SD Legend BB Musha Gundam Mk-III

Release 2017.11

Price ¥1,300

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 Gundam Mk-III - After applying seals (1/2)

SD Musha Gundam Mk-III - After applying seals (2/2)

After applying stickers

Armor and weapons removed

SD Musha Gundam Mk-III - Light armor type (1/2)

SD Musha Gundam Mk-III - Light armor type (2/2)

Light equipment type

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

A total of 4 hands are included.

Weapons loadout

The Ginrou-Ken can be stored inside the shield.

Articulation is noticeably more flexible compared to older SD kits.

SD Musha Gundam Mk-III - Action pose (1/5)

SD Musha Gundam Mk-III - Action pose (2/5)

SD Musha Gundam Mk-III - Action pose (3/5)

Action pose

Together with Legend BB Mk-III Daishogun

Together with the Mk-III from Legend BB Mk-III Daishogun

Together with the original SD Gundam Mk-III.

----- SD Legend BB Model Kit 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 old SD kits, and the key improvements are as follows.

- Size increased by roughly 1.5x
- Reduced seal usage with a major boost in color separation
- Updated polycaps improve both 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 gets a mono-eye rotation gimmick)
- 4 types of eye seals included (some kits include 2 sets)
- 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 in the lineup is high quality, and it's been a hit not just with SD fans but with Gunpla fans in general.
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This kit is the Musha Gundam Mk-III, released as the 15th entry in the SD Legend BB line. It's essentially the light armor type plus the Mk-III armor split off separately from the previously released Mk-III Daishogun kit — the head antennae have been changed to a plated finish and some of the molded colors have been updated. The addition of the Ginrou-Ken and shield as weapons also means the loadout now matches the ancestor form of BB Senshi No. 119 Gundam Mk-III released back in 1993.

Since this is really just a portion of an existing kit spun off on its own, in this review you'll mainly want to check out the changed molded colors and the new weapons. Sure, the flashy Daishogun armor is gone, but this still looks like a clean, quality kit in its own right. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.