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FF-X29A G-Parts [Hrududu] (Combat Deployment Colors)

A support fighter kit that turns a lone Hazel Custom into a proper multi-machine formation.

MechaGrade Score

3.7/5

G-Parts [Hrududu] (Combat Deployment Colors) · 1/100 · 2018

GradeMG

Scale1/100

Released2018

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

I like this kit precisely because it does not try to be a Gundam.

The Hrududu is a standalone fighter craft and a Hazel Custom accessory rolled into one MG-level build, and it commits fully to both jobs. On its own it is a compact, satisfying little display piece with wing binders that actually swing on real AMBAC-style joints. Paired with a second unit and the TR-1 Hazel Custom, it becomes the backbone of the AOZ line's whole reason for existing: a genuine mobile armor combination most builders never expected Bandai to tool this well.

Best for: Advance of Zeta and Hazel Custom owners who want the real G-Armor combination, not casual browsers looking for a first Gundam

The full review

What it is

This is the Premium Bandai MG release of the Hrududu, the support and reinforcement fighter built for the RX-121-1 Gundam TR-1 [Hazel Custom], reissued here in the Combat Deployment Colors scheme with its own set of unit-emblem decals. It is not a humanoid mobile suit. It is a fighter craft with folding wing binders, a claw unit, and a thruster pack, all built to plug into the Hazel Custom's back or fly independent missions on its own. Building one feels closer to assembling a transforming jet than a Gundam, and that novelty is the whole appeal. The attachment hardware is genuinely clever, and the parts snap together with the same confidence-inspiring click MG kits are known for.

The catch

This was a Premium Bandai web exclusive, so you are shopping secondary market and paying reseller markup rather than retail. The kit is also only half the story on its own: the full G-Armor combination that AOZ fans actually want requires a second Hrududu plus a separately sold MG Hazel Custom, so the sticker price you pay is not the sticker price of the finished display you are picturing. And because there is no humanoid frame here, if you are hoping for arm and leg posing you will not find it. Everything you can pose lives in the wings, claws, and thrusters.

Who it's for

Buy this if you already own or plan to own the MG Hazel Custom and want the AOZ combination gimmick done properly, or if you just like oddball support-craft kits with real engineering behind them. Skip it if you want a conventional posable mobile suit, or if you are not prepared to hunt down a second unit and the Hazel Custom to see what this piece is actually for. On its own it is a neat shelf accessory. As part of the full set it is one of the more interesting combination gimmicks the MG line has attempted.

The build story

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

Gate placement stays out of the way of the visible thruster and wing surfaces, and cleanup is quick because there just are not that many big flat panels to fuss over compared to a full mobile suit kit. Parts fit with the snug, no-glue-needed confidence MG kits are built around, and the attachment pegs that let it dock onto the Hazel Custom's back or lock to a second Hrududu unit are sized generously enough that they do not feel fragile.

The standout piece of engineering is the modular energy-transfer connector system, which is what lets two Hrududu units clip together into the Hazel-Rah G-Armor configuration rather than just sitting side by side. The claw unit folding out from a thruster-pack silhouette into a bellows-jointed arm with a built-in beam emitter is the single cleverest gimmick in the kit, and the wing binders swing on hinges wide enough to look like they are doing something in flight poses instead of just sitting flush.

Lore & trivia

01The Hrududu is a support and reinforcement fighter developed for the RX-121-1 Gundam TR-1 [Hazel Custom], first appearing in the manga Advance of Zeta: Under the Flag of Titans, and unlike most optional G-Parts equipment it carries its own cockpit so it can fly and fight independently.
02Two Hrududu units combined form a mobile armor configuration, sometimes called the G-Armor or Hazel-Rah second form, with one unit built around a speed-focused Thruster Unit and the other around a combat-focused Claw Unit.
03The Claw Unit's claws share the same stowed silhouette as the plain Thruster Units but deploy into large bellows-jointed appendages with built-in beam emitters, functioning as both beam rifle and beam saber.
04Combat Deployment Colors is a recolored variant release of the original MG G-Parts [Hrududu] kit, distinguished by a new set of water-slide decals depicting the unit's own emblem, and it first shipped through Premium Bandai in July 2018.