SD Legend BB Musha Godmaru

Release 2012.12

Price ¥1,300First release price: ¥1,000

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 Musha Godmaru - After applying seals (1/2)

SD Musha Godmaru - After applying seals (2/2)

After applying stickers

Armor and weapons removed

SD Musha Godmaru - Light armor type (1/2)

SD Musha Godmaru - Light armor type (2/2)

Light equipment type

You can open the head and rotate the eyes 180° to switch between different eye styles.

A total of 4 eye seals are included.

The weapons include the Reppado and the Bakuretsu-do.

Various parts such as the head, forearms, and backpack deploy for the Super Mode Bakuretsu no Jin.

SD Musha Godmaru - The elbows now bend and articulation is definitely improved over older SD kits, though the leg range of mo

The elbows now bend and articulation is definitely improved over older SD kits,
though the leg range of motion is a bit more limited compared to previous entries.

Action pose

Together with the original SD Musha Godmaru

----- SD Legend BB plastic model common notes ------------------------
The SD Legend BB line, which launched in 2012, is an upgraded lineup that reimagines major SD kits from the old Musha and Knight Gundam series using the latest technology. The design is on a completely different level from the original SD kits, with the following upgrade points:

- Size increased by roughly 1.5x
- Reduced seal usage with significantly improved color separation
- Latest polycaps applied, improving articulation and the feel of movement
- Elbow articulation added, and shoulders can now swing forward
- Disassemble the head and rotate the eyes 180° to swap to a different eye style (Zaku-type units get a mono-eye rotation gimmick)
- 4 types of eye seals included (some kits include 2)
- 1–2 additional hand types included

Beyond that, the Legend BB line also includes some original units that didn't exist before, though the variety of releases isn't huge. Everything that's come out has been high quality, making it a lineup loved not just by SD fans but by Gunpla fans in general.
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This kit is Musha Godmaru, released as the 4th entry in the SD Legend BB line. As the main character of the Shoudou Daishogun arc, it's a fitting addition to the Legend BB lineup — though compared to previous entries, the upgrade over the original version feels slightly less dramatic. It's definitely bigger and the quality is clearly better, but the earlier kits had such obvious and striking improvements that this one looks relatively modest by comparison.

The standard upgrade points stay true to the series concept, and the deployment gimmick for the Super Mode Bakuretsu no Jin — where various parts open up — is well reproduced. The gimmick itself is pretty similar to the original version, but the difference in detail, size, and overall sculpt quality is quite significant.

So compared to the sensational upgrades of the previous entries, this one is a relatively straightforward improvement. That said, the base quality of this lineup is solid enough that it's still a great kit worth recommending. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.