Kit Review

Straight build +
panel lining

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

1/100 Gundam Kimaris Booster Unit Type (1/6)

1/100 Gundam Kimaris Booster Unit Type (2/6)

1/100 Gundam Kimaris Booster Unit Type (3/6)

1/100 Gundam Kimaris Booster Unit Type (4/6)

1/100 Gundam Kimaris Booster Unit Type (5/6)

1/100 Gundam Kimaris Booster Unit Type (6/6)

1/100 Gundam Kimaris Booster Unit Type - Detail shots (1/4)

1/100 Gundam Kimaris Booster Unit Type - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

Outer armor removed

1/100 Gundam Kimaris Booster Unit Type - Inner frame shots — the basic skeleton is the same as Barbatos. (1/2)

1/100 Gundam Kimaris Booster Unit Type - Inner frame shots — the basic skeleton is the same as Barbatos. (2/2)

Internal frame
The basic skeleton is the same as Barbatos.

The head and backpack use new frames..

The knee and foot frames look different from Barbatos.

You can choose between the standard backpack or the booster unit.

Lower section of the booster unit in motion.

Rear view with the standard backpack attached.

1/100 Gundam Kimaris Booster Unit Type - Here's what the spot looks like after removing the backpack to attach the booster un

Here's what the spot looks like after removing the backpack to attach the booster unit.

A massive Gungnir, as befitting a 1/100 scale kit.

It has two pegs that lock securely into the palm holes.

The combat knife can be folded in half and stored in the rear skirt.

You can pull out the top of the shoulder to recreate the slash disc launch scene.

1/100 Gundam Kimaris Booster Unit Type - Separate from the hands included with the standard Barbatos frame, an additional set

Separate from the hands included with the standard Barbatos frame, an additional set of hand parts with thicker wrists is included
for a better grip on the large Gungnir.

1/100 Gundam Kimaris Booster Unit Type - The gimmick of opening the leg armor to expose the verniers is faithfully reproduced

The gimmick of opening the leg armor to expose the verniers is faithfully reproduced as well.

Leftover parts.

The articulation is surprisingly good for such a bulky build.

1/100 Gundam Kimaris Booster Unit Type - Combat knife poses (1/3)

Combat knife poses

Aerial poses with the booster unit attached

1/100 Gundam Kimaris Booster Unit Type - Aerial thrusting pose. The arm joint strength is too weak to hold it up, so you have

Aerial thrusting pose.
The arm joint strength is too weak to hold it up, so you have to prop the butt end of the handle against the knee or somewhere similar.. ;;;

1/100 Gundam Kimaris Booster Unit Type - Poses with the leg verniers open (1/3)

Poses with the leg verniers open

Together with the HG Gundam Kimaris.

Together with the simultaneously released 1/100 Gundam Barbatos Sixth Form.

Gundam Kimaris is pretty chunky, but it's still no match for Gundam Gusion ^^

Straight build

This is the Gundam Kimaris released in 1/100 scale following the HG, and it comes as a combined pack called the "Booster Unit Type" — which includes the booster unit that was sold separately as an optional kit for the HG version.

First off, true to the lore, the frame reuses that of Gundam Barbatos, so the 1/100 Gundam Barbatos frame runners are included here with just the molded color changed. That said, the head and foot frames have been swapped out for Kimaris-specific ones, and additional frame structures have been added for the backpack and knee areas.

In terms of detail, there's a noticeably different feel compared to previous kits — the surface molding is far more intricate and densely packed than on the 1/100 Barbatos or Graze. Panel lining takes about 2–3 times longer as a result, but thanks to that, the finished look has a level of refinement that rivals an MG.

Since it reuses the 1/100 Barbatos frame, it carries over the same traits — good articulation but somewhat iffy joint strength. That said, the kit's center of gravity is reasonably well balanced, so standing it upright is no problem at all. Dynamic poses are another story though, especially anything involving a forward thrust with the large Gungnir — the shoulder joint strength just isn't there for it T_T You can work around it by resting the butt end of the Gungnir handle lightly on the knee as shown in the photos above, but either way, the joint strength feeling underwhelming relative to the large weapon seems to be becoming a tradition with the 1/100 Iron-Blooded Orphans kits -_-

Beyond that, gimmicks like exposing the slash discs on the shoulders and opening the leg armor to deploy the verniers are all faithfully reproduced, though functionally there isn't a huge difference from the HG. The HG was already so well done that there probably wasn't much left to upgrade in the 1/100 ;

All in all, it's a solid and clean 1/100 kit, and with more refined molding than other kits plus the booster unit included, it's definitely worth picking up. If you're an Iron-Blooded Orphans fan, this is a fun kit you can enjoy without many complaints — as long as you can overlook the still-iffy joint strength :-)

1/100 Gundam Kimaris Booster Unit Type | 2016. 3 | ¥3,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.