Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor (1/6)

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor (2/6)

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor (3/6)

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor (4/6)

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor (5/6)

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor (6/6)

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor - Detail shots (1/4)

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor - New Japanese-style original seals printed with narcissus flowers — no

New Japanese-style original seals printed with narcissus flowers — not included in the original kit — applied to the forearms and thighs.

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor - Set up in Sengoku no Jin configuration (1/7)

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor - Set up in Sengoku no Jin configuration (2/7)

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor - Set up in Sengoku no Jin configuration (3/7)

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor - Set up in Sengoku no Jin configuration (4/7)

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor - Set up in Sengoku no Jin configuration (5/7)

Set up in Sengoku no Jin configuration

The newly applied folding screen design

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor - The display support parts, weapons loadout, and leftover parts are al

The display support parts, weapons loadout, and leftover parts are all identical to the MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin.

The articulation on the main body is also the same as before.

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor - Action poses (1/6)

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor - Action poses (2/6)

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor - Action poses (3/6)

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor - Action poses (4/6)

Action poses

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor - Together with the original kit, the MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no J

Together with the original kit, the MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin.

Folding screen design comparison with the original kit

This kit is the MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor, released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. Released back in 2009, MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jinis reimagined here in black as a color variant — there are absolutely no newly sculpted parts. Instead, one new Japanese-style original seal sheet has been added, and the folding screen image has been updated.

Anyway, all the structural features and accessories are completely identical to the original kit. The MG Shin Musha Gundam itself is based on the MG Gundam Ver. O.Y.W. Ver. (also known as MG Gundam Ver. O.Y.W. 0079) released back in 2005, so the kit does have an overall old-school feel to it. Articulation isn't bad and the joint strength is solid, but the old-style ball-joint hip does limit posing options somewhat. It's not the most flexible, but it feels sturdy.

True to its name — Black Armor (meaning "black, grand armor") — the main body's molded color has been changed to black throughout, and the gold plated parts have been swapped out for red plated parts. Overall, the coloring has taken on a heavier, more imposing presence. The Sengoku no Jin folding screen has also been updated to a new gray-toned image, and thick paper-style Japanese original seals printed with Sekisan (a plant in the Amaryllidaceae family) have been applied to the forearms and thighs. These original seals are made from the same material as the seals that were previously included as first-run exclusives with the MG Musha Gundam Mk-II
Tokugawa Ieyasu Ver. and the MG Musha Gundam Mk-II — it feels like only the design has been changed.

Since this is a color variant where everything from the main body to the accessories remains the same, for this review you really just need to pay attention to the new color scheme, the seals, and the folding screen. That said, it's still a kit that offers a spectacular display setup you won't easily find with other kits. However, it comes in at ¥9,500 — ¥1,500 more than the original kit's ¥8,000 price tag — and calling that one extra seal sheet worth ¥1,500 feels a bit steep. It does seem like the price hike reflects inflation after coming back around after more than ten years.

The original kit, MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin, was released as a one-time special edition, so it's become one of those limited kits that's hard to track down these days. If you've always wanted the Sengoku no Jin but never managed to get your hands on one, there's definitely some value in it being re-released — even if it's in black. :-)

MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin - Black Armor | 2022.1 | ¥9,900

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.