Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

It's really~ really~ tiny.
Way~ smaller than most SD kits ^^;

Tomy RMZ-11 Godos - First, here it is built in the Enhanced Type configuration. (1/4)

Tomy RMZ-11 Godos - First, here it is built in the Enhanced Type configuration. (2/4)

First, here it is built in the Enhanced Type configuration.

Tomy RMZ-11 Godos - Enhanced Type detail shots (1/4)

Tomy RMZ-11 Godos - Enhanced Type detail shots (2/4)

Enhanced Type detail shots

The belly area.

This kit can be built as either the Standard Type (left) or the Enhanced Type (right).

Standard Type head and weapons.

Built as the Standard Type.

Enhanced Type head and weapons.

Tomy RMZ-11 Godos - The Enhanced Type backpack can be detached and used as a vehicle, and you can swap the direction of the p

The Enhanced Type backpack can be detached and used as a vehicle,
and you can swap the direction of the pre-painted pilot figure when doing so.

Cockpit hatch on the head opens.

Arm and neck articulation.
The neck is quite flexible in all directions.

Tail range of motion

Knee range of motion

Tomy RMZ-11 Godos - The mid-waist section extends and allows for a decent bend. It's impressive that they managed to include

The mid-waist section extends and allows for a decent bend.
It's impressive that they managed to include this kind of articulation gimmick even with such a tiny body ^^

Only 2 leftover parts.

Tomy RMZ-11 Godos - Displayed on the dedicated base. The base quality is excellent as always. (1/4)

Tomy RMZ-11 Godos - Displayed on the dedicated base. The base quality is excellent as always. (2/4)

Displayed on the dedicated base.
The base quality is excellent as always.

Tomy RMZ-11 Godos - Rawr~ Action poses (1/3)

Rawr~ Action poses

Tomy RMZ-11 Godos - Despite its small size, it can pull off some pretty dynamic poses. (1/3)

Despite its small size, it can pull off some pretty dynamic poses.

Tomy RMZ-11 Godos - Alongside the Kotobukiya 1/72 Godos. The molded colors are quite different, as expected. (1/3)

Alongside the Kotobukiya 1/72 Godos.
The molded colors are quite different, as expected.

Tomy RMZ-11 Godos - Alongside the MSS Saber Tiger released at the same time. The Saber Tiger is already small in person.. but

Alongside the MSS Saber Tiger released at the same time.
The Saber Tiger is already small in person.. but the Godos is even even even even even smaller lol

The 4th entry in the Tomy Tec MSS Zoids lineup is the small-type unit, the Godos. Since it's 1/144 scale, I figured it would be pretty small going in… but once I actually finished building it, I was genuinely caught off guard by just how tiny this kit is ;;;

It's a pint-sized little thing that's only about 5–6cm tall, yet for its size it packs in a surprisingly large number of parts all crammed together. The volume is even smaller than an old-school SD kit, and it might just be the smallest kit you can get for the price.

Anyway, despite being this tiny, the neck, waist, arms, and legs all move, and the tail has quite a few joints for articulation too — which is pretty impressive. On top of that, both the Standard Type and Enhanced Type Godos can be built from the same kit, since it includes two sets of heads and weapon loadouts, making it a surprisingly content-rich kit for its size.

Being an upright-type Zoid, it has a natural advantage in terms of articulation range, and the action poses you can get out of all those moving joints are better than you'd expect. Four-legged Zoids tend to be limited in the poses they can pull off, but the MSS Godos actually feels more dynamic than the much larger Kotobukiya 1/72 Godos.

At ¥2200, it's the kind of kit that could spark a value-for-money debate, but the build quality and the satisfaction of the finished product are enough to offset that concern. It's a kit that really showcases the essence of MSS Zoids — small but precise and charming — and if you're a Zoids fan, I'd say it's worth picking up even ahead of other MSS releases. :-)

RMZ-11 Godos | 2013. 3 | ¥2,200

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.