Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

The existing BB Senshi Sinanju is included in the box.

Neo Zeong body only

Bottom view

The cockpit bay where Sinanju docks

The shoulder section is fixed to the back and has an open/close mechanism.

SD Neo Zeong - The front shoulder cover opening is also reproduced, though it's less of a moving part and more of a snap-in-a

The front shoulder cover opening is also reproduced,
though it's less of a moving part and more of a snap-in-and-lock setup.

Here's a look at the 4 arm units attached to the back of the shoulders.

You can change the pose like this by disassembling and reassembling.

Finally, you can display the arm units in a fully deployed configuration like this.

SD Neo Zeong - First, a comparison shot with the original BB Senshi Sinanju (left). As you can see, it looks basically the sa

First, a comparison shot with the original BB Senshi Sinanju (left).
As you can see, it looks basically the same at first glance, but...

SD Neo Zeong - Look closely and you'll notice the red and gray molded colors are a bit darker. Also, the clear seals are gone

Look closely and you'll notice the red and gray molded colors are a bit darker.
Also, the clear seals are gone in the Neo Zeong version..

On top of that, a bazooka has been added that wasn't included with the original BB Senshi Sinanju.

You can adjust the bazooka's length and combine it with the existing rifle.

Bazooka action

Rifle + bazooka action

To dock Sinanju into the Neo Zeong, you have no choice but to remove the propellant tanks.

Remove the Neo Zeong's front torso section and connect it to Sinanju's stand peg hole.

SD Neo Zeong - Remove the various bits from inside the shield and plug it into the back of the Neo Zeong — combination comple

Remove the various bits from inside the shield and plug it into the back of the Neo Zeong — combination complete.

You can mount the Neo Zeong by attaching a separate joint part to the existing Sinanju stand.

The Neo Zeong itself has almost no moving parts — really just the elbows that move to any degree.

SD Neo Zeong - Shoulder armor open action. You can detach the front section of Sinanju's bazooka and plug it inside the shoul

Shoulder armor open action.
You can detach the front section of Sinanju's bazooka and plug it inside the shoulder like this.

Two Psycho Shards are included.

SD Neo Zeong - Psycho Shard action.. (1/3)

Psycho Shard action..

SD Neo Zeong - All 6 arm units fully deployed pose (1/4)

SD Neo Zeong - All 6 arm units fully deployed pose (2/4)

All 6 arm units fully deployed pose

SD Neo Zeong - Together with BB Senshi Full Armor Unicorn and Banshee Norn. It's in a completely different league size-wise c

Together with BB Senshi Full Armor Unicorn and Banshee Norn.
It's in a completely different league size-wise compared to other SDs.

You can also dock Unicorn in there like this..

...and recreate a scene like this lol

SD Neo Zeong - BB Senshi Banshee Norn and First Gundam docked inside. As you can see, it looks like pretty much any standard-

BB Senshi Banshee Norn and First Gundam docked inside.
As you can see, it looks like pretty much any standard-shaped SD kit can fit in there.

SD Neo Zeong - Just for fun, I tried docking Kotobukiya's D-Style in there. Basically anything that isn't a really oddly shap

Just for fun, I tried docking Kotobukiya's D-Style in there.
Basically anything that isn't a really oddly shaped kit seems to fit just fine.

One of the big talking points in Gunpla for the first half of 2014 is definitely the Neo Zeong. It was released both as a massive HGUC kit and as a BB Senshi, and honestly the fact that this thing got turned into a plastic model at all is pretty amazing. Between the two, the BB Senshi release probably makes a bit more sense (?) than the HGUC, but either way it sold out its first run immediately and has been hugely popular.

Since the concept is basically a giant mobile armor that Sinanju pilots, the existing BB Senshi Sinanju is included right in the box. It's not completely identical though — the red and gray molded colors are subtly darker, and the clear seals have been removed. On the flip side, the Neo Zeong version includes a Sinanju bazooka that wasn't in the original kit, and it can even be combined with the rifle.

To dock Sinanju into the Neo Zeong, you need to remove the propellant tanks from the back, but once it's in, it holds the pose pretty solidly. Due to the Neo Zeong's structure, the shoulders and legs are basically fixed in place, so the elbows are really the only moving parts to speak of — though the arm units on the back of the shoulders can be posed in an attack configuration through disassembly and reassembly.

The front shoulder cover opening gimmick is also reproduced via a detach-and-reattach method, and two clear parts Psycho Shards are included so you can recreate the Psycho Shard deployment scene as well.

So while it doesn't have a ton of articulation, this thing is just so massive and uniquely styled that it looks awesome just sitting there on display. One fun thing about this kit, though, is that you can seat all kinds of SD-scale kits in it besides the Sinanju. After experimenting with a bunch of them, it seems like pretty much any SD kit will fit as long as it's not some weirdly shaped outlier. On top of that, you can even fit some of Kotobukiya's D-Style kits since they're a similar size. And apparently you can seat Nendoroid figures in there too — this thing has charm in the most unexpected ways. :-)

Anyway, as an SD kit bursting with personality, it sounds like even Bandai was caught off guard by its surprise surge in popularity. Between the fun of swapping in different pilots and how genuinely appealing the kit is on its own, this seems like something any Gunpla fan would want to get their hands on. :-)

SD Neo Zeong | 2014.6 | ¥2,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.