Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack.
It's way bigger than you'd expect.

Various angles

Detail shots

You can fold the legs as shown above to create the high-speed movement form.

HG Bunyip Ginga - High-speed movement form (1/5)

HG Bunyip Ginga - High-speed movement form (2/5)

HG Bunyip Ginga - High-speed movement form (3/5)

High-speed movement form

Underside view

Leftover parts

Unique articulation — feels similar to the Bunyip Boomerang.

HG Bunyip Ginga - Various action poses (1/10)

HG Bunyip Ginga - Various action poses (2/10)

HG Bunyip Ginga - Various action poses (3/10)

HG Bunyip Ginga - Various action poses (4/10)

HG Bunyip Ginga - Various action poses (5/10)

HG Bunyip Ginga - Various action poses (6/10)

HG Bunyip Ginga - Various action poses (7/10)

HG Bunyip Ginga - Various action poses (8/10)

Various action poses

High-speed movement form poses

HG Bunyip Ginga - Alongside the HG Bunyip Boomerang, which shares the same frame. Fully extending the Bunyip Boomerang's l

Alongside the HG Bunyip Boomerang, which shares the same frame.
Fully extending the Bunyip Boomerang's legs makes it look somewhat similar to this kit, but the difference in sheer volume is overwhelming.

Alongside the HG Mailes Protokogyo.
The size difference is massive.

Posed with the MG First/Nu Gundam for scale.
It's roughly MG Nu Gundam/Sazabi-sized.

This kit is the HG Bunyip Ginga, released as part of the Kyoukai Senki series. Based on the previously released HG Bunyip Boomerangwith a significant number of new parts added on top. The inner frame and basic joints are carried over, but the exterior has been completely redesigned from scratch.

Once you finish building it, the sheer size will catch you off guard. Despite coming in a standard HG-sized box, the finished model ends up as big and chunky as an MG Sazabi. As you can see in the comparison photos above, it's noticeably larger than your typical HG Kyoukai Senki kits. Compared to the Bunyip Boomerang it's based on in particular, the difference in volume is so dramatic you'd hardly believe they share the same frame. That makes it a really satisfying buy size-wise, though the kit does get pretty heavy as a result. If you don't balance the center of gravity carefully, the ankle joints can struggle to hold the pose.

For weapons, you get a gatling gun and a flamethrower that mount onto the body. These are HG Kyoukai Senki Weapon Set 7reused weapons from that set, and there are no additional weapons or accessories included beyond those. Instead, you do get the ability to fold the legs into a high-speed movement form — it's a simple transformation, but it pulls off a pretty convincing look. The lack of extra accessories does make the contents feel a bit sparse, but the large size and variety of articulated parts let you pull off all kinds of dynamic poses.

So this kit comes with a distinctive look and structure, and impressive size for the price. Getting bigger did make the center of gravity and some joint stability a little iffy, but overall the build quality feels solid and clean. The proportions are definitely going to be a love-it-or-hate-it thing, but for anyone who's been feeling a bit numb to plastic models lately, this is a fun kit that might just give you that fresh spark again. :-)

HG Bunyip Ginga | 2024. 6 | ¥3,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.