SD BB Senshi Rikuson Zetaplus

Release 2009.1

Price ¥600

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 Rikuson Zetaplus - After applying seals (1/2)

SD Rikuson Zetaplus - After applying seals (2/2)

After applying stickers

Armor and weapons removed

SD Rikuson Zetaplus - Light armor type (1/2)

SD Rikuson Zetaplus - Light armor type (2/2)

Light equipment type

Parts with slide mold technology

Stamp sculpted on the sole

The Engeki-Boshenha and Hien weapons included can also be combined together.

You can combine the Hien with the backpack to form a separate flying craft called the Doyenki.

You can fold the Rikuson Zetaplus's feet and combine the parts as shown above.

Configured in a Waverider-style extended form.

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

Action pose

Together with SD Sonken Gundam

--- SD Sangokuden plastic model common notes -----------------
The SD Sangokuden lineup was released between 2007 and 2010, and all kits share a standardized format with consistent characteristics. The head and waist rotate, and the arms and legs use ball joints, giving them more flexible articulation compared to 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 name of a Romance of the Three Kingdoms character engraved in Chinese characters. Slide molds are applied to the arms and certain other parts for a cleaner finish. Removing the outer armor to reveal a light armor type is similar to previous entries in the series, and depending on the kit, some fairly large weapons are included. System injection runners and color separation across 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 consistently solid series that really helped bring SD kits to a wider audience — a genuine hit.
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This kit is the 18th release in the Sangokuden series — the SD Rikuson Zetaplus — and as the name suggests, it's based on the Zeta Plus. Looking at the color scheme, you can tell it's based on Amuro's personal Zeta Plus A1.

The included weapons are the Engeki-Boshenha and the Hien, which can also be combined together. You can also attach the Hien to the backpack to form a separate flying craft called the Doyenki. And of course, transformation into a Waverider is a key feature of the Zeta Plus — by rearranging the weapons on the main body, you can put it into a Waverider-style extended form.

With its large and impressive weapons plus a Waverider-style transformation all pulled off in Sangokuden style, this seems like a kit with a lot going for it. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.