Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato (1/6)

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato (2/6)

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato (3/6)

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato (4/6)

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato (5/6)

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato (6/6)

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato - Details of each section. Despite its relatively small size, the detail holds its own ag

Details of each section.
Despite its relatively small size, the detail holds its own against larger scales without any compromise.
In particular, gun barrels of various sizes and shapes are all accurately depicted without a single one missing.

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato - Bottom view. (1/2)

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato - Bottom view. (2/2)

Underside view.

The carrier hangar unit that can be displayed separately at the front.

Small but incredibly detailed..

A large number of Cosmo Falcons can be attached and detached as shown.

The detail on the frame and inner cover is really impressive..

If you look closely, you can see that two Cosmo Falcons are stored front-to-back..

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato - In this way, the carrier hangar unit can hold a total of 32 Cosmo Falcons. On top of th

In this way, the carrier hangar unit can hold a total of 32 Cosmo Falcons.
On top of that, 2 Cosmo Zeros are included as a separate bonus.

Details of the Cosmo Falcon.

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato - Details of the Cosmo Zero. Incredibly tiny, but everything that should be there is ther

Details of the Cosmo Zero.
Incredibly tiny, but everything that should be there is there.

4 fighters can be displayed separately on the left side of the stand.

The rear-left armor panel can be removed to insert the carrier hangar unit inside.

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato - The carrier hangar unit inserted inside. This is a precise internal mechanics exposure

The carrier hangar unit inserted inside.
This is a precise internal mechanics exposure gimmick you won't find on other scales.

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato - Displaying it with the internal mechanics exposed like this looks pretty awesome too. (

Displaying it with the internal mechanics exposed like this looks pretty awesome too.

The flight deck hatch on the bottom opens as well.

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato - Inside the main gun there are linked rotation gimmick parts just like the 1/500 and 1/3

Inside the main gun there are linked rotation gimmick parts just like the 1/500 and 1/350,
so when you rotate the main gun, each barrel automatically rises one by one in sequence — the same gimmick is faithfully reproduced here.
Though it does feel a bit less stable than on the larger scales, probably due to the smaller size.

The smaller cannons also have 3 individually articulated barrels.

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato - A separate stand mounting gimmick can be attached to the small hole on the right side,

A separate stand mounting gimmick can be attached to the small hole on the right side, so...

it can be placed on Action Base 1 as shown.

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato - Action poses on Action Base 1. (1/4)

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato - Action poses on Action Base 1. (2/4)

Action poses on Action Base 1.

You can also mount it upside down like this.

Mounted upside down with the internal mechanics exposed.

This kit includes a bonus old-release carrier kit.

Size comparison with a cigarette pack. Very small and cute ^^

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato - The Gamilas Imperial Forces Desler Triple-Deck Carrier. The parts composition and quali

The Gamilas Imperial Forces Desler Triple-Deck Carrier.
The parts composition and quality are typical of an old-release kit.

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato - Together with the 1/350 and 1/500 scale Yamatos. The level of detail across all three k

Together with the 1/350 and 1/500 scale Yamatos.
The level of detail across all three kits is pretty comparable.

Following the ultra-luxurious PG-class 1/350 and the recently released highly detailed 1/500, we now have the 2199 version 1/1000 Space Battleship Yamato. The first thing that surprised me when I opened the box was the sheer number of runners and parts despite the small size. The box is small and the price is ¥3800, which seemed a bit odd at first — but once you see the contents, it all makes sense. It's MG-level pricing with MG-level volume.

So in practice, it actually takes longer to build than your average MG, and like an RG, there are tons of incredibly tiny parts that demand serious concentration. On top of that, it's somewhat difficult to build without glue — if you go in thinking it's a snap-fit kit, you might be caught off guard by parts that fall off at the slightest bump and those slender gun barrels. The parts are so small and delicate that you have to handle them slowly and carefully with tweezers, making the build difficulty quite a bit higher than it looks. For gluing, it's better to use a flow-in type cement after assembly rather than regular glue — and in every way, this feels way, waaaay harder to build than the 1/500 kit.

Thanks to that complex and precise build process, despite being the smallest scale among the recently released Yamato kits, the detail is on par with — or even surpasses — the larger scales. Every one of Yamato's characteristically small and densely packed gun barrels is accurately depicted without exception, and the details of the bridge tower are reproduced exactly as per the design specs, which is genuinely impressive. It seems like Bandai gained confidence in reproducing tiny parts through the RG lineup...

And on top of that, options have been added as a mechanical model that you simply can't find on other scales. You can open the rear-left armor panel and insert or remove the carrier hangar unit — and the detail on this hangar unit is nothing short of art. It can hold a total of 32 Cosmo Falcons, the molding inside the hangar cover is incredibly precise, and it looks fantastic displayed as a mechanical model with everything stored inside.

On top of all that, even the main gun's linked rotation gimmick from the larger scales has been reproduced — and I mean reproduced with the exact same structure. It's the gimmick where rotating the main gun causes each barrel to rise automatically one by one in sequence, and I honestly didn't expect them to pull that off here.. Though the mechanism does feel a bit rough in operation, probably because of the smaller size. The fact that it's been reproduced at all is remarkable enough.

Beyond that, the inclusion of a joint part for connecting to Action Base 1 is a nice touch, and it's interesting that the bonus old-release Gamilas Imperial Forces Desler Triple-Deck Carrier kit is also thrown in. The quality is typical of an old-release kit, and since the main Yamato build is already pretty demanding in its own right, having to finish this old kit too with 100% gluing feels like a bit of a chore.. It almost feels like an unnecessary extra ^^;;

In the end, if I had to sum up this kit in one word — RG Yamato — that's exactly what it is.

Small in size, but realized with detail equal to or greater than the larger scales... a parade of incredibly tiny parts... a variety of options and more. This is Bandai going all-in and deliberately making a Yamato in the RG style.

You'll be surprised by the sheer number of runners and parts before you even start building, then spend a patience-testing stretch of time cleaning up countless tiny parts during the build.. and then be surprised all over again by the precise detail once it's finished. In particular, every small gun barrel is well reproduced, but they're so thin and slender that they're prone to snapping or bending with the slightest mistake.. which makes cleaning up gate marks an incredibly tricky affair.

Either way, this is a kit that genuinely surprised me with its beyond-expectations ultra-precise quality, and there's something deeply moving about seeing this level of detail and gimmicks packed into a little 30cm Yamato. For old-school fans like me who have fond memories and a deep love for mechs like Yamato from childhood, it really is a wonderful treat.. but the fact that the build process feels a little exhausting tells me that, as an old fan now entering his 40s, I have indeed gotten older — and that gives this kit a strangely bittersweet, mixed feeling. :-)

1/1000 Space Battleship 2199 Yamato | 2012. 7 | ¥3,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.