Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

SDBF "Kurenai Musha" Red Warrior Amazing (1/4)

SDBF "Kurenai Musha" Red Warrior Amazing (2/4)

SDBF "Kurenai Musha" Red Warrior Amazing (3/4)

SDBF "Kurenai Musha" Red Warrior Amazing (4/4)

Rear view with the back of the head removed

SDBF "Kurenai Musha" Red Warrior Amazing - Like recent SD kits, you can rotate the eye section to change the eye sh

Like recent SD kits, you can rotate the eye section to change the eye shape.
You have to disassemble all the way down to the large helmet and the small top of the head, so it's a bit of a hassle.

The front section of the Hyper Bazooka is detachable.

SDBF "Kurenai Musha" Red Warrior Amazing - Flip it around and reattach it to get two different barrel configuration

Flip it around and reattach it to get two different barrel configurations.

SDBF "Kurenai Musha" Red Warrior Amazing - Only the elbows bend a little, so don't expect much in the way of articu

Only the elbows bend a little, so don't expect much in the way of articulation. ^^;

SDBF "Kurenai Musha" Red Warrior Amazing - Meitou - Beniaoi (that's the sword's name) action (1/3)

Meitou - Beniaoi (that's the sword's name) action

SDBF "Kurenai Musha" Red Warrior Amazing - Beniaoi action 2 (1/3)

Beniaoi action 2

Kunai action — the small dagger that was stuck in the head

First, temporarily disassemble the head, shoulders, weapons, etc.

Gather those parts together and combine them~

And you get the Musha Cross Cannon!

SDBF "Kurenai Musha" Red Warrior Amazing - Cross Cannon action (1/3)

Cross Cannon action

Together with SDBF SxDxG Gundam.

Where SD meets Build Fighters — the SDBF "Kurenai Musha" Red Warrior Amazing has arrived. The basic setup is very similar to the Musha series from the original BB Senshi lineup, so it honestly feels a lot like building a regular SD Musha Gundam series kit.

The straight build alone gives you a decent base color scheme, but comparing it to the official art, there are quite a few areas that leave something to be desired. The kunai weapon that plugs into the head and the Meitou Beniaoi sword in particular are represented with shiny foil stickers, which gives them a bit of a cheap look.

True to the traditional appearance-focused SD Gundam style, there's really no meaningful articulation to speak of beyond the elbows, which means the range of poses you can pull off is pretty limited. To its credit, like other recent kits it does include the feature where you disassemble the head and rotate the eyes 180° to swap the expression — but compared to other kits, you have to take the head apart in more steps, which makes it a bit of a pain.

As a special gimmick, you can detach and combine the helmet, Hyper Bazooka, shoulder armor, and wheel armor to form a cannon-like weapon called the Musha Cross Cannon. It looks pretty cool, but there's no real handle for the main body's hands to grip, so posing it ends up being a bit awkward. ;;

Anyway, it's great that a Musha-style SD Red Warrior Amazing was released at all, but the overall quality feels below average, so it's not something I'd easily recommend. It's really more of a bonus kit for fans who are into the Kurenai Musha character specifically. :-)

SDBF "Kurenai Musha" Red Warrior Amazing | 2015.8 | ¥1,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.