HGUC #182 - Zeta Plus [Unicorn Ver.]
SKU: 2255546
Category: Gundam UC - Universal Century, HG - High Grade, Model Kits!
Vendor:Bandai Namco
Includes
- Zeta Plus A1
- Manipulators
- weapon-holding (1 pair)
- Trigger-finger (right)
- Beam Rifle
- 2 Beam Sabers
- 2 Beam Cannons
- Shield
- Marking Decals (stickers)
Kit Features & Gimmicks
Articulation
- The head can swivel/tilt via a double-jointed neck.
- The torso can tilt sideways, or back and forth in a limited manner.
- The arms can...
- Swing on a peg-and-socket joint.
- Raise horizontally.
- The upper arms can rotate.
- The elbow joints can be bent into 90 degrees.
- The manipulators can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
- The waist can rotate.
- The rear skirt armor can pivot to avoid interference with the leg articulation.
- The upper thigh joints can:
- swing frontwards and backwards on a ball-and-socket joint.
- slightly raise horizontally.
- rotate slightly on each piece.
- The knees are double-jointed.
- The ankles can pivot/tilt on a ball-and-socket joint to an extent.
- The Wing Binders on the backpack are poseable.
Weapons/Other Gimmicks
- The hands are swappable.
- The weapons can only be wielded by their own respective hand parts.
- The Beam Saber hilts cannot be stored.
- The Zeta Plus can transform between Mobile Suit and Waverider mode via parts-swapping.
- The Shield can be attached onto any of the forearms, though the default position is on the left.
- The Rifle can attach onto the underside of the waverider mode.
- This method can also be used to store the rifle in MS mode.
- Zeta Plus can mount onto the Action Base.
Tips & Tricks
- For better results, some or most of the details are needed to be painted/panel-lined with Gundam Markers and/or Mr. Color paints.
- Topcoat (Mr. Hobby recommended) can be used to protect applied stickers and if any, marking decals and painted details.
Notes & Trivia
- First batches of the kit featured some errors (Details on the official bandai hobby site page):
- Bad molding on sides of the head near vulcan guns.
- Wrong desing of the front croch piece (without a step) which was also featured on the box and instruction manual pictures.
Variants
Italicized item/s are exclusives.
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.
- HGUC MSZ-006C1 Zeta Plus C1
- HGUC MSZ-006A1 Zeta Plus (Test Image Color) Gunpla Expo Exclusive
- HGUC MSZ-006A1 Zeta Plus (Test Image Color)
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