Kit Review

Straight build
+ panel lining + stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack.
It's one of the absolute chunkiest kits in the HGUC lineup.

Compared to the original Kshatriya, the head and chest design have been changed.

The two rear binders have been replaced with massive large propellant tanks.

The left arm has been replaced with a giant Hyper Beam Jabelin,

HGUC Kshatriya Repaired - The right leg has been replaced with a prosthetic leg (?), and if you look closely, the internal fr

The right leg has been replaced with a prosthetic leg (?),
and if you look closely, the internal frame reuses parts from the beam Gatling gun.

HGUC Kshatriya Repaired - The inside of the binders has been changed to store 6 funnels. (1/3)

The inside of the binders has been changed to store 6 funnels.

The sub-arm articulation inside the binders remains the same.

A support stand can be pulled out from the bottom of the massive propellant tank.

Range of motion for the updated arms and legs.

Leftover parts from the original Kshatriya.

HGUC Kshatriya Repaired - Action pose (1/3)

Action pose

HGUC Kshatriya Repaired - A flying kick pose — more precisely, it's meant to show the beam Gatling gun inside the leg firing.

A flying kick pose.
More precisely, it's meant to show the beam Gatling gun inside the leg firing, but...
I wanted to get a cooler pose out of it, but the back is just too heavy and the waist can barely hold up,
so posing options are pretty limited.

HGUC Kshatriya Repaired - Beam saber action (1/4)

HGUC Kshatriya Repaired - Beam saber action (2/4)

Beam saber action

HGUC Kshatriya Repaired - Funnel & sub-arm open action (1/3)

Funnel & sub-arm open action

HGUC Kshatriya Repaired - Together with the original Kshatriya. It was already a big unit to begin with, but thanks to those

Together with the original Kshatriya.
It was already a big unit to begin with, but thanks to those huge propellant tanks, the Repaired version is even more massively built.

HGUC Kshatriya Repaired - The binder shells look similar, but the funnel placement has changed, so the internal gimmick has b

The binder shells look similar, but the funnel placement has changed, so the internal gimmick has been reworked.

Straight build

The Kshatriya Repaired — the repaired version of the Kshatriya from the story — has been released as an HGUC kit. The Kshatriya was already one chunky unit, but those massive propellant tanks make it even more enormous.

Comparing it to the normal version, the head and chest design have been changed, and the damaged left arm and right leg have been replaced with a Hyper Beam Jabelin and a beam Gatling gun prosthetic leg (?), respectively. On top of that, two of the four binders — the rear ones — have been swapped out for large propellant tanks, giving the overall silhouette a noticeably different feel. With this many parts changed and added, the box has gotten bigger too, and the price has gone up by ¥2,000 to ¥6,500.

The sheer bulk of this thing is on another level — most MG kits don't even come close in terms of presence. Thankfully, there's a built-in support stand underneath the large propellant tanks on the back, so getting it to stand upright is no problem at all. That said, the weight of those tanks makes aerial poses a real challenge — especially when you try to bend the waist mid-air, the center of gravity shifts easily and the waist joint tends to pop right out (-_-), which happens more often than you'd like.

The updated beam axe is nice and large, and since double-edged beam parts are included, it makes for quite a visually striking weapon. Also, unlike the normal version where the funnels were stored inside the binders, they've been moved to fold-out compartments on the outside of the binders. The binders' signature internal sub-arm gimmick has been carried over from the original as well.

To sum it up — between the massive propellant tanks, the oversized beam axe, and the opening funnel compartments, you can pull off some really dynamic poses, which is great. The downside is that the upper body is so heavy that aerial poses are heavily restricted by balance issues. Aside from that, the joint strength throughout the body is solid enough, and for a kit this size, it's actually pretty easy to handle.

The Kshatriya was originally planned as a one-time appearance, but it's such a distinctive mech that it ended up coming back like this. ^^ If you're a fan of the Unicorn series and love big, chunky kits, this is one seriously unique mech that's hard to pass up. :-)

HGUC Kshatriya Repaired | 2014.5 | ¥6,500

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.