Mecha Collection Dragon Ball Bulma's Capsule No.9 Motorcycle

Mecha Collection Bulma's Capsule No.9 Motorcycle Box

Release 2017.5

Price ¥650

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Mecha Collection Bulma's Capsule No.9 Motorcycle

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Mecha Collection Bulma's Capsule No.9 Motorcycle - Side view of the box. Just like collecting all 7 Dragon Ball manga vo

Side view of the box. Just like collecting all 7 Dragon Ball manga volumes, if you gather all 7 boxes and line them up on their sides, they form one complete picture.

Mecha Collection Bulma's Capsule No.9 Motorcycle - As a first-run limited bonus, a Capsule Corporation Mechanical Guide

As a first-run limited bonus, a Capsule Corporation Mechanical Guide booklet is included exclusively with this kit.

Parts diagram

Manual

Mecha Collection Bulma's Capsule No.9 Motorcycle - First-run limited Capsule Corporation Mechanical Guide (1/8)

Mecha Collection Bulma's Capsule No.9 Motorcycle - First-run limited Capsule Corporation Mechanical Guide (2/8)

Mecha Collection Bulma's Capsule No.9 Motorcycle - First-run limited Capsule Corporation Mechanical Guide (3/8)

Mecha Collection Bulma's Capsule No.9 Motorcycle - First-run limited Capsule Corporation Mechanical Guide (4/8)

Mecha Collection Bulma's Capsule No.9 Motorcycle - First-run limited Capsule Corporation Mechanical Guide (5/8)

Mecha Collection Bulma's Capsule No.9 Motorcycle - First-run limited Capsule Corporation Mechanical Guide (6/8)

First-run limited Capsule Corporation Mechanical Guide

Mecha Collection Bulma's Capsule No.9 Motorcycle - Size comparison with a cigarette pack. It's incredibly small at aroun

Size comparison with a cigarette pack. It's incredibly small at around 5cm.

Mecha Collection Bulma's Capsule No.9 Motorcycle - Various angles (1/5)

Mecha Collection Bulma's Capsule No.9 Motorcycle - Various angles (2/5)

Mecha Collection Bulma's Capsule No.9 Motorcycle - Various angles (3/5)

Various angles

Underside

The bike on its own

Bulma and Goku figures.

Goku slots in and attaches behind Bulma.

Mecha Collection Bulma's Capsule No.9 Motorcycle - One airplane-shaped part is left over — each kit in the series includ

One airplane-shaped part is left over — each kit in the series includes a different piece, so if you collect all 7 kits and put all the parts together, you can complete Bulma's Romantic Battleplane.

Alongside the Figurerise Mechanics Frieza Small Pod.

This kit is Bulma's Capsule No.9 Motorcycle, released as the first entry in the new Mechanical Collection Dragon Ball lineup. The Mechanical Collection series (Mecha-Kore for short) spans several different franchises — it's a line that recreates mecha from shows like Macross Delta, Ultraman, Star Wars, and more in small but highly detailed form. Now it's made its way into the Dragon Ball universe as well.

True to the Mecha-Kore style, the finished model is tiny — a cute little thing at around 5cm. There aren't many parts, so you can knock it together in no time flat, but unlike similar small-scale kits, it doesn't use small gates, so you'll still need to clean up the gate marks properly.

Even at this size, the color separation is decent enough that a straight build already looks pretty nice. The figures, however, come molded entirely in black, which feels a bit unbalanced compared to the rest of the kit. Unlike other kits that mold figures in a skin tone, these come in black, which means primer is basically a must if you're planning to paint them. It's a bit puzzling why they went with such a dark, flat color for the figures.

That said, the figure detail is pretty solid, so with a paint job they'd look fantastic — making this a great kit for a quick straight build or as a figure painting practice piece. And exclusively with this first-run kit, you get a little booklet called the Capsule Corporation Mechanical Guide, which is a mini reference book covering the 7 Mechanical pieces set to be released in the Dragon Ball Mecha Collection.

On the side of the box, there's a connecting illustration printed in the style of the original Dragon Ball manga — line up all 7 Mechanical Collection boxes and they form one complete image. On top of that, each box has one Dragon Ball printed on it, so collecting all 7 kits feels just like gathering all 7 Dragon Balls.

There's also one leftover airplane-shaped part that just sits there like a spare — each kit in the series comes with a different piece, and if you collect the whole lineup you can build Bulma's Romantic Battleplane. Every which way you look at it, there's some sneaky pressure nudging you to buy the entire series. Devious stuff ^^;;

Anyway, this series mainly covers the mecha that appeared in the early days of Dragon Ball, so for longtime fans it's a real nostalgia trip back to the 20th century. Value for money is a bit on the low side as you'd expect from the Mecha Collection line, but for Dragon Ball fans it's absolutely the kind of thing that'll set your collector's instincts on fire. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.