Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Gigantic Arms Orbital Maneuver - Various angles (1/6)

Gigantic Arms Orbital Maneuver - Various angles (2/6)

Gigantic Arms Orbital Maneuver - Various angles (3/6)

Gigantic Arms Orbital Maneuver - Various angles (4/6)

Various angles

Gigantic Arms Orbital Maneuver - Detail shots (1/4)

Gigantic Arms Orbital Maneuver - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

At the cockpit position, there's no control panel like the one on the Cluster.

Articulation of the rear Booster structure

Articulation of the handle and footrest

The Booster rotates sideways.

With a Frame Arms Girl Architect seated inside

It feels like a better fit than the Strike Serpent.

Additional parts for transforming/combining into the Ultimate Guardian.

Together with the Strike Serpent, its companion kit released at the same time.

These two kits combine with the separately sold Order Cradle.

To begin the transformation, first disassemble the body as shown above.

Gigantic Arms Orbital Maneuver - Spread open the center of the main body and fold out the feet while stowing the control stic

Spread open the center of the main body and fold out the feet while stowing the control stick, footrest, etc.

Attaching the thigh section parts

The cowl section transforms as shown above to form the front armor.

Joint parts are added to the Booster to turn it into the side structure.

The completed transformed blocks

The finished leg assembled from all these pieces.

Joint parts are added to the bottom of the separately sold Order Cradle to attach the leg.

Shown with the right leg attached to the Order Cradle

With the right arm and shoulder made from the Strike Serpent added as well

Gigantic Arms Orbital Maneuver - Stood up using a clear stand. It's an absolutely massive beast, easily clearing 50cm in heig

Stood up using a clear stand.
It's an absolutely massive beast, easily clearing 50cm in height.

Gigantic Arms Orbital Maneuver - A silhouette of the Ultimate Guardian virtually assembled by mirroring left and right sides.

A silhouette of the Ultimate Guardian virtually assembled by mirroring left and right sides.
To build it properly, you'll need one more Strike Serpent and one more of this kit,
plus two separately sold Overed Manipulator kits to serve as the hands.

This kit is the Orbital Maneuver from the Gigantic Arms series, and it's a companion kit released alongside the Strike Serpent. At its core it's a hover-type vehicle sized just right for carrying a Frame Arms Girl — but it also transforms into a leg for building the Ultimate Guardian together with other kits.

Once assembled, you'll be surprised by how much bigger it is than expected — around 30cm long with a large, weighty presence. Beyond the handle, footrest, and large Booster, there aren't many other moving parts or gimmicks. Like the Strike Serpent, you can disassemble the main body and reconfigure it into a large leg, and you can build it as either the left or right leg.

So the idea is: use two of this kit to make both legs, two Strike Serpents to make both arms, and two separately sold MSG Overed Manipulators to make the hands, then combine everything onto the Order Cradle to complete the massive Ultimate Guardian. The finished mech clears an incredible 50cm — it makes even Mega Size Gunpla look small, let alone PG kits. That said, the polycaps hold everything together firmly, so durability should be better than you'd expect. In my case I don't own all the pieces, so I wasn't able to put together the complete form for this review. (Kotobukiya's official websitefor the completed build gallery)

To build the Ultimate Guardian, you'll need the Gigantic Arms Order Cradle (¥8500), Strike Serpent (¥5200 x2), Orbital Maneuver (¥5500 x2), and Overed Manipulator (¥1200 x2) — which adds up to a whopping ¥32,300, and that's probably the biggest hurdle of all.

Even so, the appeal of an ultra-large robot model kit this rare is hard to deny. Build quality is pretty decent too, so if you're after something different and don't mind spending a bit more, I'd say go for it. :-)

Gigantic Arms Orbital Maneuver | 2020.2 | ¥5,500

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.