Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Full Metal Panic Plan-1055 Belial - Detail shots (1/4)

Full Metal Panic Plan-1055 Belial - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

Bow form Arbalest Bane Bow deployment

You can recreate the machine gun deployment by adding extra parts.

The lower shoulder binders can also be put into deployed position by adding extra parts.

A total of 7 hands are included.

Full Metal Panic Plan-1055 Belial - A new type of stand joint part is included, which connects horizontally and securely behi

A new type of stand joint part is included,
and it connects horizontally and securely behind the hip joint.

Leftover parts

The limb articulation is excellent.

The neck bends downward quite a lot.

Binder deployment

A natural kneeling pose can be achieved.

Full Metal Panic Plan-1055 Belial - Arbalest Bane Bow action (1/3)

Arbalest Bane Bow action

Full Metal Panic Plan-1055 Belial - Pose with machine guns and binders deployed (1/3)

Pose with machine guns and binders deployed

Together with the previous kit, the Arbalest.

Kotobukiya's Full Metal Panic lineup gets a new kit with the release of Belial, the ultimate boss of the series. Stylistically it looks like something straight out of Gundam AGE, and it's got a very different vibe compared to the existing Arbalest or Laevatein kits.

The parts follow a typical Kotobukiya-style build, with a large number of pieces for its size that come together to give it great depth and proportions. The articulation is also impressive — the limbs fold up nicely like a top-tier Gunpla kit — though the joint strength feels a bit too stiff. Sure, that's better than being loose, but with the shoulders in particular, the force balance can get thrown off while rotating them, which can cause the arms to pop off.

The bow-type weapon, the Arbalest Bane Bow, can transform between a folded and an extended form, while the shoulder binders and the forearm 40mm machine guns use an add-on parts approach to recreate their deployed states. There's also a new style of stand joint part included, which attaches securely behind the hip joint and lets you pull off stable mid-air poses.

Aside from the overly stiff joints, it's a decent quality kit — though as usual, the value proposition of ¥6,800 for what's essentially an HG-sized kit is a bit rough. That said, if you're a die-hard Full Metal Panic fan, you're probably just happy it exists at all. :-)

Full Metal Panic Plan-1055 Belial | 2018. 9 | ¥6,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.