SD BB Senshi Ryubi Gundam

Release 2007.6

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 Ryubi Gundam - After applying seals (1/2)

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

After applying stickers

Armor and weapons removed

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

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

Light equipment type

Parts with slide mold technology

Stamp sculpted on the sole

Three swords are included as weapons: the Aryongdo, Joryongdo, and Yongjegum, each in a different color.

Backpack wing articulation

The head and waist rotate, and the arms and legs are on ball joints.

Action pose

Together with SD Musha Gundam.

You can attach one shoulder each from SD Jangbi/Gwanu Gundam to create the Trinity Attack formation.

--- SD Sangokuden general notes -----------------
The SD Sangokuden is a lineup released between 2007 and 2010, and all kits share the same standardized format and characteristics. The head and waist rotate, and the arms and legs use ball joints, giving them more flexible articulation than older SD kits. The ball joints do tend to pop out during posing, but overall joint strength is pretty decent.

Each kit has a stamp on the bottom of the feet with the character's name engraved in Chinese characters, and slide molds are used on the arms and certain other parts for a cleaner finish. Removing the outer armor to get a light armor type is similar to previous kits, and depending on the kit, some fairly large weapons are included. System injection runners and color separation of four to five or more colors are also used, so even with a small number of seals, the straight build looks great right out of the box. All in all, this is a series that delivers a consistently solid level of quality, and it's safe to say it was a hit that did a lot to bring SD kits to a wider audience.
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This is the SD Ryubi Gundam, the very first kit released in the Sangokuden series. Being a new series, it feels like the quality has been upgraded in a number of ways, and the kit itself is noticeably bigger than older SD kits. (Though that did mean the base price went up to 500 yen..) And as the main character of the series, it's modeled after the First Gundam.

Three swords are included as weapons — the Aryongdo, Joryongdo, and Yongjegum — and you can store two of them in the compartment on the back. Thanks to the upgraded ball joints, you can pull off quite a variety of poses. Anyway, since the lineup is so standardized, each kit's features are pretty much as described in the general notes — but there's something special about this being the hero kit that kicks off the whole series. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.