Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Danan) - Various angles (1/6)

HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Danan) - Various angles (2/6)

HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Danan) - Various angles (3/6)

HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Danan) - Various angles (4/6)

Various angles

HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Danan) - Detail shots (1/4)

HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Danan) - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

Weapons loadout

HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Danan) - The highlight of the Danan unit is its two Heat Hawks. There's an extra set

The highlight of the Danan unit is its two Heat Hawks.
There's an extra set of Heat Hawks for storage/combat use, with the mounting pins facing the opposite direction.

HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Danan) - The scope and mount for the Zaku Machine Gun carry over the new sculpt from

The scope and mount for the Zaku Machine Gun carry over the new sculpt from the Yun Sang-ho unit.

Hand configuration

Leftover parts

Articulation is the same as before.

HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Danan) - Double Heat Hawk action (1/5)

HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Danan) - Double Heat Hawk action (2/5)

HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Danan) - Double Heat Hawk action (3/5)

Double Heat Hawk action

HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Danan) - Zaku machine gun action (1/5)

HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Danan) - Zaku machine gun action (2/5)

HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Danan) - Zaku machine gun action (3/5)

Zaku machine gun action

HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Danan) - Together with the HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Yun Sang-ho Custom) re

Together with the HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Yun Sang-ho Custom) released at the same time.

HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Danan) - At last, all five brown Southern Cross units have been released. (From left:

At last, all five brown Southern Cross units have been released.
(From left: Egba, Selma, Wald, Yun Sang-ho, and Danan customs)

HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Danan) - Aside from slight differences in molded color combinations and accessories,

Aside from slight differences in molded color combinations and accessories, they all share the same base kit configuration.

This kit is the HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Danan Custom), released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. Compared to the HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Yun Sang-ho Custom)released alongside it, this one features a different molded color combination and a partial weapon swap. The main body is the same, but the Heat Dagger from the previous kit has been replaced with an additional Heat Hawk set.

So the overall appearance and structural features of the main body are identical to the previous Zaku High Mobility Surface Type kits, and it still delivers excellent straight build visuals along with great articulation and joint strength. The extra set of Heat Hawks for mounting has its fixing pins oriented in the opposite direction from the original, so you can mount them symmetrically on both side skirts. The machine gun scope and mounting joint parts also use the same new sculpt introduced on the Yun Sang-ho unit.

This is now the fifth HG Zaku kit sharing the same base body, with each one differing only slightly in accessories. They're essentially color variants with different camouflage pattern waterslide decals, but the style and quality are so good that each one was genuinely fun to build. They're all great-looking kits — so if you're on the fence about whether to build all five of basically the same kit, I'd say go ahead and take on the full set of five. :-)

HG Zaku High Mobility Surface Type (Danan) | 2024.3 | ¥2,500

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.