OLD Z Gundam 1/144 Weapons for Mobile Suit

Release 1985.8

Price ¥300

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

OLD 1/144 Weapons for Mobile Suit - Box side view (1/3)

Box side view

Runners

Parts diagram

Manual

Straight build + wet decals

A kit that bundles together a variety of weapons.

The Hyper Bazooka for the Mk-II comes with a spare magazine plus 2 missile parts.

Beam rifle for the Marasai/Hi-Zack, and 2 beam pistols for the Rick Dias.

OLD 1/144 Weapons for Mobile Suit - Comparison with the beam rifle included in the 1/144 Marasai. They look almost identical,

Comparison with the beam rifle included in the 1/144 Marasai. They look almost identical, but look closely and you can tell it's actually a newly sculpted part.

OLD 1/144 Weapons for Mobile Suit - The wrist peg is too shallow, so it's actually hard to fit onto the Marasai — looks like

The wrist peg is too shallow, so it's actually hard to fit onto the Marasai — looks like it's really meant for the Hi-Zack.

OLD 1/144 Weapons for Mobile Suit - Comparison with the beam pistol included in the 1/144 Rick Dias. It's gotten quite a bit

Comparison with the beam pistol included in the 1/144 Rick Dias. It's gotten quite a bit smaller..

Missile pod, heat hawk, beam saber, and right hand for the Hi-Zack.

The missile pod also comes with the missiles as separate parts.

1/144 Mk-II combined with the bazooka

1/144 Rick Dias combined with the beam pistol.

1/144 Hi-Zack combined with the missile pod, heat hawk, and beam saber.

The heat hawk can also be stored on the missile pod's support bracket.

1/144 Hi-Zack + beam rifle action

1/144 Hi-Zack + heat hawk action

This kit is a 1/144 weapons set for the old-release Zeta Gundam series — much like the First Gundam 1/144 weapons set, it's an accessory kit that packages together weapons usable across multiple MS.

It includes weapons for 4 different MS, as listed below.

1. Hyper Bazooka + 2 shells for the 1/144 Gundam Mk-II
2. 1 beam rifle for the 1/144 Marasai & Hi-Zack
3. 2 beam pistols for the 1/144 Rick Dias
4. Missile pod, heat hawk, beam saber, and right hand set for the 1/144 Hi-Zack

First up, the Hyper Bazooka for the Mk-II is a weapon that was missing from the original kit, so it's a really handy addition for the 1/144 Mk-II. The molded color matches the existing kit nicely too, so it fits like it was made for it.

The beam rifle for the Marasai & Hi-Zack looks almost identical to the original Marasai beam rifle, but if you look closely it's actually a brand-new mold. So there's not much point using it for the Marasai — and in practice, the wrist peg size is different so it won't even plug into the Marasai's forearm ^^; Even so, the manual boldly lists it as being for both the Marasai and Hi-Zack, but realistically you'd have to say only the Hi-Zack can actually use it.

The Rick Dias beam pistols are also included in the original kit, so it's a bit puzzling why they bothered releasing them again as a separate accessory. They've gotten way too small, which kills the impact, and they don't stay in the Rick Dias's hand properly — you basically just have to balance them on there.

The Hi-Zack weapon set (missile pod, heat hawk, beam saber, right hand) is easily the most impressive accessory in the bunch, and it even lets you store the heat hawk on the back of the missile pod. The molded color doesn't match the existing Hi-Zack very well though, so you'll probably want to paint these before use.

Overall, it's a mixed bag of useful and not-so-useful weapons. Aside from the Mk-II's Hyper Bazooka, most of them are a bit awkward to use straight out of the box in a straight build, so this kit is probably best recommended for painters. :-)
[ Updated at 2017.3.9 ]

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.