Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Megami Device SOL Strike Raptor - Detail shots (1/4)

Megami Device SOL Strike Raptor - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

You can remove the backpack and swap out the legs to put her in base body mode.

Base body mode

Megami Device SOL Strike Raptor - This kit is based on the SOL Strike Raptor, and the parts added from the SOL Hornet are sho

This kit is based on the SOL Strike Raptor,
and the parts added from the SOL Hornet are shown above.

All the original SOL Strike Raptor parts are included as well.

Built as the SOL Strike Raptor

Megami Device SOL Strike Raptor - With the Hornet's bob haircut added into the mix, you can now combine 3 different hairstyle

With the Hornet's bob haircut added into the mix, you can now combine 3 different hairstyles with 3 different facial expressions.

The weapons and accessories are the same as the original SOL Strike Raptor.

Leftover parts.

Limb articulation

Megami Device SOL Strike Raptor - Poses of the bare figure (1/4)

Megami Device SOL Strike Raptor - Poses of the bare figure (2/4)

Poses of the bare figure

Megami Device SOL Strike Raptor - Poses configured as the SOL Strike Raptor (1/3)

Poses configured as the SOL Strike Raptor

Megami Device SOL Strike Raptor - SOL Strike Raptor poses (1/8)

Megami Device SOL Strike Raptor - SOL Strike Raptor poses (2/8)

Megami Device SOL Strike Raptor - SOL Strike Raptor poses (3/8)

Megami Device SOL Strike Raptor - SOL Strike Raptor poses (4/8)

Megami Device SOL Strike Raptor - SOL Strike Raptor poses (5/8)

Megami Device SOL Strike Raptor - SOL Strike Raptor poses (6/8)

SOL Strike Raptor poses

Megami Device SOL Strike Raptor - Together with the SOL Hornet and SOL Strike Raptor. It's a kit mashed together from two kit

Together with the SOL Hornet and SOL Strike Raptor.
It's a kit mashed together from two kits, yet somehow it feels like a completely different thing.

The SOL Strike Raptor has been released as part of Kotobukiya's Megami Device lineup. It's product number 9-1, making it a variation kit of the No. 9 SOL Strike Raptor — essentially a hybrid kit that takes the SOL Strike Raptor parts and adds in some parts from the SOL Hornet.

So yes, it's just a combination of two existing kits with zero newly sculpted parts. But thanks to a significant change in molded colors and some clever rearrangement of parts, the end result looks surprisingly different from both the Hornet and the Strike Raptor — almost uncannily so. (Smart move, guys..) It's a kit that recycles existing parts in a way that feels both familiar and strangely fresh at the same time. Just like the Hornet and Strike Raptor, it delivers solid articulation, good joint strength, and a flashy accessory lineup that all come together for an impressive overall quality.

Either way, you've got to give them credit for cleverly squeezing out variations without spending much on new tooling — and if the look appeals to you, this is a cute little girlpla that's sure to be a fun build. :-)

Megami Device SOL Strike Raptor | 2019.4 | ¥6,300

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.