This is the HGUC Hrududu II Expansion Set, released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. The reason it's called an expansion set is that the kit alone can't form a complete Hrududu II. You'll need to borrow the lower body and composite shield from the HGUC Hazel II and combine them to finish the Hrududu II.
In terms of what's included, you get 2 main units that attach to each side, a cockpit unit, and various joint parts. The main unit is broken down into the claw/thruster unit, sub-arm, and reinforced winch cannon. The overall gimmick quality is about what you'd expect from a standard HGUC kit. The look is similar to the Hrududu II parts that came with the 2006 HGUC Hrairoo, but the actual content is all brand-new tooling. The drum frame on the claw/thruster unit is nicely done as a front-and-back sliding mechanism, and when you need to lock it in the middle position, the stopper lets you fix it at exactly the right spot. On top of that, the large reinforced winch cannon can be detached and opened up, and all the moving parts are pretty solid with no issues holding their positions.
For the Hrududu II, the recommended parts are actually the white test-color drum frame, Booster pod, and composite shield — but the Hazel II that includes those parts was only released in the blue combat deployment color. So you'll basically just have to accept building the Hrududu II in combat deployment colors when combining them. That said, if you borrow the white drum frame and composite shield from the HGUC Woundwort, you can get pretty close to a test-color Hrududu II — but the Booster pod still has to come from the blue Hazel II, so the color combination ends up a bit awkward.
As an expansion set, it can be applied to the HGUC Woundwort and Hazel II, and to build the Woundwort Ra you'll need a total of 2 Hrududu II Expansion Set kits. That's because you need 2 claw/thruster units on the shoulders and 2 more on the sides of the thighs. You could also borrow the Hrududu II units included with the HGUC Hazel Ra II. Either way it ends up being a pretty pricey setup, but the result is seriously voluminous and looks great.
When applying it to the Hazel II to build the Hazel II Ra, you only need one Hrududu II Expansion Set kit, and it can be applied in both MS mode and MA mode. The Hazel II was already massive and imposing, but it gets an even bigger and more spectacular upgrade here. This combined form, the "Hazel II Ra," is also available separately in a white test color. (Note that the front Booster pod and head design are different on that version.)
While it's an expansion set that can't build a complete Hrududu II on its own, it can be applied to various AOZ kits — just like the Hrududu — to create the upgraded "Ra" configurations. Since it enables some seriously cool upgrades, this seems like a kit you can have a lot of fun mixing and matching like LEGO depending on what you need. :-)
HGUC Hrududu II Expansion Set | 2019.10 | ¥1,500
AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.