SD BB Senshi Rairyu Gundam

Release 1996.2

Price ¥500

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Runners

Parts diagram

Manual

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Front view of straight build before stickers

SD Rairyu Gundam - After applying seals (1/2)

SD Rairyu Gundam - After applying seals (2/2)

After applying stickers

Armor and weapons removed

SD Rairyu Gundam - Light armor type (1/2)

SD Rairyu Gundam - Light armor type (2/2)

Light equipment type

A jewel seal is applied to the forehead.

After repositioning the armor, pull out the claws on the arms..

Can transform into the Shinryu Raikekiha form.

Compared to the usual SD level of articulation, there's an added gimmick where the arms can rotate.

Action pose

Together with SD Gundam Hakuryu Taisei

SD Rairyu Gundam - Combining the horses from SD Hakuryu/Seiryu/Sekiryu Gundam to form the Argama, and collaborating with SD Gu

Combining the horses from SD Hakuryu/Seiryu/Sekiryu Gundam to form the Argama, and collaborating with SD Gundam Hakuryu Taisei's Shin Soryudo.

SD Seiryu Gundam's Tan'netsudo and Sekiryu Gundam's Sekiryuho combined together

This is the SD Rairyu Gundam, released as part of the New SD Sengokuden Mushashin Kiragane series. It's a kit featuring three dragon heads on the backpack and both shoulders, and as a special part, a jewel seal is applied to the forehead.

Articulation is at the standard SD level with an added arm rotation gimmick, and you can rearrange the parts to set it up in the Shinryu Raikekiha form. For cross-collaboration features, you can combine the horses from SD Hakuryu/Sekiryu/Seiryu Gundam to form the Argama, and attach the two swords (Shin Soryudo) from SD Gundam Hakuryu Taisei. On top of that, you can also equip SD Seiryu Gundam's Tan'netsudo and Sekiryu Gundam's Sekiryuho as additional weapons.

The Shinryu Raikekiha transformation into a pretty convincing dragon form is the main selling point of this kit, and it comes across as a solid, no-frills SD samurai Gundam kit. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.