Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

One Piece Going Merry - Detail shots (1/7)

One Piece Going Merry - Detail shots (2/7)

One Piece Going Merry - Detail shots (3/7)

One Piece Going Merry - Detail shots (4/7)

One Piece Going Merry - Detail shots (5/7)

Detail shots

The net/mesh section came out pretty rough... scale limitations, I guess.

One Piece Going Merry - The stand is the same type as the Thousand Sunny's — if you fit it in properly, the hold is actually

The stand is the same type as the Thousand Sunny's...
If you fit it in properly, the hold is actually not too bad.

You can use the hole on the bottom to mount it on an Action Base 2.

To attach the Going Merry-exclusive wave effect parts, you'll need to remove the bottom of the hull.

One Piece Going Merry - The Going Merry sailing through the waves.. (1/5)

One Piece Going Merry - The Going Merry sailing through the waves.. (2/5)

One Piece Going Merry - The Going Merry sailing through the waves.. (3/5)

The Going Merry sailing through the waves..

Together with the large Going Merry released previously.

Together with the other Grand Ship Collection kits.

The 3rd entry in the One Piece Grand Ship Collection is the Going Merry. As you'd expect, it probably should have come out before or right after the Thousand Sunny, but it ended up as the 3rd release after getting bumped by the Trafalgar submarine. ^^;

The overall kit composition, compact size, and little details are similar to the previous releases — but compared to the Thousand Sunny, which is also a sailing ship, it does feel a bit sparse overall. I think it mostly comes down to the design itself, but still, the relatively simple color combination is hard to ignore.

That said, thanks to the generous amount of stickers, it manages to pull off a pretty decent color scheme despite its small size, so it definitely holds its own as a cute little One Piece ship model kit. The wave effect parts, Action Base 2 compatibility, and other basic features are all the same as before.

Either way, true to the "Collection" title, it feels like a model that's perfectly suited for collecting in its small, cute size. No matter how great a kit is, it becomes a burden if it takes up too much space. This is a charming and lovely plastic model that I'd recommend to any One Piece fan. :-)

Going Merry | 2012. 3 | ¥2,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.