Kotobukiya Brave Police

Super Build Tiger

Kit Review

Straight build

The Super Build Tiger from Brave Police J-Decker (known as K-Cops in Korea) has been released as a Kotobukiya plastic model. In the original show it's the final combined form of the Build Team (McCrane, Power Joe, Dumpson, and Drillboy). This kit skips the transformation/combination gimmicks and focuses on proportions instead.

Instead, you can choose between displaying it as Build Tiger or Super Build Tiger through parts swapping. On top of the shoulders, you can attach one of three options — crane, Build Crasher, or shovel arm — or cover them with cap parts when detached. Bonus parts include a long neck for better proportions and update parts for J-Decker, which lets you swap in a new lower body frame with an added hip slide gimmick.

Overall articulation is fairly good, and the joints are solid so poses hold well — but the joint strength balance is a bit uneven, with some joints feeling excessively stiff. The hip spread gimmick in particular was a concern for me; I was worried about breakage, so I disassembled it and sanded down the locking pins before reassembling. The tiger head that plugs into the chest for the Build Tiger configuration also didn't fit in easily, so I sanded that down too. Whether it's just bad luck with my copy or a mold adjustment issue I can't say, but there's a real risk of breakage during assembly or posing, so some caution is definitely needed.

As long as you watch out for those tight pin fit issues, this is overall a kit with excellent color separation, great molded colors, and faithful gimmick recreation. The ¥11,000 price tag is still a tough pill to swallow though. And if you want to recreate the Tiger Fang scene with J-Decker, you're looking at a whopping ¥18,200... That said, it's a fantastic kit that delivers visuals and proportions that go beyond the original show — all without transformation or combination. If Super Build Tiger holds a special place in your memories, just the fact that this kit exists is something to be grateful for. :-)

Brave Police Super Build Tiger | 2023.10 | ¥11,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.