Kotobukiya Super Robot War 1/100

Wildwürger

Kit Review

Straight build

The Wildwürger Heavy Armor Type/High Mobility Type conversion kit has been released as the 4th entry in the Super Robot Wars 1/100 series. The Wildwürger was previously released in 1/144 scale as separate Heavy Armor and High Mobility kits, but the 1/100 lets you build both in one package. The heavy armor can be attached and detached with a fairly secure fit, and the transition from High Mobility Type to Heavy Armor Type is quite smooth.

First of all, as with Super Robot Wars kits in general, the 1/100 scale kits are impressively large. They're big enough to make most MGs look small by comparison — roughly the size of the MG Sazabi, give or take.

The 1/144 Wildwürger kits already had excellent color separation, but the 1/100 takes it even further with more detailed and precise color separation thanks to the larger scale. The High Mobility Type in particular does a great job of capturing that wild color combination, giving it an almost sculptural quality — the sculpting and color work are both outstanding.

Despite its large size, the joint strength is quite stable as you'd expect from a modern high-end kit. Articulation is above average and it holds poses easily no matter what you put it in. The sheer number of parts from the large size and detailed color separation makes it quite heavy, but it's a big step up from the early Hückebein Mk-II 1/100.

The 1/100 Wildwürger comes with an LED unit for the eyes, and since it uses two LR44 batteries, the light output is no joke. It's a little puzzling why they made it so bright, but the effect is definitely impressive.

Overall the kit quality itself is quite satisfying, but the ¥7800 price tag is probably the biggest hurdle. It's an expensive kit, but you do get an enormous number of parts and a dazzling color scheme to show for it — so if you're into big, flashy kits, this one is well worth recommending. :-)

Super Robot War 1/100 Wildwürger | 2009.1 | ¥7,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.