Kotobukiya Yotsubato!

danboard mini

Kit Review

Straight build

Yotsubato! danboard mini - Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Yotsubato! danboard mini - Being a mini version, it's a small SD-sized kit.

Being a mini version, it's a small SD-sized kit.

Yotsubato! danboard mini (1/2) Yotsubato! danboard mini (2/2)

Yotsubato! danboard mini - Two clear parts are included for the eyes.

Two clear parts are included for the eyes.

Yotsubato! danboard mini - Yellow eyes and black eyes~ (1/2) Yotsubato! danboard mini - Yellow eyes and black eyes~ (2/2)

Yellow eyes and black eyes~

Yotsubato! danboard mini - The hip joints on the legs are connected with ball-joint polycaps. (1/2) Yotsubato! danboard mini - The hip joints on the legs are connected with ball-joint polycaps. (2/2)

The hip joints on the legs are connected with ball-joint polycaps.

Yotsubato! danboard mini - Articulation with arms and legs spread wide open.

Articulation with arms and legs spread wide open.

Yotsubato! danboard mini - The front/rear skirts are movable.

The front/rear skirts are movable.

Yotsubato! danboard mini - Shoulder articulation — up/down/left/right (1/2) Yotsubato! danboard mini - Shoulder articulation — up/down/left/right (2/2)

Shoulder articulation — up/down/left/right

Yotsubato! danboard mini - The neck turns well too ^^

The neck turns well too ^^

Yotsubato! danboard mini - It looks like a part meant to connect to a stand.. but it's not really clear where it plugs into t

It looks like a part meant to connect to a stand..
But it's not really clear where it plugs into the body, and the manual doesn't explain it either... ???

Yotsubato! danboard mini - Pose 1 (1/2) Yotsubato! danboard mini - Pose 1 (2/2)

Pose 1

Yotsubato! danboard mini - Sitting pose. Without a support under the butt, it can't sit on its own. (1/2) Yotsubato! danboard mini - Sitting pose. Without a support under the butt, it can't sit on its own. (2/2)

Sitting pose.
Without a support under the butt, it can't sit on its own.

Yotsubato! danboard mini - Gymnastics pose (1/2) Yotsubato! danboard mini - Gymnastics pose (2/2)

Gymnastics pose

Yotsubato! danboard mini - Walking pose (1/2) Yotsubato! danboard mini - Walking pose (2/2)

Walking pose

Yotsubato! danboard mini - Lying down pose (1/2) Yotsubato! danboard mini - Lying down pose (2/2)

Lying down pose

Yotsubato! danboard mini - Together with the normal-sized danboard mini released a little while ago.

Together with the normal-sized danboard mini released a little while ago.

Following the previously released Kotobukiya danboard mini plastic model, an even smaller danboard mini has now been released. It's a compact little kit roughly SD-sized, and when you open the thin, small box, you'll find almost all the parts packed onto just a single runner — a really simple kit. ^^

Small as it is, the overall build is essentially the same as the larger danboard mini plastic model. The swappable eye gimmick is there, and the range of motion on the arms and legs is nearly identical, so the poses you can pull off are pretty much the same too. In short, it feels like just a scaled-down version of the bigger kit.

That said, being smaller makes it feel even cuter and easier to handle, which actually gives it a better overall feel in hand. The articulation is about the same, but maybe because of the smaller size, the joint strength feels a bit more stable too. On top of that, the larger danboard mini ran ¥2800 and felt a bit pricey for what you got — the mini version comes in at ¥880, so the value for money feels much better.

All in all, as a danboard mini kit you can enjoy in a small and lightweight way, if you're interested in danboard mini plastic models, I'd recommend starting with this mini version over the larger one — it's just a lot more approachable. :-)

Yotsubato! danboard mini | 2013.1 | ¥880

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.