SD Gundam World Heros Sun Quan Gundam Astray He Yan Xiang Hu

SD Sun Quan Gundam Astray He Yan Xiang Hu Box

Release 2022.11

Price ¥1,100

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Runners

Newly added runners for this kit

Two sword runners in different colors are included as duplicates.

SD Sun Quan Gundam Astray He Yan Xiang Hu - Parts (1/2)

SD Sun Quan Gundam Astray He Yan Xiang Hu - Parts (2/2)

Parts diagram

SD Sun Quan Gundam Astray He Yan Xiang Hu - Manual (1/5)

SD Sun Quan Gundam Astray He Yan Xiang Hu - Manual (2/5)

SD Sun Quan Gundam Astray He Yan Xiang Hu - Manual (3/5)

Manual

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Straight build before applying seals

SD Sun Quan Gundam Astray He Yan Xiang Hu - After applying seals (1/2)

SD Sun Quan Gundam Astray He Yan Xiang Hu - After applying seals (2/2)

After applying stickers

Side view

The He Yan Xiang Hu mounted at the center of the backpack can be detached.

SD Sun Quan Gundam Astray He Yan Xiang Hu - When you do, the connection point between the He Yan Xiang Hu mounting parts and

When you do, the connection point between the He Yan Xiang Hu mounting parts and the backpack breaks very easily. T_T
The joint is stiff and the plastic is hard, so it snapped after just one attempt at moving it.
It's also in an awkward spot to glue back together, so please be careful everyone..

He Yan Xiang Hu in its default mounted firing configuration

SD Sun Quan Gundam Astray He Yan Xiang Hu - Separate the He Yan Xiang Hu into 2 short swords, 1 long sword, and joint parts,

Separate the He Yan Xiang Hu into 2 short swords, 1 long sword, and joint parts, then...

It can be reconfigured into a slashing form and a high-speed movement form.

Backpack detached and configured as a support mecha

Only 2 leftover parts.

Arm and leg articulation much the same as the previous kit

He Yan Xiang Hu - Firing pose

He Yan Xiang Hu - Slashing pose

He Yan Xiang Hu - High-speed movement pose

Together with the SD Sun Quan Gundam Astray from the Sangoku Soketsuden series.

--- SD Gundam World Heroes - General Notes -----------------

This is a TV anime series produced in 2021 as a follow-up to Sangoku Soketsuden, and just as the title "World Heroes" suggests, it draws inspiration from heroes across different eras. The plastic model kits follow the same concept as Sangoku Soketsuden, and even the shared frame runners from that series are reused here. Everything else — the way the parts are structured and even the feel of the plastic — is identical, so it's really not much of a stretch to just call these the same Sangoku Soketsuden series kits rather than a true successor line.

Also like the Sangoku Soketsuden kits, these are made at Bandai's Chinese factory rather than the Shizuoka plant, and the plastic still feels hard and the assembly is on the stiff side. That said, the intricate molding and color separation give you a great-looking straight build, and the price feels relatively reasonable for what you get.
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This kit is SD Sun Quan Gundam Astray He Yan Xiang Hu, released as No. 29 in the SD Gundam World Heroes lineup. It's based on the SD Sun Quan Gundam Astraythat was previously released in the Sangoku Soketsuden series. One new clear red runner has been added with newly tooled parts, and the existing sword runner is included twice in two different colors.

Thanks to the added clear parts and swords, it's quite a visual upgrade over the original kit — the flame-shaped clear parts make it look bigger and more striking, and a total of 6 swords are mounted on the back, taking up quite a bit of space behind the figure. The He Yan Xiang Hu on the back can be detached from the backpack and reconfigured into three different weapon modes: firing, slashing, and high-speed movement. However, you really need to be careful about breaking the mounting parts when detaching the He Yan Xiang Hu from the backpack. In my case, it snapped off without me even applying much force while trying to detach it. T_T The backpack and He Yan Xiang Hu can also be separated and used as a support mecha.

So overall, this kit is a clear visual and functional upgrade over the original SD Sun Quan Gundam Astray. As long as you watch out for the fragile He Yan Xiang Hu mounting point on the backpack, it's a pretty fun and flashy SD kit worth enjoying. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.