SD Legend BB Versal Knight Gundam

Release 2015.8

Price ¥1,800First release price: ¥1,500

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 Versal Knight Gundam - After applying seals (1/2)

SD Versal Knight Gundam - After applying seals (2/2)

After applying stickers

Armor and weapons removed

SD Versal Knight Gundam - Light armor type (1/2)

SD Versal Knight Gundam - Light armor type (2/2)

Light equipment type

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

A total of 4 eye seals are included.

Lower and attach the wings and cape to convert into Centaur Mode.

Leftover parts

Articulation is more flexible compared to older SD kits.

SD Versal Knight Gundam - Action pose (1/4)

SD Versal Knight Gundam - Action pose (2/4)

Action pose

Together with the original SD Versal Knight Gundam

Together with Legend BB Knight Gundam

----- SD Legend BB Gunpla Common Notes ------------------------
The SD Legend BB line, which launched in 2012, is an upgraded, premium re-release of major SD kits from the old Musha and Knight Gundam series, brought up to date with 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° to switch to a different eye style (Zaku-type gets an added 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 comes out at a high quality level, making it a lineup loved not just by SD fans but by Gunpla fans in general.
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This kit is the Versal Knight Gundam, released as the 12th entry in the SD Legend BB line. It's essentially the Legend BB Knight Gundam with Versal Knight armor added on top — which means some of the Knight Gundam parts end up as leftover parts.

Content-wise, it feels like a straight upgrade of BB Senshi No. 72 Versal Knight Gundam from 1990. The biggest difference is that the cape, which used to be a paper cut-out you slotted in, is now realized as a poseable plastic part. And if you move the backpack and wings down to the lower position, you can configure it into a four-legged centaur mode. Everything else follows the same structure as before, and true to the Legend BB name, it's bigger and more imposing.

Since it's fundamentally a variation of Knight Gundam, it doesn't feel all that fresh — but if you were hoping for an upgraded Versal Knight Gundam, this looks like a kit worth having some fun with. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.