Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Megami Device Nodoka Takahata - Weapon mode from various angles (1/7)

Megami Device Nodoka Takahata - Weapon mode from various angles (2/7)

Megami Device Nodoka Takahata - Weapon mode from various angles (3/7)

Megami Device Nodoka Takahata - Weapon mode from various angles (4/7)

Megami Device Nodoka Takahata - Weapon mode from various angles (5/7)

Weapon mode from various angles

Megami Device Nodoka Takahata - Detail shots (1/4)

Megami Device Nodoka Takahata - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

Megami Device Nodoka Takahata - Weapon-removed body mode (1/3)

Weapon-removed body mode

Body mode exclusive parts

Massive Top Gear & Bottom Gear

Cross Gear and Short Gear included as weapons

The face can be swapped between three expressions.

A total of 8 hand parts are included.

Included stand

The apron can be swapped out to allow hip joint articulation.

Bonus compatibility parts included

Leftover parts

Limb articulation

Forward/backward shoulder articulation

Top Gear & Bottom Gear articulation

Megami Device Nodoka Takahata - Poses in bare mode (1/4)

Megami Device Nodoka Takahata - Poses in bare mode (2/4)

Poses in bare mode

Megami Device Nodoka Takahata - Pose with Top Gear weapons facing forward (1/4)

Megami Device Nodoka Takahata - Pose with Top Gear weapons facing forward (2/4)

Pose with Top Gear weapons facing forward

Megami Device Nodoka Takahata - Top Gear weapons facing forward pose 2 (1/3)

Top Gear weapons facing forward pose 2

Cross Gear attack pose with Top Gear weapons fully deployed

Megami Device Nodoka Takahata - Short Gear attack pose with Top Gear weapons facing rearward (1/3)

Short Gear attack pose with Top Gear weapons facing rearward

Top Gear weapon launch pose set up using a borrowed stand

Together with the previous release, Koashi Mutsumi [Lecture].

This kit is Takahata Nodoka, released as part of the Megami Device – Alice Gear Aegis collaboration series. It's an all-new tooling kit, and its standout feature is the massive Top Gear and Bottom Gear. Despite the complex build, it holds together excellently — a model girl kit done right.

The overall assembly shows solid connection strength, even by Kotobukiya standards. The color separation is great, and the snap-fit is excellent too, so there are barely any parts that need glue. The massive Top Gear and Bottom Gear come loaded with all sorts of articulated sections that can be deployed in various directions and angles, and every joint is tightened to just the right tension — meaning you can display it stably in pretty much any configuration, which is definitely worth praising.

That said, despite the large and flashy appearance, there's actually less to dig into than you might expect. It's got a satisfying sense of volume and solid baseline quality, but that ¥12,000 price tag does give your wallet a moment of hesitation. Either way, the kit itself is sturdy and impressively put together, so if the style speaks to you, this seems like a high-priced, high-quality girl kit well worth taking the plunge on :-)

Megami Device Nodoka Takahata | 2024.5 | ¥12,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.