Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Frame and armor separated

Weapons loadout

Just like the previous releases, you can rotate the eyes to get 2 different expressions.

Articulation is the typical SD-style stiffness you'd expect.

The wings are fixed, but the stabilizers do move.

Action pose

Together with the BB Senshi Zeta Gundam.

Together with the SDCS First Gundam.

Together with the CS Frame White.

With the CS Frame swapped in

Before/after comparison with the CS Frame

SD Zeta Gundam - Action poses with the CS Frame applied (1/4)

SD Zeta Gundam - Action poses with the CS Frame applied (2/4)

Action poses with the CS Frame applied

Zeta Gundam has arrived as the 5th kit in the SD Cross Silhouette lineup. Just like the previous releases, the refined proportions and improved color separation mean you get a great-looking result even with minimal stickers. Maybe it's the design itself, but this one actually looks sharper and more handsome than the other SDCS kits.

Articulation is the typical SD-level stiffness, but the proportions are so good that throwing a pose on a stand gives you some really cool-looking shots. Swap in the separately sold CS Frame and you can push it even further into dynamic territory. That said, because the base kit already looks so good, the before/after difference with the CS Frame feels a bit less dramatic compared to the previous releases.

Either way, this kit is significant just for the fact that the handsome Zeta Gundam has finally made it into the SDCS lineup — and the visuals and overall quality are more than good enough to recommend it to any Gunpla fan. :-)

SD Zeta Gundam | 2018.8 | ¥1,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.