{"id":18022,"date":"2026-03-21T17:44:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T17:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anymoon.com\/blog\/?p=18022"},"modified":"2026-03-21T17:44:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T17:44:22","slug":"kitzconcept-1-72-scale-battlepod-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anymoon.com\/blog\/?p=18022","title":{"rendered":"KitzConcept 1\/72 Scale Battlepod Toys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Review: Includes regular release, light artillery, and heavy artillery<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Packaging & Extras: <\/strong>(2\/5)
The first release of the KitzConcept Battlepod comes packaged in a purple KitzConcept badged box (25.5 x 24 x 14.2 cm) made of thin cardboard housed within a sleeve that prominently shows off the Battlepod. Inside the box is a plastic tray containing the Battlepod and instructions. The top lasers are housed within a second tray behind the toy. If you would like to employ the light-up effects, you will need to separately acquire 12 LR626 batteries. This was the most basic release of the toy, not including a Gluu-Gerr pilot figure. While some smaller Regult\/Battlepod toys like the HMR and Revoltech included display stands, this toy is very heavy and would have required something more substantial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Artillery Battlepods come in the same box with “ARTILLERY BATTLEPOD” sticker on the sleeve with an image of the type of armament behind the words. I think KitzConcept would have done better to state “Light Artillery” for the smaller horizontal missile set and “Heavy Artillery” for the larger missile-equipped vertical weapon set. The downside of reusing the packaging and differentiating only with a sticker is that if you store these boxes somewhere in any position other than pointing forward, you won’t be able to tell which is which so a unique sleeve for each Battlepod would have been a nice touch. Neither the regular head turret from a standard battlepod nor a pilot figure is included. The additional artillery parts are included in a tray behind the battlepod. Both versions include the artillery weaponry in a tray stapled beneath the top tray; the staples have to be removed to access the parts. I was surprised the instructions didn’t include an insert specific to the artillery parts but the weaponry is intuitive to install and use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Charm & Collectability:<\/strong> (4\/5)
Though this toy doesn\u2019t transform and is of an enemy mecha (which are generally less collectable than protagonist toys), there\u2019s ample reason to expect this toy to be sought after. First, this toy has metal content and weighs an impressive 742 grams (more than TWICE the weight of an old 1\/55 Takatoku VF-1 or Jetfire toy) and is nice to handle, significantly heftier than the 172 grams of KC\u2019s VF-1 toy. The toy is a popular scale at 1\/72 or about 25 cm to the crown, which is roughly appropriate to the Robotech canon height of 17.4 meters. In Macross, the height is listed as only 15.12 meters which would make this toy 1\/60 scale. That puts this toy right in the wheelhouse for a lot of collectors though some will find this jarring since the vehicle is often depicted as being MUCH larger in the show. If you remember Zentraedi pilots being similar in size to a VF-1 battroid (such as the guy who grabs Rick\u2019s VF-1D or the uniform Max dons in his VF-1A), then you\u2019re going to be perplexed by the notion that someone of that size could ever fit in this Battlepod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KitzConcept\u2019s first release may be controversial in that the preorder listing specified it would come with a pilot figure, but the toy shipped in September 2024 did not include one. KitzConcept didn’t have the pilot figure ready until the end of 2025. If you purchased from the listing that included the pilot, ask your retailer to include it in your next shipment to you. KitzConcept is now selling the version without the pilot figure for the same $166.60 price. Check this site for a separate review of the pilot and light and heavy armored soldier figures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sculpt, Detail, & Paint: <\/strong>(9.5\/10)
I have only one nitpick about this toy, and it\u2019s the same nitpick I would level at Bandai\u2019s Hi-Metal R toy, the housing for the eye protrudes too far. I qualify that as a minor quibble because otherwise this toy is a very impressive recreation of the line art. If you\u2019re very particular about the line art, you\u2019ll also notice that the feet are large but the toy benefits from the big platform. Paint details are generous and well done. The mold captures the contours and panels as indicated in the art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The cockpit contains ample mechanical details and controls with many paint applications that bring everything to life. The beam weapons have hollow barrels to facilitate the light effects which is a huge improvement from the sometimes solid barrels on toys from the past. Some people will wish the paint had more of a matte finish but I\u2019ve never been a stickler for that and, if you are, it can be viewed as an element that makes this mech more \u2018alien\u2019 than your other toys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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KitzConcept deserves high praise for giving each variant the unique alien text on the front, sides, and heels as was depicted in the original artwork. Interior details remain magnificent and unchanged. The weapon pods feature nice molds and detail work also taken directly from original artwork. The weapons pods themselves strike me as a little too large, which may exacerbate some of the issues with placing weapons at the end of a small hinged extension. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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