SD BB Senshi Zakkun - Dalong.net

Release 1987.5

Price ¥300

Box art - side view

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

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 Zakkun - After applying the seals (1/2)

SD Zakkun - 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 load a BB into the hole on top of the bazooka.

A target board is included along with the main kit.

Target board

Hit the center with a BB and the target board spins horizontally.

A video I filmed myself showing the target gimmicks on all 6 original BB Senshi kits.

Bare-bones articulation — neck and shoulders rotate, and the legs alternate back and forth

Some action poses

Shooting game pose using the target

Together with BB Senshi Gundaman

--- General notes on the first 6 BB Senshi kits -----------------
Back in 1987, the very first 6 SD Gundam kits were released under the BB Senshi label. They were part of the "BB Senshi Survival Game" lineup, where you fire BBs from a spring-loaded bazooka to hit targets. The proportions are that cute 3-head-tall SD style with nice round, chubby volume. There's no color separation — just single-color molding with a few seals thrown in, and the articulation is kept as simple as possible.

The lineup consists of 6 kits: Gundaman, Zetaman 2, Dorakun, Zakkun, Zetaman, and Don — and while the designs differ, they all share exactly the same package contents and structural features. The BB-firing gimmick has a surprisingly decent kick to it — you can shoot in a straight line for about a meter with a satisfying "ping." On top of that, each kit comes with its own target that produces a different hit effect, so there's a real fun factor in trying to nail them with BBs. (See thevideo for reference.)

These 6 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 commanding prices many times their original value. They're pretty much impossible to track down anyway, so it's totally fine to just sit back and appreciate them as a piece of history — "huh, so something like this existed back then" ^^
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This kit is SD Zakkun, released as BB Senshi #4. It's based on Char's Zaku, and comes with a target board as its target gimmick — hit the center with a BB and the board spins horizontally.

The target parts were later dropped, and the body was reused for BB Senshi #33, Kage Ninja Shazaku— it seems like Zakkun, alongside Gundaman, is one of the lead-role suits that defined the very first SD lineup. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.