Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Brave Police J-Decker - Detail shots (1/4)

Brave Police J-Decker - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

The backpack verniers are also color-separated with clear parts.

The weapons included are the J-Buster and the Electric Baton.

You can choose between two different barrel styles for the J-Buster.

There are 6 different hand types included in total.

You can swap in a side skirt that has a peg hole.

Leftover parts

Limb articulation is relatively impressive

Shoulder articulation

The waist has quite a bit of flexibility forward and sideways.

The ankle range of motion is great, so ground contact is excellent too.

Wing articulation

Brave Police J-Decker - Action pose (1/10)

Brave Police J-Decker - Action pose (2/10)

Brave Police J-Decker - Action pose (3/10)

Brave Police J-Decker - Action pose (4/10)

Brave Police J-Decker - Action pose (5/10)

Brave Police J-Decker - Action pose (6/10)

Brave Police J-Decker - Action pose (7/10)

Brave Police J-Decker - Action pose (8/10)

Action pose

Together with the Grade Exkaiser.

You can do a collab with the Cross Frame Girl Brave Girl body.

At this point you'll need to swap out the fixing pin on the inside of the chest armor.

Collab with Cross Frame Girl Brave Girl

Action pose

J-Decker, from the anime Brave Police J-Decker, has been released as a Kotobukiya plastic model kit. In Korea it's well known as Robot Police K-Cops, and I'm sure quite a few people have fond memories of this one.

The basic build is similar to Great Exkaiser, another Brave series kit, and thanks to extensive color separation it comes pretty close to the official colors even as a straight build. The plastic feel and assembly experience are noticeably smoother than typical Kotobukiya kits — I'd say it gets about 80% of the way to a Bandai Gunpla feel. That said, the molded colors still look a little cheap, and there's not much you can do about that.

Limb articulation is above average, and the shoulders, waist, and ankles are all quite flexible, making it easy to get into poses. Joint strength is decent too, so there's barely any stress about poses not holding. For weapons you get the J-Buster with two swappable barrel styles and the Electric Baton, plus six well-proportioned hand types are included. On top of that, just like Great Exkaiser, you can do a collab with a Cross Frame Girl.

Either way, this is a great kit that once again shows just how far Kotobukiya's quality has come. It does come in at a steep ¥7,200 due to separate licensing costs, but for anyone with fond memories of K-Cops, it'd make a wonderful addition to the collection. :-)

Brave Police J-Decker | 2020.11 | ¥7,200

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.