HGUniversal Century

RX-124 Gundam TR-6 [Hazel II]

A P-Bandai deep cut that trades polish for two shield boosters worth of firepower.

MechaGrade Score

3.4/5

Gundam TR-6 [Hazel II] · 1/144 · 2019

GradeHG

Scale1/144

Released2019

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The verdict

This is a kit built for people who already know what a Woundwort is, and it rewards that crowd more than it rewards anyone else.

I like what it represents more than I love how it builds, since the double composite shield boosters genuinely change the silhouette, but the seams and so-so color separation keep reminding you this is a Premium Bandai side release, not a flagship HG. Get it for the concept and the loadout, not for a clean out-of-box finish.

Best for: Advance of Zeta completionists and TR-series collectors who want the Hazel II's shield booster loadout on the shelf

The full review

What it is

The Hazel II is Bandai's HGUC take on one of the stranger branches of the TR-6 Woundwort family, a Titans-colored variant built for the Advance of Zeta novel line that shows up carrying two composite shield boosters instead of the base Woundwort's one. That doubled hardware is the whole personality of this kit. You get a new shield, a beam rifle pulled from the ORX-013 Gundam Mk-V, and a backpack setup that lets the suit fold down into a high-speed mobile armor mode. Building it feels like building a familiar Woundwort chassis with a much bigger, weirder question mark strapped to its back, and once those booster pods are on, the kit reads as something genuinely different from the rest of the TR line on a shelf.

The catch

This was a Premium Bandai online exclusive, which means the price and availability were never friendly, and secondhand or reissue copies still carry that P-Bandai premium. Builders consistently flag visible seams running down the shield boosters and other big flat surfaces, and the color separation is only fair out of the box, so this is a kit that wants panel lining and at least some paint or marker work to look finished. Articulation is inherited from the Woundwort base, which means it is functional but not a standout, and the extra shield hardware adds enough bulk that a few builders note some looseness in how it all holds together at the connection points, even though the backpack-to-shield joint itself is reported as sturdy for posing.

Who it's for

If you have already built a Woundwort or a Hazel Custom and you want the rest of the TR-6 family story on your shelf, or if the idea of a mobile armor transforming shield-booster gunship appeals to you, this is worth tracking down. If you are looking for a first HG, or you want a kit that looks great straight out of the box with zero extra work, skip this one and look at a mainline HGUC or a more recent release instead. This is a completionist's kit and a novel-lore kit first, and a showcase build second.

The build story

What the build is actually like, and the engineering worth knowing about.

The core body shares its structure with the base TR-6 Woundwort, so if you have built that kit already this will feel familiar in the hand. Joint engineering is reasonable rather than exciting, and the frame holds together fine, but nothing about the assembly feels like a showcase piece the way a modern HG runner does.

The standout engineering here is entirely in the extra hardware: the two composite shield boosters bolt onto the backpack and noticeably change the suit's proportions and presence, the new shield and Mk-V-sourced beam rifle round out a loadout that is bigger than what the base Woundwort carries, and the whole rig folds down into a high-speed mobile armor configuration for genuine transformation play value.

Lore & trivia

01The Hazel II is a Titans-colored variant built on the same chassis as the Gundam TR-6 [Woundwort], carrying two Composite Shield Boosters instead of the Woundwort's one.
02It comes armed with the shield of the RX-124 Gundam TR-6 [Kehaar II] and the beam rifle of the ORX-013 Gundam Mk-V, borrowing hardware across the TR family.
03The kit originates from the Advance of Zeta: The Flag of Titans novel, part of the wider Universal Century TR-6 storyline rather than an animated series.
04It was released as a Premium Bandai (P-Bandai) online exclusive in March 2019, with a later reissue run for collectors who missed the first release.