BANDAI Hobby HGUC 1/144# 40 ZAKU II Mobiel Pak Gundam Model Kit

Let's begin with how surprised I was when I was building this figure. The figure alone is quite larger than I thought it would be since I thought it would be much smaller and more simplistic but actually took around two hours to build despite only having one sticker to put on which was the eye!Pros: Great design, very sturdy, nice green just like on the box, many accessories, can hold all the weapons at the same time, and is quite large!Cons: difficult to pull down the latch on the back for the bazooka, not a whole lot of detail, lack of posing (hard to pose due to its sturdiness) and difficult to move the mono eye.Overall, the set has one sticker, tons of guns including the bazooka I mentioned earlier, a machine gun, a heat saber, and two ankle rockets each with three rockets. It also has a large spike shoulder pad and then a large long shoulder pad making this Zaku look extra up armored and tough. I also like the little things they put on such as boosters on the feet and all the pipes and little designs on the weapons and just all around the figure like the trigger finger hand you can switch out for the normal hands (closed hands).If you are new to Gundam building, you will have a blast with some slight difficult parts like getting the eye just right or just getting the pipes exactly how you want them. The reason for five stars is because of the fact this set is almost as large as my age 1 titus the figure (the red and blue Gundam on his right) which is ridicuolously awesome. Plus his guns are enourmous compared to average Gundam figures almost matching my Banshee Unicorn Gundam but the Zaku can hold them extremely easy making it easy to do some simple poses with any of the weapons you choose. Overall, if you just want a quality Gundam for a very fair price, this is the perfect set and you should since this is one of the most notorious suits being the Zeon's finest and deserves a place on everyone's shelf due to its fantastic design! Look at the pictures I posted for size, this guy is pretty epic!

I never had a Gunpla kit, so I was a bit surprised when I opened the box and saw one could simply click the whole model together.The parts are cast from plastic in the right color, end even the Zaku's eye is already colored, so one could assemble the model with minimal hassle in no time, no painting or gluing needed.Only the edges show some mild signs of the castinng process, but a knife and some love with sandpaper will remedy this in no time.The Detail is quite nice, and designed intelligently, the seems of the parts dissappear into the seams of the Zaku wherever possible. The Modell is quite agile and posable, and comes with everything a Zaku needs, from the 120mm machine gun over the bazooka to some missile launcher, and the kit contains various changable hands to fit the weapons in or pose.All in all a good kit of a classic mobile suit.Sieg Zeon!

This was my first Bandai model after previously putting together a cheap Chinese Danban knockoff. The quality of the genuine Bandai model is much better with almost zero flash and with the sprue connections minimised so that you can cleanly snip the model parts out from the runners. No glue is required and it snaps together perfectly with a few hours of dedicated effort. I chose this one as it's looks are more 'cool robot / mech suit' than 'over the top Gundam flashiness'. For such a small model the articulation still allows it to be quite posable. I've not decided whether I'll try painting him yet. He looks good straight from the box (see picture) and with my first attempt at panel lining looks even better. He also comes with some spare hands so he can hold his weapons properly if you want to swap his look over. Overall a fun model to build that can be posed easily.

ガンプラ初体験で、本品を選びました。初心者の観点からレビューします。■良いところ　・ある程度塗装されているので、塗装の手間がありません。　　※だけど、上級者の方はさらに理想を目指して塗装したくなるのでしょうね。。。　・手首、肘、肩、首、股関節、膝、足首が可動します。　　様々なポーズをとることが可能です。　・接着剤が要りません。　　手がべとべとしないし、接着面がかぴかぴにならないのがよいです。　・手が二種類あります。　　武器を持たせることができる手と、拳を握った手二種類あり、その日の気分で選択できます。　・武器が豊富です。　　ヒートホーク、ザクバズーカ、ザクマシンガン、3連装ミサイルポッドが付いてます。　　全てその日の気分で好きなものを手に持たせることができます。　　バズーカは背中に背負わせることができます。■ちょっと残念なところ　・腰にマウントするヒートホークが取れやすいです。　・片膝をついたポーズがとりにくいです。　・3連装ミサイルポッドがブレます。　　足にマウントする3連装ミサイルポッドがポーズを取らせるたびにブレてしまいます。　・背中に背負わせるザクバズーカが取れやすいです。700円くらいで、塗装もされていて、いろんな箇所が可動し、大きさ(13cmくらい)もちょうど良いので満足しています。大きさについては、缶コーヒーと比較してみた画像を載せてます。足長で頭が小さいのでスタイルが良いです。このシリーズの他のモビルスーツにも挑戦したくなる、そんな出来です。

Cette une excellente figurine de Zaku, articulations carrément respectables, 3 armes et un rendu final parfait !Je la conseille pour tout bon fan de Gundam ou juste pour les collectionneurs comme moi, c'est je pense un incontournable.