Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack.
This guy is small by design, so the kit is absolutely tiny..

Tomy RHI-3 Command Wolf - Detail shots (1/3)

Detail shots

Underside

Tomy RHI-3 Command Wolf - Pilot figures on the head and back. This kit actually comes with 2 pre-painted pilot figures, but t

Pilot figures on the head and back.
This kit actually comes with 2 pre-painted pilot figures.
They're so tiny that one of them made a run for it while I was building T_T
So the rest of the review photos were taken with only the pilot on the head — sorry about that....sob sob.

The teeth are all partially painted as well.

Neck up/down articulation

Tomy RHI-3 Command Wolf - The body segments can rotate horizontally to some degree, though the range of rotation isn't that l

The body segments can rotate horizontally to some degree, though the range of rotation isn't that large.

On the other hand, the rear of the waist bends downward quite a bit.

It comes with a painted diorama base — haven't seen one of those in a while.

Paint quality is great as always.

Crouching pose.

Tomy RHI-3 Command Wolf - Awoooo~ Howling action pose (1/3)

Awoooo~
Howling action pose

Tomy RHI-3 Command Wolf - Woof~ Woof~ Action pose 2 (1/3)

Woof~ Woof~
Action pose 2

Running pose

Tomy RHI-3 Command Wolf - Alongside Kotobukiya's HMM 1/72 Command Wolf. Same concept, but the molded colors are quite differe

Alongside Kotobukiya's HMM 1/72 Command Wolf.
Same concept, but the molded colors are quite different.

Compared to the previous Great Saber, the Command Wolf is indeed a bit smaller.

The Command Wolf, one of the most popular Zoids, has been released as a Tomy-Tec MSS Zoid. It's already a relatively small Zoid by design, so the 1/144 scale Command Wolf comes out really tiny and adorable ^^; It looks small enough to drop into an open cigarette pack..

That said, compared to other Zoids it has a fairly slender build, and it feels like it has the best articulation of any MSS Zoid so far. The waist has a wide up/down range of motion in particular, and the legs fold at a large angle too, so crouched poses, fully stretched poses, and everything in between come out really nicely. Even compared to Kotobukiya's Command Wolf, it somehow pulls off more natural-looking poses.

On top of that, thanks to the many pre-painted parts and the fine detail that MSS kits are known for, the straight build looks incredibly precise despite the small size — it holds its own against the relatively larger Kotobukiya Command Wolf without any trouble. Especially compared to the original Zoid motorized figures, this has a much more refined and sophisticated mechanical feel.

Like some of its predecessors, the MSS Command Wolf comes with a painted diorama base. Looking at the release pattern so far, it seems like the diorama base is only included with brand-new releases and gets dropped for variation kits. Either way, the paint quality and texture of the diorama base are still excellent, so I think it adds quite a bit of value to the product.

Personally, this is my favorite MSS Zoid kit released up to this point. Unlike the previous kits which tended to look small and stocky, this one is small yet sleek and well-sculpted, with great articulation to boot. If you're just getting into MSS Zoids, this is the one I'd recommend starting with :-)

RHI-3 Command Wolf | 2013. 10 | ¥3,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.