Entry Grade Kirby - Dalong.net

Release 2021.6

Price ¥1,000

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Runners

Parts diagram

Manual

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Entry Grade Kirby - Various angles (1/7)

Entry Grade Kirby - Various angles (2/7)

Entry Grade Kirby - Various angles (3/7)

Entry Grade Kirby - Various angles (4/7)

Entry Grade Kirby - Various angles (5/7)

Various angles

Underside

Entry Grade Kirby - Opening up the body and looking inside, you can see items like Maxim Tomato, candy, and onigiri molded in

Opening up the body and looking inside, you can see items like Maxim Tomato, candy, and onigiri molded in there. These are all items that Kirby eats in the game, so it's depicting the moment after he's eaten them.

Together with the EG Pac-Man.

Kirby from the game "Kirby's Dream Land" has been released as an EG (Entry Grade). It's been a popular game character since it first came out on the Game Boy in 1992 and has since been released on multiple platforms — personally, I have fond memories of enjoying it on the Nintendo DS. At first glance it might look like a typical 2D side-scrolling arcade game, but it has its own unique gameplay charm that's distinctly Kirby.

First off, true to the EG concept, it achieves perfect color separation with minimal parts — the eyes, mouth, and even the cheeks are all separate parts. It's basically a statue-style fixed kit with no articulation whatsoever. But perhaps feeling that the build would be too plain, if you separate the body, you'll find the items Kirby has eaten colorfully molded inside.

So yes, it's a simple fixed kit made up of just 12 parts, but it does deliver clean colors and a nice sense of depth. That said, ¥1,000 for what you get doesn't feel like great value. It's probably due to licensing costs, but judging by the contents alone, it feels more like a ¥500 kit. Either way, if you have fond memories of Kirby's Dream Land, this seems like a fun little kit to enjoy casually. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.