Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Upper body front and back

Head section.
Combat-san has no articulation in her hair.

Inside of the back of the head

Legs

Hoihoi-san Combat-san - You can cut out part of the manual and attach it as an underskirt. Feels like playing with paper doll

You can cut out part of the manual and attach it as an underskirt.
Feels like playing with paper dolls for the first time in ages.. ^^;

Hoihoi-san Combat-san - The method of disassembling the face and swapping in eyes facing left, center, and right is the same

The method of disassembling the face and swapping in eyes facing left, center, and right is
the same as Hoihoi-san.

Hoihoi-san Combat-san - There are 4 sets of hand parts in total. Both hands have different grip shapes depending on the weapo

There are 4 sets of hand parts in total.
Both hands have different grip shapes depending on the weapon type.

Combat-san's weapons: the Stun Unit and Rapid Rifle.

The bare figure alone

Arm and leg articulation is on a similar level to Hoihoi-san.

Hoihoi-san Combat-san - When you raise the arm to the side, the shoulder cover on the clothing lifts upward to make room for

When you raise the arm to the side, the shoulder cover on the clothing lifts upward
to make room for the arm to move.

The waist has a good range of forward/backward motion, which really helps when posing.

Hoihoi-san Combat-san - Both the front and back of the feet are on ball joints for better posing, but the front foot section

Both the front and back of the feet are on ball joints for better posing, but
the front foot section tends to pop off fairly easily.

Salute!

Hoihoi-san Combat-san - Boxing stance (1/3)

Boxing stance

Hoihoi-san Combat-san - Alert stance from the manual cover (1/4)

Hoihoi-san Combat-san - Alert stance from the manual cover (2/4)

Alert stance from the manual cover

Hoihoi-san Combat-san - Stun Unit pose (1/4)

Hoihoi-san Combat-san - Stun Unit pose (2/4)

Stun Unit pose

Hoihoi-san Combat-san - Rapid Rifle pose (1/3)

Rapid Rifle pose

Hoihoi-san Combat-san - Firing pose (1/3)

Firing pose

Hoihoi-san Combat-san - Fully armed (1/4)

Hoihoi-san Combat-san - Fully armed (2/4)

Fully armed

Together with Hoihoi-san.
Combat-san is noticeably taller.

The Hoihoi-san series trio

Following Hoihoi-san, Combat-san — who appears as her rival in the story — has now been released.
Combat-san, who does battle with Hoihoi-san, has a slightly more mature (?) concept,
and the kit itself is larger and more slender than Hoihoi-san.

First off, the overall proportions are very well done, as you'd expect from Kotobukiya,
and the articulation gimmicks and relatively solid joint strength are
executed just as well as Hoihoi-san. The articulation isn't exceptional,
but given the nature of the kit, even a little posing goes a long way in terms of looking cool —
and being more slender than Hoihoi-san seems to give the poses a very different feel.

The color separation is handled well enough, and the molded colors look great,
so the visual satisfaction after a straight build is quite high. One particularly fun touch is
that you cut out the lace underskirt section from the manual with scissors and layer it under the skirt —
and it actually looks surprisingly convincing.

The feet, which are ball-jointed at both the front and back, do allow for a wider variety of poses
compared to Hoihoi-san, but the front foot section tends to pop off easily, which is a bit of a letdown.
Also, unlike Hoihoi-san, Combat-san's straight hair has no articulation,
so there's less you can do expressively with it. On top of that, the overall kit contents
are more modest than Hoihoi-san's — with only 2 weapons, the box can feel a little light when you open it.
That said, the two kits are so different in character that it's probably not fair to compare them
purely on quantity.

Hoihoi-san, which is pioneering the unique genre of cute-girl robot plastic models,
can be considered quite a success. Bandai is also building out the action figure model genre
with their Songoku series, but the vibe is completely different.
For guys especially, the cute and pretty Hoihoi-san side just seems more fun.
And female modelers are probably more likely to gravitate toward this kind of adorable style kit too. :-)

Compared to Hoihoi-san, Combat-san has the appeal of being larger and more slender,
making her a genuinely attractive cute-girl figure model kit.
She ranks among the higher-quality offerings in the Kotobukiya lineup,
so if the style appeals to you, this is definitely a fun build with no worries about quality.
That said, ¥3000 does feel a little pricey relative to the amount of content included. :-)

Hoihoi-san Combat-san | 2010. 4 | ¥3,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.