The High Grade Gundam The Origin (HGGTO) MS-06C Zaku II Type C/Type C-5 is a 1/144 Scale kit released in 2017.
Includes[]
Italicized lines are optional surplus parts that can be built by your own desire.
- MS-06C Zaku II
- Type C pieces (backpack, chest)
- Type C-5 pieces (backpack, chest, Twin Machine Gun)
- Backpack
- Hardpoints
- Normal
- Manipulators
- General weapon-holding (1 pair)
- Trigger-finger (right)
- Open-palm (left)
- Commander Unit head piece
- Anti-ship Rifle
- Zaku Machine Gun
- Belt-Fed Machine Gun
- Ammo pack
- Bazooka
- Bazooka Ammo (x3)
- Storage adapter for Bazooka
- 2 Heat Hawks
- Storage
- Deployed
- Adapter for Action Base
Kit Features & Gimmicks[]
- Zaku II can be reconfigured into either Type C or Type C-5.
- The backpack can also be built in two different styles.
Articulation[]
- Mono-eye can be moved left or right via a switch underneath.
- The head can swivel on a ball-joint, or slightly tilt back and forth on a c-clip pivot joint.
- The torso can tilt back and forth (though slightly) via an L-shaped joint frame.
- Shoulder joints and 2/3 of the torso blocks can swing forward for extra frontwards articulation.
- The shoulders can...
- Swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
- Raise horizontally. (The shoulder shield and armors are jointed to avoid interference with the arm's articulation.)
- The upper arms can rotate.
- Arms and Legs feature double-jointed elbow/knee parts.
- The manipulators can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
- The waist can rotate via a ball-and-socket joint.
- Front and side skirt armors are poseable (though slightly) to avoid interference with the leg articulation.
- The hip joint axis can swing forwards (for extra articulation) and backwards.
- The upper thigh joints can swing frontwards (and backwards in a limited extent) on a peg, raise horizontally, and/or rotate on each thigh.
- The ankle joints can tilt frontwards, or sideways in a limited manner.
- Front foot pieces can tilt.
Weapons/Other Gimmicks[]
- The hands are swappable.
- Each of the weapons must be wielded by their own respective hands.
- Heat Hawk (storing) can mount on both sides of the waist armor.
- Bazooka's foregrip can flip up and down.
- Bazooka can be mounted onto the backpack via a joint part.
- Additional Bazooka ammo packs can be mounted onto the shield.
- Both Belt-fed and Zaku Machine Guns' foregrip can swing forwards and backwards.
- Belt-fed Machine Gun's ammo pack can attach onto the backpack.
- Zaku Machine Gun ammo can mount onto the rear waist armor.
- Zaku II can mount onto most of the Action Bases via an adapter.
Tips & Tricks[]
- For better results, some or most of the details are needed to be applied & panel-lined with Gundam Markers and/or Mr. Color paints.
- Topcoat (Mr. Hobby recommended) can be used to protect applied stickers/marking decals and if any, painted details.
- The Commander Type head unit surplus piece can be optionally installed onto the head.
Customizing-based tips[]
- Bazooka accessories from System Weapon 009 or from HGGTO Black Tri-Stars Zaku I can be used for this kit.
Variants[]
- Reissues of the kit from September 2018 onward will feature a blue-colored Bandai Spirits logo. Later reprints from mid-2022 will also feature an additional Bandai Namco logo.
Notes & Trivia[]
- For starters, this is the most complete HGGTO Zaku II kit possible.
- Unlike the...
- Painted samples, this Zaku's green parts are cast in a slightly darkened green similar to the MS IGLOO version of the HGUC kit.
- MS-06C-6/R6 Zaku II kit, this Gunpla does not come with a surplus chest Vulcan gun pieces.
Gallery[]
Packaging[]
Pre-Bandai Spirits red logo/Bandai Namco logo labelling
Stock Photos[]
Footnotes[]
External Links[]
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