SD BB Senshi Yonen Gunshi Ikazuchimaru

Release 2005.2

Price ¥500

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Runners

SD Yonen Gunshi Ikazuchimaru - Parts (1/2)

SD Yonen Gunshi Ikazuchimaru - Parts (2/2)

Parts diagram

SD Yonen Gunshi Ikazuchimaru - Manual (1/4)

SD Yonen Gunshi Ikazuchimaru - Manual (2/4)

Manual

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

SD Yonen Gunshi Ikazuchimaru - Straight build front shot before applying seals (1/2)

SD Yonen Gunshi Ikazuchimaru - Straight build front shot before applying seals (2/2)

Front view of straight build before stickers

S-Mode after applying seals

Armor removed

Ikazuchimaru body

You can flip the head antenna upside down to create the mega goggles look.

SD Yonen Gunshi Ikazuchimaru - Riding the three-wheeled bike (1/3)

Riding the three-wheeled bike

SD Yonen Gunshi Ikazuchimaru - Attach Mukamukas's armor and cannon to the Ikazuchimaru body to complete the full Ikazuchimaru

Attach Mukamukas's armor and cannon to the Ikazuchimaru body to complete the full Ikazuchimaru.

SD Yonen Gunshi Ikazuchimaru - Add armor to the small three-wheeled bike to turn it into the Musha three-wheeled bike. (1/3)

Add armor to the small three-wheeled bike to turn it into the Musha three-wheeled bike.

SD Yonen Gunshi Ikazuchimaru - Rearrange the parts to create Striker Mode. (1/3)

Rearrange the parts to create Striker Mode.

SD Yonen Gunshi Ikazuchimaru - The head doesn't turn and the feet can rotate, but due to the structure, both arms can only mo

The head doesn't turn and the feet can rotate, but due to the structure, both arms can only move up and down together.

SD Yonen Gunshi Ikazuchimaru - Action Pose (1/3)

Action pose

Together with SD Yonen Musha Rekkwan.

You can combine the cannon and chest armor with SD Yonen Musha Rekkwan.

The same parts can also be combined with the light armor type of SD Rekka Musha Gundam.

This is the Yonen Gunshi Ikazuchimaru, released as part of the SD Gundam Force Kaiken Musha Retsuden - Mukamukas arc. It's a fun kit based on the S Gundam with a bunch of different transformation modes. Instead of a light armor type, it comes with a small compact body for the Ikazuchimaru, which looks tiny and adorable — almost like a little baby.

You can flip the Ikazuchimaru body's head antenna upside down to give it the mega goggles look, and you can also pose it riding the three-wheeled bike, which is part of the overall build. The bike can be equipped with weapons to turn it into the Musha three-wheeled bike. Then, attaching the large Mukamuka cannon unit to the Ikazuchimaru body completes the full Ikazuchimaru. From there, adding various armor pieces on top to give it a Gundam-like appearance is what creates the S-Mode.

From the S-Mode, you can rearrange the weapons to create Striker Mode — it's clearly inspired by the Deep Striker. Being able to pull off all these different configurations just by swapping parts around is the real appeal of this kit, though all those transformation gimmicks do limit the articulation somewhat. In particular, both arms are connected internally, so they always have to move up and down together, which is a bit of a drawback. On top of that, there's a crossover feature where the cannon unit and chest armor can be applied to the SD Yonen Musha Rekkwan and Rekka Musha Gundam.

This kit is more about the variety of transformations than articulation, and it's really cool that it covers everything from the S Gundam all the way to the Deep Striker configuration. For just 500 yen, it offers some seriously impressive value for a feature-packed kit like this. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.