Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack.

Hexa Gear Governor : Bump Up Expander (1/2)

Hexa Gear Governor : Bump Up Expander (2/2)

Hexa Gear Governor : Bump Up Expander - Two hand cannons are included as weapons, and they can be mounted on the rear using j

Two hand cannons are included as weapons, and they can be mounted on the rear using joint parts.

A total of 7 different hand types are included.

Leftover parts

Excellent limb articulation

It's a small kit, but it even has a hip slide mechanism.

The shoulders also swing forward quite a bit.

Waist articulation

Hexa Gear Governor : Bump Up Expander - Action poses (1/6)

Hexa Gear Governor : Bump Up Expander - Action poses (2/6)

Hexa Gear Governor : Bump Up Expander - Action poses (3/6)

Hexa Gear Governor : Bump Up Expander - Action poses (4/6)

Action poses

Hexa Gear Governor : Bump Up Expander - Hand cannon action (1/4)

Hexa Gear Governor : Bump Up Expander - Hand cannon action (2/4)

Hand cannon action

Hexa Gear Governor : Bump Up Expander - Together with the Governor Paraphone Expander's body. As you can see, it's a kit that

Together with the Governor Paraphone Expander's body.
As you can see, it's a kit that takes the same concept and scales up the size and detail.

This kit is the Governor : Bump Up Expander, released as part of Kotobukiya's Hexa Gear series. It's an upscaled version of the body from the previously released Governor Paraphone Expander — bumped up, just as the name suggests. It's grown about 30% taller, but the volume you actually feel in hand is much larger and heftier than that.

The overall silhouette is pretty similar, but there are quite a few design changes here and there. In particular, the larger size brings noticeably finer detail, and the articulation joints have been further refined as well. Thanks to that, it delivers top-tier articulation — the hip slide mechanism and shoulder rotation gimmick are especially well executed. On top of that, the joint strength is rock solid across the board, making this one of the best action figure-style plastic model kits out there.

One downside is that the gatling blade included with the Governor Paraphone Expander is missing here — though it has been released separately. The only weapons included are two hand cannons, which can be mounted on the rear using joint parts. The armament is a bit sparse, but the main body itself is so well put together that you can still pull off a wide variety of fun poses with ease.

Anyway, even with the size increase, it's still a small kit at around 10cm, but it's a surprisingly dense and well-packed build for its size. If you've been a Hexa Gear series fan who always felt the Governor series was just too small and too simple in terms of gimmicks, this looks like a clean, satisfying kit that should definitely hit the spot. :-)

Hexa Gear Governor : Bump Up Expander | 2022.1 | ¥3,600

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.