SD BB Senshi Wakamaru

Release 2002.4

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 Wakamaru - After applying seals (1/2)

SD Wakamaru - After applying seals (2/2)

After applying stickers

Armor and weapons removed

Waka form

Waka's eyes can be chosen from 3 different expressions.

When you lower the lower body for the transformation, Waka's eyes switch over to Gundam eyes.

The chest emblem can be chosen from 2 options.

Inside the mace-shaped Saigangan, a sword called the Yosanzan is stored.

You can combine the various armor pieces to form a giant hand called the Saikiodo form.

SD Wakamaru - Weapons and armaments assembled into the Kian form (1/3)

Weapons and armaments assembled into the Kian form

Compared to the usual SD-level articulation, there are additional joints that allow the arms to rotate.

Action pose

Together with SD Iwao Gundam

This kit is the SD Yakushinkan (Wakamaru), released as part of the SD Gundam Musha Maruden 2 series. Remove the hefty armor and you get the cute little Waka form, and you can pick from 3 different expression seals for Waka's eyes. The gimmick where the eyes automatically swap out when you extend the lower body downward to transform from Waka into Wakamaru is a fun touch.

The signature weapon, the mace-like Saigangan, stores a sword called the Yosanzan inside it, and combining the various armor pieces lets you build a giant hand called the Saikiodo form. You can also gather Wakamaru's weapons and armaments together to recreate the Kian form. On top of that, the shoulder joints are more flexible than on other SD kits — they can rotate and raise to the side, which really helps with posing.

It's a kit whose selling points are the cute Waka form and the wide variety of weapon and armament combinations, and it feels like one of the more distinctly characterful SD Musha Gundam kits out there. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.