Entry Grade Kamen Rider Zero-One

Release 2020.3

Price ¥1,000

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Runners

Parts diagram

Entry Grade Kamen Rider Zero-One - Manual (1/4)

Entry Grade Kamen Rider Zero-One - Manual (2/4)

Manual

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Entry Grade Kamen Rider Zero-One - Various angles (1/6)

Entry Grade Kamen Rider Zero-One - Various angles (2/6)

Entry Grade Kamen Rider Zero-One - Various angles (3/6)

Entry Grade Kamen Rider Zero-One - Various angles (4/6)

Various angles

Entry Grade Kamen Rider Zero-One - Detail shots (1/4)

Entry Grade Kamen Rider Zero-One - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

The neck and shoulders do move.

So the poses you can pull off are roughly like that ^^;

Together with the Figure-rise Standard Kamen Rider Zi-O.

In 2020, Kamen Rider Zero-One was released as the first product in Bandai's new EG (Entry Grade) series. There were some simple Gunpla kits released under the Entry Grade name for events in the past, but while this is similarly positioned as a beginner kit, the overall quality has gone up quite a bit.

The basic concept is small gates, so you can easily snap the parts off and build without any gate cleanup, and with just simple assembly and stickers you can reproduce a pretty solid level of the design colors. The tradeoff is that articulation is kept to a minimum — in short, it feels like building a poseable figure with good color separation. That's the vibe they were going for.

This first release, Kamen Rider Zero-One, delivers a surprisingly impressive look with just a small number of parts and simple assembly. The neck and shoulders do move, but honestly moving them makes it look even more awkward (...), so it's probably best to think of it as a statue figure you just stand there and display. The finished size is right on par with a Figure-rise Standard, and since most of the articulation joints are left out, it comes out with a cleaner, smoother look.

Anyway, it's a simple kit so there's not much else to explain — just know that this is the kind of visual you can get from a straight build alone. In a word, it's a "high-quality" casual kit that's great for anyone who just wants a fun, easy build or is new to plastic models. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.