Club G MG

Riko's Zaku (Mass Production)

Kit Review

Straight build + Seals

MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Various angles (1/6) MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Various angles (2/6) MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Various angles (3/6) MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Various angles (4/6) MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Various angles (5/6) MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Various angles (6/6)


Various angles

MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Detail shots (1/4) MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Detail shots (2/4) MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Detail shots (3/4) MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Detail shots (4/4)

Detail shots

MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - You get 3 seal options for the shield. (1/2) MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - You get 3 seal options for the shield. (2/2)

You get 3 seal options for the shield.

MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - The weapons and articulation are the same as the original. It's pretty unique how MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - The weapons and articulation are the same as the original. It's pretty unique how

The weapons and articulation are the same as the original.
It's pretty unique how all the weapons come out in yellow.

MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Leftover parts from duplicate runners

Leftover parts from duplicate runners

MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Standing pose (1/3) MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Standing pose (2/3) MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Standing pose (3/3)

Standing pose

MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - The classic coin-picking pose, back after a long while (1/3) MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - The classic coin-picking pose, back after a long while (2/3) MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - The classic coin-picking pose, back after a long while (3/3)

The classic coin-picking pose, back after a long while

MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Poses showing off the yellow weapons (1/5) MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Poses showing off the yellow weapons (2/5) MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Poses showing off the yellow weapons (3/5) MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Poses showing off the yellow weapons (4/5) MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) - Poses showing off the yellow weapons (5/5)

Poses showing off the yellow weapons

MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) released through Club G.

Together with the HG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) released through Club G.

This kit is the MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production), released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. Following the HG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production)also released through Club G, this one gets the MG treatment. It comes in the yellow and white color combo as seen in the Japanese drama "Riko of the Mass Production Type - The Life Assembly of the Last Plastic Model Girl."

At its core, it's based on the MG Zaku II Type J Ver. 2.0 released as a standard release back in 2007, with only the molded colors changed. There's no new tooling here — it's a straight-up color variant kit, so for this review you really just need to pay attention to how the new colors look. It's based on a kit that's 17 years old, but it's still a top-tier kit, showing off excellent detail, articulation, and joint strength. The bright, colorful scheme is a fun bonus too.

So yeah, content-wise there's nothing new here — it's a color variant kit through and through. That said, the unique color combo that we haven't seen before is definitely part of the appeal. Either way, the kit itself is still great, so if the colors speak to you, it might be a nice excuse to build the MG Zaku 2.0 again after all this time. :-)

MG Riko's Zaku (Mass Production) | 2024.12 | ¥4,200

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.