Kit Review

Straight build +
panel lining

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

1/100 Gundam Barbatos 6th Form - Detail shots (1/4)

1/100 Gundam Barbatos 6th Form - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

Outer armor removed

Inner frame shots

1/100 Gundam Barbatos 6th Form - New frame parts are added to the shoulders and side skirts, and only the feet have a frame s

New frame parts are added to the shoulders and side skirts,
and only the feet have a frame swap.

1/100 Gundam Barbatos 6th Form - Along with the wrench mace — the signature weapon of the 6th Form — a regular mace is also i

Along with the wrench mace — the signature weapon of the 6th Form — a regular mace is also included.
This mace is actually something that should have been in the normal Barbatos kit, but here it is.

1/100 Gundam Barbatos 6th Form - You can mount both maces on the back at the same time, but it gets way too back-heavy to hol

You can mount both maces on the back at the same time, but it gets way too back-heavy to hold a pose.

1/100 Gundam Barbatos 6th Form - When you open the front of the wrench mace, the saw blade inside automatically pops out in a

When you open the front of the wrench mace, the saw blade inside automatically pops out in a linked motion.
On the HG you have to attach the saw blade separately, so this is a gimmick that really feels worthy of a 1/100 kit.

There's a peg on the handle, so it locks securely into the palm.

You can slide the mace handle upward to fully extend the spike at the front.

1/100 Gundam Barbatos 6th Form - There's also a secondary gimmick for securing weapons to the backpack, though it's not reall

There's also a secondary gimmick for securing weapons to the backpack, though it's not really needed for the mace.

1/100 Gundam Barbatos 6th Form - The back of the forearms can be configured as either a machine gun on the left side or a mor

The back of the forearms can be configured as either a machine gun on the left side or a mortar on the right side.

In mortar configuration, one of the barrels can rotate 180 degrees forward.

The bottom section of the large side skirts can also be deployed open.

Separate parts for recreating the 5th Form are also included.

Leftover parts.

The articulation is no different from the normal version.

1/100 Gundam Barbatos 6th Form - The shoulder armor opens in all 3 directions, so it doesn't get in the way of the shoulder j

The shoulder armor opens in all 3 directions, so it doesn't get in the way of the shoulder joint's movement.

1/100 Gundam Barbatos 6th Form - Wrench mace poses. The arm joint strength is too weak to hold it raised up high.. (1/3)

Wrench mace poses.
The arm joint strength is too weak to hold it raised up high..

Wrench mace aerial poses

1/100 Gundam Barbatos 6th Form - Built in the 5th Form ground combat configuration. Just remove the chest armor from the 6th

Built in the 5th Form ground combat configuration.
Just remove the chest armor from the 6th Form and swap the shoulders and side skirts out for the normal parts.

The leftover 6th Form parts after building the 5th Form.

5th Form ground combat configuration - Aerial jump wrench mace action pose

You can also attach additional parts to build the standard 5th Form.

1/100 Gundam Barbatos 6th Form - The side binders need to be borrowed from the 1/100 Schwalbe Graze, and the feet from the 1/

The side binders need to be borrowed from the 1/100 Schwalbe Graze, and the feet from the 1/100 Barbatos normal version —
you'll have to borrow them.

The completed 5th Form.

1/100 Gundam Barbatos 6th Form - 5th Form - Mace action poses. The shoulder joint strength is too weak to hold a large weapon

5th Form - Mace action poses
The shoulder joint strength is too weak to hold a large weapon like the mace.
If you look closely, you can see the back end of the mace is resting on the knee in the photo ^^;

Together with the 1/100 Gundam Barbatos normal version (4th Form).

Together with the HG Gundam Barbatos 6th Form.

Straight build

Following the HG, the fully-armed 6th Form of Barbatos has been released in 1/100 scale as well. Basically it's a full-option kit where parts to recreate the 6th and 5th Forms have been added to the 1/100 Gundam Barbatos kit (4th Form), but since the foot parts are missing, you can't actually build the standard 4th Form with this kit.

First off, the key features of the 6th Form — the pointed feet, shoulder/forearm armor, and side skirts — are all cleanly reproduced. On top of the wrench mace, the regular mace that was disappointingly absent from the standard 1/100 Gundam Barbatos has been added here too. The newly included wrench mace can spread open at the front just like in the show, and unlike the HG, it has a gimmick where the saw blade section automatically pops out. The regular mace also lets you push the handle upward to extend the spike on top even further — overall, there's a nice range of extra gimmicks that really feel worthy of the 1/100 scale.

The biggest letdown with the standard 1/100 Gundam Barbatos was the joint strength, so I was even more worried about that with the more heavily armed 6th Form. Fortunately, it seems like the polycaps have been revised somewhat, and it actually feels sturdier than the slimmer standard version. That said, it's not the tight, solid feel you'd get from a high-end MG — it's more like "good enough to hold together." Still, the joint strength at the shoulders and forearms remains lacking, so when you hold up a big heavy weapon like the mace, the arms droop down on their own, making it pretty tough to pull off dynamic poses.

Beyond that, various parts to recreate the 5th Form are included, just like with the HG. You can go straight to the 5th Form Ground Combat configuration with these, but for the standard 5th Form you'll need to borrow the side binders from the 1/100 Schwalbe Graze and the foot parts from the standard 1/100 Gundam Barbatos. That was the same situation with the HG, but one difference here is that the arm for mounting the side binders — which had to come from a separate option kit in the HG — is included right out of the box with the 1/100.

Anyway, the 6th Form, which feels like the definitive final version of Barbatos, is a faithfully well-executed kit, and the overall quality is clearly cleaner and better than older 1/100 kits. Sure, the so-so joint strength is still a gripe, but it's not like the thing flops around like a ragdoll either, so it's honestly a tough call... I just wish the joints were designed to be a bit tighter, though I can't help but wonder if they intentionally dialed down the quality to leave room for the MG. :-)

1/100 Gundam Barbatos 6th Form | 2016. 3 | ¥3,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.