SD Legend BB Musha Victory

Release 2015.1

Price ¥1,200

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Runners

Parts diagram

Manual

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

SD Musha Victory - Straight build front shot before applying seals (1/2)

SD Musha Victory - Straight build front shot before applying seals (2/2)

Front view of straight build before stickers

Golden Wing Armor equipped state after applying seals

Golden Wing Armor removed

Musha Victory

You can open the head and rotate the eyes 180 degrees to switch between face modes.

A total of 4 eye seals are included.

The separated Golden Wing Armor pieces can be combined to form the Metal Garuda.

Metal Garuda

SD Musha Victory - Light armor form with armor removed (1/3)

Light armor form with armor removed

The Mega Beam Rifle attached to the Golden Wing Armor can be detached and used as a weapon.

These are the leftover parts after combining the Golden Wing Armor onto Musha Victory.

The beam wings can also be applied to the Metal Garuda.

Articulation is more flexible compared to older SD kits.

Action pose

Together with the original SD Musha Victory

----- SD Legend BB Model Kit Common Description ------------------------
The SD Legend BB line, released starting in 2012, is an upgraded lineup of major SD kits from the old Musha and Knight Gundam series, brought up to modern standards using the latest technology. The design is on a completely different level from the older 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 degrees to switch to a different eye style (Zaku-type gets 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 isn't huge. Everything comes out at high quality, making it a lineup loved not just by SD fans but by a wide range of Gunpla builders.
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This kit is Musha Victory, released as the 11th entry in the SD Legend BB line. It's an upgraded version of BB Senshi No. 126 Musha Victory from 1994, remodeled with modern techniques while keeping the core concept and features intact.

The concept of adding the Golden Wing Armor and combining it into the Metal Garuda is the same as the original. However, unlike the original which used gold plating, the Legend BB version uses standard molded color instead. The beam effect parts, which were previously clear pink, have been changed to a larger, softer material — and a new addition is that these beam parts can now be applied to the Metal Garuda as well. Everything else about the kit's composition is pretty much in line with other Legend BB kits.

The original BB Senshi Musha Victory was quite a lavish kit even by today's standards, with its gold plating, clear parts, and impressive overall package. Because the original was so good, the upgrade points here feel relatively minor in comparison. The biggest letdown is definitely the loss of the gold plating — just looking at the contents, it almost feels like they just scaled it up in size. That said, once you actually build it, you can definitely feel the 20-year gap in terms of visuals like proportions and detail.

Anyway, this is a kit that gets a bit of an unfair reputation simply because the original was so good — but judged on its own merits, it's a solid, high-quality SD Musha Gundam that's well worth building for a fun time. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.