Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Size comparison with HGUC / MG

Upper body

Head. Those side feathers are pretty unique.

Super Robot War Wildf a lken - The legs show a surprisingly decent level of color separation. (1/3)

The legs show a surprisingly decent level of color separation.

The wing-shaped Tesla Drive mounted on the back

Wildfalken's weapon, the Oxtongue Rifle. It's absolutely massive compared to the body size.

Super Robot War Wildf a lken - Includes 1 set of fists/beam saber hands and 1 rifle-holding hand. Unlike other kits, beam sab

Includes 1 set of fists/beam saber hands and 1 rifle-holding hand.
Unlike other kits, beam saber hands are included for both sides.

Super Robot War Wildf a lken - Very Kotobukiya — the hand proportions look great.. though they feel just a notch below the Hü

Very Kotobukiya — the hand proportions look great.. though they feel just a notch below the Hückebein's.

Super Robot War Wildf a lken - The rifle is absolutely huge, but the fixing hole in the palm and the rifle's fixing pin lock

The rifle is absolutely huge, but the fixing hole in the palm and the rifle's fixing pin lock together incredibly tight,
so it holds on really securely. Thank goodness...

A straightforward 90-degree articulation.

The shoulder armor can also be moved like that.

The Tesla Drive with its wide range of movement

Super Robot War Wildf a lken - Giant rifle action! The pose looks a bit off-balance, but it holds together relatively stably.

Giant rifle action!
The pose looks a bit off-balance, but it holds together relatively stably.
The grip strength in particular is really satisfying. (Bandai, take notes..)

Super Robot War Wildf a lken - Oxtongue Rifle action. (1/4)

Super Robot War Wildf a lken - Oxtongue Rifle action. (2/4)

Oxtongue Rifle action.

Super Robot War Wildf a lken - Double beam saber action (1/3)

Double beam saber action

Together with the previous Super Robot Wars kits.
Everyone's rocking their own colorful look.

Wildfalken has arrived as the 5th Super Robot Wars kit. First off, true to Kotobukiya form, this is a kit with overall excellent color separation — not perfect, but they've done their best to break down even the smaller parts nicely, so even a straight build gives you a pretty colorful result.

That said, a lot of the smaller parts don't hold together very well, so I'd strongly recommend gluing them down before they go flying off into the void. The shoulder structure in particular has a tendency to spontaneously disassemble (??) without glue.. so it's best to secure those parts with adhesive whenever possible.

Once you've got all those loose parts properly glued down, the overall poly-cap joint strength is actually better than previous Kotobukiya kits, giving the whole thing a solid, stable feel. The big Oxtongue Rifle in particular connects to the hand really well and holds on super firmly — which makes striking action poses a breeze. Given the size of that rifle, the grip gets a perfect 100 out of 100. (Learn from this, Bandai!)

The Tesla Drive on the back also has great articulation, though it doesn't spread out fully open like in the official specs.
(The full Tesla Drive deployment will be implemented in future limited and combined editions.)

The molded colors are a bit of a mixed bag though — the bright blue and the somewhat yellowish body color feel a little... candy toy-ish in places. It's kind of soft and pastel-looking from one angle, and from another it can look a bit... cheap, but the color combination itself is actually pretty nice.

Overall, it's a great kit that shows Kotobukiya's lineup is steadily maturing. :-)

Super Robot War Wildfalken | 2005. 6 | ¥2,400

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.