SD BB Senshi First Gundam Daishogun

Release 1999.10

Price ¥1,000

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Runners

Parts diagram

SD First Gundam Daishogun - Manual (1/4)

SD First Gundam Daishogun - Manual (2/4)

Manual

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Front view of straight build before stickers

SD First Gundam Daishogun - After applying seals (1/2)

SD First Gundam Daishogun - After applying seals (2/2)

After applying stickers

Along with the warrior form, a cool horse called Hakkyouou is included.

Warrior form

With weapons removed

SD First Gundam Daishogun - Light armor type (1/2)

SD First Gundam Daishogun - Light armor type (2/2)

Light equipment type

SD First Gundam Daishogun - Hakkyouou. A combined form made up of Ryuumadou Hou (head), Omega Hyper Bazooka (body), Kokutetsu

Hakkyouou.
Ryuumadou Hou (head), Omega Hyper Bazooka (body), Kokutetsuno Tsubasa (front armor), Hakkyou Juukou (front legs), and Hakkyou Bakudouki (rear legs) combine together,
with Kokutetsuno Gunbai and Tomakyuu added to complete the form.

Weapon lineup: from top — Tomakyuu, Kokutetsuno Gunbai, Shindo-Tenkuukan

Disassemble Hakkyouou, transform the legs as shown, then combine with Daishogun and...

...you can create a Custom Daishogun.

SD First Gundam Daishogun - Compared to the usual SD-level articulation, the warrior form's shoulders and feet spread out qui

Compared to the usual SD-level articulation, the warrior form's shoulders and feet spread out quite a bit to the sides.

Custom Daishogun articulation.
The legs are a bit hard to move much.

Hakkyouou articulation.
The head and legs move to a reasonable degree.

SD First Gundam Daishogun - Various action poses (1/4)

SD First Gundam Daishogun - Various action poses (2/4)

Various action poses

Custom Daishogun's Ryuumadou Hou and Omega Hyper Bazooka in action

SD First Gundam Daishogun - SD Musaden: Light of Transformation group shot. The Hakkyouou parts from this kit can be cross-ev

SD Musaden: Light of Transformation group shot.
The Hakkyouou parts from this kit can be cross-evolved (collab'd) onto the other kits in the series.

SD First Gundam Daishogun - First up — SD Musha Wing Zero with Musha Deathscythe's wings and Musha Heavyarms' arms applied in

First up — SD Musha Wing Zero with Musha Deathscythe's wings and Musha Heavyarms' arms applied in its fully evolved form,
with Hakkyouou's Hakkyou Juukou and Hakkyou Bakudouki applied to the arms and legs as a Cross Evolution.

Cross Evolution applying Hakkyou Bakudouki and Ryuumadou Hou to SD Musha Nataku.

Cross Evolution applying Omega Hyper Bazooka and Hakkyou Juukou to SD Musha Heavyarms.

Cross Evolution applying Tomakyuu to SD Musha Sandrock.

Cross Evolution applying Kokutetsuno Tsubasa to SD Musha Deathscythe.

Group shot of all 4 Cross Evolution units

This kit is the SD First Gundam Daishogun released as part of the SD Musaden: Light of Transformation series. On top of the Daishogun form itself, you also get a really cool horse called Hakkyouou, making for a very generous package. Hakkyouou is a combined form consisting of Ryuumadou Hou (head), Omega Hyper Bazooka (body), Kokutetsuno Tsubasa (front armor), Hakkyou Juukou (front legs), and Hakkyou Bakudouki (rear legs).

The Daishogun form has the standard SD articulation, but with added joints that let the arms and legs spread out to the sides, which really helps with posing. Weapons include the Tomakyuu bow, Kokutetsuno Gunbai, and Shindo-Tenkuukan — and you can even use them while mounted on Hakkyouou.

If you disassemble Hakkyouou's parts and attach them to the Musha Gundam, you can build a Custom Daishogun — and it comes out looking pretty sturdy and seriously cool. On top of that, the various Hakkyouou parts can be broken down and applied to other kits in the series, with collab options available for SD Musha Wing Zero, Nataku, Heavyarms, Sandrock, and Deathscythe in all sorts of configurations. The series calls this process "Cross Evolution," and just like the series title "Light of Transformation" suggests, there's a lot of fun to be had mixing and matching between kits.

All in all, this kit delivers a flashy look, combination gimmicks, and a wide range of collab possibilities — there's a lot here that sets it apart from other kits. In every way, this is easily one of the best-value SD Gundam kits out there, and I'd highly recommend it. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.