Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] - Detail shots (1/4)

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

The weapons included are a Composite Shield, beam rifle, and beam saber.

The Composite Shield can be switched to a stored configuration via parts swapping.

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] - The part at the tip of the Composite Shield can be rotated 90 degrees and reinserted

The part at the tip of the Composite Shield can be rotated 90 degrees and reinserted.
It's not an articulated joint — you have to pull it out and plug it back in.

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] - Unlike the previous Woundwort-based kits where the shield was held in a small hand,

Unlike the previous Woundwort-based kits where the shield was held in a small hand,
the Composite Shield can be mounted securely onto the forearm.

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] - If you look closely at the front skirt area, it's shaped like the Woundwort's upper

If you look closely at the front skirt area, it's shaped like the Woundwort's upper body folded over.

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] - A rough recreation using the HGUC Woundwort's upper body (right). It's actually pret

A rough recreation using the HGUC Woundwort's upper body (right).
It's actually pretty hard to fold a real Woundwort into that shape..

A total of 5 hands are included.

Leftover parts

The limb articulation isn't much different from the Hazel.

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] - The lower body looks the same as the Hazel, but the hip joint design has been revise

The lower body looks the same as the Hazel, but the hip joint design has been revised
to allow rotation and side-to-side leg spreading.

Shoulder range of motion

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] - Action pose (1/13)

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] - Action pose (2/13)

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] - Action pose (3/13)

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] - Action pose (4/13)

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] - Action pose (5/13)

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] - Action pose (6/13)

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] - Action pose (7/13)

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] - Action pose (8/13)

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] - Action pose (9/13)

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] - Action pose (10/13)

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] - Action pose (11/13)

Action pose

Together with the HGUC Hazel Kai.

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] II / Haze'n-thley II Ra. (1/2)

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] II / Haze'n-thley II Ra. (2/2)

Together with the HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] II / Haze'n-thley II Ra.

This is the HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley], released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. The previously released Haze'n-thley II is based on the TR-6 Woundwort, while the Haze'n-thley is based on the TR-1 Hazel. Unlike the grotesquely massive Haze'n-thley II, the Haze'n-thley is a more typical Gundam-type unit, combining parts from the following machines:

1. Hazel Kai — part of the forearms, backpack, lower body/legs, beam rifle/beam saber
2. Advanced Hazel — feet
3. Primrose — core of the upper body
4. Haze'n-thley II — chest armor, shoulders and forearms/beam cannons
5. Hazel II — Booster pod
6. Woundwort — front skirt, Composite Shield

It's a unit that really shows off that AOZ-style Lego-like combination approach. That said, even if you collected all of the kits listed above, actually recreating the Haze'n-thley would be pretty difficult. The upper body of the HGUC Haze'n-thley II looks similar but the parts configuration is slightly different, and the Woundwort upper body used for the front skirt is a completely different size and sculpt. So unless a separate kit with new tooling like this one comes out, there's no way to put together a properly proportioned Haze'n-thley. In the end, only a small number of parts are newly tooled — over 90% are reused from existing kits — but they do come together nicely into a fresh new look.

The lower body follows the form of the Advanced Hazel in test colors, but the thighs and hip joints use newly tooled parts. Thanks to that, the range of motion is significantly wider compared to the old ball joints — you can now spread the legs out wide to the sides and rotate the thighs broadly in a horizontal arc. The front skirt is shaped like the Woundwort's upper body folded over, but compared to an actual Woundwort, it's a compact, fixed-form part.

The Composite Shield looks similar to the one from the HGUC Woundwort on the outside, but the internal frame mechanism has been changed and the front blade is slightly longer. At the same time, a smaller part representing the blade in its stored configuration has been added. Also, unlike the old method of gripping the handle with a small hand, the shield now attaches to the forearm via a dedicated mounting part, giving it a much more secure fit. Overall articulation and joint strength are solid, standard HG quality — and compared to the Haze'n-thley II, which was a handful to handle due to its sheer size, this one is a much more manageable kit.

Anyway, since this is a unit you simply can't build properly by combining existing kits, it's great to see it released as a standalone kit. With the new tooling you can build a more complete Haze'n-thley, and the improved hip joint parts add real value — so this feels like a variation kit that's well worth it. :-)

HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Haze'n-thley] | 2020.6 | ¥3,500

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.