Rated B for Bungle - Bandai 1/144 High Grade WM Xabungle Type (2024) - Build Overview and Review

Bandai have released a new version of the titular mecha from 1982’s Combat Walker Xabungle! And I decided to build it, and thank god I did, because it’s flipping brilliant.
This video ended up being quite a Goliath to put together - more so than I expected! Compared to Temjin I found the script much easier - it was more to do with all the footage I shot and little details I wanted to bring attention to. In the end it morphed into the first video I’m confident calling a review, rather than my less detailed ‘thoughts’ at the end - with it being a fairly new and slightly under the radar release, I figured it was best to show off the weapons and transformations properly. And also be extremely silly in the process, because every time I say the word ‘Xabungle’, I just think of the bear from Rainbow. Sorry to everyone who isn’t British, and doesn’t know what the heck ‘Rainbow’ is!
Also sorry about the audio levels - three videos in, I’m still getting the hang of how sensitive my new headset is, so some of the commentary sounds a little crispy in spots. Some EQing minimised the severity, but it’s still there, so apologies if it drives you as mad as it drives me!
As always, the stock photos in this video were taken from various storefronts, and the Bungle photos were taken from my nightmares - I mean, assorted articles and footage of the Rainbow series.

[@darkhorse744]

Awesome!
I love Xabungle, gonna try to grab the HG wheb I can.

[@mrpetielicious5861]

I'm a Yank so possibly I'm missing the reference to the bear? Could someone plz fill me in? I enjoyed watching this build. I got this mech as a toy when I was 7 and just got the Good Smile version, but would also like a 1/144

[@syndicationbuilds]

Bungle the bear is a character from the British children’s television series ‘Rainbow’. Mostly fondly remembered over here in the UK, but not particularly known anywhere else. Making him a running gag in a video about a Japanese Mecha kit *was* slightly self indulgent of me, but every time I say the Xabungle’s name, I could only think back to Bungle, so that’s where it originated!