Kit Review

Straight build + Panel lining

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Various angles

Head detail

1/144 AT-AT - Body section details (1/4)

1/144 AT-AT - Body section details (2/4)

Body section details

1/144 AT-AT - Lower section details. (1/3)

Lower section details.

The stand is just a plain snowy field design.

You can choose from 2 gun barrels on the side of the head, though they look almost identical.

The cockpit area is a bit bare, honestly.

Remove the side cover and some of the internal molding is exposed.

1/144 AT-AT - The joint cylinders on each leg can be swapped between 3 different forms as shown above, but it's a bit of

The joint cylinders on each leg can be swapped between 3 different forms as shown above,
but it's a bit of a hassle to swap them out every time you change the leg angle..

Same-scale silhouette figure.

The neck articulates quite flexibly.

The legs move forward and back about this much.

The front/rear legs can also be spread out to the sides like that from the center.

The hip joint area can also be pulled outward like that.

Every time you move the hip joint, the gimmick attached behind it moves in sync.

The toes(?) are articulated too.

1/144 AT-AT - The ankles rotate forward/backward but not side to side. Looking at the shape you'd think they'd rotate sid

The ankles rotate forward/backward but not side to side.
Looking at the shape you'd think they'd rotate sideways, but whether it was for durability reasons or not, they came as fixed parts.

Comparison between legs straight and legs spread.

This counts as a pose too, I guess...

Heeheehaw~ Napoleon pose

1/144 AT-AT - Poses using the laser effect parts (1/4)

1/144 AT-AT - Poses using the laser effect parts (2/4)

Poses using the laser effect parts

1/144 AT-AT - Firing lasers into the air pose (1/3)

Firing lasers into the air pose

Fallen over(?) pose

Together with the same-scale 1/144 Slave I.

Together with the 1/144 Millennium Falcon.

Together with the 1/48 AT-ST.

Straight build shot before panel lining

The AT-AT, which first appeared in Star Wars Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back, has been released as a Bandai Star Wars plastic model. It's a pretty well-known mech, so a lot of people had been waiting for Bandai to kit it up. Since it came out in 1/144 scale, when you actually build it, it feels more cute than the imposing bulk you felt watching it on screen. Size-wise, it's about the same volume as the 1/48 AT-ST, and like that kit, the difference before and after panel lining is pretty significant.

The head and body details are molded quite nicely, and the proportions have a real three-dimensional quality that looks like it jumped straight out of the movie. The neck joint articulation is better than expected, and the legs can take a decent variety of poses, so there's plenty of posing options. There are also some nice bonuses like the laser effect parts and the side cover open gimmick.

The cylinders on the legs aren't articulated — instead you swap parts to change their form, which is a bit of an annoying design choice. The cockpit interior detail is also a bit bare for what you'd hope for, and the legs tend to come apart easily during posing (especially the linked gimmick parts pop out a lot), so you need to be careful when setting poses. That said, the joint strength is decent enough that nothing feels loose, which is a relief.

Personally, this kit left me a little more disappointed than I expected. Mainly because the kit turned out smaller than I imagined, and there's just something a bit underwhelming about the leg gimmick and the cockpit. The detail is also a touch plain overall, aside from the underside and rear. It doesn't feel like a kit that was developed with the same burning passion as the Millennium Falcon, the crown jewel of the series.

At the end of the day, this kit's significance lies in the fact that the AT-AT has been given a solid, if unremarkable, plastic model release from Bandai. The scale is small so there aren't many other kits that pair well with it, but for Star Wars fans it should still be a meaningful addition to the collection.

1/144 AT-AT | 2017.3 | ¥4,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.