Kit Review

Straight build

MG Zaku-II ~ All Clear Version - Upper body close-up (1/3)

Upper body close-up

MG Zaku-II ~ All Clear Version - Legs. Unlike the Char's Zaku-II All Clear Version, some of the soft parts inside show

Legs. Unlike the Char's Zaku-II All Clear Version, some of the soft parts inside show through in black.

As always, the power pipes just pop right out.

Weapons shot

MG Zaku-II ~ All Clear Version - Action pose (1/8)

MG Zaku-II ~ All Clear Version - Action pose (2/8)

MG Zaku-II ~ All Clear Version - Action pose (3/8)

MG Zaku-II ~ All Clear Version - Action pose (4/8)

MG Zaku-II ~ All Clear Version - Action pose (5/8)

MG Zaku-II ~ All Clear Version - Action pose (6/8)

Action pose

With the normal MG Mass Production Zaku-II

With the Crystal Version

MG Zaku-II ~ All Clear Version - With the Char's Zaku-II All Clear Version. Honestly, these two kits used to be clearly

With the Char's Zaku-II All Clear Version
Honestly, these two kits used to be clearly told apart by their very different molded colors... but now that both have gone All Clear,
it's gotten a bit tricky to tell which is which ;;

MG Zaku-II ~ All Clear Version - Still, Char is an officer after all, so his head antenna makes it easy enough to tell

Still, Char is an officer after all, so his head antenna makes it easy enough to tell them apart

Char's massive verniers — for going 3x faster

MG Zaku-II ~ All Clear Version - On the mass production type, the soft parts runner is molded in regular dark blue inst

On the mass production type, the soft parts runner is molded in regular dark blue instead of a clear material,
so areas like the fingers look different from Char's unit.

MG Zaku-II ~ All Clear Version - On the mass production type, the cylinder on the top of the foot also shows through ni

On the mass production type, the cylinder on the top of the foot also shows through nice and dark. (right)
Looks like they did that on purpose to make it at least a little different...

The All Clear Version trio

MG Zaku-II ~ All Clear Version - The First - Char's Zaku - Mass Production Zaku trio is already on its 4th rehash. Norm

The First - Char's Zaku - Mass Production Zaku trio is already on its 4th rehash.
Normal version, plated parts version, Crystal Version, All Clear Version...

And the Mass Production Zaku-II alone is already on its 5th!

MG Zaku group shot. They're multiplying... already 17 of them ;;

Since both the First and Char's Zaku-II got All Clear versions, it was only natural (?) that the Mass Production Zaku-II would follow suit. Since it was released at a different time from the previous two All Clear limited editions, the packaging style is a bit different.

The Zaku-II was originally distinguished as Char's / Mass Production type mainly by color differences (aside from the verniers and head antenna), but with every single part going clear, Char's unit and the mass production type end up looking pretty much the same. The main difference on the runners would be the weapons included.

The one thing that does set them apart is the soft parts — on the Char's Zaku-II All Clear Version the soft parts are also clear, but on this Mass Production All Clear Version the soft parts come out in the same dark blue as the normal version. So the internal joints, cylinders, fingers and such end up being a different color, whether they intended it or not.

Anyway, it's clearly a kit that exists just to round out the lineup, but I'd say the real value is in completing yet another First - Char's Zaku - Mass Production Zaku trio set ^^

MG Zaku-II ~ All Clear Version

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.