First Grade 1/144

Zaku II

First Grade Zaku II Box
Release 2000.5
Price ¥300
BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info
First Grade Zaku II - Box side view (1/3) First Grade Zaku II - Box side view (2/3) First Grade Zaku II - Box side view (3/3)

Box side view

First Grade Zaku II - Runners

Runners

First Grade Zaku II - Parts diagram

Parts diagram

First Grade Zaku II - Manual (1/2) First Grade Zaku II - Manual (2/2)

Manual

Straight build

Straight build

First Grade Zaku II - Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

First Grade Zaku II (1/2) First Grade Zaku II (2/2)

First Grade Zaku II - Limb articulation

Limb articulation

First Grade Zaku II - Machine gun action pose (1/2) First Grade Zaku II - Machine gun action pose (2/2)

Machine gun action pose

First Grade Zaku II - Two-handed action pose (1/2) First Grade Zaku II - Two-handed action pose (2/2)

Two-handed action pose

First Grade Zaku II - With the old 1/144 mass production Zaku. (1/2) First Grade Zaku II - With the old 1/144 mass production Zaku. (2/2)

With the old 1/144 mass production Zaku.

First Grade Zaku II - FG trio group shot

FG trio group shot

First Grade Zaku II - With the HGUC mass production Zaku.

With the HGUC mass production Zaku.

This kit was released to commemorate Gundam's 20th anniversary — it's the FG (First Grade) mass production Zaku II, a color variant of the previously released FG Char's Zaku. As you'd expect for a mass production type, the head antenna has been removed from the runners.

The molded color is monochrome and the parts breakdown is old-school style, but you can still snap it together into a Zaku with surprisingly refined sculpting and proportions. At just ¥300, it's a nice light build you can enjoy casually, and it's definitely worth recommending as a kit to practice painting or cleaning up seam lines on. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.