MGSD Gundam Sengokuden (Musha Gundam series) / Dynasty Warriors: Gundam

Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin Kokui Ōyoroi

A samurai warlord in gold and black lacquer that turns a shelf into a shrine.

MechaGrade Score

4.0/5

Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin Kokui Ōyoroi · 1/100 · 2022

GradeMG

Scale1/100

Released2022

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The verdict

I think this is one of the best-looking MG kits Bandai has ever painted, even if the frame underneath is showing its age.

The black armor and gold mekki trim on this Kokui Ōyoroi release make the older Shin Musha mold look like a completely different kit, and the loadout of four weapons plus display stands and a folding screen genuinely earns the deluxe box price. It will not out-pose a modern MG, but it was never trying to.

Best for: Musha Gundam collectors and display builders who want a samurai centerpiece, not a poseable action figure

The full review

What it is

This is the black armor P-Bandai release of the MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin, and it wears it well. The base sculpt is the samurai reinterpretation of the RX-78-2 frame, with a full o-yoroi armor skirt, a horned kabuto helmet, and gold mekki-plated trim over glossy black plastic instead of the standard kit's brighter palette. Building it feels less like assembling a mobile suit and more like assembling a piece of armor. Every panel line reads as lacquer and lamellar rather than sci-fi paneling, and the finished figure has genuine presence standing next to modern Gundam kits on a shelf.

The catch

The frame underneath is an older MG design, and it shows in the waist, which barely rotates because the o-yoroi skirt armor physically blocks it. This is not a kit that will hit the deep lunges and twisting poses you get from a current MG. The gold mekki plating on some trim pieces is thin enough that aggressive nub-cutting or filing can chip through to the plastic underneath, so gate cleanup needs a lighter hand than usual. P-Bandai exclusive pricing also puts this well above the standard release, and the diorama extras (folding screen, weapon stands) add bulk and cost without adding a single point of articulation.

Who it's for

Buy this if you already like the Musha Gundam line and want the deluxe version with the gold plating and display accessories, or if you are building a themed samurai/Sengoku shelf and want a genuine centerpiece rather than another straight Gundam repaint. Skip it if you want a kit that poses hard, the limited waist rotation and older frame will frustrate anyone chasing dynamic action shots. It also is not the cheapest or easiest entry into Musha Gundam, the standard-release MG Shin Musha gets you most of the same build for less money if you do not care about the black and gold colorway or the extra accessories.

The build story

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

Gate placement on the armor pieces is straightforward, but I slowed down around the gold-plated trim since a heavy hand with side cutters or a file can expose bare plastic underneath the mekki finish. The 19 runners and roughly 385 parts (with about 60 unused, a Bandai staple for parts-sharing across the line) go together cleanly, and the o-yoroi chest and shoulder armor stack up in satisfying layers rather than feeling like a single molded shell glued over a Gundam.

The double ball-joint neck and double-jointed elbows and knees are the standout engineering here, they let the finished figure hold dramatic samurai stances even with the waist locked down. The 3+1+1 articulated fingers on the manipulators are enough to grip the katana, naginata, and yari properly for photos. Between the four weapons, their individual stands, the folding screen backdrop, and the gold plating, the part count and accessory spread earns its place as one of the more complete MG boxes Bandai has put out.

Lore & trivia

01The Musha Gundam line began in 1988 as SD Sengokuden, reimagining Gundam mobile suits as armored samurai during Japan's Warring States period, and it is the longest-running SD Gundam sub-series.
02The Shin Musha Gundam was redesigned specifically to appear as a hidden open upable unit in the Dynasty Warriors: Gundam video game franchise (Gundam Musou in Japan).
03This Kokui Ōyoroi (black armor) version is a Premium Bandai exclusive reissue of the standard MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin, recolored in black and gold and bundled with a newly illustrated folding screen and dedicated weapon stands not included in the original release.