Upper body front shot. It feels completely different from the original Gaplant.

The massive shoulder armor from the back ;;

The seals are nice and chunky too.

There are quite a few spots that need partial painting to match the design specs..
The red and yellow areas you can see with the arrows are all partial painting points.
The yellow pipes on the forearms are all partial painting points too..

The insides of the verniers on the shoulders are also partially painted yellow. The panel lining is a bit wobbly~ ^^;
Partial painting points on the rear end..

There's even detail molding on the inside of the skirt.
The verniers are pretty well color-separated in yellow.

The color-separated yellow duct parts on the rear skirt.. I really like those.
Since this kit is so loaded with stuff hanging off it, you really need to put it on a stand to do anything with it.
The included stand is the same one that came with the original Gaplant.

But the connection point between the stand and the body..
It's designed to rotate, but it's a bit loose T_T
So when you stand it up, it tends to just flop backwards like that;;
It's really hard to get it to stay firmly in place...

Well.. if you balance it just right~, you can barely get it to stand straight.
The articulation.. is absolutely terrible ^^;
The original didn't have great articulation either, but with all that extra armor piled on..
The arms and legs can't even bend 90 degrees OTL

Still, one way or another — action pose! It looks pretty cool regardless.

The beam saber looks way too small, lol.

That thing attached to the rear end.. can spread out wide~ like this.

You can pull out that claw-like piece and plug it into the back of the right shoulder armor..
And if you attach the shield mounting pin to the back of the long rifle

You can use it like this. Pretty unique, right.

You can also just slot the long rifle straight in.
And then open up the front of the right shoulder..

Like this~ Looks pretty cool..

And this odd little part..
It's designed so you can borrow the shields from the Hazel Unit 1 / High Mobility Type and attach them like this.

So you can pull off action poses like this! Looks great.

Transformation

To transform it, you first need to swap out the head antenna.
But the antenna attachment point is so weak that it falls off way too easily.. and you can't just glue it since it needs to transform..
Anyway, you also remove the shoulder armor.

Fold the upper body up 180 degrees.. then separate the lower body front and back

Twist this way and that, and basically swing the legs forward.
There are 2 locking mechanisms like this so it holds together well.

The joint between the body and shoulder needs to be removed entirely.
On the original Gaplant it folded away and hid, but on the Hrairoo you just pull it out completely.
Then rotate the rear claw forward..

Slot the long rifle into the center of the body and connect it with the rear claw.
Move the shoulder armor mounting point to the front and plug it in

Then attach the shoulder armor not to the shoulders but into the two holes on the rear. MA mode complete~

From the back, the verniers are pretty impressive.. Side view

Underside

You can attach a separate gimmick piece to the long rifle.. and mount it on the stand, but...

This one's connection is also a bit flimsy and it keeps flopping backwards;;
Apparently you need to lock it at that angle to keep it stable..

Together with the original Gaplant. The style is completely different. Rear view comparison.

The original Gaplant was actually pretty slim.. ;; The changed head..

Mode comparison.
Already the 4th kit in the A.O.Z. series.

Together with the Crossbone Full Cross, which came out around the same time.
The Hrairoo is on the larger side, so it's about the same volume as a smaller MG.
Leftover parts. The tank section parts from the Gaplant are left over.
Those yellow verniers look like they could definitely be reused for something..

Straight build photos