Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

One Piece Nine Snake Pirate Ship - Detail shots. Quite a large number of seals are needed. (1/3)

Detail shots.
Quite a large number of seals are needed.

Front/rear view of the sails.

View of the deck structures with the sails removed.

One Piece Nine Snake Pirate Ship - There's a peg in the middle of the stand that fits into a hole on the bottom of the ship t

There's a peg in the middle of the stand that fits into a hole on the bottom of the ship to lock it in place,
so the connection between the hull and the stand is rock solid.
And there's even a mark to show you which direction to insert it — nice touch..

One Piece Nine Snake Pirate Ship - You can also borrow a separate stand, plug it into the bottom of the ship, and display it

You can also borrow a separate stand, plug it into the bottom of the ship, and display it that way.

One Piece Nine Snake Pirate Ship - You can remove the bottom of the ship, swap out the paddle wheel, and place it on top of t

You can remove the bottom of the ship, swap out the paddle wheel, and place it on top of the wave parts.

One Piece Nine Snake Pirate Ship - The Nine Snake Pirate Ship cutting through the waves.. (1/5)

One Piece Nine Snake Pirate Ship - The Nine Snake Pirate Ship cutting through the waves.. (2/5)

One Piece Nine Snake Pirate Ship - The Nine Snake Pirate Ship cutting through the waves.. (3/5)

The Nine Snake Pirate Ship cutting through the waves..

Together with the Grand Ship Collection Going Merry / Thousand Sunny.

Together with the Moby Dick / Red Force.

The sixth entry in the small and charming One Piece Grand Ship Collection is the Nine Snake Pirate Ship, the vessel of the Kuja Pirates led by Empress Hancock. Unlike the other kits, it immediately stands out with its deep crimson sails and dark-toned hull — and those two snake heads at the bow give it a real personality of its own.

The basic kit layout and concept are the same as the previous entries, and the color separation is decent, but a pretty hefty number of seals are used to recreate the official colors. There are so many small, thin seals that while 30 minutes is plenty to put the kit together, you'll easily spend a solid hour and a half just applying them. ^^; That said, all those seals do pay off — the finished result looks gorgeous.

One thing to note: just like the previous kits, the Nine Snake Pirate Ship comes with a blue semi-transparent stand — but this time, there's a peg in the center of the stand that connects to a hole in the bottom of the hull. This makes the connection between the hull and the stand really secure, which is super convenient when you're moving it around. The earlier kits just had the hull sitting loosely on top of the stand, so they'd often slip off or tip over sideways. The previous hulls actually had holes in the bottom too, so it's a bit of a shame they didn't do it this way from the start.. ^^;

Anyway, the solid, no-frills build and the adorable finished look carry on the tradition of this series nicely. If you're a One Piece fan, this is a fun little gem that's a real joy to put together. :-)

Nine Snake Pirate Ship | 2012. 7 | ¥2,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.