Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

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

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

SD Destiny Gundam - After applying seals (3/4)

SD Destiny Gundam - After applying seals (4/4)

After applying stickers

Hollow gaps on the inner legs and the stand peg hole.

Wow.. for an 800-yen SD kit, it comes with a really generous set of beam parts.

With the Wings of Light attached

An energy blast hand (!!) is included too.

The beam sword and beam cannon on the back are detachable and can be extended in length.

A few hollow gaps here and there..

The beam rifle can be stored on the rear skirt.

The shoulders can swing forward quite a bit.

SD Destiny Gundam - Rifle shooting pose (1/3)

SD Destiny Gundam - Rifle shooting pose (2/3)

SD Destiny Gundam - Rifle shooting pose (3/3)

Rifle firing pose

SD Destiny Gundam - Beam cannon action pose (1/3)

Beam cannon action pose

SD Destiny Gundam - Beam cannon + beam sword action pose (1/3)

Beam cannon + beam sword action pose

SD Destiny Gundam - Wings of Light action pose using the SD Impulse Gundam's stand (1/3)

Wings of Light action pose using the SD Impulse Gundam's stand

Energy blast~

Beam saber and beam shield action pose

Together with the SD Strike Freedom Gundam.

Together with the 1/100 and HG Destiny Gundam.

Following the SD Strike Freedom, its counterpart — the Destiny Gundam — has now been released as a BB Senshi kit. It's priced at 800 yen and comes in a bigger box, but in return you get a ton of beam parts that you rarely see in SD kits. If you were to compare it to an MG, it'd be something like the Extreme Blast Version. ^^

The overall kit composition is similar to the SD SEED Destiny kit — the detachable extension gimmick for the beam cannon and beam sword on the back is nicely reproduced, and the wing articulation is decent too. One thing I noticed is that the shoulders can swing forward quite a bit more flexibly than on other kits. That's probably to help with grabbing the beam cannon on the side, but even so, the angle still doesn't quite work out for actually posing the hand gripping the beam cannon, so it was a bit tricky to pull off.

Without a doubt, the highlight of this kit is the Wings of Light and the wide variety of beam parts that come with it. It's easily the most impressive beam parts lineup of any SD kit — the large Wings of Light look great, and having the beam saber and beam shield done in actual beam parts gives the whole thing a really premium feel. That's a big step up compared to the SD Strike Freedom, which came molded in plain white. On top of that, you even get an energy blast hand as a bonus, so all in all this is pretty much a full-option Destiny Gundam kit.

All things considered, this is the most premium and well-done kit in the SD SEED Destiny lineup — and while it's about 200 yen more expensive because of that, it's absolutely worth every yen. If you're a Destiny Gundam fan, this one's a must-buy~ :-)

SD Destiny Gundam | 2006.5 | ¥800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.