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Bandai Ultimate Structure Set V3

 


This is the Bandai Ultimate Structure Set Volume 3. It consists of 7 individual structure sets, some needing some mild assembly. The sets are:


Street bridge with street lights. You can peg the lights into 2 holes on each side, or they come with tiny round stands that you can peg the light into as well. While this one is nice, since it’s so small, you’d have to buy a few sets of these to make a longer bridge, otherwise you only get a piece of a bridge. I actually ordered another single one, but now that I see how small they are, I may order 2 or 3 more just to make a longer bridge.

 
Tall building with windows. This is one that you can open and place a small light inside to illuminate it since the windows are translucent.
 
 
Warehouse with 2 mini refrigerator car pieces (at least I think that’s what they’re called). This one also has the translucent windows and can be opened to illuminate from within.
 
 
Crane with little forklift. The crane is 3 pieces that you clip together and the forklift pretty small.

 
Smaller warehouse building. This one also sports some small translucent windows.
 

 
Constructed building. This one comes in 5 pieces, the base, two L shaped pieces that go into the base, another one that pegs inside the base, and a cross shaped one to place on top. It’s a nice, bright orange-ish color.
 

 
Crane with little blue cement truck. The crane is the same as the other. The cement truck is pretty cool and decently detailed for being so small.
 
 
These sets are sold in Japan in those toy dispenser machines. They’re pretty nicely detailed for being so small. They’re generally in scale with Gashaphon figures. They fit well with my Bandai Shodo Ultraman sets. I do use them in diorama photos with my Figuarts and Monsterarts, combined with other, bigger building sets. I also use them as city backdrops for stop motion flicks I do.
 
 
 
 
 
I got them off ebay. The set costs about $18. Or you can buy each set piece individually. You can get them from sellers in Japan or China.
 
 

 
I think they’re cool and fun accessories. Hopefully they continue to make more sets.

 

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