Kotobukiya Mechanical Chain Base Review Part 2 with Arbalest
February 3rd, 2010
Continue from part 1, I’m going to review the Kotobukiya Mechanical Chain Base 009 and a bit on 005. As I mentioned on the previous post, there will be photos on how the wall-floor mechanism and how I play around with it. To make it even better, I took some test shots with Kaiyodo Revoltech ARX-7 Arbalest!
Kotobukiya Mechanical Chain Base 005 Review
Packaging and overall view of Kotobukiya Mechanical Chain Base 005.
The 004/005/006’s wall unit. The red area is the part where it gonna to join with the red area at the photo below.
The 004/005/006’s floor unit. Noted that this joint is different than 001-003 and 007-010.
Kotobukiya Mechanical Chain Base 009 Review
Packaging and overall view of Kotobukiya Mechanical Chain Base 009.
Front view.
009 specialty 1: Erm… Elevator? Carrier? And a little human that gives signal (suitable for 1/144).
009 specialty 2: Spot lights.
009 specialty 3: Elevator? Bridge?
009’s wall unit. Notice the difference compare to 005’s wall unit?
I uses 005’s floor. This is the slot that compatible with 001-003 and 007-010 wall unit.
Kotobukiya Mechanical Chain Base 005 + 009
Comparison between 005 (left) and 009 (right).
Gattai! This is how it actually works when both 005 and 009 wall unit put together. They have to form a L-shape.
009’s floor is actually a roof of other units!
It is a roof but it can also function as floor and join side by side with other floor unit. The middle floor unit belongs to 009. Now is the problem… the middle wall is empty =___=
What I did was simply turn the 009’s wall unit over and fill the empty area. Not the best but better than leaving it empty. I don’t feel like buying another 2 004/005/006 just for the sake of filling the area =__=
Size comparison for catapult and container
I did a simple size comparison for my dear users. The AA Battery is a benchmark so you will have a clear idea which one you need for your 1/100, 1/60 or 1/144.
Container: 005 (big), 004 (medium) and 006 (small)
Container: 005 (big), 004 (medium) and 006 (small)
Catapult: 006 (big), 005 (medium) and 004 (small)
Test shot with Revoltech ARX-7 Arbalest
Revoltech ARX-7 Arbalest rocks! I love this one the most!
005’s Specialty: Weapon carrier. It is carrying Arbalest’s shot gun.
ARX-7 Arbalest undergo maintenance.
ARX-7 Arbalest’s articulation really amazed me.
This is nice for a simple,diorama style background.So your gonna are you gonna use this on future reviews, cause it will look even better^^
hmm combine each other interesting I remember hobby store near my sister’s home selling this chain and the thriler truck for mecha maybe should get 2-3 ^^
Okay….poisoned…
Rushes to buy 009 set…..zooms to M workshop!!!
@Gunstray: Most likely. That’s the purpose I invest them.
@moemoekyun:get a few while it is still available :D
@chubbybots: *spread more poision* 009 is not the only option, you can consider others too :D
Damn! everybody is getting this it’s so tempting for me to buy it myself >.<
btw planning on painting it?
you should check out this guy's work http://kaymaroo.blogspot.com/2010/01/gundam-hanger-base-custom-dioramas.html
sweet props! i like the bridge and beam thing with the lights that come with 009. nicely detailed, even comes with a free peeping tom lol
really does help make the models look huge in scale ^^
@AstrayP03: Thanks for the link! I might do some minor panel lining or dry brush, will consider adding some colour.
@rockleelotus: Yup, 007-010’s wall have more details and it cast really nice shadow when putting it inside the light box.