Kit Review

Straight build + Partial paint + Panel lining + Decals

1/100 Zaku Warrior + Gunner & Blaze Wizard - Size comparison with a cigarette pack — just the Zaku Warrior body without t

Size comparison with a cigarette pack — just the Zaku Warrior body without the weapon packs.

1/100 Zaku Warrior + Gunner & Blaze Wizard

1/100 Zaku Warrior + Gunner & Blaze Wizard - A kit that includes the mass-production Zaku Warrior body plus both the Blaz

A kit that includes the mass-production Zaku Warrior body plus both the Blaze Wizard and Gunner Wizard backpacks.

Athrun's Blaze Zaku Warrior

Dearka's Gunner Zaku Warrior

1/100 Zaku Warrior + Gunner & Blaze Wizard - The articulation is great as you'd expect from a Zaku Warrior — the leg arti

The articulation is great as you'd expect from a Zaku Warrior — the leg articulation especially is excellent.

Action pose!

1/100 Zaku Warrior + Gunner & Blaze Wizard - The beam tomahawk is also included, with the beam part molded in soft clear

The beam tomahawk is also included, with the beam part molded in soft clear plastic.

The rear view of just the body looks pretty imposing too.

1/100 Zaku Warrior + Gunner & Blaze Wizard - Both Dearka's and Athrun's character plates are included, but there's only o

Both Dearka's and Athrun's character plates are included, but there's only one stand.
How stingy~

Athrun and Dearka's character plates.

1/100 Zaku Warrior + Gunner & Blaze Wizard - Athrun's Blaze Zaku Warrior in action~ (1/3)

Athrun's Blaze Zaku Warrior in action~

Full open mode

That rear view presence!

1/100 Zaku Warrior + Gunner & Blaze Wizard - For the Blaze Wizard, the molded color of the red parts is slightly differen

For the Blaze Wizard, the molded color of the red parts is slightly different from the one included with the Zaku Phantom for Rey.

Dearka's Gunner Zaku Warrior in action~

It's long alright~!

That natural kneeling pose, as expected.

Already the third 1/100 Zaku Warrior..

1/100 Zaku Warrior + Gunner & Blaze Wizard - Comparison with the HG Zaku Warrior. The HG also has great color separation

Comparison with the HG Zaku Warrior. The HG also has great color separation and even includes an action-pose left hand, which makes the 1/100 feel a little lacking in comparison.
The 1/100 still wins on sheer size and presence though!
The molded color of the skirt verniers is quite different between the 1/100 and HG.

Blaze Zaku Warrior straight build shot (Athrun's version)

Gunner Zaku Warrior straight build shot (Dearka's version)

Standard Zaku Warrior straight build shot

I always thought it was a bit odd that the 1/100 Zaku Warrior came out in Luna Maria's red and Rey's white versions before the standard mass-production blue... but sure enough, here it is in the blue mass-production colors. And it's not just the plain body either — it comes packed with both the Blaze Wizard and Gunner Wizard weapon packs that were previously included in the earlier 1/100 Zaku Warrior kits.

In the anime, it's Athrun who pilots the light yellow-green Zaku Warrior with the Blaze Wizard, and Dearka who pilots the one with the Gunner pack. So naturally, both Dearka's and Athrun's character plates are included — but they cheaped out and only threw in one stand. -_-;

As you can see, this kit is essentially the existing Zaku Warrior body with a different molded color, and the weapon packs are carried over straight from the previous 1/100 Zaku Warrior kits without any changes. So there's nothing uniquely new about it — it's a pretty shameless color variation kit, to be honest. For details on the body and each weapon pack, please refer to the 1/100 Gunner Zaku Warrior ~ Luna Maria's version review and the 1/100 Blaze Zaku Phantom ~ Rey's version reviewThe Gunner Wizard has exactly the same molded colors as before, but the Blaze Wizard in this kit does have the red verniers changed to more of an orange tone.

Since it includes both weapon packs, the box is big, there are a lot of parts, and the price is ¥3000 — which is MG-level pricing for a No Grade 1/100. That said, the base body was excellent to begin with, and both weapon packs look great with solid detail.

It's a pretty shameless variation with zero new effort put in... but the kit quality itself is so good and it feels so generously packed that it's hard not to enjoy it. It's kind of like a Zaku Warrior all-in-one gift set, if you will. Personally, I actually find the light yellow-green molded color more refined and premium-looking compared to the other Zaku Warrior releases.

Either way, this is clearly an A-grade kit in terms of quality. Solid joints, great articulation, decent detail, good proportions, plenty of parts, excellent color separation... Maybe that's why even this shameless little variation is hard to stay mad at. ^^;

1/100 Zaku Warrior + Gunner & Blaze Wizard | 2005. 5 | ¥3,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.