SD Gundam Force Musha Gundam Kibaomaru

Release 2004.7

Price ¥500

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Runners

Parts diagram

SD Musha Gundam Kibaomaru - Manual (1/3)

Manual

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Front view of straight build before stickers

SD Musha Gundam Kibaomaru - After applying seals (1/2)

SD Musha Gundam Kibaomaru - After applying seals (2/2)

After applying stickers

Hollow undersides on the feet

SD Musha Gundam Kibaomaru - Cut out the 12 images along the right edge of the manual pages, stack them in order, and staple t

Cut out the 12 images along the right edge of the manual pages, stack them in order, and staple them together —
— then flip through them with your thumb for a fun flipbook animation effect!

Super basic articulation — only the arms and feet rotate, plus the wings can spread open

Action pose

Together with SD Dark Knight Deathscythe.

<Common notes for the SD Gundam Force series> --------------------------------------------
SD Gundam Force was an anime that aired in 2004, and since it was aimed at younger kids, the model kit lineup was also released as simple ¥300-class kits.

Overall, the part count is kept to a minimum, and the color separation is basically three molded colors with a few seals thrown in. It's quick and easy to build, which is a plus, but the straight build visuals are relatively lacking. The hollow areas are limited to the undersides of the feet and the inner thighs — less than you might expect — but most of these kits have a fixed neck, with articulation limited to just shoulder and foot rotation, which is pretty one-dimensional. Weapons are also kept minimal at just one or two, and there are no extra accessories to speak of.

As a bonus, if you cut the right corner of the manual into 12 strips and stack them, you can flip through them with your finger for a flipbook animation effect — kind of like those old comic strips that used to come inside gum packs!
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This is SD Musha Gundam Kibaomaru, released as No. 10 in the SD Gundam Force lineup. It comes with 31 parts — about twice as many as the previous kits — which means fewer hollow areas, a relatively more colorful appearance, and a price tag of ¥500, which is ¥200 more than the average.

The look is more elaborate, but the joint layout is the same as before — fixed head, with articulation limited to shoulder and foot rotation. That said, the wings on the back spread out wide, giving it a pretty solid sense of volume. Either way, it still sticks to the SD kit concept of simple, easy assembly, and it holds a special place as the final kit to wrap up the SD Gundam Force character lineup. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.