SD BB Senshi Dorakun

Release 1987.5

Price ¥300

Box art — side view

Group shot of the BB Senshi #1–6 box lineup — the series that kicked off the SD Gundam line

Runners

Parts diagram

Included alongside the assembly manual are a series guide sheet and a character card.

Manual

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Front view of straight build before stickers

SD Dorakun - After applying the seals (1/2)

SD Dorakun - After applying the seals (2/2)

After applying stickers

The body without weapons

A bazooka is included as the weapon

28 blue BBs are included — you cock the trigger, then drop a BB into the hole on top of the bazooka to fire

Along with the main figure, two target flags are included in the box.

Target flags

When a BB hits a flag, it spins and drops down one level.

A video I filmed myself showing the target actions for all six original BB Senshi kits.

Basic articulation — neck and shoulders rotate, legs alternate forward and back

Some action poses

Shooting game pose using the target

Together with BB Senshi Gundaman 2

--- General notes on the first six BB Senshi kits -----------------
In 1987, the first six SD Gundam kits were released under the BB Senshi label. They were part of the "BB Senshi Snival Game" lineup — spring-loaded bazookas that fire BBs at targets — and feature a cute 3-head-tall proportion with a nice rounded, chubby look. The molded color is single-color with no color separation, a few seals are provided, and the articulation is kept as simple as possible.

The lineup consists of six kits: Gundaman, Zetaman 2, Dorakun, Jakun, Zetaman, and Don — all sharing the exact same package contents and structural design, just with different looks. The BB-firing gimmick has more kick than you'd expect; it can shoot in a straight line for about a meter with a satisfying snap. On top of that, each kit comes with its own target that produces a different hit effect, so there's real fun in trying to nail them with BBs. (See thevideo for reference.)

These six kits were later reused as the base bodies for the SD Gundam Musha 7-nin Shuu arc, and today they've become top-tier rare items going for dozens of times their original price. They're practically impossible to track down anyway, so it's perfectly fine to just sit back and appreciate them as a piece of history — "oh wow, something like this existed back then" — and leave it at that. ^^
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This kit is SD Zeta-man Dorakun, released as BB Senshi #3. It's based on the Dreissen, and comes with two flags as targets — when you hit a flag with a BB, it spins and drops down one level.

The target parts were later dropped and BB Senshi #35 Musha Dreissenreused the body as its base. It's still single-color molding, but unlike the earlier kits, that deep blue really does make it stand out. Either way, it's about as old-school as it gets — but it's also a genuinely historic kit. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.