SD BB Senshi Hakuoh Gundam

Release 2006.4

Price ¥600

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Runners

Parts diagram

Manual

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

SD Hakuoh Gundam - Straight build front shot before applying seals (1/2)

SD Hakuoh Gundam - Straight build front shot before applying seals (2/2)

Front view of straight build before stickers

Hakuoh Gundam after applying seals

The Hakuoh Gundam separates into the Hakuoh and Phoenix forms.

Hakuoh

Together with the Kokuryu from SD Kokuryu Gundam.

A pose of its own

Phoenix form

To build the Hakuoh Gundam, you need to disassemble the Phoenix form as shown above.

Remove the body cover, then bend the lower body and head 90 degrees.

Combine them in the arrangement shown above and you get the Hakuoh Gundam.

You can choose from 3 types of head antenna.

Limb articulation.
The elbows bend, but the knees don't.

If you rearrange the legs as shown on the right, you can get a kneeling pose.

Action pose

Together with SD Kokuryu Gundam.

Disassemble the Hakuoh Gundam's parts as shown above for another combination.

Turn the Hakuoh's hip joint plate into a waist joint, then plug a separate head onto the torso.

Remove the face cover, arrange and combine as shown above to complete the upper body.

The completed upper body of the Giant Warrior form

Now, to build the lower body, pull out the fixing pins hidden inside the legs.

Spread the legs out as shown above, then

Disassemble the torso parts, then rotate the feet 180 degrees.

Combine them in the arrangement shown above to complete the lower body of the Giant Warrior form.

Giant Warrior form completed with Kokuryu Gundam upper body + Hakuoh Gundam lower body

When using the Hakuoh Gundam as the upper body, an additional joint part is required.

Giant Warrior form completed with Hakuoh Gundam upper body + Kokuryu Gundam lower body

Giant Warrior form limb articulation

Giant Warrior form action poses

This is the SD Hakuoh Gundam, released as part of the SD Gundam Musha Banjou Fuunroku series. It's a couple kit with the previous SD Kokuryu Gundam, and aside from the colors and design, everything about the lineup and features is identical. The ability to separate into the Hakuoh core figure and the Phoenix flying form, the option to reassemble into the upper and lower body of the Giant Warrior form, and the gimmick for switching the legs into a kneeling pose — all of it is exactly the same. Even the Hakuoh has the same fixed hand sculpt holding a bag strap, so it honestly feels like little more than a molded color variation.

Ultimately, the highlight of these couple kits is the collaboration between the Kokuryu Gundam and Hakuoh Gundam in Giant Warrior form. You can swap them around as the upper and lower body to create a uniquely proportioned full-sized warrior Gundam, and basic limb articulation is provided so you can pull off some poses to a reasonable degree.

That said, the big issue with the Kokuryu/Hakuoh Gundam is how poorly everything holds together. On their own as standalone kits it's not much of a problem, but when you combine them into Giant Warrior form, joints pop apart all over the place. The structure is so complex that it's hard to get a good pose, and even just standing it still feels precarious. Honestly, the proportions and design feel a bit forced and cobbled together too. The disassembly and reassembly process for the transformation is complicated and tedious — and frankly, going back and forth to swap the upper and lower bodies had me drowning in frustration.

Anyway, the concept is genuinely fresh and creative, but it's hard to give the end result a glowing review. The durability leaves a lot to be desired, so this is really only a limited recommendation — for those who want to try building a completely different kind of SD Musha Gundam, or for those who just want to experience this kind of novel approach for themselves. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.