is this surprise find at John Little's Sale at Singapore Expo. I was there for
Sitex and then hopped over to Hall 3 where John Little is having a sale and chanced upon this treasure.
This is a Mobile Suit in Action (
MSIA)
MSZ-006
Zeta Gundam from the
Gundam series of the same name. However, this colour scheme is not from the
anime.
There were like 6 of these nicely wrapped in polystyrene with a $15 price tag. I figured that it is cheap as a regular
MSIA back then was tagged at $25+.
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The exclusive black box was the attraction factor but this thing is really old with a coat of black powder on the packaging; most probably from the paint of the box.
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The box art is a clean white schematic drawing of the
mecha on black and I almost bought 2 of this just because of the packaging. I have to emphasize; Almost.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjug1gxmiYutfiHuOz5rjs6am2x-B2kK_MFUBNz7kX-cq50jM1IDPvcuU1MiJ78jBn75vUV_Dvnh_4HxyjCz_qCTqN1MUzyg2fV5YTAqipP2P5VNSagWaZyRbEbvcAOI0MJCHxJkVe3a73Y/s400/c.jpg)
The internal is what you find in a regular
MSIA figure, trays to fit the figure and all its accessories. We have here the beam rifle, beam saber, hyper mega launcher and hands for rifle and beam saber.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRnpKzCPrnat_JAg9kF1V2nmknq0HoNJweQ-bOCbyEFUsGE3R0bP_DHrVzciE8phVMvHbZ6EjdK2a1VWcQ_UMmdJcRpm8y7gopQmYhBaVqKGGnZRjIWw7jD5aJZ3PgceZbdQWFB3rnsdF/s400/d.jpg)
Out of the packaging, I noticed that the figure is not all black but has this gun metal kind of finish. This made it looked even better as it looks more like a machine.
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The hyper mega launcher as its name implies is really huge! It can be held in either the left handed or right handed orientation.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTd6K7XiKNQIxOFkbv7GE-VMluR_FRLW_Z3mv1W10KopI43LaYYVh409PFniPGZL3RZO1ME34ugJz7IQ-uM9MqIdLnaxI7g4z46RyTt33rUDr900DRiBtPzvZW2nZNdLJ9lQWe_pOY6ei/s400/f.jpg)
Surprising, with a little adjustment to the centre of gravity of this figure, it is able to hold up this huge weapon on its own.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsBCzBRP7CpOnfq9zhs-cUj83uetrKHxpMksuQYFfEbC4uGjid6atOWz7XGHJykhGpUJmLoIAp7Y4E5sq3muhEWDjQaJ2O-Y1TWCqd9jhpgwzjl6yaJ8RRYyHcO6_cRH1cGEKmyk0PgEQ/s400/g.jpg)
The regular beam rifle. The only contrasting colour on this figure is the green focused eyes.
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Great
poseability on this figure and with a display stand, it can be quite a show piece. Too bad it's only 12 cm tall.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfQiI7QdMy4twcreyG56ZipPJseNeRV3L-Xa-RL-rkaKCp5z4oJXyqXNrXTOpQT6jPOSxVEuGtEE0RSV1Cpn7LHGfNEAUHjyYGlH1qzyXBTrySiWpu62wJVIO5fr5UO0LMiluvlxPdK28/s400/i.jpg)
The classic beam saber. The Zeta
Gundam is actually a Mobile Armour (plane) and a Mobile Suit (robot) which means it can transform into a plane. However, this is not a perfect transformation kind where parts have to be removed in order to complete the transformation.
4 comments:
very nice score on this piece. Great inspiration for me to complete my PG Zeta Gundam.
Yes, indeed it is.....so your next item is a Zeta and do you mean you are going to paint it BLACK?
haha nope, standard colours. :)
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