Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Frame and armor separated

A pretty solid weapon loadout

The secondary grips on the machine gun and bazooka are also articulated.

Heat Hawk with beam parts included

Fully armed

The mono-eye is rendered beautifully with a pink clear part.

You can rotate the mono-eye using the lever at the bottom of the head.

You can spot some sink marks on the back of a few weapons and the hands.

Typical SD-level articulation

Action poses

Together with the BB Senshi Zaku II.

Together with the SDCS First Gundam.

Together with the separately sold CS Frame [Gray].

Swapped to the CS Frame

SD Frame (left) vs. CS Frame (right) comparison

SD Zaku II - Action poses with the CS Frame. The elbow and knee articulation makes it so much more dynamic. (1/4)

SD Zaku II - Action poses with the CS Frame. The elbow and knee articulation makes it so much more dynamic. (2/4)

Action poses with the CS Frame.
The elbow and knee articulation makes it so much more dynamic.

SD Zaku II - With the CS Frame, holding weapons in both hands becomes a lot easier too. (1/4)

SD Zaku II - With the CS Frame, holding weapons in both hands becomes a lot easier too. (2/4)

With the CS Frame, holding weapons in both hands becomes a lot easier too.

The fourth SDCS release is the mass-production Zaku II — a kit that puts Zaku II armor over the gray SD universal frame. The proportions are a huge step up from the old BB Senshi kits, though the articulation isn't all that different, so posing can feel a bit limited in SD Frame mode. That said, thanks to the clean color separation and more refined proportions, it still looks pretty sharp even in a simple pose.

Weapons include a machine gun, bazooka, Heat Hawk, and a missile pod. The Heat Hawk even comes with clear parts, giving it a really premium look. On top of that, the mono-eye — done up with a pink clear part — can rotate left and right.

As expected, swapping in the separately sold gray Cross Frame gives you a slimmer, more distinctive look with better articulation. The knee and elbow joints move, so you can pull off some genuinely dynamic action poses. All in all, it's a clean, great-looking kit — an absolute must-have for anyone into SD-style Zakus. :-)

SD Zaku II | 2018.7 | ¥800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.