Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Size comparison with HGUC and MG

Upper body close-up

The color separation on the crotch area is impressive.

The head with its pointy forehead.

The arms with their flashy color combo, and the Zankantou handle section

The back section with the drills

Leg section

The leg and foot design itself is unique, and the color separation is pretty unusual too.

Includes one set of open and fist hands, plus one sword-gripping hand.

The Zankantou with its clean color separation.

The Zankantou is insanely long.. roughly 35cm or so?

Super Robot War Sladegelmir - The Zankantou is so enormously long that it makes the swords of the Grungust Type-0, Type-3, an

The Zankantou is so enormously long that it makes the swords of the Grungust Type-0, Type-3, and Dygenguar — which were already pretty big — look tiny by comparison.
To be precise, it's so long it's honestly more of a hassle than anything..;

Leftover parts

Articulation is just... average.

The drill on the backpack can also be raised upward like this.

Super Robot War Sladegelmir - Holding the Zankantou. As you can see.. the Zankantou is so insanely long that it's about 2.5 t

Holding the Zankantou.
As you can see.. the Zankantou is insanely long —
it's about 2.5 times the length of the body itself -_-;

Super Robot War Sladegelmir - Zankantou action! (1/3)

Zankantou action!

Super Robot War Sladegelmir - Bare-knuckle action. Pretty dynamic, more than I expected. (1/4)

Super Robot War Sladegelmir - Bare-knuckle action. Pretty dynamic, more than I expected. (2/4)

Bare-knuckle action.
Pretty dynamic, more than I expected.

Super Robot War Sladegelmir - The drills on the back can be detached and mounted on the hands instead of the fists, just like

The drills on the back, just like with the Grungust Type-3,
can be mounted on the hands instead of the fists by swapping out the rear parts.

Drills equipped!

Super Robot War Sladegelmir - Drill Boost Knuckle action! (1/4)

Super Robot War Sladegelmir - Drill Boost Knuckle action! (2/4)

Drill Boost Knuckle action!

Super Robot War Sladegelmir - Gathered up three guys known for their big swords. Sladegelmir's body may be on the smaller sid

Gathered up three guys known for their big swords.
Sladegelmir's body may be on the smaller side, but when it comes to sword length, it's hands-down the winner.

Together with the Huckebein.

The Super Robot Wars mecha character that brings a bird to mind — Sladegelmir — has been released. With its beak-like head and all those sharp, pointy body design elements, it's quite a distinctive kit.

True to Kotobukiya form, the fine color separation means it's already plenty colorful straight out of the box, and the overall gimmicks and articulation are decent. Joint strength is a step down compared to the Grungust series, but there's nothing that feels particularly loose overall. Also, just like the Grungust Type-3, it has two massive drills on the back that can be detached and mounted on the hands.

Sladegelmir's Zankantou clocks in at 35cm long, making it an absolutely massive size that puts every other kit's sword to shame. Because of that, action poses using the Zankantou are somewhat limited — no matter how sturdy the arm joints are, you just can't keep the center of gravity balanced, so you're basically stuck dragging it along the ground. And since the sword is so ridiculously long, it's hard to find display space for it, but if you try to have it held upright, it's too tall to fit in most display cases. It's a bit awkward to call these outright flaws, but they're definitely... complications. T_T

Overall it's a kit with very solid design accuracy and color separation, but the design is so unique that opinions are going to be pretty sharply divided. Either way, if you're drawn to unusual designs, it's definitely worth building without too much hesitation.

Super Robot War Sladegelmir | 2009. 4 | ¥4,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.