Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Gurren Lagann Enki - Upper body / legs close-up (1/3)

Upper body / legs close-up

Gurren Lagann Enki - The head helmet part. The shape is really unique. In the show, Gurren Lagann steals that helmet and wears

The head helmet part. The shape is really unique.
In the show, Gurren Lagann steals that helmet and wears it himself;

Gurren Lagann Enki - The paint on the eyes is really well done. If you look closely, you can even see the white pupils. The sw

The paint on the eyes is really well done. If you look closely, you can even see the white pupils.
The sword on the waist doesn't hold very well and tends to fall off..

Gurren Lagann Enki - Enki comes with two interchangeable heads. In the show, it originally wore the helmet, but after Gurren L

Enki comes with two interchangeable heads.
In the show, it originally wore the helmet, but after Gurren Lagann steals it, it goes around with a sword stuck in its head..

Gurren Lagann Enki - Sword-in-head form instead of helmet (1/3)

Sword-in-head form instead of helmet

Gurren Lagann Enki - Articulation... I'm almost embarrassed to call it that ^^; The legs barely move at all thanks to the skir

Articulation... I'm almost embarrassed to call it that ^^;
The legs barely move at all thanks to the skirt, and you have to pull the arms out slightly at the shoulder just to get any rotation.

Gurren Lagann Enki - Action poses — tried my best;; (1/3)

Action poses — tried my best;;

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Sword-in-head action pose.

Comparison with Gurren Lagann. They're about the same size.

Beastman mechs with their wild designs..

Enki, the beastman mech, has been added to the Plain Model lineup that previously only featured mechs from the Gunmen side. It's the iconic officer-class(?) beastman mech that faces off against Gurren Lagann early in the series, and it sports a truly unique design.

Unlike the other mechs, the body lines and overall design are very close to a human form, so once assembled it gives off the feel of a human-shaped statue. The proportions of the arms and legs are also set at angles that reinforce that standing-statue look. As a result, the arms are pretty much fixed in place, though you can get shoulder rotation if you pull them out. However, due to the design, the legs are almost completely blocked by the skirt and can barely move at all..; The articulation is roughly on par with a Bandai kit from 20 years ago...

This kit has an option that no other kit in the lineup has — both head variants that appear in the show are included. One is the helmet-type head, and the other has a large sword stuck in it. The backstory is that Enki originally wore the helmet until Gurren Lagann swiped it.

The molded color is a bright, somewhat garish blue that could easily look cheap, but thankfully it doesn't come across too badly. For a Chinese-molded product, the quality is actually quite decent. The clean molding quality compared to older Kotobukiya kits seems to be a common trait across the Gurren Lagann Plain Model series.

As a fairly prominent villain mech in the Gurren Lagann anime, the quality is reasonably solid. Just be careful with the sword on the side — it doesn't hold very well and tends to fall off.. ^^;

Gurren Lagann Enki | 2007. 11 | ¥800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.