Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

SD Strike Gundam - After applying seals (1/4)

SD Strike Gundam - After applying seals (2/4)

After applying seals

SD Strike Gundam - The yellow parts on the head antenna are handled with seals, but the adhesive seems weak and they keep fal

The yellow parts on the head antenna are handled with seals,
but the adhesive seems weak and they keep falling off after a while..
Would've been nice if they did proper color separation~~

The shield is bare with no color separation or seals

SD Strike Gundam - The back has polycap holes for future weapon packs. On the Strike Gundam body alone, they can also be used

The back has polycap holes for future weapon packs.
On the Strike Gundam body alone, they can also be used to mount the shield.

Basic weapons. No beam saber included.

SD Strike Gundam - The elbow joints look pretty decent. There's a bit of hollowing on the back of the hands, but at that leve

The elbow joints look pretty decent.
There's a bit of hollowing on the back of the hands, but at that level it's acceptable..

SD Strike Gundam - The legs connected with a two-stage ball joint have a wider range of articulation compared to previous SD

The legs connected with a two-stage ball joint have a wider range of articulation compared to previous SD kits.
Though there is some hollowing on the inner side of the legs.

The front of the feet can be bent 90 degrees downward.

SD Strike Gundam - Shooting pose — the legs spread wide so it looks really cool. (1/3)

SD Strike Gundam - Shooting pose — the legs spread wide so it looks really cool. (2/3)

SD Strike Gundam - Shooting pose — the legs spread wide so it looks really cool. (3/3)

Firing pose
The legs spread wide so it looks really cool.

SD Strike Gundam - Two-handed shooting pose. (1/3)

Two-handed shooting pose.

Armor Schneider action

Together with BB Senshi First Gundam.
Quite a different style~

Together with the 1/100 and HG Strike Gundam.

The Gundam SEED lineup has kicked off in the BB Senshi series. And naturally, Strike Gundam leads the charge — released first as the base body without any separate weapon packs.

The proportions and detail have a slightly different feel compared to existing SD kits — it's got that classic stubby SD look, but with the arm and leg lines more emphasized. The end result is this oddly sleek-looking SD with a quirky proportion that somehow manages to be both cute and stylish, and I think that's a pretty solid approach ^^

That said, there are quite a few disappointing points on the color separation front. The parts handled with seals are one thing, but there's zero attention paid to the gray areas scattered around the body, and the shield in particular comes out as a flat single red color — very plain and boring. On top of that, other SD kits handle the yellow on the head antenna cleanly through color separation, but the SD Strike Gundam leaves it to seals instead. Overall, the color separation and seal support feels noticeably lacking compared to the Universal Century BB Senshi kits.

As a new-proportion SD series kit, the color separation does leave something to be desired, but the overall build feel and assembly quality are pretty high. With even a bit of partial painting it could look really sharp, so if you're a SEED fan it's a solid, easy-going SD kit worth building :-)

SD Strike Gundam | 2003.2 | ¥500

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.