OLD Gundam ZZ 1/144 Jamru Fin

Release 1986.11

Price ¥700

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

Box side view

Runners

Parts diagram

Manual

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Leg articulation range. Not really a kit you'd discuss articulation for, though...

Since the legs rotate, you can also get a spread-leg stance.

Some action poses

To transform, remove the hands and fold everything together into a tucked position like shown above.

Tuck the head inward and close the cover.

OLD 1/144 Jamru Fin - Spread the legs and rotate the verniers on the sides of the ankles toward the soles of the feet — trans

Spread the legs and rotate the verniers on the sides of the ankles toward the soles of the feet — transformation complete.

Mobile Armor form.

Underside

Together with the 1/144 ZZ Gundam.

The 18th kit in the old ZZ series is the Jamru Fin, with its one-of-a-kind design. It holds a special place as the only Jamru Fin plastic model ever made, and it's a pretty wild-looking mobile suit — exactly the kind of outrageous design you'd expect to see in ZZ Gundam.

First off, the Jamru Fin's distinctive silhouette is faithfully reproduced in three dimensions. That said, the nature of its design makes articulation a bit of a moot point. The arms are basically fixed in place, while the legs can spread out in various directions. Fortunately, the joint strength is pretty solid overall — aside from the slightly loose sole verniers, there's nothing that really stands out as a problem.

The highlight of the Jamru Fin is its transformation into Mobile Armor mode. It's a pretty simple transformation — just fold the hands together, close the head cover, then spread the legs. Simple as it is, the end result looks clean, and the locking mechanism for the transformed mode holds up fine without any major issues.

It's a relatively simple kit in terms of construction and structure, but it does a good job of staying true to the source material. The design is so distinctive that it's very much a love-it-or-hate-it kind of mobile suit. Either way, since it's the only Jamru Fin model kit out there, if you've ever had any interest in this unit, it's a solid old-school kit that you can build without too many complaints. :-)
[ Updated at 2017.7.27 ]

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.