Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

SD Build Strike Gundam Full Package (1/4)

SD Build Strike Gundam Full Package (2/4)

SD Build Strike Gundam Full Package (3/4)

SD Build Strike Gundam Full Package (4/4)

Like recent kits, it does have the feature to remove the helmet, but..

SD Build Strike Gundam Full Package - Rather than the currently trendy front-and-back eye-swapping head design, this one just

Rather than the currently trendy front-and-back eye-swapping head design,
this one just has frame detail on the inside.

Along with the helmet, the armor on the torso and arms can also be removed.

SD Build Strike Gundam Full Package - According to the manual, this feature is meant to let you swap armor with the Musha Gun

According to the manual, this feature is meant to let you swap armor with the Musha Gundam series kits.

The main body with the extra armor removed.

SD Build Strike Gundam Full Package - The yellow and red parts of the head antenna are all done with seals. Lately a lot of k

The yellow and red parts of the head antenna are all done with seals.
Lately a lot of kits have been handling these with color separation,
but this kit doesn't seem to be a particularly important lineup entry — so they just went with the lazy old-school approach. -_-;;

SD Build Strike Gundam Full Package - The rifle and shield don't even get seals, and the molded colors are pretty far off fro

The rifle and shield don't even get seals, and the molded colors are pretty far off from the official color scheme..

SD Build Strike Gundam Full Package - The Build Booster is made up of three parts that can be combined in various configurati

The Build Booster is made up of three parts that can be combined in various configurations.

The Build Booster as an independent flying unit.

The underside is full of holes..

The nose and beam cannon repositioned into a backpack configuration.

Here's a look at the back of the main body.

SD Build Strike Gundam Full Package - Rifle shooting pose (1/3)

SD Build Strike Gundam Full Package - Rifle shooting pose (2/3)

SD Build Strike Gundam Full Package - Rifle shooting pose (3/3)

Rifle firing pose

Beam cannon firing pose

Beam saber action pose

Rearranging the Build Booster parts like this..

SD Build Strike Gundam Full Package - With the SD original configuration, you can also set up a pose with the beam cannons po

With the SD original configuration, you can also set up a pose with the beam cannons positioned over the shoulders.

SD Build Strike Gundam Full Package - For the second SD original configuration, you can also combine the shield and rifle wit

For the second SD original configuration, you can also combine the shield and rifle with the Build Booster.

Together with the BB Senshi Strike Gundam.

Together with the MG and HG Build Strike Gundam.

Riding the popularity of Build Fighters, the Build Strike Gundam Full Package was quickly released as a BB Senshi kit as well.

The basic parts layout is similar to recent BB Senshi kits, but it's not the premium, hefty build you'd get from something like the Nu Gundam or Sazabi — it feels more like a middle ground between old and new in terms of quality. The most obvious examples are the head antenna being handled entirely with seals, the weapons having no color separation whatsoever — not even seals — and the Build Booster feeling a bit underwhelming overall.

So don't go in expecting the same high quality as the BB Senshi Sazabi or Nu Gundam — you'll want to approach this one thinking of it as just a step up from the older kits. It seems like even Bandai's development team only puts real effort into the popular, iconic suits in the SD lineup — ones that appeal to both old fans and newcomers alike — and the Build Strike Gundam, being the youngest (?) Gundam of the bunch, feels like it was just rushed out with a bare-minimum release.

The Build Booster's wings and main body are boldly reproduced as single solid parts, and together with the nose and beam cannon sections, you get three parts total that can be combined into various configurations. That said, when you set up the beam cannon parts in backpack mode, the connection is pretty loose and they tend to pop off, and the shoulder polycaps also come out easily — so posing is quite a pain. -_-;

One interesting feature is that in addition to the removable helmet, the armor on the body and arms can also be detached. This is designed so you can swap armor with the Musha Gundam series kits and mix things up. Looking at this kind of feature, you almost have to wonder whether this should be considered a Musha Gundam kit rather than a proper mainline Gundam SD.

Anyway, between the so-so color reproduction, the somewhat flimsy shoulder joints, and the Build Booster situation, this ends up being a pretty average SD kit. It feels like a release that's really just meant to exist for light fans — the value is in the fact that it came out at all. :-)

SD Build Strike Gundam Full Package | 2014.3 | ¥600

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.