a sense of scale amd how it'll look like in real life. The very close up shot bring out details but distort the overall look.

Of course, I had been looking at Doms and finally decided to buy the orginal MG Dom just few months before they announced this thinking: "it's been so long they are probably not coming out with a 2.0" Just my luck.

this is what i'm talking about. This is the review that we wanted

I’m still waiting for my order from USAGundam. The Dom is my favorite MS. Too bad they didn’t do a more substantial upgrade. But I’m still hoping for a real grade Dom.

Any mass production mobile suit that gets a MG release is a must get even if you have the older version of the kit.

Wow they actually did a really good job redoing the hip/bottom of torso look! It’s got that “S” kind of shape to it now. I literally just built the 1.0 and had to move the post back a couple mm to get a similar look. Most people won’t notice such a small tweak...

Will be getting this one due to the awesome beam bazooka as well. There's a lot of open canvas on this kit for customizing and detailing; gonna use the gundam artifact dom tropen for inspiration.

What a fine lad, actually tells the size of the space bazooka and in metric system!

Oh yes! So happy you reviewed this kit! I have and love the original mg Rick DOM. For sure grabbing a 1.5 DOM… maybe 2!

I love the smooth look of the Dom/Rick Dom. I Want this kit!

One of my favorite designs from the OG show

Looks amazing. Love the design.

love the new style of reviews!

Just got this few days ago and i gotta say building this wasy pretty easy yet so fun to build. The dom is one of my personal favorites

I like your new studio setup!

Hell yeah! Waterslides! And I don't even gotta run the internet for third party. Definitely bonus points on making things easy.

I'm planning on machining a pin so that I can attach its legs to the RG Zeong to make a Perfect Zeong.

I'm super pleased. Still unsure about the hands (I honestly prefer the purple of the HG), but I'll definitely look into picking probably the regular Dom up.

In a world now scarce with new MG releases these Doms sadden me. But honestly, all gunpla is welcome into my home and this is better than nothing!

What a beautiful unit. I'd like to get my own someday since money's really tight right now. To think that I used to bash zeon grunt suits to death when I first started into gundam, I realized how wrong I was and definitely gulping my own spit right now. I wish that they would do more updates like these (gelgoog, zgok, etc) although I'm not sure if those kits needed it.

So I have 3 of the original one painted as a desert custom with projectile weapons instead of beam or normal bazookas and more sword/axe /halberds instead of the heat saber. The 1.5 looks great and I might buy one but the original kit was good enough only issues I've had is the damn fingers as they didn't like holding too much and the fingers tend to fall off and get lost sadly.

Hey Zach, just wondering since these came in when I will get my pro-order from September of last year?

So, im not sure if it was just mine, but i found the hip joints to be eerily tight. I couldnt get them to move without fear of breaking them. Tried taking the hips apart (my poor thumbs) and sure enough i ended up snapping a peg on the part labeled T7. I would advise anyone currently building this kit to sand down the pegs on T7 to reduce some frection and lower the chance of breakage. Id also advice the same treatmint on the smaller pegs of T4. Other wise i like this kit. Poses nicely, looks good and can dual wield bazookas. Whats not to love?

Iam happy at the same time angry coz i have all the old mg in collection..🙄..great review as always.

I just want to know if the ground version have the Tri-Stars markings.

Can you fit build burning inside the dom?

Quick question, what is the plastic quality like? Is it better like on newer kits or is it more like what they used for the original kit?

Ordered the Dom and received the Rick Dom instead, feeling quite bad about this as the DOM comes with much more in terms of weapons and accessories. Both are at the same price point though i don't understand how the rick dom is equivalent to the dom? can you advise?

I cant get it to hold his weapons with arms and the hand wrist feel loose with the weapons unless you put the bazooka over the shoulder

I went to get my 2nd old dom and Rick dom before the 1.5 came out, so plus the 1.5, I’m having 3 Mg dom and 3 Mg Rick dom atm. It’s a black tri star color, you gotta have 3 of them 😅

I've noticed the purple on this rick dom 1.5 kit is slightly different compared to the dom 1.5.

The big beam bazooka handle cant move? Even the hguc rick dom have a moving handle on its beam bazooka..

I agree with your review. I love the Dom's design, and this MG (I bought the Rick Dom 1.5) has great, great presence. But it's old, from the outside, some areas are sooo empty. I mean, it's by design sure, but it doesn't transpose very well into a 1/100 scale. A few panel lines here and there would have been great. But this kit is an excellent canvas for detailling. Oh and I found the same problem with the shoulder joint that can't fold back in the body... Unless I fiddle around with it, but then I get scared of breaking the joint... The mega bazooka is nide sure, but it comes in two big halves that you snap together. I find that design very old, and not very engaging. I wish Bandai would have tried more. In conclusion, I think that this is a very good kit, it honors the Dom. Not quite to modern MG standards. But the kit is solid and posable. PS : there were NO reason for Bandai to sell the Dom and Rick Dom separately since the two version are so similar. The HG comes with the two armor and thrusters options in the same box by the way.

if you got the old one, pick up once of each new one and build out some Tri-Stars

Sucks they didn't do something similar to what they did for the MG Psycho Zaku with the beam bazooka. Those seam lines...

could I put the top half of a Zaku 2.0 on this kits legs without much modification?

how did you put the rick dom on a action base, there isnt any mount right? if you can put action bases on kits with no base mount that would be great

You know if Bandai is not going to do a 2.0 for the 08th MS team master grades then at least doing this to the old ones and making them 1.5s would be appreciated!

I'm hoping for a red version. Not sure if they already have that released as a P Bandai or something but I prefer Char's version.

