HGGundam Build Fighters Try

TBG-011B Try Burning Gundam

A bare-knuckle brawler that trades weapons for flame effect parts and gets away with it.

MechaGrade Score

3.7/5

Try Burning Gundam · 1/144 · 2015

GradeHG

Scale1/144

Released2015

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

I came into this one expecting a gimmick kit and left genuinely impressed by how much personality Bandai packed into a suit with zero handheld weapons.

Sekai Kamiki's melee-only fighter leans entirely on its poseability and its flame burst effect parts, and both deliver. It is not a technical showcase like an RG, but as an HG built around one clear idea (punch things, set them on fire while doing it) it nails that idea completely.

Best for: builders who want a display-worthy action pose over a static shelf-sitter, and don't mind a kit with no gun or sword in the box

The full review

What it is

This is Sekai Kamiki's signature melee Gunpla from Build Fighters Try, and it plays exactly like its show role, a suit built to hit things bare-handed. There are no beam rifles or swords in this box at all, instead you get a generous set of flame burst effect parts that clip onto the flame fists and a foot, letting you recreate the Burning Burst attacks straight out of the anime. Assembly is straightforward HG snap-fit, and once the double-jointed elbows and ball-jointed abdomen are in place, the range of dynamic martial-arts poses this thing can hold is honestly the whole appeal. It photographs like it is mid-fight even sitting still on a shelf.

The catch

The shoulder joints are looser than I would like, and the arms have a tendency to pop out of the shoulder socket during aggressive posing, which gets old fast once you are chasing a specific action shot. The wrist to forearm connection is similarly loose, though that matters less here since there is nothing heavy to hold. Panel lining is minimal out of the box, so this kit rewards a little post-build detailing rather than looking finished straight off the runners. Stickers are limited to the eyes, the front camera, and the grey foot accents, which is a fair trade for the price band.

Who it's for

Grab this one if you want a suit that looks like it is doing something rather than standing at attention, and if the show or the Burning Fighters lineage means anything to you. It is a strong pick-up alongside Build Burning or Kamiki Burning if you are chasing the whole progression. Skip it if you specifically want a kit that comes with a weapon loadout, or if loose shoulder joints on an HG are a dealbreaker for you, since posing does require a bit of patience to keep the arms seated.

The build story

What the build is actually like, and the engineering worth knowing about.

Assembly is easy, standard HG snap-fit across the runners with clean gate placement, nothing here trips up a first-timer. The flame effect parts clip onto the fists and foot without extra tools, and swapping them in and out between poses is simple once you get the hang of the connection points.

The real engineering story is the articulation built specifically for hand-to-hand combat poses, the double-ball neck joint, the deep elbow bend, and the free-moving waist and abdomen all work together to let you recreate flying kicks and flame punches convincingly. Color separation is solid for the price band with only three sticker locations, though the tradeoff is loose shoulders and a flat, panel-line-light finish that benefits from a wash or highlight pass.

Lore & trivia

01The Try Burning Gundam is Sekai Kamiki's upgraded version of Sei Iori's original BG-011B Build Burning Gundam from the 11th World Tournament.
02It has no handheld weapons in its kit form, built entirely around unarmed melee combat and its Burning Burst System for maximizing Plavsky Particle output.
03The kit was released in 2015 as part of the HGBF line tied to Gundam Build Fighters Try, and includes multiple flame burst effect parts for the fists and a foot to recreate its signature attacks.