MG MS-06R-1A

Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom

Kit Review

Straight build

MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom (1/6) MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom (2/6) MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom (3/6) MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom (4/6) MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom (5/6) MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom (6/6)

MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom - Detail shots (1/4) MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom - Detail shots (2/4) MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom - Detail shots (3/4) MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom - Detail shots (4/4)

Detail shots

MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom - An absolutely insane amount of leftover parts.. This might just be the most leftover

An absolutely insane amount of leftover parts..
This might just be the most leftover parts of any Bandai kit — the sheer volume is staggering.

MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom - Zaku machine gun action (1/3) MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom - Zaku machine gun action (2/3) MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom - Zaku machine gun action (3/3)

Zaku machine gun action

MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom - Heat hawk action (1/2) MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom - Heat hawk action (2/2)

Heat hawk action

MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom - Bazooka action (1/3) MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom - Bazooka action (2/3) MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom - Bazooka action (3/3)

Bazooka action

MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom - Together with other MG high-mobility units.

Together with other MG high-mobility units.

This kit is the MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom, released as a Club G exclusive. The basic framework is the same as the MG Black Tri-Stars High Mobility Zaku kit, though the Giant Bazooka that came with the Black Tri-Stars version is not included here.

As you can see, this kit features Uma's distinctive color combo of light blue, gray, and white — a pretty slick combination. To pull off this unique color scheme, no fewer than 5 runners are included in duplicate across 2 different colors. As a result, this kit ends up leaving behind what might be the largest amount of leftover parts in history. ^^;

On top of that, a large set of Uma-exclusive wet decals is included, but... the Club G exclusive has so many variants that I gave up on applying them, so I'm posting this review as a straight build. That said, the real achievement of this kit is that it can already reproduce such a complex color scheme straight out of the box with just a straight build.

Anyway, it may be a color variant kit, but it's great to see the One Year War MSV Uma Lightning color — one of the rarer items out there — get a limited release. If you love the Zaku 2.0 and want to collect Zakus in all kinds of colors, this seems like a must-have item. :-)

MG Zaku II Uma Lightning's Custom

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.