Do you like villain robots with big heads?　If you are looking for a 1/144 Gebai (Bandai) of "Kikou Senki Dragner", you can find one with a big head! The 23rd issue of the 80's B-Grade Anime Plastic Model Natural History.

Finally, the "Armored Warfare Dragner" (1987) kit came to this series!　When I won the auction for the "1/144 Gebai," which I had loved since that time, there was still no shadow of a re-release set. And when the re-release set of the "Dragooner" was released in April this year, this Gebai was not included!　So, it has made a spectacular appearance in this series.

The explanatory diagram is followed by a series of military and scientific explanations, like those in "Gundam Century". However, the front view with "Dyne" (the red one) in the upper right corner has a cool atmosphere. It is different from the front view in the assembly instructions, and it looks like it was drawn up for the aircraft's explanatory page.

Back in 1987, I also liked the "Drau" as an inhuman mecha with a big head (it's in this year's re-release set, right?). But the best thing about this Gebaye this time around is the molded color. It's a dark yellow, so it's militaristic.

▲ The armored version of the waist and the gun. At this time of the year, guns are often molded in one piece, flimsy and thin. Perhaps it is a reaction to the series like "Aoki Ryusei SPT Reisner" (1985), which standardized heavy metal guns, but anyway, the guns are so thinly molded that one might think, "Is this a shadow picture?

▲ On the other hand, the gun comes complete with poly caps and seals, despite its low price tag of 400 yen. Also, look at the tag in the upper left corner of the runner with the engraved wrist!　The skimpy "Gebai" logo, which is not even printed on the box!　Hmmm, 80's plastic models are great after all!

When the show "Dragner" was first planned, even the main character robot was a unique mecha with a disc-shaped head. In the end, it settled on an orthodox form, but there are still glimpses of the initial concept in the "D-3" with its rice cracker-like head and the optional parts for the "D-1," which was never commercialized. Let's put the Gebai together while paying tribute to Kunio Okawara, who has always been introducing new ideas without getting stuck in a rut!

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