Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

MG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Various angles (1/6)

MG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Various angles (2/6)

MG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Various angles (3/6)

MG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Various angles (4/6)

Various angles

MG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Detail shots (1/4)

MG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

Weapons loadout

MG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - The bazooka can be assembled as either a Giant Bazooka or a Zaku Bazooka by sw

The bazooka can be assembled as either a Giant Bazooka or a Zaku Bazooka by swapping the front and rear sections.

Cockpit hatch open

MG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - The newly sculpted head cover and antenna. It's interesting that the antenna i

The newly sculpted head cover and antenna.
It's interesting that the antenna is mounted on the rear left side of the head.

Leftover parts

Same limb articulation as before

MG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Action poses (1/9)

MG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Action poses (2/9)

MG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Action poses (3/9)

MG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Action poses (4/9)

MG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Action poses (5/9)

MG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Action poses (6/9)

MG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Action poses (7/9)

Action poses

MG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Alongside the similarly colored standard release MG Zaku v2.0 Shin Matsunaga C

Alongside the similarly colored standard release MG Zaku v2.0 Shin Matsunaga Custom.
The front skirt and shoulder sculpting are based on the Black Tri-Stars unit.

This kit is the MG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II, released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. Starting from the standard release MG Zaku II High Mobility Type v2.0
~ Black Tri-Stars the molded colors have been changed and some new parts added. The new sculpting introduces the blade antenna unique to Eric Manthfield's unit.

The newly redesigned blade antenna is mounted on the rear left side of the head rather than the forehead like before. Because of this, not only the antenna parts but also the head cover parts have been replaced with new sculpts. Aside from this antenna placement, everything else is identical to the existing High Mobility Type Zaku, and it still shows the excellent quality you'd expect from the MG Zaku 2.0 base. For this review, you really just need to pay close attention to the changed molded colors and the blade antenna.

It's meaningful that Eric Manthfield's unique head antenna unit has finally gotten the MG treatment. If you're a fan of the MG Zaku 2.0, this seems like a kit well worth building :-)

MG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II | 2016.5 | ¥4,500

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.