Gundam Weapons 6: Master Grade Model Special Edition - Mook Review!

Let's step back to 1996 to take a look at some pro modelling in the very early days of the MG line of Gunpla!
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[@GeremyG]

Zeon designs work really well with old school wonky MG proportions.

[@ZakuAurelius]

for sure! definitely better than the EFSF suits imo

[@14bis42]

Uhhhh , 1996 . good times ... Just love these books .

[@joshstreet6819]

I remember building the Chair Zaku 1.0 putting the beads on the pipes was a pain in the backside because of the springs(I still rub my fingers when I think about building it). Sadly the only reason to get the old Char's Zaku now is for the 175mm Recoilless Rifle.

[@AndreaDoesYoga]

Great throwback to the origins of MG Gunpla! 👏🚀

[@Gundumb_guy]

FINALLY the zaku 1 gets some love! Where is our 2.0 Bandai!!??

[@ZakuAurelius]

seriously!

[@Gunpla-Slinger]

Yes the 1.0 Zaku ll used a spring over a plastic rod.

[@HellStingOzunit]

The green zaku with gold is dozles zaku in thunder bolts. it's just a guards zaku he used it in a game cut scene

[@alexelam1127]

I got this back in the day with my first Char's Zaku 1.0. I spent months trying to reproduce some of the stuff from the mook, drove me nuts because I couldn't make look the same. But defiantly solidified my love for Zeon suits. I think the Zaku cannon is bashed together with the 1/100 zaku cannon from the 80's. There was a bunch of MSV kits, in both 1/144 and 1/100. really cool water slides for unit emblems, really worth checking out.

[@ZakuAurelius]

definitely! I built the 1/100 Real Type Gelgoog a couple years ago. Great that those kits come with water slide decals!

[@alexelam1127]

I found the old zaku cannon kit , the unit marking is a penguin with a zaku cannon "bunny ears" head. @@ZakuAurelius

[@ZakuAurelius]

oh yeah, of course! I couldn't remember if there was a 1/100 as well in addition to the 1/144 but you're right! I think I may even have one in my backlog... I'll have to check at home! @@alexelam1127

[@MachineMindDesigns]

Funny, currently working on the MG Zaku 1 and I had to heavily modify the kit just to fix the proportions (can be seen on my Insta, but I basically extended the torso, shortened the arms via the shoulder blocks and modded the feet). Of all the parts, the feet were the biggest pain to modify/re-proportion.

[@ascensionindustries9631]

This is really kool. I actually just got Shin Matsunaga's Zaku released in 1996.

[@redheads604]

10:25 That's not the MG Gouf 1.0 (it came out in 2000). It's a heavily modified conversion of the MG Zaku II 1.0.

[@ZakuAurelius]

so it is! looking back after recording this i realized there were literally like 4 MGs out at the time of this mook! lol

[@RicQuintanilla]

I don't remember the springs, but I built it back in like 04 or 08.

[@lorddremen]

Damn I was 16 when this came out!!

[@dood3r694]

I still havent gotten a conformation email about my contest entry and it has almost been a week since i sent it in

[@DicePunk]

That Gouf 1.0 is sexy!

[@ai.XT00]

Keep them coming!

[@Gundumb_guy]

Damn I want this mook! This issue encompasses why I’m into gunpla basically, so much cooler than a bunch of goofy gundams!!

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

Great job.👍🎃👻

[@LaDormy]

feel like when bandai finally do a MG Zaku I 2.0 it will be P-bandai

[@Geekeric]

Great mook! I've heard that some people actually don't love zakus; those people are crazy! Seems like these builds are light on markings; maybe excess decals was a real no-no back then.

[@ZakuAurelius]

Definitely a style difference from then and now, kinda like what I was talking about near the end about how fashions change over time

[@landwand]

I own this book, too! I really enjoy the dioramas that this presents. And maybe I'm a minority, but I love the 1.0 version of the Zaku; it looks enough like the anime while being updated enough to be realistic. Modern Gundam kits are lacking that philosophy.

[@ZakuAurelius]

I totally understand, and the old kits do have a certain charm! But the 2.0 Zaku II is also so nice so I'd love to have a Zaku 1 like that!

[@landwand]

@@ZakuAurelius I so totally agree with you there; the Zaku 1 needs a main-release 2.0 kit. While the 1.0s are visually appealing, they are, in so many ways, poor kits.

[@landwand]

BTW: the Gouf is not the 1.0, but a scratch build using the 1.0 Zaku 2.@@ZakuAurelius

[@MsOhara96]

8:44 SAY WHAT !?

[@ZakuAurelius]

lol got a little tongue tied there!

[@vincentalpiepedrozo2337]

Nice mook.

[@vustvaleo8068]

the original MG Gouf basically skipped leg day, lol.

[@ZakuAurelius]

not my cup of tea, but the 2.0 looks much better at least!

[@SirSybian]

repop all the zaku 1.0's.... bandai hear me now