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MG Zeta Gundam ~ 20th Aniversary Coating Version - Front, rear, side, and upper body close-up shots (1/4)

MG Zeta Gundam ~ 20th Aniversary Coating Version - Front, rear, side, and upper body close-up shots (2/4)

Front, rear, side, and upper body close-up shots

MG Zeta Gundam ~ 20th Aniversary Coating Version - The rear wings. The coating doesn't take well to the panel lines, which ac

The rear wings. The coating doesn't take well to the panel lines, which actually creates a naturally bright panel lining effect (?) on its own.

The legs. You can clearly see the gate marks, huh ;

MG Zeta Gundam ~ 20th Aniversary Coating Version - The head... looks clean from the front, but the gate marks are pretty noti

The head... looks clean from the front, but the gate marks are pretty noticeable from the side.

MG Zeta Gundam ~ 20th Aniversary Coating Version - The kit comes with two types of fixed head antennae, and the coating on th

The kit comes with two types of fixed head antennae, and the coating on the fixed ones looks really nice. That said, you'll have no choice but to use the soft antennae if you want to transform it.

MG Zeta Gundam ~ 20th Aniversary Coating Version - Action pose (1/6)

MG Zeta Gundam ~ 20th Aniversary Coating Version - Action pose (2/6)

MG Zeta Gundam ~ 20th Aniversary Coating Version - Action pose (3/6)

MG Zeta Gundam ~ 20th Aniversary Coating Version - Action pose (4/6)

Action pose

Beam saber action poses

MG Zeta Gundam ~ 20th Aniversary Coating Version - Waverider (1/5)

MG Zeta Gundam ~ 20th Aniversary Coating Version - Waverider (2/5)

MG Zeta Gundam ~ 20th Aniversary Coating Version - Waverider (3/5)

Waverider

Cockpit open

Beam rifle equipped too!

Hyper Mega Launcher equipped

The 1/20 Kamyu figure included with the Zeta coating version

MG Zeta Gundam ~ 20th Aniversary Coating Version - Interestingly, this figure has the helmet attached separately to the back

Interestingly, this figure has the helmet attached separately to the back of the head.

Comparison with the normal version MG Zeta

Waverider comparison

MG Zeta Gundam ~ 20th Aniversary Coating Version - Comparison with the RX-78 coating version. The actual 20th anniversary com

Comparison with the RX-78 coating version.
The actual 20th anniversary commemorative coating versions are just these two, and the rest are coating versions that just came out (?) on their own.

MG Zeta Gundam ~ 20th Aniversary Coating Version - Anyway, thanks to the shiny body and the tighter joints, it definitely fee

Anyway, thanks to the shiny body and the tighter joints, it definitely feels like a step up from the normal version!

The second of the 20th anniversary commemorative coating versions is the MG Zeta Gundam. It's the Zeta 1.0 released in '96 with a coating applied, and the gloss level is noticeably higher compared to the RX-78 coating version.

Since the basic kit quality is the same as the normal MG Zeta 1.0, please refer to the MG Zeta Gundam reviewfor a detailed look. As befitting a coating version, this kit has the advantage of being a bit tighter than the normal version. The coating applied over the plastic reduces the polycap play, which you could say cleverly addresses the weak point of the MG Zeta 1.0 — a kit that was notorious for being a floppy mess.

Of course, the rear wing attachment points were so loose to begin with that they're still a bit wobbly, but it's way better than the normal version. Beyond that, the tighter articulation in the arms, legs, and other moving parts definitely gives it a more solid feel when posing compared to the normal version. The Waverider mode in particular holds together noticeably better on the coating version. ^^ I can't help but feel that the MG Zeta 1.0 could have been a true classic if only the joints had been sturdier...

MG Zeta Gundam ~ 20th Aniversary Coating Version | 1998.8 | ¥4,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.