SD Legend BB Knight Unicorn Gundam

Release 2013.11

Price ¥1,000

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Runners

Parts diagram

Manual

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

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

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

Front view of straight build before stickers

Masked Mode after applying seals

You can switch modes by opening the head and rotating the eyes 180 degrees.

A total of 4 eye seals are included.

Two additional hand types are included, and there's even a left hand holding a card.

SD Knight Unicorn Gundam - To switch from Masked Mode to Beast Mode, flip back the helmet, spread the head antenna, then reat

To switch from Masked Mode to Beast Mode, flip back the helmet and spread the head antenna,
then reattach the side armor pieces in the opposite direction.

For the arms, spread out the shoulders and add the clear parts at the elbows.

Move the ankle armor up and reattach it.

Spread out the shield and attach it to complete Beast Mode.

Beast Mode

You can create the Ultimate Battle Version by swapping the Beast Mode shoulders front-to-back and attaching the separate head antenna.

Ultimate Battle Version

SD Knight Unicorn Gundam - By borrowing parts from the Legend BB Knight Gundam and applying them to Masked Mode, you can conf

By borrowing parts from the Legend BB Knight Gundam and applying them to Masked Mode, you can configure the Beast God (Muutos) Mode.

The articulation is noticeably more flexible compared to older SD kits, and the cape moves too.

The shoulder joints also move forward and backward.

SD Knight Unicorn Gundam - Action pose (1/5)

SD Knight Unicorn Gundam - Action pose (2/5)

SD Knight Unicorn Gundam - Action pose (3/5)

Action pose

Together with Legend BB Knight Gundam

----- SD Legend BB Common Notes ------------------------
The SD Legend BB line, which launched in 2012, is an upgraded lineup that takes the major SD kits from the old Musha and Knight Gundam series and brings them up to modern standards. The engineering is on a completely different level from the older SD kits, and here are the key improvements:

- Size increased by roughly 1.5x
- Reduced seal usage with significantly improved color separation
- Modern polycaps introduced, improving articulation and joint feel
- Elbow articulation added, and shoulders can now swing forward
- Disassemble the head and rotate the eyes 180° to switch to a different eye style (Zaku-type units get a mono-eye rotation gimmick)
- 4 eye seal variations 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 isn't huge. Everything comes out at 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 the Knight Unicorn Gundam, released as the 8th entry in the SD Legend BB line. Unlike the previous entries which were upgrades of existing Musha/Knight Gundam kits, this one is an original Legend BB design — essentially a knight-ified version of the BB Senshi Unicorn Gundam.

The Unicorn Gundam's signature Unicorn/Destroy Mode transformation is recreated here as Masked/Beast Mode. The concept of exposing the psycho-frame is the same as before, just redesigned in Knight Gundam style. On top of that, in Masked Mode you can borrow parts from the Legend BB Knight Gundam to build the four-legged Beast God Mode (Muutos), and in Beast Mode you can flip the shoulder armor and add new head antenna to create the Ultimate Battle Version. The 4 eye seals, rotating eye gimmick, and 2 extra hands are all carry-overs from previous kits, though the unique card-holding hand is a new addition.

Articulation is on par with previous entries — elbows move, and the cape on the back can swing up and down. The ball joints still tend to pop out during posing and transformation, and if anything the transformation gimmick makes it feel even more prone to that.

Overall, the build quality is on par with the latest BB Senshi kits, and the big selling point is that this knight-styled Unicorn Gundam can actually transform. If you're a Unicorn Gundam fan, this one is definitely worth picking up. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.