SD BB Senshi Majin Gundam

Release 1997.9

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 Majin Gundam - After applying seals (1/2)

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

After applying stickers

Armor and weapons removed

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

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

Light equipment type

There's a spring inside the waist,
so when you rotate it and let go, it snaps right back into place.

Weapon lineup: from top — Phantom Haken, Sturm, and Maka no Gunbai

There's a spring inside the Phantom Haken, so when you press the switch, the blade snaps open with a swoosh.

You can detach the Tekkishintoken body stored inside the left shoulder and have the left hand hold it.

SD Majin Gundam - The end of the Phantom Haken can be firmly locked into the hand-shaped structure on the right shoulder — gr

The end of the Phantom Haken can be firmly locked into the hand-shaped structure on the right shoulder.
That makes it nice and secure when posing with the Phantom Haken in hand.

SD Majin Gundam - It's your typical SD-level articulation with only the head, shoulders, and feet rotating — and even then, t

It's your typical SD-level articulation with only the head, shoulders, and feet rotating —
and even then, the shoulder armor really limits how far the arms can move.

Action pose

Together with SD Neppū Gundam

It can be combined with the large kit SD Kidō Bushin Tengaiō by placing it on top of the head antenna.

This kit is the Majin Gundam released as part of the Shin SD Sengokuden Ippai Daishōgun arc. It uses gloss injection molding, giving it a shiny, reflective finish, and with the massive Phantom Haken thrown into the mix, it ends up with quite a unique look overall.

The large Phantom Haken has a spring gimmick built in — press the button and the blade snaps open with a satisfying swoosh. The body also has a spring inside the waist, so when you twist it and let go, it springs right back into place. This is all designed to recreate the Phantom Haken swinging action — hold the Phantom Haken horizontally, twist the waist and release, and the big blade whips around to sell that attack motion.

And since the Phantom Haken is too big to hold in the hand, the back end of it can be firmly locked into the hand-shaped parts on the back of the right arm — so even when you use the waist spring to spin the Phantom Haken around, it stays nice and secure. On top of that, you can also pull out the Tekkishintoken body stored inside the large left shoulder and have the left hand hold it.

All these unique gimmicks are fun, but the basic articulation itself isn't great — the shoulder armor in particular gets in the way and barely lets the shoulders rotate at all. That said, the Phantom Haken attack pose is definitely pulled off with style, and that's really where this kit shines. As for the crossover feature, you can also do a somewhat grotesque collaboration by placing it on top of the SD Kidō Bushin Tengaiō's head antenna.

Ultimately, the highlight of this kit is recreating that action of swinging the massive Phantom Haken using the waist spring gimmick, and with the gloss injection finish on top of that, it really does come out as a pretty unique kit. Either way, if you're into quirky kits like this, it's definitely worth giving it a shot. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.