SD BB Senshi Tekki Musha Haganemaru

Release 1995.3

Price ¥1,000

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Runners

Parts diagram

SD Tekki Musha Haganemaru - Manual (1/4)

SD Tekki Musha Haganemaru - Manual (2/4)

Manual

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack.
It's a bit bigger than a standard SD.

SD Tekki Musha Haganemaru - Straight build front shot before applying seals (1/2)

SD Tekki Musha Haganemaru - Straight build front shot before applying seals (2/2)

Front view of straight build before stickers

SD Tekki Musha Haganemaru - After applying seals (1/2)

SD Tekki Musha Haganemaru - After applying seals (2/2)

After applying stickers

It's on the longer side front-to-back.

Standard SD-level articulation, with an added joint that lets the elbows bend inward.

Action pose

One leftover part remains.

Disassemble the body piece by piece, then start the transformation.

Pull the crotch section out and fold the feet down 90 degrees.

Pull out the thighs hidden behind the legs, then extend the feet and knees.

Rotate the arms 180 degrees to extend their length.

SD Tekki Musha Haganemaru - Fold the face up inside to hide it, then plug the remaining parts into the back of the helmet and

Fold the face up inside to hide it, then plug the remaining parts into the back of the helmet and attach to the backpack — transformation complete.

Real Mode size comparison with a cigarette pack.

Real Mode

Rotate the hand 180 degrees to expose the gatling gun.

Real Mode articulation.
Due to the structure, the hip joints have almost no range of motion.

Real Mode action pose

Disassemble again and reassemble to get...

SD Tekki Musha Haganemaru - ...the flight form (Mega Shooter). (1/2)

SD Tekki Musha Haganemaru - ...the flight form (Mega Shooter). (2/2)

It can transform into the flight form (Mega Shooter).

Underside view

Size comparison with SD Musha Godmaru.

Together with SD Kidou Musha Daikou.

Combine some of the parts again to build the Mega Rider.

The Mega Rider combined with SD Musha Godmaru.

This kit is the SD Tekki Musha Haganemaru, released as part of the Shin SD Sengokuden Chou Kidou Daishogun series. Like the SD Kidou Musha Daikou, it features a design that can switch between SD Mode and Real Mode. Size-wise, it lands in the middle — bigger than a standard SD but smaller than the large SD kits.

Unlike the typical SD Musha Gundam kits, there's no lightweight armor-removed version included, but you do get three transformation modes: Musha form, Real Mode, and flight form. The transformation involves disassembling and reassembling the kit, which is a bit of a hassle — though the end results look pretty decent. That said, since there are so many small parts that need to be separated for the transformations, some of them don't hold together all that firmly, making it a bit tricky to get clean poses.

Once you transform from Musha form into Real Mode, the kit ends up being roughly HG-sized, on the slightly larger end. In Musha form, there's an added elbow joint that lets the arms bend, but in Real Mode the hip joints have a very limited range of motion, so pulling off dynamic poses is tough. You can also combine some of the weapon parts to build the Mega Rider and use it together with SD Musha Godmaru.

Overall, there are a few structural shortcomings, but if you're into kits that can switch between SD and Real forms, this one's definitely worth having some fun with. :0-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.