Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Two different head parts are included..

You can choose between the Meritta (left) and the Kurz (right) versions.

Legs with partial paint applied

The weapons loadout is pretty generous.

The hollow-backed weapons...

The anti-tank daggers can be stored on the back and sides.

Leftover parts for the Arbalest

Articulation... doesn't really matter much in D-Style ^^;

The waist can bend all the way back for a Sniper pose.

A cute sitting idle pose

D Style M9 Gernsback - Firing pose (1/3)

Firing pose

D Style M9 Gernsback - Sniper pose (1/4)

D Style M9 Gernsback - Sniper pose (2/4)

Sniper pose

D Style M9 Gernsback - Anti-tank dagger action pose (1/3)

Anti-tank dagger action pose

D Style M9 Gernsback - Aerial action pose using the Kotobukiya display stand (1/3)

Aerial action pose using the Kotobukiya display stand

D Style M9 Gernsback - Together with the D-Style Arbalest. A lot of the design is shared, but the different color scheme make

Together with the D-Style Arbalest.
A lot of the design is shared, but the different color scheme makes it look like a clearly different unit.

Together with the Aoshima M9 Gernsback.
Same design, but the coloring is quite different.

Following the Arbalest, the M9 Gernsback has now been released in D-Style as well. Some parts are shared with the Arbalest as per the source material, but many parts have been newly redesigned for the M9 Gernsback. The darker color scheme definitely gives it the feel of a completely different unit.

The overall kit style is the same as the Arbalest, and just like previous releases, the focus is on looks rather than articulation, so posability isn't great. And like the Arbalest, the partial paint feels a little lacking, so there's a bit of a gap between the straight build and the official colors. That said, given the nature of D-Style, it still looks cute enough straight out of the box.. ^^

The weapons loadout is generous, covering a machine gun, pistol, anti-tank daggers, and even a sniper rifle. The style is pretty decent too — aside from the rather hollow-looking backs on the weapons (^^;). You can put it together fine without glue, but separately from that, the shoulder joints do tend to pop out during posing, which is a bit of a pain.

Anyway, if you're a Full Metal Panic fan, this is an absolutely adorable must-have item alongside the Arbalest. If you had to pick just one between the Arbalest and the M9 Gernsback, I'd personally recommend the M9 Gernsback for its better color scheme :-)

D Style M9 Gernsback | 2012. 4 | ¥1,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.