Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Size comparison with HGUC and MG.
It's almost MG 1/100 scale in size.

The colorful upper body..

The head with a figure-like feel

The red head piece is hefty like resin and has excellent depth.

Super Robot War Valsione - Shoulders, arms, and weapons. (1/3)

Shoulders, arms, and weapons.

Super Robot War Valsione - Legs with great color separation (1/3)

Legs with great color separation

Super Robot War Valsione - The face has a very similar material and feel to Kotobukiya figures, and comes with 2 interchangea

The face has a very similar material and feel to Kotobukiya figures,
and comes with 2 interchangeable facial expressions.

Super Robot War Valsione - The head cover is hefty like resin. The back of the head has a joint so you can adjust the angle t

The head cover is hefty like resin.
The back of the head has a joint so you can adjust the angle too.

Super Robot War Valsione - Included are one set each of weapon-holding hands, open hands, and fist hands, plus one support ha

Included are one set each of weapon-holding hands, open hands, and fist hands, plus one support hand.

Super Robot War Valsione - The weapon called the Divine Arm comes in two forms: stored in its scabbard (left) and with the sc

The weapon called the Divine Arm comes in the form stored in its scabbard (left),
and the form with the scabbard and blade separated (right) — both are included.
Since the scabbard deploys up and down after separating, it seems they just included both as separate pieces.

There aren't many leftover parts.

Super Robot War Valsione - Articulation is better than 90 degrees. However, when you raise the legs up high, the small skirt

Articulation is better than 90 degrees.
However, when you raise the legs up high, the small skirt pieces tend to pop off easily.

The wings on the back move across quite a wide range.

Super Robot War Valsione - Basic cool poses (1/3)

Basic cool poses

Firing pose

Unsheathing pose

Super Robot War Valsione - Divine Arm action. A notable feature is that the scabbard portion is also used as a weapon. (1/5)

Super Robot War Valsione - Divine Arm action. A notable feature is that the scabbard portion is also used as a weapon. (2/5)

Super Robot War Valsione - Divine Arm action. A notable feature is that the scabbard portion is also used as a weapon. (3/5)

Divine Arm action.
A notable feature is that the scabbard portion is also used as a weapon.

Together with the Hückebein.
Valsione really is quite big.

Another unique robot has been added to Kotobukiya's Super Robot Wars series, which keeps putting out all kinds of distinctive mecha. That's the Valsione (a.k.a. "Val, so refreshing!"...) — a giant humanoid mech in armor — and from the looks of it, it's an injection kit that gives off a real figure-like vibe.

First off, the most distinctive feature — the humanoid head — uses virtually the same material and techniques as actual figures, and just like a pre-painted figure, you can swap between 2 different facial expressions. The body excluding the head is made of pure injection parts, and the feel of building it isn't all that different from your typical Kotobukiya kit.

Overall, the color separation on the body is quite well done, and a straight build gets you pretty close to the design specs, but it does seem to need a bit more gluing compared to other kits. There are quite a few parts that come apart with snap-fit alone, so this is a kit where I'd strongly recommend just gluing everything together from the start.

Joint strength is fine overall — stiff enough to be satisfying to handle — but the movable skirt pieces tend to pop off with leg movement, which is a bit of a concern. Articulation is decent enough, though in practice there don't seem to be all that many poses you can actually pull off. Then again, there aren't many Kotobukiya kits where you'd expect flashy posing to begin with, so... ^^;

Anyway, if you're after a unique plastic model, Valsione — with its combination of figure and injection parts — is worth recommending. It might feel a little off compared to Bandai, but among Kotobukiya kits, it seems like a relatively solid release. :-)

Super Robot War Valsione | 2009. 2 | ¥4,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.