30MM 1/144 EXM-A9k Spinatio (Knight)

(2026 review)

A brief primer on what a "Spinatio" is.
In the 30MM universe the alien Byron used mechs like the Portanova to invade Earth, who had their own, such as the Alto.
The Maxion are a third faction that use Spinatio/Spinatia and the reason they look like individualized mechs in the form of ninjas, samurai and knights, is because the mechs themselves are lifeforms, not piloted mecha.

It seems plausible that Bandai saw the potential of a fantasy line due to this model kit and created 30 Minutes Fantasy.

Aesthetics:
The Knight uses a navy colored Maxion base model with a transparent blue visor and has angular Knight themed armor pieces attached to it in a matte dark metallic plastic.

Mechanics:
This is a fairly standard 30MM model kit with the same sort of mobility range and limitations of the other types - It uses polycaps on some joints and plastic on plastic ball joints or pegs in other places, resulting in a decent stability, prone to a bit of slack, especially with age.
It has a chest crunch and a mid-waist sideways tilt, rather than a traditional ab crunch, for a middling result.
It has the standardized 3mm peg system and other connection points like the ones on the outside of the shoulders that you can attach C-clips onto.
The visor slides up and down a little on two simple rails.

Equipment:
1 Knight Armor Set
1 Kite Shield with an attachable handle
1 Sword - Longsword styled but almost as tall as the model itself with a peg and multiple 3mm holes
5 Hands - Holding hands, spread open hands and one angled right holding hand
1 C-clip to Peg adapter - To seat the guy on a mech horse, for example

Conclusion:
Now that we have the 30MF line, these guys are a little outdated, but since it fits in the 1/144 scale and the 30MF are closer to MG size, they still have their uses.
The shoulders are annoying since they don't assemble around the shoulder C-clip, instead they just slot onto them without anything to block them from being pulled off - Very odd choice.
The compatibility of 3mm pieces is not very good, you can't really take a 30MM Knight and a 30MF Knight and then just swap pieces around, they use very different double peg widths, vertical slot pegs and have different limb sizes. That means you can't really swap chest or back pieces, but you can use something like the 30MM side skirts and attach those pretty much anywhere, while the arm guards/bracers are pretty useless outside of 30MM.

All in all a simple kit with some fun additions. They work well as little robot 'minions' in the 30MF scale.

Modellen ankom på næsten ingen tid efter bestilling.

Sprues var opdelt og lette at identificere i flotte farver (blå, gunmetal og sølv) selve bygge processen var logisk, hvor du arbejder dig ned af en Sprues uden at hoppe rundt imellem dem.

Ved de metalliske Sprues skal man passe lidt på, da "skelettet" har lidt flere luft bobler end andre, og kan derfor være lidt brittle. Dette er dog ikke tilfældet for selve delene.

Modellen er super fed med fedt udstyr. Let at artikulere. Og som med alt andet 30mm kan dele byttes imellem modeller.

Kan kun varmt anbefale modellen.

very well made and nice level of details on model in this price range

Det er som andre 30m et nemt kit der ser super ud eneste minus er at som med alle 30m kits deres "holde" hånd er lige en tand for stor til at holde ordentligt på våben men ellers super

(2026 review)

A brief primer on what a "Spinatio" is.
In the 30MM universe the alien Byron used mechs like the Portanova to invade Earth, who had their own, such as the Alto.
The Maxion are a third faction that use Spinatio/Spinatia and the reason they look like individualized mechs in the form of ninjas, samurai and knights, is because the mechs themselves are lifeforms, not piloted mecha.

It seems plausible that Bandai saw the potential of a fantasy line due to this model kit and created 30 Minutes Fantasy.

Aesthetics:
The Knight uses a navy colored Maxion base model with a transparent blue visor and has angular Knight themed armor pieces attached to it in a matte dark metallic plastic.

Mechanics:
This is a fairly standard 30MM model kit with the same sort of mobility range and limitations of the other types - It uses polycaps on some joints and plastic on plastic ball joints or pegs in other places, resulting in a decent stability, prone to a bit of slack, especially with age.
It has a chest crunch and a mid-waist sideways tilt, rather than a traditional ab crunch, for a middling result.
It has the standardized 3mm peg system and other connection points like the ones on the outside of the shoulders that you can attach C-clips onto.
The visor slides up and down a little on two simple rails.

Equipment:
1 Knight Armor Set
1 Kite Shield with an attachable handle
1 Sword - Longsword styled but almost as tall as the model itself with a peg and multiple 3mm holes
5 Hands - Holding hands, spread open hands and one angled right holding hand
1 C-clip to Peg adapter - To seat the guy on a mech horse, for example

Conclusion:
Now that we have the 30MF line, these guys are a little outdated, but since it fits in the 1/144 scale and the 30MF are closer to MG size, they still have their uses.
The shoulders are annoying since they don't assemble around the shoulder C-clip, instead they just slot onto them without anything to block them from being pulled off - Very odd choice.
The compatibility of 3mm pieces is not very good, you can't really take a 30MM Knight and a 30MF Knight and then just swap pieces around, they use very different double peg widths, vertical slot pegs and have different limb sizes. That means you can't really swap chest or back pieces, but you can use something like the 30MM side skirts and attach those pretty much anywhere, while the arm guards/bracers are pretty useless outside of 30MM.

All in all a simple kit with some fun additions. They work well as little robot 'minions' in the 30MF scale.

Modellen ankom på næsten ingen tid efter bestilling.

Sprues var opdelt og lette at identificere i flotte farver (blå, gunmetal og sølv) selve bygge processen var logisk, hvor du arbejder dig ned af en Sprues uden at hoppe rundt imellem dem.

Ved de metalliske Sprues skal man passe lidt på, da "skelettet" har lidt flere luft bobler end andre, og kan derfor være lidt brittle. Dette er dog ikke tilfældet for selve delene.

Modellen er super fed med fedt udstyr. Let at artikulere. Og som med alt andet 30mm kan dele byttes imellem modeller.

Kan kun varmt anbefale modellen.

very well made and nice level of details on model in this price range

Det er som andre 30m et nemt kit der ser super ud eneste minus er at som med alle 30m kits deres "holde" hånd er lige en tand for stor til at holde ordentligt på våben men ellers super