Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Detail shots

A dedicated stand in clear transparent plastic is included.

HGBF Super Fumina - Standing on the ground without the stand. It can stand on its own, but the feet are so small that it's no

Standing on the ground without the stand.
It can stand on its own, but the feet are so small that it's not easy at all..

HGBF Super Fumina - The pink on the inside of the skirt is all handled with seals, and since you're applying them to curved s

The pink on the inside of the skirt is all handled with seals,
and since you're applying them to curved surfaces, it's hard to get them on cleanly, so they look pretty out of place.
(This was shot purely for the review — no funny business... ;;)

HGBF Super Fumina - Two eye parts are included — the one on the left is a flat eye for applying the eye seal, and the one on

Two eye parts are included —
the one on the left is a flat eye for applying the eye seal, and the one on the right has the eyes molded in for those who prefer to paint them.

HGBF Super Fumina - A clear cover part fits over the eye seal, which lets light reflect off the eyes and gives them a beautif

A clear cover part fits over the eye seal.
This lets light reflect off the eyes and gives them a beautiful, sparkling look.
The fit looks a little iffy, but it doesn't seem to fall off easily.

Beam parts can be attached to the shield.

A total of 5 hands are included.

Leftover parts.
Mostly Powered Arms Powereder parts remain.

Articulation is quite impressive.

The yellow skirt parts move slightly to give the hip joints a wider range of motion.

The arms and legs can be raised quite far out to the sides.

In particular, thanks to the unique shoulder joint structure, the arms can be raised straight up.

The sub-arms on the backpack move freely in any direction.

Aerial pose

Aerial pose 2

Aerial pose 3

HGBF Super Fumina - Shooting poses (1/2)

HGBF Super Fumina - Shooting poses (2/2)

Firing pose

HGBF Super Fumina - Shield with beam parts attached (1/3)

Shield with beam parts attached

HGBF Super Fumina - Large rifle shooting pose (1/3)

Large rifle shooting pose

Together with the Powered GM Cardigan.
As you can see, Super Fumina is much larger than a standard HG.

Super Fumina, who appeared near the end of Gundam Build Fighters Try, has arrived as an HG kit. This is Bandai's first-ever girlpla — in the show, she appears as a plastic model built by Minato Sakai.

Girlplas are usually Kotobukiya's territory, but true to Bandai's reputation for engineering excellence, this kit has come out as a high-quality girlpla model that instantly leaps past Kotobukiya. The biggest difference from Kotobukiya kits is that the part quality, molded colors, and assembly feel are all impeccably clean with nothing to complain about, and honestly, it's clearly superior in most areas including articulation, joint strength, and part retention.

That said, compared to Kotobukiya — who has a real knack for figure sculpting — the face feels subtly mechanical somehow. How do I put it... compared to the Kotobukiya girlpla model faces that have that lively, sculpted figure feel, Bandai's Super Fumina face feels a bit lacking in naturalness, like it was mechanically assembled together. Hmm...

On the other hand, Bandai provides separate eye parts for seal use and for painting, and most impressively, they've reproduced that beautiful sparkling eye reflection by fitting a clear eye cover part over the eye seal — which is a genuinely clever and surprising idea. Seeing this kind of approach to recreating the eye effect really does feel very Bandai, though there's no gimmick for swapping facial expressions or eyes like you'd get with Kotobukiya.

Also, it's considerably larger than your typical 1/144-scale HG kit — the in-universe spec puts it at 24.5 meters. On top of that, the feet are so small that it's very hard to stand on its own, which is why a clear stand is included. With the stand height factored in, it's got the presence of an MG rather than an HG.

The backpack on the back is reused directly from the Powered Arms Powereder or the Powered GM Cardigan, with the differences being that the shield is a bit smaller and beam parts can now be attached to the tip of the shield.

The overall articulation and joint strength are both solid, so the various poses from the show can be recreated without any trouble. It's also a kit that holds poses well relative to its articulation range, making it a lot of fun to pose. Once again, in terms of how natural the poses look and how well the joints hold, you can really feel Bandai's superior engineering compared to Kotobukiya.

Regardless of whether you're a fan of the source material, this kit gets attention simply for being a rare girlpla from Bandai. It's a fun kit that any Bandai model fan should try building at least once. It holds poses especially well, making it a real eye-catcher as a display piece — a genuinely fun figure-style plastic model. :-)

HGBF Super Fumina | 2015.11 | ¥1,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.