Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Detail shots

The standard Zaku weapons are included, but they don't seem to have much practical use.

The rocket launcher and heat nata attached to the backpack can be detached separately..

The rocket launcher can also be mounted on the side of the leg.

HGBF Zaku Amazing - The handgun can be stored on the side of the waist, but the handgun holster doesn't hold very well and te

The handgun can be stored on the side of the waist,
but the handgun holster doesn't hold very well and tends to fall off easily.

The original Zaku R parts are left over as leftover parts.

HGBF Zaku Amazing - Close-range heat nata action (1/3)

Close-range heat nata action

HGBF Zaku Amazing - Mid-range handgun action (1/3)

Mid-range handgun action

HGBF Zaku Amazing - Long-range long rifle action (1/4)

HGBF Zaku Amazing - Long-range long rifle action (2/4)

Long-range long rifle action

HGBF Zaku Amazing - Together with the HGUC Zaku II Char's Custom. The Zaku Amazing's base body is built on the existing HGUC

Together with the HGUC Zaku II Char's Custom.
The Zaku Amazing's base body is built on the existing HGUC new-type Zaku R series.

Together with the HG Build Strike Gundam.

The second kit in the Build Fighters HG series is the Zaku Amazing — unlike the Build Strike Gundam released alongside it, it's not an all-new mold, but rather released in the format of adding new weapons to an existing HGUC kit.

For starters, the base body isn't based on the old HGUC Zaku II, but on the completely newly released HGUC Zaku High Mobility Type kit, so the base quality is really clean.^^ Essentially, it looks like the new-mold Zaku that came out in Char's sausage colors, with the leg armor changed and new weapon structures added to the shoulders and backpack.

The rocket launcher added to the backpack can be detached and mounted on the side of the leg, and the heat nata stored under the backpack can be detached and placed in the hand. The newly added long rifle has a well-placed grip layout that makes it easy to hold with both hands, and dual-wielding action using the handgun added to the side skirt is also possible.

Overall, it doesn't feel all that different from the weapon-added Gunpla that used to come out in the old Gunpla Builders series, but since the base body quality is so good, the kit itself feels like a significant step up in quality. The one disappointing point is that the handgun holster on the side of the waist doesn't hold well and tends to fall off, but aside from that, there's really nothing to complain about quality-wise.

As you'd expect from a 2013-era HG Gunpla, the quality is clean and on par with HGUC standards.. but in the end, the somewhat rough-looking aesthetic and thin backstory are really what will make or break its sales. That said, the quality gap over Gunpla Builders is significant enough that this is definitely a new release worth keeping an eye on for future lineup additions :-)

HGBF Zaku Amazing | 2013.10 | ¥1,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.