BB Senshi Sangokuden Bacho Blue Destiny Part 6

Dragon dragon dragon
Continue with the assembly of BB Senshi Sangokuden Bacho Blue Destiny after the previous posting. ^^


All the extra parts for Bacho Blue Destiny's armors and weapons.


An armored Bacho Blue Destiny.
Armor components added to the basic form are headgear, shoulder armors, extra dragon head left shoulder armor, chest plate and backpack.



The large dragon head armor is tabbed onto the top of the left armor, where the slots to hold it can also be found on the right armor, so you can have the dragon head on the right hand side of Bacho Blue Destiny if you want to.


All the weapon parts to form the large Shiryuu Gokurensou (獅龍極煉槍) combo spear.



A huge double-edged spear with dragon head and wings ^^
All done for Bacho Blue Destiny. ^^ Besides increase in size, the armor parts give this warrior a huge upgrade in golden shininess as compared to his basic form as shown in the previous posting, and I like that very much XD

More images of the completed model:























Action poses of this completed BB Senshi kit:









Unfortunately for Bacho Blue Destinty, he suffers from the same issue as most other BB Senshi kits when the armor parts are attached - loss of posability. ^^; The dragon head shoulder armor would collide with the headgear when the shoulder is lifted; the wings on Shiryuu Gokurensou would hit the body if the weapon is posed close to it; and when the combo spear is separated, the shield (獸牙盾) will no longer be able to be mounted onto the forearm because of the shoulder armors. ^^; Another way of looking at it, many of the action poses shown in the previous posting are no longer possible. ^^;

All the weaknesses are not unpredictable though. As mentioned before, the problem exists on most other BB Senshi kits I built in the past. However, the loss of posability seems a lot more obvious on Bacho Blue Destiny, maybe because how the weapons are so versatile that the inability to pose with them feel a lot more disappointing than most other BB Senshi kits. Chouryou Gelgoog built last year was a BB Senshi Sangokuden kit with much of its articulation and posability blocked by its bulky armors, but in a way, it didn't feel as bad as Bacho Blue Destiny.

So, when that "mis-expectation" is recognized and removed, it's suffice to say that Bacho Blue Destiny is a pretty normal BB Senshi kit. ^^

The "Berserker" mode coming up next. ^^

BB Senshi Sangokuden Bacho Blue Destiny Part 5

In before all the bling bling
Already the second day of the new year and the first order of business is to take care of er, last year's business. ^^; Sounds kind of pathetic there, but I don't think the idea of having to finish off everything from the previous year before the January the 1st is applicable to hobby items. In a way, like fine wines, some collectibles become more precious as they age. ^^

Then again, that also doesn't apply to this item. XD


BB Senshi Sangokuden Bacho Blue Destiny, which was left in my closet since late November. Except a few rare occasions when I would work on a kit I'm really enthusiastic about and build it right away, like MG Figurerise Kamen Rider W Cyclone Joker in 2010 and HG 1/144 Gafran last year), I say this waiting period is pretty normal for Bacho Blue Destiny. Apart from letting the panel lines to dry more before the final assembly, I usually don't want to indulge myself into the same kit or hobby item for too long in one shot, which is just my personal way of appreciating the items I have. ^^

Anyway, back to Bacho Blue Destiny. ^^ Just the basic form to be completed in this posting, since the design of its head is pretty unique in the series, plus the armors' and weapons' gimmicks would make a single posting overly long to cover everything I guess. ^^;


Parts of Bacho Blue Destiny's main body.


Major separable components of the main body.
Pretty standard fair for a BB Senshi Sangokuden kit so far.


Parts of the head.


Foil stickers used for the normal eyes, alternate "berserker mode" eye expression and sensors.



The two types of stickers for the eyes are on "knob", backs to one another. When you turn the tab on top of the head, the eye expression will change.


The clear green goggles part is assembled onto the front face part.


The color of the goggles part is very light, so the eyes can be seen very clearly when the head is assembled.


Three one-piece hair parts are assembled onto the forehead part, before the latter is mounted on top of the head. That would lock the tab that controls the eyes' movement.



Via simple hinges, the hair parts can be lifted for the "berserker mode" transformation.


All major separable components.




Bacho Blue Destiny's basic form completed.


One piece weapon parts.
No enough to form the mighty Shiryuu Gokurensou (獅龍極煉槍) combo spear since a few bling-bling parts will only come on in the next posting, but more than enough for Bacho Blue Destiny to wield. ^^


With sword (獅青刀) and spear (龍凜槍).




With shield (獸牙盾).
The sword and spear can combine using a socket part as well.



Large sword combo (大劍.龍鱗) using the shield and blade (龍甲刀).


Plenty of action poses from Bacho Blue Destiny even before the extra armor parts are assembled. ^^ The weapon parts' different combination gimmick is very indeed very fun, which is what I consider to be the really cool feature of the BB Senshi series, as compared to say the High Grade and Master Grade lines. Most of the designs don't have to make sense to look cool, and they certainly don't have care much about proportion and scale too. ^^ Still, the level and details and flexibility are pretty amazing at the same time. So far, before the whole kit is done, Bacho Blue Destiny certainly exhibit the quality of being really good in all these aspects. ^^