Kit Review

Straight build

Grande Scale Baselard - Size comparison with a cigarette pack. It's a large kit standing 27cm tall to the tip of the head orn

Size comparison with a cigarette pack
It's a large kit standing 27cm tall to the tip of the head ornament.

Grande Scale Baselard - Various angles (1/6)

Grande Scale Baselard - Various angles (2/6)

Grande Scale Baselard - Various angles (3/6)

Grande Scale Baselard - Various angles (4/6)

Various angles

Grande Scale Baselard - Detail shots (1/4)

Grande Scale Baselard - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

Grande Scale Baselard - Base body mode with weapons removed (1/3)

Base body mode with weapons removed

Parts exclusive to base body mode

The face can be swapped between three expressions.

A total of 8 hand parts are included.

You can detach 4 segment rifles from the backpack and use them as weapons.

Grande Scale Baselard - In addition to the articulated wrist hand on the left, fixed-wrist hands like the ones on the right a

In addition to the articulated wrist hand on the left, fixed-wrist hands like the ones on the right are also included.
The fixed hands are the better choice for supporting the weight of the segment rifles.

Grande Scale Baselard - The included stand. The main body is so large and heavy that a stand is absolutely necessary, but eve

Included stand.
The main body is so large and heavy that a stand is absolutely necessary,
but even this stand has a hard time keeping this beast in place T_T

Joint parts

Only 2 leftover parts.

Limb articulation.
The hip joints have a somewhat limited range of upward movement.

The waist and neck have a decent range of movement.

Grande Scale Baselard - Poses in base body mode. Joint strength is plenty sturdy in base body mode. (1/8)

Grande Scale Baselard - Poses in base body mode. Joint strength is plenty sturdy in base body mode. (2/8)

Grande Scale Baselard - Poses in base body mode. Joint strength is plenty sturdy in base body mode. (3/8)

Grande Scale Baselard - Poses in base body mode. Joint strength is plenty sturdy in base body mode. (4/8)

Grande Scale Baselard - Poses in base body mode. Joint strength is plenty sturdy in base body mode. (5/8)

Grande Scale Baselard - Poses in base body mode. Joint strength is plenty sturdy in base body mode. (6/8)

Grande Scale Baselard - Poses in base body mode. Joint strength is plenty sturdy in base body mode. (7/8)

Grande Scale Baselard - Poses in base body mode. Joint strength is plenty sturdy in base body mode. (8/8)

Poses in bare mode.
Joint strength is plenty sturdy in base body mode.

Grande Scale Baselard - Poses in armed mode. Even with a stand, this kit is just too heavy and big to pose freely T_T (1/8)

Grande Scale Baselard - Poses in armed mode. Even with a stand, this kit is just too heavy and big to pose freely T_T (2/8)

Grande Scale Baselard - Poses in armed mode. Even with a stand, this kit is just too heavy and big to pose freely T_T (3/8)

Grande Scale Baselard - Poses in armed mode. Even with a stand, this kit is just too heavy and big to pose freely T_T (4/8)

Grande Scale Baselard - Poses in armed mode. Even with a stand, this kit is just too heavy and big to pose freely T_T (5/8)

Grande Scale Baselard - Poses in armed mode. Even with a stand, this kit is just too heavy and big to pose freely T_T (6/8)

Poses in armed mode.
Even with a stand, this kit is just too heavy and big to pose freely T_T

Grande Scale Baselard - Together with the Frame Arms Girl Baselard. The Baselard was already a voluminous kit to begin with,

Together with the Frame Arms Girl Baselard.
The Baselard was already a voluminous kit to begin with, but in Grande Scale the sheer size is just massive.

Together with the Frame Arms Girl Grande Scale Gourai.
The Baselard is noticeably more voluminous.

This kit is the Baselard released as part of the Frame Arms Girl Grande Scale line. The concept is essentially taking the existing Frame Arms Girl Baselardand scaling it up to PG-class proportions. Since the Baselard was already one of the more voluminous Frame Arms Girls to begin with, the Grande Scale version has come out with an absolutely enormous presence.

First off, the basic parts layout feels like a straight-up enlarged copy of the original Frame Arms Girl kit. There's hardly any improvement in parts breakdown precision just because it's a larger scale — it really just feels like the parts got bigger. On the plus side, the larger parts do make assembly easier, but some parts don't hold together well enough and need glue, which is the same story as the original Frame Arms Girl kits. That said, once it's all finished, the sheer size and volume of the kit is impressive, and the visual impact and presence it commands are excellent.

The thing I was most worried about, though, was durability given the size and weight. The designers must have been aware of this too, because for the first time in the Grande Scale line, a stand has been included. As expected, the backpack design is so large and heavy that the stand is pretty much essential — but the problem is it still feels precarious. The joint strength of the base body alone is sturdy enough, but once you go full armed mode with everything attached, even just standing it upright is a challenge T_T

In my case, I was so nervous about it that I stuck double-sided tape to the feet and fixed them to the stand base just to get a straight standing shot. If you shift the leg positions for an action pose, keeping it stable becomes extremely difficult. Even with the stand, it struggles to handle the kit's weight, and if you lift one leg off the ground, it loses its center of gravity and topples over constantly. Flashy action poses are basically out of the question — you're limited to fairly static poses with both feet planted on the ground.

The elaborate backpack has all sorts of moving parts, but the hold on each of them is a little disappointing. They're not so loose that they flop around, but even the slightest touch throws the position off, which gets annoying. Of course, if you carefully set each moving part in place, they do hold reasonably well, and the segment rifles that stow into the backpack do lock in securely. But for a kit of this scale, the backpack's articulation gimmicks really should have been tighter — like what you'd see on larger Hexa Gear kits.

So this is a kit with some very clear pros and cons. The sheer presence that comes from its PG-class volume — over 25cm in both width and height — is genuinely impressive, but that same size brings a constant sense of instability along with it. Bottom line: it's a big and beautiful kit, but one that's best displayed in a simple upright standing pose. That said, if you're a fan of big-scale kits and girl-style plastic models, I think it's still worth taking the plunge :-)

Grande Scale Baselard | 2025.12 | ¥9,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.