Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Straight build photos before applying seals

HGUC Z II Travis Kirkland Color - Various angles (1/6)

HGUC Z II Travis Kirkland Color - Various angles (2/6)

HGUC Z II Travis Kirkland Color - Various angles (3/6)

HGUC Z II Travis Kirkland Color - Various angles (4/6)

Various angles

HGUC Z II Travis Kirkland Color - Detail shots (1/4)

HGUC Z II Travis Kirkland Color - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

Weapons and articulation are the same as the original.

Mega Beam Launcher action

Double Bazooka action

Beam saber action

Beam rifle action

Transformed into Waverider mode

Underside

HGUC Z II Travis Kirkland Color - Waverider on the stand (1/3)

Waverider on the stand

Together with the standard release HGUC Zeta II.

Together with the Club G release HGUC Pale Rider (Heavy Ground Combat Equipment).

This kit is the HGUC Z II Travis Kirkland Color, released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. It's based on the standard release HGUC Zeta IIwith a changed molded color — no new sculpting whatsoever, making it a straight-up color variant kit, though a large number of seals have been added.

So all the features are identical to the original kit, including the swap-out transformation gimmick into Waverider mode. For this review, you really just need to pay attention to the changed molded colors and the seals. It's still a kit with an impressively large size and solid joint strength. The molded colors have been changed overall to a monochrome gray palette, and thanks to the seals applied across the body, it does show more visual variety than a simple color variant. That said, there are a lot of seals, and some of them need to go in tricky spots, so it ended up taking longer than expected.

So yes, it's essentially a color variant + extra seals variation kit — but it's one that brings a distinctive style, a transformation gimmick, and a weighty color scheme. If the look appeals to you, this is definitely an HGUC kit worth recommending. :-)

HGUC Z II Travis Kirkland Color | 2015.4 | ¥2,400

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.