1/144 HGUC Zaku III Production Type (AMX-011)
This is the straight out of the box assembled 1/144 HGUC Zaku III Production Type (AMX-011) that saw limited production run around the year of U.C. 0088 - around Zeta Gundam anime time line.
First and foremost, it has to be noted that this model kit was produced way back in the year of 2000 - some 9 or 10 years ago - and therefore don't put too much expectation for it - especially in the articulation zone. This is a great looking Zaku and it remain to be so but that's about it.
The box...
Not so many runners... quite easy...
As always... let's do the usual spin and look around...
Articulation.... made in the year 2000... this is all what it can do...
Still can afford to stand on 1 leg and do some kicking action though...
Maximum stretch...
Some not so great action pose with the weapons...
This front skirt armor can be converted into "waist beam gun" - 2 units of them 1 on each side.
Last but not least... beam saber... but I would say the one supplied on this model kit is quite ugly which I nicknamed it as "tooth pick" beam saber.... it is never the same as what you seen in the manual...
This is it... basically all plain in dark gray color... I actually use red marker pen to give it some colors but it's not really helpful... still ugly...
The concept and idea of Zaku III with beam saber is nice but it is not presented accordingly in this model kit.
So that's about it... unless if you are a big fan of MS from Zeon/Neo_Zeon or unless if you love Zaku and many of it's variation, then you might consider this. Otherwise I think you can just skip this model.
At 1,500 yen (about SGD 23.00) before shipment charges, you can choose other better 1/144 HGUC models or in fact you can just buy those 1/144 HG from Gundam 00 series which have excellent articulation overall compared to their previous siblings of the same scale.
You can see the list of all the HGUC models in here.
Again, this Zaku III is indeed a bulky cool looking MS and should be nice to see it with just standing pose.... something like the GFF stance...
First and foremost, it has to be noted that this model kit was produced way back in the year of 2000 - some 9 or 10 years ago - and therefore don't put too much expectation for it - especially in the articulation zone. This is a great looking Zaku and it remain to be so but that's about it.
The box...
Not so many runners... quite easy...
As always... let's do the usual spin and look around...
Articulation.... made in the year 2000... this is all what it can do...
Still can afford to stand on 1 leg and do some kicking action though...
Maximum stretch...
Some not so great action pose with the weapons...
This front skirt armor can be converted into "waist beam gun" - 2 units of them 1 on each side.
Last but not least... beam saber... but I would say the one supplied on this model kit is quite ugly which I nicknamed it as "tooth pick" beam saber.... it is never the same as what you seen in the manual...
This is it... basically all plain in dark gray color... I actually use red marker pen to give it some colors but it's not really helpful... still ugly...
The concept and idea of Zaku III with beam saber is nice but it is not presented accordingly in this model kit.
So that's about it... unless if you are a big fan of MS from Zeon/Neo_Zeon or unless if you love Zaku and many of it's variation, then you might consider this. Otherwise I think you can just skip this model.
At 1,500 yen (about SGD 23.00) before shipment charges, you can choose other better 1/144 HGUC models or in fact you can just buy those 1/144 HG from Gundam 00 series which have excellent articulation overall compared to their previous siblings of the same scale.
You can see the list of all the HGUC models in here.
Again, this Zaku III is indeed a bulky cool looking MS and should be nice to see it with just standing pose.... something like the GFF stance...
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