Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

This kit is a combined set of Hoihoi-san Mini and Minimini-san.

Hoihoi-san Mini with Minimini-san - Detail shots. (1/3)

Detail shots.

Three types of hands are included in total.

For weapons, you get two — a hand gatling gun and a pumping gun.

Hoihoi-san Mini with Minimini-san - Pumping gun action. (1/3)

Pumping gun action.

Hoihoi-san Mini with Minimini-san - Hand gatling gun action. (1/3)

Hand gatling gun action.

Minimini-san is closer to a pre-painted figure than a plastic model kit.

Only the arms and neck have any articulation.

Hoihoi-san Mini + Minimini-san combined action.

Hoihoi-san Mini with Minimini-san - Alongside the Hoihoi-san Mini that was previously released as a bundle with Ho

Alongside the Hoihoi-san Mini that was previously released as a bundle with Hoihoi Carry.
It's the exact same kit structurally — only the molded colors have changed to a yellow head and black underskirt.

Together with the standard Hoihoi-san.

Together with Combat-san Rookie, which shares the same concept.

Separate from the Hoihoi-san Mini + Hoihoi Carry bundle that was a Kotobukiya Shop exclusive, Hoihoi-san Mini has now gotten a general retail release. It's the same body as the previous Hoihoi-san Mini with just the molded colors changed, but this general release swaps out Hoihoi Carry for Minimini-san as the bonus inclusion.

Since the body is identical to the previous Hoihoi-san Mini with only the molded colors changed — yellow head and black underskirt — all the characteristics carry over from the original. The arms and legs are short and the joints are simplified, so pulling off a wide variety of poses is a bit tricky. As for weapons, the hand gatling gun and pumping gun that came with Hoihoi-san Mini with Hoihoi Carry are included here, now molded in yellow.

The bundled Minimini-san is a snap-together pre-painted figure-style kit, and the colors and overall finish are really nice. That said, the design itself feels more bizarre than cute, so it's a little hard to call it pretty;

Either way, this kit is significant simply for the fact that the previously limited Hoihoi-san Mini is now getting a general retail release. If you can get past the ¥2800 price tag, it'd make a great gift for anyone who loves cute little kits like Combat-san Rookie. ^^

Hoihoi-san Mini with Minimini-san | 2013.8 | ¥2,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.