How big is it compared to Zaku II v2 and Sazabi ver. Ka? I'm looking to collect the Zeon suits

The box art sold me on this kit I said too myself “do I really need another dom” then I saw that sexy box art

Holy crap standard release coming with waterslides? I don't just want one I NEED one now, really want to encourage this being the norm.

Now im hoping for kampfer 1.5

I'd love to see a MG of the Dom III

Is The dwage use the same inner frame of this 1.5 ?

The new hands are the same as from The Sazabi Ver Ka

Yeah!

now question when are we getting a mg Dom tropen? I have the dwadge the dwadge kai wheres the flipping tropen?

those sheer size of that unit tho

i like the look of the dom and rick dom but i grabbed a Geara Doga MG and im loving my purchase ( not a huge fan of purple lol )

this kit seems like a great canvas for weathering as the art shows as reference

Sorry for my bit of a wall of text... 1st, would you recommend to shave a mm or 2 of the rear armor around the shoulder joint for a more fluid operation or would that damage the stability of the construction ? 2nd, would the Sinanju's or other larger kits be lighter, the same, or heavier as this? Maybe it's weight was the reason to stick with the horse shoe cradle mounts.. OR just to keep it the same as the old kits for uniformity in display... thou that seems silly. 3rd, I'm mixed on the 2.0 route, the last 10 years or so it's been difficult(expensive) to get Doms in the states, even before the Rona boom, so I can see it being advantagist to get the new one and have them match the OGs. BUT it would be awesome if there was more details in the armor, and maybe change up the panels and color placement a little for a more contemporary/modern design feel. I do have the OG RickDom and the Desert Dwadge in my backlog, and I look forward to adding this one to the stack and then building them together/in-series. Thou, the hand size thing does kind of bother me now. But I doubt anyone but me would know/notice them. If you made it this far in my ramblings, thankyou. I hope Florida and your local Publix are treating you and your family well!

We want more panel lines!

Should I need to buy 3 of this MG and make the Jetstream Attack? Just joking.

You know what they say: big feet, big bazooka.

Is this Dom compatible with an LED?

Kool

I got this from HLJ on March 14, but it was missing the MP2 runner.

i cant decide between this one or the recent MG Dom

Also I hope Bandai is going to be reasonable with these and print a large amount! I know they were hard to find immediately after release in japan so I hope everyone gets a chance to get one of these bad boys!

I want a regular Rick/Dom HG but in Origin format :/

At last!!!!!!! Another review of a Gunpla Kit!!!! I have the Old MG Dom and the DeWagde!!!! Nice to see Mr. Zukublahblah reviewing another kit that matters...

Waterslides included?!

Man, I really want this and the conversion parts to go with it, but my wallet says no way. Boo

I have the DOM but is the RICK DOM better than the DOM?

Hpping the other variant on this anoyher gundam inside of that

This feels more like a HG, or a Full Mechanics than an MG. There really isn't much going on. Am I missing something? Maybe with the fewer parts and simple design, along with the waterslides, would be good for painting.

woa, you got it early

i think bandai knew that mg dom would make a better selling. i am sure they are making less on MG rick dom. and in the next decade, this MG rick dom might get a steeper price than dom. bandai been making plastic kits for more than half century. they foresee things regard of the present and past.

Do we get a confirmation that our contest entry was accepted?

Still waiting if they will release the gundam seed destiny ver. of the dom

I am in the process of building this kit. Mixed feelings towards the kit: Overall, I love that old UC kits are being revamped. But cant help feeling that the new Doms are half-assed effort from Bandai. It's one of the few OG 0078 series machines that never get a 2.0 treatment, others including guncannon and zeong - the former has an amazing HG revive and the latter has a super good RG. OG Dom gets so little attention from Bandai. I like how they upgraded the build of the MS itself. Modern joints and single piece shoulders to eliminate seam lines are all welcomed. Reusing the MG 2.0 zaku bazooka with no seam lines are perfectly fine as well. But then they kept the old beam bazooka with 2 piece sandwiched together with massive seam and sup-optimal nub placements - which contradicts with why they make the new shoulder armors and used the 2.0 bazooka runner :(. Regarding the hands, I am not a big fan of the fully moveable manipulators - the 1999 1.0 hands are perfectly fine - and the old ones have more bulk to them as well which imo fit better to the overall bulky design and they are more easy to deal with. But to each their own - I am more of a fixed pose hand kinda guy and always dislike the PG style hands. That said, the 1999 MG 1.0 Dom is good enough, so more improvements based on that are always a good thing. Just sad that we will not see a full-blown remaster of the MG Dom in 20+ years now that we have a 1.5 instead of a 2.0 :| The MG 2.0 era (starts with 2.0 MK-II but kits like MG Acguy and MG Ball that released a bit earlier, and MG Gyan which is not a 2.0 are also wonderful kits) is MG at it's peak, detailed inner frame, sturdy build, good articulation and sometimes fun accessories. hope they will do more (which they probably will not in the near future) - we desperately need MG Zaku I 2.0, them GP bois and 08 series

These will be very difficult to get.

Ver. 1 was called Rick Dom Ver. 1.5 should be called Rick Domin then Ver. 2.0 is finally called Ricky Dominic.

Does this mean USA Gundam got the Rick Dom in??????

a true giga-chad pilots the regular Earth use Dom instead of the Rick Dom IN SPACE!

1.5 still looks very dated. I will wait until 2.0.

doesnt look good, too simple looking, regards from malaysian utuber

Hey? Where is the Best Gunpla Kits of 2021 video?????!!!!

Of all the Dom versions you can make in MG, this one is boring and looks old

let's face it, being the FIRST MG in 2022, it's pretty trash...

The Kyoukai Senki shits reviews are such a waste! You should have done this long ago!!!!