OLD First Gundam 1/100 Zogok

Release 1982.11

Price ¥800

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Note that some runners are not individually bagged.

Parts diagram

Manual

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

OLD 1/100 Zogok - The boomerang cutters on top of the head are nicely rendered as separate parts with good depth, but just li

The boomerang cutters on top of the head are nicely rendered as separate parts with good depth, but just like the 1/144, they can't be removed.

The arm punch with the slightly extending wrist is also reproduced.

OLD 1/100 Zogok - The hold is so weak that it droops down like that even when standing upright. The 1/144 Zogok had the same

The hold is so weak that it droops down like that even when standing upright. The 1/144 Zogok had the same issue — this kind of locking mechanism is generally pretty poor on early Gunpla kits.

Cross-section of the legs. The range of motion is extremely limited.

Both the arms and legs use simple T-bar joints — you just plug them in and rotate.

OLD 1/100 Zogok - The articulation on the arms and legs is pretty much hopeless. The elbows and knees feel like they barely m

The articulation on the arms and legs is pretty much hopeless. The elbows and knees feel like they barely move more than 5 degrees or so;;

The shoulders don't raise much either, but at least the legs can rotate, so you can squeeze out a few poses.

OLD 1/100 Zogok - If you work with the angled hip joints, you can pull off a split like that — but since the knees are basica

If you work with the angled hip joints, you can pull off a split like that — but since the knees are basically fixed, you can't get enough ground contact to really spread the hips wide.

Double arm punch action

Banzai (?) pose

Arm punch action 2

Together with the 1/144 Zogok.

Together with the 1/100 Char's Z'Gok.

Here's the 1/100 Zogok — a mech that exists only in the setting and never actually appeared in the anime, alongside the Acguy trio series. As you can see right away, thanks to the three-way color separation on the body, the overall look is on a completely different level compared to the solid red 1/144. The catch, though, is that aside from this color separation, nothing else has improved — and that's the real trap here T_T

The Zogok's signature arm punch slide gimmick is reproduced well just like on the 1/144, but the hold is weak and it keeps drooping down — same problem as the 1/144. The elbows and knees do technically have joints, but they barely move at all, like ghost joints (?), so the arms and legs are just as stiff. In the end, the only pose you can really pull off is standing straight up and firing the arm punch — same story as before.

That said, in terms of parts breakdown, this is actually among the best of the old-school kits — so even if it's not perfect to spec, it's still a fun straight build on its own. The fact that even the mono-eye embedded in the center of the upper body is broken out as a separate part was a pretty bold design choice for its time.

Anyway, both the joint strength and articulation are disappointing, but this is an old-school kit that at least deserves credit for its looks. You'd really be better off painting it and modifying the joints, but it's also a kit I'd recommend to old-school fans who just want to snap-fit together a unique One Year War Zeon mech :-)
[ Updated at 2016.4.20 ]

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.