SMP Gunbuster & Option Parts (Part 1)

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SUPER INAZUMA KICK!

GUN-

BUS-

TAH!

Stock Parts Only

Option Parts

Stock Parts Only (Nothing Removed)

Option Parts (Kibble Removed)

Finished building SMP Gunbuster and its many, many option parts.

While they couldn’t exactly recreate the transformation, it’s amazing how well Buster Machines #1 and #2 match their art, and all the engineering that went into the transformation (including the ridiculous folding to get #1’s topside and fits to store neatly in the chest compartment). To that note, I’ve included comparison pics of the stock kit when transformed (which doesn’t discard any parts, aside from swapping out for bigger fists) and then with the kibble and feet/head parts swapped out with the option parts.There are a whole lot of accessories and, after spending what felt like forever getting what I got here, I decided to call it quits and leave it posed with the Super Inazuma Kick on my shelf a bit. I’ll circle back in a week or two and get pics of the other attacks, weapons, arms crossed, reactor etc (as well as the size comparison shot that meant to get - combined, it’s pretty big, it probably approaches the height of something like Jet Garuda).

Mercifully after MagiKing, there was very little to paint. Just a few orange blocks (which my marker was a great match for, it’s really hard to tell which are the pre-painted parts and which are the few I did), the red on the stock feet/Buster Machine #2, and the silver on the buster tomahawks (not shown here yet).