Kit Review

Straight build

Real Mechanical Collection Hannibal PKO ver. - Size comparison with a cigarette pack. It's about the same size a

Size comparison with a cigarette pack.
It's about the same size as a typical 1/144 Gunpla.

Real Mechanical Collection Hannibal PKO ver. (1/2)

Real Mechanical Collection Hannibal PKO ver. (2/2)

Real Mechanical Collection Hannibal PKO ver. (1/3)

Real Mechanical Collection Hannibal PKO ver. (2/3)

Real Mechanical Collection Hannibal PKO ver. (3/3)

Upper body front and back

Real Mechanical Collection Hannibal PKO ver. - The head(?) area. It's hard to tell where it ends since it's inte

The head(?) area.
It's hard to tell where it ends since it's integrated with the torso..

Various structures on the upper body

The Gatling gun — every guy's dream..

Backpack detail. It has a somewhat military-style look to it.

Real Mechanical Collection Hannibal PKO ver. - Arms and hands. There are 2 hands included with subtly different

Arms and hands.
There are 2 hands included with subtly different finger positions, but the difference is really minimal;;
It would've been nicer if the fingers were articulated, but unfortunately they're fixed.

Real Mechanical Collection Hannibal PKO ver. - The legs. (1/2)

Real Mechanical Collection Hannibal PKO ver. - The legs. (2/2)

Leg section.

The cockpit hatch can be opened too.

Real Mechanical Collection Hannibal PKO ver. - Articulation is just... so-so. Can't really say it's particularly

Articulation is just... so-so. Can't really say it's particularly good.

Real Mechanical Collection Hannibal PKO ver. - Some action poses. The leg range of motion isn't great so it's ha

An action pose of sorts.
The leg range of motion isn't great so it's hard to get good poses.

Real Mechanical Collection Hannibal PKO ver. - What's unusual about this kit is... rather than having articulate

What's unusual about this kit is... rather than having articulated joints, it actually recommends swapping out the joints themselves.

Real Mechanical Collection Hannibal PKO ver. - As you can see in the photos above, the idea is to swap out the h

As you can see in the photos above, the idea is to swap out the hip and knee joints entirely to achieve action poses.
In the lore, these are joint areas covered by soft armor, so it would've been great if they'd used PVC material with internal joints like the MG Ingram,
but it's a bit of a missed opportunity.

Real Mechanical Collection Hannibal PKO ver. - With the articulated hip joints swapped in. Suddenly it turns int

With the articulated hip joints swapped in.
Suddenly it turns into a wide-stancer..

Real Mechanical Collection Hannibal PKO ver. - Action poses with the new joints in place. It's not a huge differ

Action poses with the new joints in place.
It's not a huge difference, but it is a little better. ^^;

Real Mechanical Collection Hannibal PKO ver. - Together with the Hellhound from the same RMC series. Both are me

Together with the Hellhound from the same RMC series.
Both are mechs that appear in Patlabor: The Movie 2.

Different scale, but here it is alongside the 1/35 MG Ingram.

The RMC (Real Mechanic Collection) lineup, which I thought mainly released aircraft from anime, has now added a new robot-type entry: the "Hannibal PKO ver." The Hannibal, like its predecessor the Hellhound, is a mech from Patlabor: The Movie 2, and is a humanoid labor just like the Patlabor units.

Now, the Hannibal comes in a white PKO version and a green JSDF version, and this release is the PKO version. They'll probably put out the green JSDF version down the line too — it might've been chosen first precisely because a simple color variant is easy to do. :-)

Since the RMC series openly focuses on realism as its core concept, even the robot-type Hannibal kit goes for a dense, military-style detail approach. The assembly process itself often involves gluing small parts together, and the panel lines and details are clearly going for that military aesthetic.

Because of that, articulation seems to have taken a back seat compared to other kits. The range of motion itself isn't great, and the rubber-covered joints that are a hallmark of Patlabor have just been molded in plain plastic here. Soft parts are tricky to paint, so they probably went with plastic parts out of consideration for painters... but as a result, articulation ends up being pretty limited. Instead, the kit has you swap out the soft parts for articulated parts when you want action poses.

Overall quality is hard to call either good or bad, but the concept does seem fairly clear. At its core, this is a kit for people who enjoy painting or love military-style mechs — if you're interested in snap-together fun and articulation like an action figure, this one's not for you. That said, I do think there's something to be said for a kit with a clear, defined concept rather than a wishy-washy one.. ^^;

Real Mechanical Collection Hannibal PKO ver. | 2008. 11 | ¥4,200

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.