Powered-up for the sake of increased adaptability with all battle conditions, the V2 Assault Buster is designed to leverage the advantages of both the V2 Assault and V2 Buster for dominance in both medium- and long-range skirmishes. The LM314V23/24 Victory Two Assault Buster Gundam is an upgraded version of the League Militaire's flagship mech, the V2 Gundam. View Gallery: Gunpla Review: HGUC V2 Assault Buster Gundam | Technobubble First, let's go through some trivia straight from the manual. Plus, I thought it would only be fitting to kick off my inaugural Geekology Plamo review with a variant of the first ever Gundam I ever built. So when I heard that Bandai was releasing a new High Grade version with the Assault Buster configuration, well I just had to get it. In fact, I was quite bummed when I lost the kit during one of my many moves to a new place.
To this day, the V2 remains one of my favorite Gundams, wedged in second place between the God Gundam (crazy super robot qualities for the win!) and the Nu Gundam. Still, I adored my imperfect model, which even earned a visit from my Japanese friends at the university when they heard I had it. It also relied on a laughable amount of stickers for color, eventually leading to lots of peeling a year or two later. Granted, I was a total novice who only had a pair of nail clippers so the final product was filled with nub marks and had a few spaces that didn't quite meld snugly. It was the first "Gunpla" or Gundam plastic kit model I ever built. Regardless, it struck a chord with the robot fan in me and I found myself walking out of the store later that day, my wallet a bit lighter and my bag of Japanese goodies a wee bit heavier. Perhaps it was the awesome mega beam rifle and mega beam shield it held in both hands. Maybe it was the cool-looking V-shaped thrusters on its back. It was a 1/100-scale High Grade V2 Assault Gundam - the first time I ever laid eyes on this particular model kit. Follow Technobubble poobah Jason Hidalgo’s shenanigans on Twitter two decades ago, I was walking through San Francisco's Japantown toward Kinokuniya when I spied something on display from the corner of my eye. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.Technobubble covers games, gadgets, technology and all things geek. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. Select Your Cookie and Advertisement Preferences
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