Votoms 1/20

ATM-09-STTC Scopedog Turbo Custom (The Last Red Sholder Ver.)

Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

This kit is the 1/20 Scopedog Turbo Custom (The Last Red Shoulder Ver.), released as a Premium Bandai online exclusive. Since the 1/20 Scopedog came out in 2007, 1/20 Scopedoga total of six standard retail Votoms 1/20 kits were released. After that, seven more came out between 2013 and 2019 as Premium Bandai exclusives only, and this kit is one of them — released in 2016.

Content-wise, it combines the 1/20 Scopedog Turbo Custom from 2015 with the Turbo Jack set that was released simultaneously with this kit in 2016. For standard weapons, you get a heavy machine gun, hand rocket launcher, and Solid Shooter, while body-mounted armaments include an arm gun, 7-tube missile pod, and twin missile launcher. With this generous arsenal, you can recreate all four units belonging to Chirico's crew. When recreating Bayman's unit specifically, the left elbow armor can be swapped out, and parts to recreate the normal-spec Turbo Custom are also included.

The basic structure and gimmicks are the same as the existing 1/20 Scopedog, with the cockpit hatch opening and various other gimmicks all carried over intact. For a 2007 kit, it still shows impressive sculpting, gimmicks, and joint strength. The sense of heft that comes with the 1/20 scale is particularly striking, and it definitely has a presence and three-dimensionality that's a clear step above the HG.

So while there's no new tooling exclusive to this kit, it comes together as a deluxe package that smartly combines existing kits. It's a fully-loaded Scopedog Turbo Custom that any Votoms fan should find pretty tempting. Since this isn't a kit that gets reprinted all that often, if it catches your eye I'd recommend grabbing it while you can. :-)

1/20 ATM-09-STTC Scopedog Turbo Custom (The Last Red Sholder Ver.) | 2016.7 | ¥8,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.