Club G RG

Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II

Kit Review

Straight build + Seals

RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Various angles (1/6) RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Various angles (2/6) RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Various angles (3/6) RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Various angles (4/6) RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Various angles (5/6) RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Various angles (6/6)


Various angles

RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Detail shots (1/4) RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Detail shots (2/4) RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Detail shots (3/4) RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Detail shots (4/4)

Detail shots

RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - The head and antenna section with newly sculpted parts.

The head and antenna section with newly sculpted parts.

RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - The shield gets a special seal added to it.

The shield gets a special seal added to it.

RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Same weapon loadout and cockpit hatch open gimmick as before (1/2) RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Same weapon loadout and cockpit hatch open gimmick as before (2/2)

Same weapon loadout and cockpit hatch open gimmick as before

RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Leftover parts

Leftover parts

RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Articulation is identical to the previous kit as well.

Articulation is identical to the previous kit as well.

RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Zaku Bazooka + Zaku Machine Gun pose (1/2) RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Zaku Bazooka + Zaku Machine Gun pose (2/2)

Zaku Bazooka + Zaku Machine Gun pose

RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Giant Bazz pose (1/3) RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Giant Bazz pose (2/3) RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Giant Bazz pose (3/3)

Giant Bazz pose

RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Zaku Machine Gun + Heat Hawk pose (1/2) RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Zaku Machine Gun + Heat Hawk pose (2/2)

Zaku Machine Gun + Heat Hawk pose

RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Together with the RG Black Tri-Stars Custom Zaku II released through Club G.

Together with the RG Black Tri-Stars Custom Zaku II released through Club G.

RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II - Together with the RG Shin Matsunaga Custom Zaku II released through Club G.

Together with the RG Shin Matsunaga Custom Zaku II released through Club G.

RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II released through Club G.

Together with the MG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II released through Club G.

This kit is the RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II, released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. It's based on the RG Black Tri-Stars Custom Zaku IIreleased through Club G, with a changed molded color and some newly sculpted parts added. The forearms and hand armor follow the RG Shin Matsunaga Custom Zaku II style.

Only two newly sculpted parts were added — the head cover and antenna pieces — and they do a great job capturing the distinctive look of Eric Manthfield's custom unit. Everything else is a combination of existing RG high-mobility Zaku parts, so all the included accessories and articulation features are identical. It still shows off that small, intricate RG-level detail, but it also carries over the same issues: mediocre foot contact with the ground and the somewhat limited knee articulation typical of high-mobility types. For this review, you'll probably get the most out of just taking a close look at the new head design and color combination.

So following the MG, the MSV Zakus are being converted into RG kits one by one. If you're going for a full RG Zaku series or an MSV collection, this one's definitely going to be on your must-have list. :-)

RG Eric Manthfield's Custom Zaku II | 2019.5 | ¥3,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.