Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Medarot KWG06-C Tyrell Beetle - Detail shots (1/4)

Medarot KWG06-C Tyrell Beetle - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

3 interchangeable eye parts

Clear sword parts

A total of 3 sets of hands are included.

Accessories for transformation and combination

Medal stored on the back

The limb articulation is surprisingly quite good.

Medarot KWG06-C Tyrell Beetle - You can increase the ankle range of motion by using the ankle extension gimmick for transform

You can increase the ankle range of motion by using the ankle extension gimmick for transformation.

Medarot KWG06-C Tyrell Beetle - Action poses (1/7)

Medarot KWG06-C Tyrell Beetle - Action poses (2/7)

Medarot KWG06-C Tyrell Beetle - Action poses (3/7)

Medarot KWG06-C Tyrell Beetle - Action poses (4/7)

Medarot KWG06-C Tyrell Beetle - Action poses (5/7)

Action poses

To transform into Mighty Reckless Mode, you first need to detach the limbs.

Remove the hands, then rotate the shoulders 90 degrees downward.

Raise the binders 90 degrees, then rotate the shoulders 90 degrees backward.

Medarot KWG06-C Tyrell Beetle - Rotate the binders another 90 degrees to cover the arms, then open the cover, remove the auxi

Rotate the binders another 90 degrees to cover the arms.
Open the cover, remove the auxiliary parts, and plug in the separate wings in their place.

For the legs, simply bend the thighs and extend the feet.

Raise the head 90 degrees upward, then move the chest armor and attach it below the neck.

Separate the lower body as shown above, then

Add wings to the rear skirt, then plug it into the separate transformation hip joint.

Reattach the limbs and body as shown above to complete the transformation.

Mighty Reckless Mode

Underside

A gimmick to recreate the Nabam attack state.

Medarot KWG06-C Tyrell Beetle - By adding two joint parts on top, you can combine it with Arc Beetle Dash's Mighty Reckless M

By adding two joint parts on top, you can combine it with Arc Beetle Dash's Mighty Reckless Mode.

Medarot KWG06-C Tyrell Beetle - Remove just the upper body of Arc Beetle Dash's Mighty Reckless Mode, connect the arm and sho

Remove just the upper body of Arc Beetle Dash's Mighty Reckless Mode.
Connect the arm and shoulder joints using the separate joint parts included in this kit, then combine them together.

Arc Beetle Dash + KWG06-C Tyrell Beetle Mighty Reckless Mode combined shot

Together with the previous release, Arc Beetle Dash.

KWG06-C Tyrell Beetle has been released as part of Kotobukiya's Medabots lineup. It's got a striking design thanks to those large binders behind the shoulders, which also make the kit feel much bigger than it actually is. In many ways, this feels like a distinctly different design compared to the previous releases.

Above all, the articulation is excellent — even demanding poses like a kneeling position are pulled off well. And with four clear beam sword parts, you can pull off some pretty flashy poses too. Joint strength isn't perfect, but it's solid enough to hold action poses reasonably well.

The Medabots series has generally had poor joint strength due to its simple ball joints, but despite being the largest kit in the lineup, KWG06-C Tyrell Beetle actually has the best joint strength of the bunch. That said, joints still pop off quite a bit during posing and transformation, which is a bit annoying — though it's still an improvement over the previous releases.

Like the previous Arc Beetle Dash, transformation into Mighty Reckless Mode is possible here too. The transformation is relatively clean, and the stability after transforming isn't bad either. With the addition of auxiliary parts, the combination with Arc Beetle Dash's Reckless Mode is also recreated — though Arc Beetle Dash's poor joint stability made the combining process take quite a while. T_T

Anyway, while it's improved, the joint strength is still not entirely satisfying. That said, overall build quality outside of the joints is quite good. Since this is ultimately a kit made for Medabots game fans, for some people it's probably just great that it exists at all. :-)

Medarot KWG06-C Tyrell Beetle | 2019. 1 | ¥5,500

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.