Kit Review
Straight build
Size comparison with a cigarette pack.
Size comparison with HGUC and MG
For a 1/144 kit, it has the presence of a 1/100.
The wings on the back are quite large, but the center of gravity is easy to manage.
Upper body
Head
The green belly section is done in clear parts.
The front skirt armor is actually made up of three layered pieces, giving it excellent depth and dimension.
Wings on the back
Backpack section.
All the green parts are clear parts.
Arm section.
Color separation even covers the black areas on the back of the hands.
Legs
Those highly articulated chicken feet...;
Bird-head-shaped tail
The main joints use polycaps combined with serrated locking pins,
so despite the large size and transformation gimmick, the joint strength is really impressive.
Hands come in three sets: fists, weapon-holding hands, and open hands.
The green parts on the sword handles are all clear parts as well.
A dedicated stand is included.
Two Hi-Familiars are included.
The Hi-Familiar is a kind of reconnaissance unit.
Underside view
The Hi-Familiars can be attached to either side of the stand using the included rods, as shown.
Articulation...
The arms are pretty decent, but knee articulation in the default configuration is a bit lacking.
If you pull out the internal knee transformation gimmick, you can get this much bend out of it — but it doesn't look great...^^;
The forward/backward waist range of motion is very good.
The side-to-side tilt angle at the waist is quite generous.
The wings can be fully folded or spread wide open, as shown.
The forward/backward range of motion at the shoulders isn't all that great.
The shoulder armor moves individually forward and backward,
but it just keeps throwing off the pose rather than actually helping with articulation...;
Let's strike a pose first...
Power up!
Dis-Cutter action
Aerial action pose using the dedicated stand.
Looks pretty great on display.
Transformation
First, pull off the hands and tuck in the elbows to shorten the arms.
Tuck the head down into the body.
The head is stored by articulating the neck joint.
Temporarily remove the structure in the center of the back,
and you can adjust the waist height.
As shown, push the waist up into the upper body to shorten the overall body length.
Then reinsert the back structure — the elongated pin on the structure locks the upper body in its shortened state.
The bird-head section that looks like a tail can be extended outward.
It extends in two stages as shown,
and the head antenna is raised for the transformation.
Pull out the knee gimmick and the legs extend out like this.
Bend the knees 90 degrees forward and rotate the tail section to the front.
The neck section that swings forward can be locked firmly in place using two separate gimmicks.
Bring the four toes together.
Spread the wings wide open toward the back...
Fold the arms together as shown and the transformation is complete.
Cybird mode.
It's always been a bit of an awkward shape to call a bird... but hey, the fact that it transforms at all is what counts.
Together with the previously released non-scale Cybaster.
As you can see, the size difference isn't as big as you might expect.
With a bit of perspective, they almost look the same size.
Still, the difference in volume is quite noticeable.
The undisputed size champion — alongside the 1/144 Dygenguar at the same scale.
Cybaster's spec height is 28.48 meters while Dygenguar's is a whopping 55.4 meters,
so the exactly 2x difference makes perfect sense.