Finally finished snap-fit-building this HG 1/144 Zaku 7-eleven 2011 Limited Edition Gundam Model Kit just in time before the week ends. Now we could go on with the review! This Zaku is one out of the 3 HG 1/144 7-Eleven version model kits released for the year 2011. It is the same as your regular 144 Zaku construction wise. The only differences are the color scheme and the decals. 7-Eleven has been a part of the Japanese community for quite a long time, so stuff in honor of them is not a surprise. Anyway, we really love this kit. We had fun playing with it, having it fight with another 7-eleven kit namely HG 1/144 RX-78-2. A hard to find kit nowadays (its already 2012). So if you find one, buy it asap. ^_^

 

 

 

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BOX ART

front

 

side

 

looks good when painted

 

awts, jap text…

 

1300 yen?

 

 

has some gundam-age promotion as well

 

advertisement haha!

 

 

 

 

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UNBOXING

 

runners

 

has one foil sticker sheet  and one clear sticker sheet

 

the one sheet manual, folded into 4 pages

 

 

 

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BUILDING THE KIT

 

 

 

this one is a bit unusual… on the manual, the first item to be built are the weapons…

 

machine gun

 

bazooka

 

 

 

LEGS

 

LEG articulation

 

below is the ankle joint that enables the zaku to pose dynamically

 

like shown below

 

we used 3m sponges for this build

 

 

LEFT ARM

 

RIGHT ARM

 

 

Right and Left arms respectively

 

 

 

TORSO

 

the power belts are straight… you need to bend it a little to be able to attach it to the backpack…

 

belts bended…

 

we are half way there ^_^

 

 

 

HEAD

the mono eye part has no embossed portion to indicate the eye position… you really need the stickers for the eyes…

 

 

Here are all the parts when attached…

 

After this, the decal placement comes next

 

 

hmmmm….

 

***meanwhile after the decals has been placed…

 

RX-78-2: hmmm another 7-eleven kit…

 

Zaku: what? you have the same decals!

 

Zaku: you are dead meat!

 

 

 

 

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MORE PICTURES!

 

side by side comparison with HG 1/144 RX-78-2

 

 

 

 

compared against SD Astray RF

 

 

 

 

 

Shoulder tackle!

 

connected!

 

RX-78-2: Aaargh!

 

Zaku: take that!

 

RX-78-2: I won’t give up!

 

***drum roll***

 

***drum roll continues***

 

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THIS BATTLE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY… 7-ELEVEN!!!

 

 

 

ok… so Zaku won…

 

 

some more articulation

 

 

 

The kneeling ZAKU with bazooka pose!

 

 

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