Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Hexa Gear Abyss Crawler - Various angles (1/6)

Hexa Gear Abyss Crawler - Various angles (2/6)

Hexa Gear Abyss Crawler - Various angles (3/6)

Hexa Gear Abyss Crawler - Various angles (4/6)

Various angles

Hexa Gear Abyss Crawler - The large Hiding Scissors can be used on either the left or right arm by swapping the upper and low

The large Hiding Scissors can be used on either the left or right arm by swapping the upper and lower armor panels.

Accessory parts

The Hiding Scissors with its armor opened and effect parts attached

You can open the cockpit hatch and seat a separately sold Governor character inside.

Hyde Scissors articulation

Each leg moves in 3 segments.

The connection point between the legs and the body can be extended like this.

Head section articulation

As usual, quite a few leftover parts with those messy joint shapes remain.

Hexa Gear Abyss Crawler - Hyde Scissors in action with Governor Armor Type: Pawn A1 on board (1/3)

Hyde Scissors in action with Governor Armor Type: Pawn A1 on board

Head anchor action using the wire parts

Poses using the effect parts

Hexa Gear Abyss Crawler - To transform into the second form, first rotate the head 180 degrees, then straighten and raise the

To transform into the second form, first rotate the head 180 degrees, then straighten and raise the waist section.

Position the head as shown above, then

Hexa Gear Abyss Crawler - Rotate both arms 180 degrees to the rear, press the upper body tightly against the lower body, and

Rotate both arms 180 degrees to the rear, press the upper body tightly against the lower body, and pull the Hiding Scissors downward.

Fold the toe tips in and extend the body connection points slightly — transformation complete.

Hexa Gear Abyss Crawler - Transformed into the second form (1/4)

Hexa Gear Abyss Crawler - Transformed into the second form (2/4)

Transformed into the second form

Together with the previous release, Motor Punisher LA version.

This kit is the Abyss Crawler from the Hexa Gear series. It has a style reminiscent of the Tachikoma from Ghost in the Shell — a multi-legged mech with six legs and two arms.

First off, thanks to the excellent color separation, a pretty colorful look is achieved even with just a straight build, and a cockpit is included that can seat a separately sold humanoid Governor. As for option parts, you get wire parts for the head anchor and effect parts that attach to the large claw arm known as the Hiding Scissors. The Hiding Scissors can be set up for either the left or right arm by swapping out the armor panels.

The Hiding Scissors has quite a wide range of motion, and each of the six legs moves individually in 3 segments, with the body connection points extendable like sub-arms. That said, just like with previous releases, the joint strength on the sub-arms that connect to the body feels a bit shaky — after repeated posing, there's a real risk of them giving out and the body collapsing downward. Having six legs does help distribute the weight enough to hold up, but the multi-legged mechs in the Hexa Gear line generally seem to need some improvement in joint strength.

There's also a simple transformation into a second form, though it really just shifts the body into a lower, more crouched stance, so it doesn't feel dramatically different. That said, as an original design mech, it's a unique and stylish kit, and if you reinforce the leg joint strength just a little, it's a pretty well-executed mecha plastic model overall. :-)

Hexa Gear Abyss Crawler | 2018.11 | ¥6,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.