We have here an unboxing review of SD Gundam Online (SDGO Capsule Fighter) EPYON toy figure from the Gundam Wing series. Just want to remind everyone that SDGO figures are as big as SD Archive figures (you can search this site for more info). Anyway, this SDGO Epyon is really cool IMHO. Aside from the already bigger SD Mobile Suit mode (as compared to regular SD kits), it can also transform into Mobile Armor mode. I was just happy that Bandai exerted extra effort to do that gimmick. You can get this toy from private sellers like Coldfire Gundam. Or you could drop by any Toy Kingdom and Toys R’ Us branches and head to the Gundam section.

 

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BOX ART

 

front

 

front as compared with SD RF Astray

 

 

right side

 

 

left side

 

 

back of box

 

 

top of box

 

 

bottom

 

 

has the transformation gimmick

 

 

contains 2 weapons namely the beam sword and the shield with heat rod

 

 

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UNBOXING

 

 

3 main contents are the beam sword, heat rod attached with shield and the EPYON mobile suit itself

 

 

Shield with heat rod (rod is made of soft rubber material)

 

 

beam sword (cable is made of a short length of cloth rope)

 

 

presenting EPYON! ^_^

 

side view

 

 

rear view

 

 

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ATTACHING THE SHIELD

 

there is a provision/hole to attached the shield to the arms located near the elbow joint

 

 

I am quite amazed that somehow the heat rod can be displayed horizontally while in full length (though some positioning is required)

 

 

 

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ATTACHING THE BEAM SWORD

the beam sword can be attached to the left side skirt as seen below

 

 

it will look something like the one below

 

 

 

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CLOSER LOOK

 

the arms and hands

 

 

The eyes have some circle shape on it.

 

 

the legs are actually multi-segmented (will be explained later)

 

 

details of the heat rod

 

 

 

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Legs can be stretched (this is part of the transformation gimmick)

 

***stretched***

 

 

***normal***

 

see the difference?

 

 

 

 

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MORE PICTURES of NORMAL MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TRANSFORMING TO MOBILE ARMOR MODE

 

position the hands like shown below (make it look  like a dead animal haha!)

 

 

 

then split the rear skirt (it is made of soft rubber)

 

 

 

have it rest on the position shown below

 

 

while you are doing that, you can already stretch the legs and fold the toes

 

 

then when you are ready, just bend the legs forward

 

 

 

a peg will come up, that is where you can attach the shield, moreover the tail of the dragon

 

 

 

final transformation

 

 

 

 

it looks awkward when you turn it upside down… hahah!

 

 

 

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SIZE COMPARISON

 

against SD Wing Zero

 

 

 

 

against SD Wing Zero and SD RF Astray

 

 

against HG 1/144 Gundam Age-1 Normal

 

 

against 1/100 Nataku

 

 

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