Speaking of "Mobile Suit Z Gundam," Jared's favorite machine "Vairan! Build this low-priced 400 yen kit and become Jared, too! 80's B-Grade Anime Plastic Model Natural History Vol.7

Last time I reached out to powered armor and other items from "Dorvac", so this time it's Gunpla, synonymous with robotic plastic modeling! If we take up Gunpla, the recognition of this series should expand ......, right? Because it's Gunpla!
But the title of this series is "B-Grade Plastic Model Kits. I chose the "Bialan," the favorite machine of Jared Mesa in "Mobile Suit Z Gundam" (it was not released in 1/144 scale, but only in a low-priced 1/220 scale kit).
And since I'm on a roll, I reviewed the first appearance of the Bialan, episode 36, "Eternal Foe". ...... What? It's in a key episode where Fau Murasame dies?

▲ The manual has a page of aircraft commentary, and Jared's standing figure is also printed in color. Although this man has changed mobile suits several times, it is interesting that he does not feel like collecting all of Jared's aircraft. but it is interesting that he does not feel like "I will collect all of Jared's mobile suits .. .!

In episode 36, Camille sneaks into the Titans base on Kilimanjaro and meets Fau again and they have a coke together and things get good, but Jared (who is injured and on crutches) sees her off. As a result, Jared's mistake causes Bialan to stab through the cockpit of the Psycho Gundam that Fau is riding in, and the absurdity of the "Z Gundam" is still amazing. The absurdity of "Z Gundam" is still amazing. It does not compare to the first generation "Gundam.
Before that scene, Jared is thrown off a cliff by Camille in the snowy mountains. Even though he is on crutches, he is already merciless. And Jared (a man who would not die from being thrown off a cliff) gets angry and says, "It's a mobile suit, right? As long as it moves. As long as it moves." With a throwaway line, he forcibly boarded the Bialan, which was still undergoing maintenance.
After all, he accidentally stabbed Fau to death with a beam saber, so it was hard to be happy about it. I don't think I can honestly say, "Bayaran is cool!" but ...... anyway, let's take a look at the contents of the kit.

Let's take a look at the contents of the kit. The first thing that makes me wonder is the fuselage parts. The engine units are attached to both shoulders, and the broad shoulders are a characteristic of the Bialan, but aren't the engine units movable? It seems like you could get a more dynamic pose if you move from this part. ......

Is the kit roughly divided into parts? On the contrary, the vernier nozzles and heat exhaust fin details are separate parts, and even the inside of the kit is molded. It looks like a kit with a lot more thought put into it than one might expect.

And it comes with poly caps! The 1/220 series has snap-fits like the cheaper versions, but the Cubelay and Messara are poly-capped, articulated, glue-required kits. The Bialan appears to be very well-privileged.

The set overall length of the Bialan is 23.1 meters. It is not extremely large, but since the 1/144 Gundam Mk-II was priced at 500 yen, it was probably no better than setting a new scale of 1/220 to keep the price of a supporting mecha low.

▲ Painting instructions in the assembly instruction diagram. You can see that it consists of 3 runners and poly caps. The number of parts is about 50, and the poly caps are used with other kits.

The first kit in 1/220 scale was the "Messara" (400 yen), released in September 1985, followed by the "Assimilator" (300 yen) in November, and the "Gundam Mk-II", "Rick Dias", and "Z Gundam" (300 yen each) in December, making it possible to have mobile armors and mobile suits for 300-400 yen. It can be seen that the ability to have both mobile armor and mobile suits for 300~400 yen was a selling point of the 1/220 series.
However, while the 1/144 Mobile Suits were snap-fit and had few movable parts, the Variable Mobile Armor, Cubelay, and this Bialan, which were only available in 1/220 scale, are very elaborate and use polycaps. The awkwardness of the specifications is one of the interesting aspects of 80's plastic robot models. Now, let's try to assemble the Bialan, the fated machine in which Jared killed Fau!

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