Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack.

Figurerise Mechanics Doraemon (Ganso Ver.) (1/2)

Figurerise Mechanics Doraemon (Ganso Ver.) (2/2)

The Doraemon (Ganso Ver.) even has color separation on the tongue part.

Figurerise Mechanics Doraemon (Ganso Ver.) - Remove the top head parts and fold the middle section to create a hole, and you

Remove the top head parts and fold the middle section to create a hole,
and you can plug in the Takecopter parts from the show.

Outer armor removed

The inner frame is the same as the original.

The yellow outer shell can be swapped out for clear parts.

Figurerise Mechanics Doraemon (Ganso Ver.) - With the clear outer shell on to show off the inner mechanics. (1/3)

With the clear outer shell on to show off the inner mechanics.

Leftover parts

Figurerise Mechanics Doraemon (Ganso Ver.) - Various poses (1/3)

Various poses

Figurerise Mechanics Doraemon (Ganso Ver.) - Head parts for the original Doraemon are also included, so you can plug in the T

Head parts for the original Doraemon are also included, so you can plug in the Takecopter on that one too.

Figure-rise Mechanics Doraemon family shot.

Following the original Doraemon release, Bandai has now put out the Doraemon (Ganso Ver.) as a Figure-rise Mechanics kit. The visual differences from the existing Doraemon are that the body is yellow and it has ears. The backstory is that this was Doraemon's original look — until one day a mouse chewed off his ears, and he cried and wailed so much that he turned completely blue, giving us the Doraemon we know today. (Poor guy... T_T)

Most of the body parts are naturally reused straight from the existing Doraemon kit, and the inner frame is 100% identical too. Beyond the change in molded color and the addition of ears, the tongue inside the mouth now has proper color separation — which is a nice improvement. The original Doraemon release handled that part with a sticker, which was a bit of a letdown, so it's good to see it fixed here. (Should've done that from the start...)

Also, you can swap out the top head parts to plug in the Takecopter (bamboo helicopter) that shows up so often in the show — a nice upgrade. And to make sure the original blue Doraemon isn't left out, a blue version of the top head part is included so you can do the same with that one too.

There aren't huge differences overall, but it's still meaningful that the Doraemon (Ganso Ver.) got the plastic model treatment. And with the tongue color separation and the Takecopter added in, this seems like a kit worth picking up for any Doraemon fan. :-)

Figurerise Mechanics Doraemon (Ganso Ver.) | 2018. 9 | ¥2,500

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.