Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Non Scale Gurrenlagann : Full Drillize Ver. (1/6)

Non Scale Gurrenlagann : Full Drillize Ver. (2/6)

Non Scale Gurrenlagann : Full Drillize Ver. (3/6)

Non Scale Gurrenlagann : Full Drillize Ver. (4/6)

Non Scale Gurrenlagann : Full Drillize Ver. (5/6)

Non Scale Gurrenlagann : Full Drillize Ver. (6/6)

Non Scale Gurrenlagann : Full Drillize Ver. - A total of 32 clear green drills are added all over the body. The tips are extre

A total of 32 clear green drills are added all over the body.
The tips are extremely sharp, so they hurt if you touch them...

Non Scale Gurrenlagann : Full Drillize Ver. - There are quite a lot of leftover parts. In particular, a ton of spare drills in

There are quite a lot of leftover parts.
In particular, a ton of spare drills in various sizes are left over, and many of them are awkward sizes that don't have much use.

Non Scale Gurrenlagann : Full Drillize Ver. - On top of that, a large drill to swap in place of the hands is also included as

On top of that, a large drill to swap in place of the hands is also included as a clear green part.

Non Scale Gurrenlagann : Full Drillize Ver. - Drilling pose (1/3)

Drilling pose

Non Scale Gurrenlagann : Full Drillize Ver. - My drill is the drill that will pierce the heavens!! (1/3)

My drill is the drill that will pierce the heavens!!

Non Scale Gurrenlagann : Full Drillize Ver. - Sunglasses boomerang action (1/3)

Sunglasses boomerang action

Non Scale Gurrenlagann : Full Drillize Ver. - Aerial drill action using a Kotobukiya stand (1/4)

Non Scale Gurrenlagann : Full Drillize Ver. - Aerial drill action using a Kotobukiya stand (2/4)

Aerial drill action using a Kotobukiya stand

Together with the normal version Gurren Lagann.

The Gurren Lagann : Full Drillize Ver. from Kotobukiya — released about five years ago — has suddenly come out as a color variant. It's a bit out of nowhere that it's only getting a variant now after all this time... but anyway, the paper drills from the original have been dropped and replaced with three runners of clear green drills in various sizes, and yet the price stays the same at ¥3800. By any normal cost logic the price should've gone up, but generous Kotobukiya is apparently just throwing in the drills as a freebie. ^^

The base figure itself is 100% identical to the normal version, with the concept being that you attach additional drills of various sizes on top of it. Except for the backpack — which has fixing pins for the drills built in from the start — all the drills on the body are meant to be glued on. The added drill runners include five sizes of small drill parts, but only three of those sizes are actually attached to the body; the rest seem to be there for you to use however you like, though they're honestly awkward sizes that don't have much use... (makes you wonder what the intent was..)

The small drills fit neatly into the little slots on the body, so a simple dab of glue is enough to hold them in place — except for the knee drills, where the surface you're gluing to and the back of the drill don't sit flush against each other, so you'll need to carefully apply glue around the edges and attach them with a bit of extra care.

Once you've stuck about 30 green drills all over the body like this, it definitely has a distinct look compared to the normal version. That said, the tips of these drills are extremely sharp, so handling the figure to pose it ends up being a lot more painful than you'd expect...; In my case, I got poked by the drill tips multiple times while bending the joints for the review shoot — it even drew blood at one point.. OTL

Along with the small drills on the body, the slightly larger drills that came in silver on the original are now provided in clear green as well, letting you deck the figure out in style. However, to attach these large drills to the hands, you'll need to remove the two small drills on the wrists first for them to fit properly. In my case, I didn't want to take off the wrist drills, so I tried forcing them on anyway — they do sort of hang on, but the wrist ends up looking like it's about to pop off, so it doesn't look great. ^^;

Anyway, I'm grateful that they put out such a colorful variant without a significant price hike, but the drill tips are sharper than you'd expect and do pose a real safety concern, so I'd recommend assembling this one carefully. The Kotobukiya Gurren Lagann was already a quality kit to begin with, and now there's a version with 32 green drills added on top of that — if you're a Gurren Lagann fan like me, this is pretty much a must-have. :-)

Non Scale Gurrenlagann : Full Drillize Ver. | 2012. 10 | ¥3,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.