SD BB Senshi Shining Gundam

Release 1994.7

Price ¥500

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Runners

Parts diagram

Manual

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Front view of straight build before stickers

SD Shining Gundam - After applying seals (1/2)

SD Shining Gundam - After applying seals (2/2)

After applying stickers

The Core Lander's cockpit can also be opened.

The kit comes with a beam stun gun and beam saber as weapons.

The beam stun gun features a spring-loaded projectile firing gimmick.

Various clear parts can be added to the beam stun gun.

Configured as a beam launcher

With wings added, configured as the Crystal Shining Bird

With the Core Lander added, configured as the Crystal Lander

The back of the head, shoulders, and forearms can be deployed to achieve Super Mode.

Super Mode

SD Shining Gundam - To achieve Shining Bird Mode, the head structure and shoulders are deployed further upward, then clear pa

To achieve Shining Bird Mode, the head structure and shoulders are deployed further upward, then clear parts are added.

Shining Bird Mode

SD Shining Gundam - On top of the basic SD articulation with rotating shoulders and feet, a joint that raises the arms out to

On top of the basic SD articulation with rotating shoulders and feet, a joint that raises the arms out to the sides has been added.

Action pose

Together with BB Senshi V Dash Gundam.

This is the SD Shining Gundam released as BB Senshi No. 132. As the first kit in the BB Senshi G Gundam series, it reproduces the design colors with solid sculpting, color separation, and seals. The kit's highlights are the Core Lander attachment/detachment feature and a variety of option parts.

First off, the Super Mode transformation gimmick — arguably Shining Gundam's biggest feature — is pulled off better than expected. Aside from the forearm armor, which is repositioned by swapping parts, everything else is reproduced with movable joints. You can also open the gimmick a bit further and add separate clear parts to put it into Shining Bird Mode.

On top of that, you can add clear parts to the beam stun gun (which has a spring-loaded projectile firing gimmick) in stages to build it up into a beam launcher or Crystal Shining Bird — and tack on the Core Lander to turn it into the Crystal Lander as well. As for articulation, the basic SD joint range is there, with an extra joint added for raising the shoulders upward, and the variety of option parts makes for some pretty fun posing options.

So this is an old-school SD kit whose appeal lies in its generous options and the range of modes it can recreate. For reference, in 1999 it was repackaged and released as the G Generation Shining Gundam— with the beam stun gun and clear parts dropped and a right hand for the Shining Finger added in their place. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.