SD BB Senshi King Gundam II

Release 1991.12

Price ¥800

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Runners

Parts diagram

Manual

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

SD King Gundam II - Straight build front shots before applying seals (1/4)

SD King Gundam II - Straight build front shots before applying seals (2/4)

Straight build front shots before applying seals

King Gundam II after applying seals

SD King Gundam II - Including the original Crown Knight Gundam armor, a total of 4 different armor configurations can be equi

Including the original Crown Knight Gundam armor, a total of 4 different armor configurations can be equipped.

SD King Gundam II - Light Armor Type (1/2)

SD King Gundam II - Light Armor Type (2/2)

Light equipment type

Item-Equipped Type

Crown Knight Gundam

Base Type

Full Armor Type

You can display armor and weapons on each of the two stands.

SD King Gundam II - All 4 armor types displayed on the stands (1/4)

SD King Gundam II - All 4 armor types displayed on the stands (2/4)

All 4 armor types displayed on the stands

The spring-launched lance is the same one from the Crown Knight Gundam.

You can cut out part of the manual and use it as a cape.

Parts assembled while still on the runner

Typical SD articulation — only head, shoulders, and feet rotate

SD King Gundam II - Various action poses (1/8)

SD King Gundam II - Various action poses (2/8)

SD King Gundam II - Various action poses (3/8)

SD King Gundam II - Various action poses (4/8)

SD King Gundam II - Various action poses (5/8)

SD King Gundam II - Various action poses (6/8)

Various action poses

Together with the SD Crown Knight Gundam.

This kit is the SD King Gundam II, released as part of the SD Gundam Gaiden: Knights of the Round Table series. In terms of lore, it represents the form Crown Knight Gundam takes after inheriting the throne, and the kit is essentially the previously released SD Crown Knight Gundam with additional parts for King Gundam II included.

Since all the parts from the SD Crown Knight Gundam are included as a base, you can also build the Crown Knight Gundam and item-equipped configurations. On top of that, you've got King Gundam II's base type and Full Armor type as well, so there's a huge variety of combinations to play with. That said, the seals are mostly focused on the King Gundam II armor pieces, so the other configurations tend to look a bit bare by comparison.

The parts-on-runner assembly feature and the cut-out-the-manual cape are both carried over as well, and the articulation is naturally the same level as the SD Crown Knight Gundam. There's also an additional stand included for the new King Gundam II armor pieces, and combined with the original Crown Knight Gundam stand, you can display every armor type at once.

That said, the number of seals falls a bit short compared to how flashy the design looks in the source material, so the out-of-box straight build + seals quality is relatively lacking. The shield in particular has some really elaborate markings, but there are no seals for it at all, which makes it look oddly unfinished. Anyway, color reproduction is definitely a weak point here — but on the flip side, if you enjoy painting, this kit will give you a real sense of accomplishment when it's done. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.