Kit Review

Straight build + Panel lining

The universal standard for size comparison — next to a cigarette pack. It's a big boy.

The neck and waist can extend and retract as shown in the photo above.

The stand connector is secured with a polycap, so you can tilt it forward and backward.

As a result, you can lean the body forward and extend the waist and neck to pull off action poses.

HGUC Zeong - Befitting its large size... all the fingers are individually articulated. (The individual knuckles don't move, t

Befitting its large size... all the fingers are individually articulated. (The individual knuckles don't move, though.)

The only part that moves at all is the arms... and the articulation is just terrible. That's as far as they bend. -.-;;

HGUC Zeong - The head detaches separately as per the design specs... but honestly, if you yank hard enough on any other kit's

The head detaches separately as per the design specs... but honestly, if you yank hard enough on any other kit's head, it'll come off too. ^^;

A so-so action pose.

The hand-launching gimmick is done with a rubber-coated wire... but the arms are so heavy they just droop down.

Together with the HGUC RX-78. Quite a difference in presence, isn't there.

All the HGUC One Year War Zeon crew released up to this point. (Zeong's honor guard??)

HGUC Zeong - Together with the MG Zeong. The MG is clearly superior in detail, articulation, precision, molded color, and par

Together with the MG Zeong. The MG is clearly superior in detail, articulation, precision, molded color, and parts separation...
(Well, it costs more than 3 times as much, so that's only natural~)

Straight build photos before panel lining

The Zeong — Char's machine from the final battle of the One Year War against Amuro's Gundam — has gotten the HGUC treatment. This unfortunate mobile suit never really had a decent kit before, but it's been reborn in sharp form with the HGUC release. It captures the feel of the Zeong really well overall, the parts separation and color separation are excellent, and the plastic colors look really great.

It feels a bit odd to talk about articulation on a legless flying mobile suit... but it's nice that the neck and waist extend and retract as per the design specs, allowing for more dynamic poses. That said, the arm articulation — which is really the only part that gets any movement — is honestly just terrible. As you can see in the photos, the arms barely bend at all, so posing isn't great. What works better is the dedicated stand, which can be angled forward and backward, and adjusting that angle actually gives you more convincing action poses.

The hands, on the other hand, are really satisfying. All five fingers articulate individually, so you can pull off a wide variety of hand poses. The arm-launching gimmick is technically reproduced with a rubber wire with a metal core inside, but in practice the arms are too heavy to keep suspended in mid-air. -.-

And honestly, back when the Zeong was only available as an HGUC... despite the articulation limitations and a few quirks that come with the nature of the mobile suit, the HGUC Zeong looked pretty great. But the MG Zeong that came out later is just superior in every way — articulation, parts separation, detail, you name it. The price gap is pretty rough though, ¥1800 vs. ¥6000 The MG feels like it doesn't give you great value for money. Of course, if you're a die-hard Zeong fan, just having it in 1/100 scale is probably enough to be grateful for...

Anyway, if you're interested in the Zeong, this is a kit that captures its feel well enough that just having it on display is satisfying on its own. Just make sure you keep it standing still. ^^;

HGUC Zeong | 2001.6 | ¥2,100

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.