Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack.
It's quite a bit bigger than you'd expect.

Light cover open

The stand is poseable.

Gigantic Arms Rapid Raider - The cowl can be expanded to the sides, and inside you'll find 2 steel blades, a mini grenade lau

The cowl can be expanded to the sides,
and inside you'll find 2 steel blades, a mini grenade launcher, and a handgun stored within.

The red clear parts can also be swapped out for fully transparent parts.

Leftover parts

A helmet for Frame Arms Girl is included.

Frame Arms Girl Innocentia Blue Version with the helmet on and riding the bike.

Armed action

Gigantic Arms Rapid Raider - Together with the Convert Carrier released alongside it. You can combine these two to form the A

Together with the Convert Carrier released alongside it.
You can combine these two to form the Armed Breaker.

Gigantic Arms Rapid Raider - To combine into the Armed Breaker, first disassemble the Rapid Raider piece by piece as shown ab

To combine into the Armed Breaker, first disassemble the Rapid Raider piece by piece as shown above.

Reassemble the parts into two legs like the ones shown on the left.

The Rapid Raider parts left over after building the two legs.

Next, disassemble the separately sold Convert Carrier as shown above.

Fold the front wheel down to the side, then rotate it backward to set the angle as shown above.

One wheel unit is attached to the underside of the container unit.

Combine all the prepared parts together and the Armed Breaker is complete.

Gigantic Arms Rapid Raider - Combined into the Armed Breaker (1/4)

Gigantic Arms Rapid Raider - Combined into the Armed Breaker (2/4)

Combined into the Armed Breaker

Gigantic Arms Rapid Raider - Action pose (1/3)

Action pose

Together with the previous release, Gigantic Arms Powered Guardian.

This is the Gigantic Arms Rapid Raider, a bike-type mecha kit. True to the series concept, it's sized perfectly for collaborating with Frame Arms Girl, and the futuristic bike design really stands out.

Outside of the opening light cover and the poseable stand, there aren't really any other moving parts — and it's a bit of a shame that the bike lacks wheel rolling and steering gimmicks. That said, it seems like an unavoidable trade-off due to the separation and combination gimmick.

Inside the poseable front cowl, you get 2 steel blades, a mini grenade launcher, and a handgun — all of which can be used with Frame Arms Girl. A black helmet part is also included as a bonus, and posing a Frame Arms Girl with the helmet on and riding the bike makes for a pretty awesome display.

This kit can also combine with the Convert Carrier released alongside it to form the Armed Breaker, though to do so you'll need to disassemble the entire bike piece by piece. It's a bit of a hassle and takes some effort, but in return you get a robot with a pretty unique look.

The Armed Breaker was also released as a combined kit with the armor molded in white, but considering the grotesque style of the design, the black version looks a bit cooler in my opinion.

Either way, the fantastic futuristic bike design alone makes this kit worth picking up, and it only gets better when paired together with a Frame Arms Girl. :-)

Gigantic Arms Rapid Raider | 2017.11 | ¥3,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.