Includes

• Blue Destiny Unit 1
• Manipulators
• Weapon-holding (1 pair)
• Open-palm (left)
• 2 Beam Sabers
• Head parts
• Normal Version
• Game Version
• Visors
• Normal mode
• EXAM Mode
• 100mm Machine Gun
• Removable ammo pack
• Shield
• Marking Decals (stickers)

Kit Features & Gimmicks

• Blue Destiny Unit 1 can be built with either normal or 2015 Manga adaptation head parts.

Articulation

• The head can swivel/pivot on a single ball-joint/hinge neck.
• Torso can tilt back and forth in a limited manner.
• Shoulder joints can swing frontwards.
• The arms can...
• Swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
• Raise horizontally.
• The upper arms can rotate.
• The elbows and knees are double-jointed.
• The manipulators can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
• The waist can rotate 360 degrees.
• The hip joint axis can pivot up or down.
• The upper thighs can swing frontward (and backward in a very limited extent due to the non-poseable rear skirt armor) on a peg joint, raise horizontally and/or rotate on each piece.
• Front and side skirt armors can pivot for to avoid interference.
• The ankle joints can pivot or tilt (in a limited manner).

Weapons/Other Gimmicks

• The hands are swappable. Only left alternative hand is included.
• All of the weapons can be wielded by either of the default hands.
• Blue Destiny Unit 1 can convert into EXAM mode via minor parts swapping on the head & backpack.
• As for the manga version, you need to replace the normal head and extend the thigh's recharge racks and the shoulder parts.

• The head unit can be built with two different visors; normal version or EXAM-activated.
• Beam Saber hilts can be optionally removed from the thigh's recharge racks (as handheld weapons) via minor parts rearrangement.
• The shield can...
• Mount onto any of the forearms, though the default position is on the left.
• Be stood up by folding down the bipod.
• 100mm Machine Gun's...
• Stock can fold backwards/forwards.
• Foregrip can swing forward.
• Ammo pack can be removed from the Machine Gun and store onto one of the side waist armors.
• Blue Destiny Unit 1 can mount onto any Action Bases. (Sold separately)

Tips & Tricks

• For better results, some or most of the details are needed to be painted and panel-lined with Gundam Markers and/or Mr. Color Paints.
• Topcoat (Mr. Hobby recommended) can be used to protect applied stickers/marking decals and if any, painted details.
• If using matte/flat-finish top coat, it is advisable not to spray on the translucent parts - can be done by masking or spraying top coat while the said parts are separated.
• Take note that the neck joint (C1 13) is only compatible with the kit's included head part (and some other HGUC GM Ground type variants)
• If one wishes to display both the game and the manga versions, one must buy both of the kits.
• Due to its tight construction, care must be taken while posing the joint piece inside the torso/waist, especially the one part (C1 16) that connects the waist and the grey color-separated chest piece, which can develop stress marks during the build. Sanding the waist's swivel joint & the grey part's central circular latch is recommended to make a smoother fit. NOTE: This has the potential risk of over-sanding, which makes the joints to fit loosely.

Customizing-based tips

• Backpack & feet can be:
• optionally painted with Midnight Blue to resemble its appearance in the Sega Saturn game & the Manga/G.F.F. (Gundam Fix Figuration) version of the design.
• left unpainted for design accuracy.

Variants

Italicized items are exclusives.

• Current reissues of the Gunpla will feature a blue-colored Bandai Spirits logo.
• HGUC RX-79BD-2 Blue Destiny Unit 2 (2017)
• HGUC RX-79BD-3 Blue Destiny Unit 3 (2018)
• HGUC RX-79［G］ Gundam Ground Type (2018)
• HGUC RX-79［G］ Gundam Ground Type (2018) (Parachute Pack)
• HGUC The Gundam Base Limited Blue Destiny Unit 1 "EXAM" ［Metallic Gloss Injection］
• HGUC The Gundam Base Limited Blue Destiny Unit 2 "EXAM" ［Metallic Gloss Injection］
• HGUC The Gundam Base Limited Blue Destiny Unit 3 "EXAM" ［Metallic Gloss Injection］
• HGUC RX-79［G］ SW Slave Wraith (Parachute Pack)

Notes & Trivia 

• This Gunpla is the first Blue Destiny Unit 1 kit to...
• Feature collapsible shoulder panels.
• Be molded in a different, lighter shade of blue colors.
• Unlike the first HGUC Blue Destiny Unit 1 kit, the backpack and the feet are molded in the same blue color as the torso. This is not entirely inaccurate; the parts' color schemes are almost entirely based on the flat-colored rear design of the unit, albeit the parts colored in slightly darkened blue.
• Most of the backpack parts that shared with the same mounting points are incompatible due to both panels protruding on each side of the rear section.
• The Gunpla also suffers a minor design flaw: Like the HGUC GM Ground type, The two lower halves of the arm pieces may have a slight gap due to lacking any snap-fit tabs to hold them due to giving clearance for the double wrist joint.
• Unlike most Gunpla, the instructions mention that front skirt armor is required to be separated while assembling, as opposed to being an optional step.