Yamato 1/1000

Yamato 2202 [Final Battle Ver.] [High Dimension Clear]

Kit Review

Straight build

1/1000 Yamato 2202 [Final Battle Ver.] [High Dimension Clear] - Size comparison with a cigarette pack.

Size comparison with a cigarette pack.

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Various angles

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Detail shots

1/1000 Yamato 2202 [Final Battle Ver.] [High Dimension Clear] - A new-style Action Base 1 molded in clear blue is included.

A new-style Action Base 1 molded in clear blue is included.

1/1000 Yamato 2202 [Final Battle Ver.] [High Dimension Clear] - There are also parts left over to build the normal version.

There are also parts left over to build the normal version.

1/1000 Yamato 2202 [Final Battle Ver.] [High Dimension Clear] - Leftover parts

Leftover parts

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Action Base display shots

1/1000 Yamato 2202 [Final Battle Ver.] [High Dimension Clear] - Shots with the lights dimmed and all separately sold LED unit 1/1000 Yamato 2202 [Final Battle Ver.] [High Dimension Clear] - Shots with the lights dimmed and all separately sold LED unit 1/1000 Yamato 2202 [Final Battle Ver.] [High Dimension Clear] - Shots with the lights dimmed and all separately sold LED unit

Shots with the lights dimmed and all separately sold LED units installed

1/1000 Yamato 2202 [Final Battle Ver.] [High Dimension Clear] - The wave motion gun effect looks similar to the original, but

The wave motion gun effect looks similar to the original, but the light scatters in the middle so the brightness feels a bit lacking.

1/1000 Yamato 2202 [Final Battle Ver.] [High Dimension Clear] - The bridge area also just has light scattering in all directi

The bridge area also just has light scattering in all directions, glowing as one big chunk.

1/1000 Yamato 2202 [Final Battle Ver.] [High Dimension Clear] - The propulsion section just glows a flat, washed-out white al

The propulsion section just glows a flat, washed-out white all over.

1/1000 Yamato 2202 [Final Battle Ver.] [High Dimension Clear] - Shots taken with all lighting completely removed. Either way,

Shots taken with all lighting completely removed.
Either way, the LED glow doesn't really feel like it spreads evenly across the whole thing.

1/1000 Yamato 2202 [Final Battle Ver.] [High Dimension Clear] - Together with the Yamato 2202 [Final Battle Ver.] normal edit

Together with the Yamato 2202 [Final Battle Ver.] normal edition.

This kit is the 1/1000 Yamato 2202 [Final Battle Ver.] [High Dimension Clear], a simple color variant of the previously released 1/1000 Yamato 2202 [Final Battle Ver.] with the molded color changed to clear yellow.

With all the parts switched to clear, the build difficulty has gone up quite a bit — the clear material makes it so much harder to clean up the stiff gate marks on all those tiny little parts. On top of that, the small parts are even harder to see because of the transparent material, making the assembly itself a real pain. And to make matters worse, even after you struggle through the build, the transparent material means all that precise detail and tight sculpting just doesn't come through. You can probably tell from the photos, but in person it's the same story — all you really see is the overall silhouette, and the presence of Yamato's many distinctive gun barrels is almost completely lost. T_T

Given that it's a clear kit, there's a chance it could look really stunning when lit up with LEDs. But even after installing the separately sold LED units, the light scatters in a kind of awkward way and it's not as beautiful as you'd hope. The propulsion section's LEDs are noticeably brighter than the front and bridge sections, so it ends up glowing in this weird way where the front is dark and the back is bright.

All in all, this kit leaves a lot to be desired — the build is harder than the original, the finished look is a pale, washed-out silhouette, and the LED lighting effect is underwhelming. Since it's a limited release aimed at die-hard Yamato fans anyway, it feels like the significance lies in the fact that it exists at all, rather than in the quality. :-)

1/1000 Yamato 2202 [Final Battle Ver.] [High Dimension Clear] | 2020. 3 | ¥6,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.