Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Size comparison with HGUC/MG

Upper body and arms

Super Robot War H u ckbein 009 - The head. Since this is based on the first-edition kit where the runners aren't pre-painted,

Head.
Since this is based on the first-edition kit where the runners aren't pre-painted, it looks a bit bare...

The duct on the crotch area is also left unpainted.

Backpack

Legs

The weapon loadout is different from the original blue Huckebein 009.

The two rifles included with the Huckebein 009 version

Magna Beam Rifle

Photon Rifle

Super Robot War H u ckbein 009 - 7 hand types are included: fist hands, weapon-gripping hands, open hands, and beam saber han

7 hand types are included: fist hands, weapon-gripping hands, open hands, and beam saber hands.
Compared to the blue Huckebein, two extra weapon-gripping hands have been added.

Very Kotobukiya of them.. the hands have a nice resin-like feel to them.

Articulation is, well, just so-so as expected..

Super Robot War H u ckbein 009 - Photon Rifle action. The arm articulation isn't great, so it's not easy to get a pose where

Photon Rifle action.
The arm articulation isn't great, so it's not easy to get a pose where the weapon is supported with one hand.. ;

Super Robot War H u ckbein 009 - Magna Beam Rifle action (1/3)

Magna Beam Rifle action

Super Robot War H u ckbein 009 - Dual guns! (1/4)

Super Robot War H u ckbein 009 - Dual guns! (2/4)

Dual guns!

A pose straight out of a Hong Kong action movie..

Beam saber action

Together with its predecessor, the Huckebein 008.

Super Robot War H u ckbein 009 - The blue Huckebein is a revised edition with added partial paint applications, while the gre

The blue Huckebein is a revised edition with added partial paint applications,
while the green Huckebein 009 is a color variant based on the first-edition kit..
The eyes/ears/shoulders/front skirt are left unpainted.
Flip that around, and you can clearly see exactly which areas got painted in the revised blue Huckebein.

Following the Huckebein, the color variant kit Huckebein 009 has been released.
The blue original Huckebein is equipped with a Black Hole Engine, while the green Huckebein
is set up with a Plasma Generator Engine — and it appears in the GBA Super Robot Wars OG game.

As you can see, it's basically a color variant kit with just the molded colors swapped,
so the fundamental characteristics are the same as the previous blue Huckebein — but since it's a
variation based on the first-edition Huckebein, there are a few shortcomings
compared to the revised edition. The polycap situation isn't hugely different, but the
partial paint applications are where you really notice the gap.. specifically, the
eyes/ears/shoulder ducts/front skirt ducts have all been released without any paint.

In terms of contents, the weapons have been swapped out — the Black Hole Cannon
and stand are gone, replaced by two new weapons: the Photon Rifle and the Magna Beam Rifle.
Two rifle-gripping hands have also been added to go along with them. The weapon
detail is decent enough, but there's absolutely no color separation on them.

The issue is that Huckebein 009 has a bit of a limited-edition character to it compared
to the blue Huckebein, so it hasn't been reprinted as a revised edition.
It's ended up as a rare item stuck in its first-edition, rough-around-the-edges state. Kotobukiya
acted like it was going to be a limited release from the start, then put it in the regular lineup —
honestly not sure what they were thinking.. ^^;

Anyway, since it carries all the flaws of the first-edition Huckebein,
the weak polycaps and joints make it hard to call this a quality kit.
With the partial paint missing too, it ends up looking even more bare.. On the plus side,
the green molded color came out really nicely and rich-looking. Being a rare limited-edition
item is probably its biggest selling point. :-)

Super Robot War Huckebein 009 | 2004. 5 | ¥2,400

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.