SD BB Senshi Don - Dalong.net

Release 1987.7

Price ¥300

Box art from the side

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

Runners

Parts diagram

Along with the assembly manual, a series guide sheet and a character card are included.

Manual

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Front view of straight build before stickers

After applying stickers

The body without weapons

The weapons included are a bazooka and a heat saber.

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

Along with the main kit, a Hyaku-Shiki target is included as well.

Hyaku-Shiki target

When hit by a BB, it spins horizontally in the direction of the hit.

A video I filmed myself showing the hit actions of all 6 early BB Senshi targets.

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

Some action poses

Shooting game pose using the target

Group shot of the original 6 BB Senshi kits

--- Common notes on the original 6 BB Senshi kits -----------------
In 1987, the first 6 SD Gundam kits were released under the BB Senshi label. They were part of the "BB Senshi Snival Game" lineup, where you fire BBs from a spring-loaded bazooka to hit targets. The proportions are cute and stubby — a 3-head-tall chibi style with nice rounded volume. Color separation is nonexistent, with single-color molding and just a few seals provided, and the articulation is kept as simple as possible.

The lineup consists of 6 kits: Gundaman, Zetaman 2, Dorakun, Zakun, Zetaman, and Don. While the designs differ, they all share exactly the same package contents and structural features. The BB-firing mechanism has a surprisingly decent kick — it can shoot in a straight line for about a meter with a satisfying snap. On top of that, each kit comes with a 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 practically impossible to track down anyway, so it's totally fine to just sit back and appreciate them as a piece of history — "oh wow, something like this existed back then" is more than enough. ^^
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This kit is SD Don, released as BB Senshi #6. It's based on the Dom, and the included target is a Hyaku-Shiki — hit it with a BB and it spins horizontally.

The body was later reused — minus the target parts — as BB Senshi #34, Musha Dom. As the last of the original 6 BB Senshi kits, its significance lies in being part of the founding family of SD Gundam. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.