SD BB Senshi GongSun Zan Ez-8 & Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot

SD GongSun Zan Ez-8 & Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot Box

Release 2018.2

Price ¥1,600

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Runners

SD GongSun Zan Ez-8 & Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot - Parts (1/2)

SD GongSun Zan Ez-8 & Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot - Parts (2/2)

Parts diagram

SD GongSun Zan Ez-8 & Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot - Manual (1/4)

SD GongSun Zan Ez-8 & Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot - Manual (2/4)

Manual

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Front view of straight build before stickers

SD GongSun Zan Ez-8 & Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot - After applying seals (1/4)

SD GongSun Zan Ez-8 & Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot - After applying seals (2/4)

SD GongSun Zan Ez-8 & Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot - After applying seals (3/4)

SD GongSun Zan Ez-8 & Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot - After applying seals (4/4)

After applying stickers

GongSun Zan Ez-8

Stamp molded into the bottom of the feet

SD GongSun Zan Ez-8 & Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot - The newly added Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot. The horses thems

The newly added Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot.
The horses themselves are just the existing Shin Hakugin Ryuusei-ma with a different molded color.

Two different eye seal options are included!

SD GongSun Zan Ez-8 & Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot - You can apply three different eye styles to the Four Symbols Ogre

You can apply three different eye styles to the Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot's horses.

Articulation is the same as before.

SD GongSun Zan Ez-8 & Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot - Action pose (1/4)

SD GongSun Zan Ez-8 & Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot - Action pose (2/4)

Action pose

SD GongSun Zan Ez-8 & Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot - Alongside the Sangokuden BBW Shin GongSun Zan Ez-8. The silver mo

Alongside the Sangokuden BBW Shin GongSun Zan Ez-8.
The silver molded color is slightly brighter, but overall the color difference isn't that big.

Alongside the Sangokuden BBW Shin Hakugin Ryuusei-ma.

----- Common notes for the SD Sangokuden 400-series ------------------------
The SD Sangokuden ran from 2007 to 2010, releasing 37 BB Senshi kits (#300–362). After that, a separate numbering system was used for the 46-kit Sangokuden BBW series (a.k.a. Shin Sangokuden). A good number of the BBW kits were reuses of BB Senshi Sangokuden kits, but some were released as brand-new kits. Those BBW original kits have since been brought back under the BB Senshi numbering system — that's what the SD Sangokuden 400-series is. This series launched in February 2018, with eight kits released all at once under BB Senshi numbers 405–412. With the exception of the last one — Diao Chan Qubeley — they're all repackaged versions of BBW series original kits with new accessories added.
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This kit is the GongSun Zan Ez-8 & Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot, released as part of the BB Senshi Sangokuden repackage series. It takes the existing Sangokuden BBW Shin GongSun Zan Ez-8 and adds the Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot as a new unit. The GongSun Zan Ez-8's silver molded color is a touch brighter than before, but the overall color feel is pretty much the same. The Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot is a chariot pulled by two horses — and those horses are basically the SD Shin Hakugin Ryuusei-ma with just the molded color swapped to black. So yes, the core parts are recycled from existing kits, but the chariot form factor is a rare sight and gives the whole thing a really unique and fun vibe. One thing to watch out for though — when you seat GongSun Zan Ez-8 in the back, if the weight balance is off, it can tip backwards, so be careful.

Anyway, since the GongSun Zan Ez-8 and the horses are identical to their previous releases in both contents and features, the main thing to check out in this review is how the Four Symbols Ogre Armor Chariot looks and how well it works as an accessory. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.