Kit Review
Straight build
+ panel lining
Size comparison with a cigarette pack
Upper body front and head close-up shots
Thanks to the excellent parts separation, there are no seam lines anywhere on the torso or head.. ;
The back, loaded up with weapons
Arm section
Both shoulder sections
The legs. Sturm Fausts are mounted on them.
The sole detail is pretty impressive for an HGUC.
The Kämpfer is a unit with an incredibly impressive arsenal.
Every weapon from the source material is faithfully reproduced.
The base body with all weapons removed
The back and legs with weapons removed
A kit where the verniers all over the body really stand out.
There are 5 hands included in total.
A pair of fists, a pair of weapon-holding hands, and one open left hand.
The Kämpfer's dedicated shotgun can also be assembled in shoulder-stock configuration by swapping out the grip section.
True to the source material, the shotgun can be mounted on the rear end.
The Giant Bazooka, one of the Kämpfer's weapons.
If you look closely, it's actually the same design as the one on the Rick Dom II —
but unlike the version included with the HGUC Rick Dom II, this is a newly tooled part.
The chain mine, one of the Kämpfer's highlights.
Just like the MG, it uses a system where 13 chain mines are threaded onto a rubber tube with a wire running through it.
The wire is sturdy enough to hold whatever shape you bend it into.
The chain mine's handle has a peg that locks it into the hand,
so it won't fall out easily.
Articulation shots. At first glance it doesn't look like it has great articulation.
Those rear-end verniers limit how far the legs can bend..
The forward/backward shoulder swing gimmick has a narrow range of motion,
but when you actually use it in poses it turns out to be more natural than you'd expect.
Since the shoulder armor moves on a ball joint,
if you nudge it up slightly and then raise the arm, it goes up quite high.
The neck has a pretty wide range of up/down and forward/backward motion, which really helps with action poses.
The waist's forward/backward range of motion is also quite generous.
Even with the legs spread wide, the feet plant firmly on the ground — great stability!
At first glance it doesn't look like it has great articulation, but it's a surprisingly well-poseable kit.
Fully armed action poses.
Shotgun action
Dual gun intimidation..
Giant Bazooka action
Double bazooka action
Flight action poses using Action Base 2.
Sturm Faust action.
Action poses with that weapon always end up looking like rhythmic gymnastics with a club...
Dual-wield beam saber action
Chain mine action.
The wire-reinforced rubber cord holds poses really well.
Alongside the MG Kämpfer. The molded colors are quite different.
The blue molded color on the newer HGUC is definitely more refined, as you'd expect from a more recent kit.
Together with the HGUC Alex, its arch-rival from 0080.
Together with the Zaku FZ, the recently released 0080 kit.
The Kämpfer's proportions are way better.
Group shot of the 0080 Zeon crew released in HGUC
The HGUC 0080 series is already up to 11 kits. More than I thought~
Straight build