Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Size comparison with HGUC/MG

Upper body

Head section.

Arm section. The left arm has a weapon called the Chakram Shooter mounted on the back.

The standard weapon, the Photon Rifle.

Super Robot War H u ckebein Mk-II - Backpack section (1/4)

Super Robot War H u ckebein Mk-II - Backpack section (2/4)

Backpack section

Legs

The weapons and options are fairly plentiful.

Includes 4 sets of hands: beam saber hand / open hand / fist / weapon-holding hand.

Kotobukiya's hands with excellent three-dimensional detail.

Photon Rifle

G Impact Cannon

Super Robot War H u ckebein Mk-II - The handle open/close function isn't done as a movable mechanism — it's reproduced in a s

The handle open/close function isn't done as a movable mechanism — it's reproduced in a somewhat crude swap-out style instead.

The G Impact Cannon's folded and extended handle.

Chakram Shooter

Leftover parts.

Articulation is... maybe just a little past 90 degrees?

The backpack does move about 180 degrees, but you won't really use it much.

Super Robot War H u ckebein Mk-II - Photon Rifle shooting action (1/3)

Photon Rifle shooting action

Chakram Shooter action

It can open up like this.

Super Robot War H u ckebein Mk-II - Beam saber action (1/3)

Beam saber action

Double beam saber action

Super Robot War H u ckebein Mk-II - Fully armed (1/4)

Super Robot War H u ckebein Mk-II - Fully armed (2/4)

Fully armed

Out of nowhere, the crotch area opens up and down...
(Need to take a leak?)

Then you attach the G Impact Cannon to the groin area.

Super Robot War H u ckebein Mk-II - Hmm... did it really have to go there? Seriously, Hajime Katoki? (1/4)

Super Robot War H u ckebein Mk-II - Hmm... did it really have to go there? Seriously, Hajime Katoki? (2/4)

Hmm... did it really have to go there? Seriously, Hajime Katoki?

Super Robot War H u ckebein Mk-II - From the back, it looks exactly like a public urination pose... (quite the package on tha

From the back, it looks exactly like a public urination pose... (quite the package on that guy...)

All three Huckebein units assembled together.

They get taller as the unit number goes up.

All three share a similar design concept, but they're completely different designs.

The 1/144 Huckebein series all together, Boxer included.

Following Huckebein Unit 1 and Unit 3, the Mk-II (Unit 2) has finally been released.
The release order feels a bit all over the place — since the Huckebein Mk-II was previously released in 1/100 first, it ended up coming out in 1/144 even later than the Mk-III.

First off, this is a kit that successfully brings together Hajime Katoki's distinctive Huckebein design concept in a cohesive way, and the overall quality is on par with the Huckebein Mk-III.
Great proportions, surprisingly thorough color separation for the scale, and reasonably solid polycap joint strength — it's a solid Kotobukiya Super Robot Wars kit all around.

Of course, just like its predecessors, the slightly cheap-looking molded colors and the abundance of sharp parts can be a bit of a downside. It still has that issue where some parts need a dab of glue to feel secure. The hip joints popping out during more aggressive posing, and the backpack attachment being a little loose — even those quirks are similar to the Huckebein Mk-III. That said, it's a whole lot better than the early Super Robot Wars kits.

One thing though — having a rich weapon loadout is great, but the way the G Impact Cannon attaches is a bit of a mood-killer. ^^; It might not be a kit problem so much as a designer-mindset problem on Hajime Katoki's part... Most large weapons like this connect to the chest or stomach area, but on the Huckebein Mk-II, it plugs in very precisely at the groin. (And it even opens up the crotch panel neatly to do so.) Given the eccentric decaling we've seen in the Ver.Ka series, it's pretty clear this guy has some... unique tastes. ;

Anyway, it's one of the more solid Super Robot Wars kits out there, so it's definitely worth recommending to anyone who's a fan of Hajime Katoki's designs or the Huckebein series. And if you collect all three units together... it's absolutely killer. :-)

Super Robot War Huckebein Mk-II | 2006. 12 | ¥3,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.