MGUniversal Century

FF-X29A G-Parts [Hrududu]

A P-Bandai expansion pack that turns the Hazel Custom into something genuinely bigger.

MechaGrade Score

3.4/5

G-Parts [Hrududu] · 1/100 · 2018

GradeMG

Scale1/100

Released2018

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

I like this kit a lot more than a standalone score would suggest, and the honest reason is that it was never built to be a standalone kit.

On its own it's a support fighter with its own cockpit and a clever connection gimmick. Paired with a second Hrududu and the MG Hazel Custom, it becomes the Hazel-Rah, and that transformation is the whole point of buying it. Judge it as an accessory set and it earns its price. Judge it as a self-contained mobile suit kit and it comes up short.

Best for: Hazel Custom owners who want the full Hazel-Rah silhouette, and AOZ completionists who already know what they're signing up for

The full review

What it is

This is the P-Bandai exclusive expansion for the MG Hazel Custom, and it builds up into the G-Fighter, a compact support unit with its own cockpit rather than a bolt-on backpack. What won me over is the connection mechanism itself: two Hrududu units clip together into a mobile armor configuration, one carrying a thruster unit for speed and the other a claw unit for offense, and the engineering behind that swap is more thoughtful than I expected from what is essentially an add-on part. The long blade components that split into the barrel and stock of the Hazel's Long Blade Rifle are a nice touch too, giving a shared-parts weapon that neither kit could build alone.

The catch

The biggest catch is that this kit does nothing by itself. It ships with no Hazel Custom included, so you're buying a support piece for a kit you need to already own or buy separately, and the full Hazel-Rah combined form needs two of these Hrududu sets plus the Hazel Custom itself, which adds up fast for a P-Bandai exclusive that was never simple to track down at retail. One builder review I found flagged this directly: unless you're already committed to the Hazel design, this isn't a kit to seek out on its own merits. The combined Hazel-Rah form is also so bulky that its own articulation suffers, trading pose range for scale and presence.

Who it's for

If you already have or plan to get the MG Hazel Custom and want the full AOZ combined form on your shelf, this is the piece that finishes the picture and it's worth hunting down. If you're coming to this cold, looking for a first MG or a kit that stands on its own, skip it. This was designed from the start as a completionist purchase for people already invested in the RX-121 Hazel line, and it only makes sense in that context.

The build story

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

The build itself is straightforward for an MG-line kit, since most of the complexity here is in the connection points rather than a dense inner frame. Gate placement and part fit follow Bandai's usual MG standard, nothing unusual to flag, and the smaller scale of the parts compared to a full mobile suit kit means less time at the workbench overall.

The standout engineering is the modular connection system: the same two units can be built and posed as an independent G-Fighter with its own cockpit, or clicked together into the Hrududu G-Armor mobile armor configuration, with one unit built toward thrusters and mobility and the other toward a claw unit and combat strength. That flexibility, plus the split blade components that double as rifle parts for the Hazel Custom, is where the part count actually earns its keep.

Lore & trivia

01The G-Parts [Hrududu] first appeared in Advance of Zeta: The Flag of Titans, a side story set in the Universal Century timeline built around the RX-121 Gundam TR-1 line.
02Unlike earlier optional backpack equipment for the TR-1 line, the Hrududu has its own cockpit and can operate independently as a support fighter rather than only as an attachment.
03The name Hrududu comes from the Lapine word for machine or motor vehicle in the novel Watership Down, the language spoken by the rabbits in that story.
04Two Hrududu units can combine into the Hrududu G-Armor, also called G-Parts [Hrududu Rah], pairing a thruster-focused unit with a claw-focused unit for a mobility-and-firepower mobile armor configuration.