Kit Review

Straight build
+ panel lining + stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack
It's on the larger side for an HGUC.

Fully armed

It comes with a pretty generous set of accessories.

HGUC Geara Zulu - The rear skirt can hold two hand grenades, a large Sturm Faust, and a beam hawk all at the same time. (1/3)

The rear skirt can hold two hand grenades, a large Sturm Faust, and a beam hawk all at the same time.

HGUC Geara Zulu - The pegs on the beam machine gun and bazooka grips are huge, so they lock into the palm slots incredibly se

The pegs on the beam machine gun and bazooka grips are huge,
so they lock into the palm slots incredibly securely.
You almost find yourself thinking they didn't need to make them quite that big... ^^;

The grenade launcher section of the beam machine gun is removable.

Body with weapons removed

Body front and rear

The very German-looking head

HGUC Geara Zulu - Arms. The markings on the forearms are stickers applied the same way as on the Sinanju. (1/2)

HGUC Geara Zulu - Arms. The markings on the forearms are stickers applied the same way as on the Sinanju. (2/2)

Arm section.
The markings on the forearms are stickers applied the same way as on the Sinanju.

Leg section

HGUC Geara Zulu - Both head top options are included — the commander type with the antenna and the grunt type without. The mo

Both head top options are included — the commander type with the antenna and the grunt type without.
The mono-eye is reproduced with a rotating mechanism.

HGUC Geara Zulu - I get that there are limits to the grade, but... the inside of the skirt feels way too bare compared to all

I get that there are limits to the grade, but...
the inside of the skirt feels way too bare compared to all the detail on the outside. ;;

The articulation isn't amazing, but it's decent enough.

Due to the design, the front skirt doesn't split left and right — it lifts up as a single piece.

The shoulders can swing pretty far forward.

The hip joints have a decent range of rotation.

Like the Char's Counterattack/Unicorn series kits, the neck can be extended upward.

HGUC Geara Zulu - Beam machine gun firing pose (1/3)

Beam machine gun firing pose

HGUC Geara Zulu - Sturm Faust action (1/3)

Sturm Faust action

HGUC Geara Zulu - Beam hawk and hand grenade action (1/3)

Beam hawk and hand grenade action

The beam hawk looks great thanks to the two beam parts.

HGUC Geara Zulu - Aerial firing pose using Action Base 2 (1/4)

HGUC Geara Zulu - Aerial firing pose using Action Base 2 (2/4)

Aerial firing pose using Action Base 2

HGUC Geara Zulu - As the name suggests, the Geara Zulu is an improved and enhanced version of the Geara Doga from Char's Coun

As the name suggests, the Geara Zulu is an improved and enhanced version of the Geara Doga from Char's Counterattack.
Looks like it went on a pretty intense diet...

Together with the HGUC Unicorn kits.

Together with the HGUC Kshatriya.
That thing is just massive, as expected...

HGUC Geara Zulu - Together with the older Zaku II and Zaku II F, which are in a similar lineage. Since the Unicorn series sui

Together with the older
Zaku II and Zaku II F.
Since the Unicorn series suits are big in-universe, the size difference is pretty noticeable even at the same scale.

HGUC Geara Zulu - Straight build shots. I put the left shoulder armor on wrong — watch out for that... OTL (1/2)

HGUC Geara Zulu - Straight build shots. I put the left shoulder armor on wrong — watch out for that... OTL (2/2)

Straight build.
I put the left shoulder armor on wrong — watch out for that... OTL

The Geara Zulu — essentially the Zaku of the Unicorn series — has arrived. Technically it's an improved and enhanced version of the Geara Doga from Char's Counterattack, sharing a similar overall style and color scheme. That said, as befits a modern kit, it comes with a slimmed-down, dieted-down proportion compared to the bulkier Geara Doga.

Overall build quality has that clean, polished feel you'd expect from a modern HGUC, and it's a solid kit in terms of color separation, molded colors, joint strength, and more. The articulation is a little more average than you might hope for, but it's not bad by any means. You do have to apply quite a lot of stickers to achieve the complex markings and color separation that are characteristic of the Unicorn series. The stickers blend in relatively well so there's no major visual issue, but there are a lot of small circular stickers in the mix, so you'll want to take your time applying them carefully.

This kit comes with a pretty generous selection of weapon accessories, and the highlight is that most of them can be mounted convincingly on the front and rear skirt areas. It can look a little cluttered, but the connections are solid and nothing falls off easily, which is a big plus. Since this is a unit that really gives off that "grunt mobile suit" vibe (or maybe more of a one-man-army feel...), the look of being loaded up with all that gear actually suits it really well.

It may not be the most familiar unit just yet, but the sleek design that's characteristic of the Unicorn series makes for a very satisfying build, and it's a kit that's hard to find any real quality complaints with. Once the anime gets further along, this seems like the kind of item that could really take off in popularity. :-)

HGUC Geara Zulu | 2009.12 | ¥2,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.