A future motorcycle becomes a giant robot arm!　But only one arm?　The Buncher Arrow (Aoshima) from "Makai Densetsu Acrobunch" is transformed into a giant robot! The 22nd issue of the 80's B-Grade Anime Plastic Model Natural History.

Plastic models from Aoshima's "Makai Densetsu Acrobunch" (1983) can be found on the used market rather cheaply, so I find myself accumulating them in my room. The last "1/144 Dylanos" ( # ), an unreasonable three-legged mecha, is fine, but this time it's a motorcycle. 80s robot animation included transformable mecha like "Kikou Genesis Mospida" and "Megazone 23" as well as Hobuggy from "Battle Mecha Zabungle", Spiral from "Heavy Fighter El-Gaim", and the "Super Time Rider Saboteur" from "Super Time Rider Saboteur". There are also many hoverbikes in sub-mechs, such as the "Flow" from "Battle Mecha Zabungle," the "Spiral" from "Heavy Metal El-Gaim," and the "Flash Clapper" from "Super Time Knight Southern Cross," which is a rather interesting motif.
However, the "1/72 A-Mecha Buncher Arrow" is one of the mecha that merges into the main character, the Acrobunch. Looking at the box, it looks like it's going to be an arm?

▲ In case you are wondering, the front of the box has a finished drawing of the Acrobunch printed on it. And looking at the side of the box, we see that this buncher arrow transforms into a left arm. The other side of the box showed the Falcon Buncher and the Buncher Hornet as the other two combined mecha in the lineup.

So, if I wanted to complete the Acrobunch, all I had to do was get all three kits, right?　However, when you actually look at the parts, your conviction that the bike transforms into a left arm begins to waver.

▲ The grip is designed simply by combining the top and bottom two pieces, but it comes with a right hand as well as a left hand. When I read the instruction manual, it only shows how to transform it into a left arm. So what are these right wrist parts?

If you check the combined scene in the anime, you will see that there are two buncher arrows; the two transform into the right arm and the left arm, respectively, and then merge into the torso. Incidentally, two units of the Bancher Hornet, which transforms into legs, also combine. So, you have to buy two kits each to make the Acrobunch!　Well, I can't help but feel that this is both obvious and unreasonable, and that "Then you should have made a set of two from the beginning," but what do you all think?　To cover up this simmering feeling, let's check out the other parts as well.

▲ There are parts that look like a meter, just like a motorcycle, aren't there?　But this kit is 1/72 scale. According to the description on the box, it is 8.30 meters long. It's too big for a motorcycle, but in the anime, the pilot sits on the seat rather than straddling it.

The drills are molded in a surprisingly beautiful manner, with a purity of 100 percent and too straight-forward modeling. When I look at these parts, I feel relieved and think, "This is no different from the Getter Robot era," and "It's still a super robot after all!

▲ But it is the 80's after all, so decals of caution are included!　Realistic or super, which way you want to swing it or not, this is why 80's plastic modeling is so interesting!

To put the story in perspective, assembling just one box of this plastic model would only create one motorcycle-like mecha, which would transform into one arm of the Acrobunch. This buncher-arrow is often ridden by beautiful sisters whose clothes are ripped off and made to look naughty. I wanted them to have naughty figures attached, but I was so excited that I assembled them!

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