Includes

• MS-06S Zaku II
  • Plastic skirt armors
  • Soft plastic skirt armors
  • Manipulators:
    • Multipurpose weapon-holding (1 pair)
    • Trigger-finger (1 pair)
    • Heat Hawk-holding (right)
    • Open-palm (left)
  • Zaku Machine Gun
  • Heat Hawk
    • Adapter piece
  • Bazooka
  • Adapter for Action Base

Kit Features & Gimmicks

• Zaku II can be built with either PS-molded or soft plastic (TPE) skirt armors.

Articulation

• Mono-eye can be moved left or right via a switch underneath.
• The neck joint can be tilted frontwards.
• Shoulder joints can swing frontwards.
  • 2/3 of the torso blocks can slightly pull out to rotate.
• The arms can...
  • Swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
  • Raise horizontally.
• The shoulder armor/shields can pivot/swivel to avoid interference with the arm articulation.
• The upper arms can rotate.
• The elbow and knees are double-jointed.
  • The elbow joint is a 2-piece joint, allowing the forearm to rotate.
• The manipulators can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
• The waist can turn 360 degrees.
• Skirt armors are poseable to avoid interference with the legs.
• The upper thighs can swing frontward (and backward in a very limited extent due to the single-piece hard plastic rear skirt armor), raise horizontally and/or rotate on each piece.
  • If you use the soft skirt armor parts, you can swing the legs backward as well, though in a limited extent.
• The ankles can tilt/pivot, though the former is limited by the leg panels.

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Weapons/Other Gimmicks

• The hands are swappable.
• Each of the weapons must be wielded by their respective hands.
• Machine Gun and Bazooka foregrips can swing left or right.
• Bazooka can be mount onto the rear waist armor via a flip-out joint.
• The Machine Gun's magazine drum can mount onto the rear waist for storage. (Hard plastic skirt armors are recommended.)
• Zaku II can mount onto most of the Action Bases (sold separately) via an adapter.

Tips & Tricks

• For better results, some or most of the details are needed to be painted and 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.
  • If using matte/flat-finish top coat, it is advisable not to spray on the softer parts - can be done by masking or spraying top coat while the said parts are separated.

Customizing-based tips

• The HGBC Ballistic Weapons add-on kit can be used to remodel this Gunpla into Ballistic Zaku, though the Zaku's lack of chest vulcan cannons can make the custom look unconvincing in terms of show-accuracy.
  • The Beam Rifle from the HGUC MSN-04II Nightingaleis also required for show-accuracy.

Variants

Italicized item(s) are exclusives.

Reissues of the kit from mid-2022 onward will feature an additional Bandai Namco logo.

• HGUC MS-06F Zaku II (2021)
• HGUC MS-06F Zaku II (21st Century Real Type Ver.)
• EG (2020) Edogawa Conan (MS-06S Zaku II Color) & HGUC MS-06S Zaku II (Shuuichi Akai Color)
• HGUC MS-06S Zaku II (2020) (Metallic Ver.)
• HGUC MS-06S Zaku II (2020) (21st Century Real Type Ver.)
• HG Riko's Zaku (Plastic Model and Riko Ver.)