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MS-06F-2 Neuen Bitter's Zaku II F2

The Kimberlite commander's personal Zaku, wearing a proven MG frame in a color scheme you will not find anywhere else.

MechaGrade Score

4.1/5

Zaku II · 1/100 · 2018

GradeMG

Scale1/100

Released2018

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The verdict

This is the same excellent MG Zaku II F2 engineering Bandai has been refining since the early 2000s, dressed in Major General Neuen Bitter's light green and dark blue command colors.

If you already respect the F2 line for its frame and articulation, this P-Bandai release gives you a genuinely different-looking Zaku rather than just another repaint job with stickers slapped on top. It is a Zeon commander kit through and through, and it wears that role well on the shelf.

Best for: 0083 fans and Zeon collectors who want Neuen Bitter's actual screen colors in molded plastic instead of painting a standard F2 by hand

The full review

What it is

This is the MG Zaku II F2 frame, the one Bandai first nailed down for the F2 EFSF and Zeon releases and has kept using because it works. What makes this particular boxing worth a look is the color split: light green main body with dark blue joints, molded in, not stickered on, which is Neuen Bitter's actual scheme from Stardust Memory rather than the more common desert or Zeon-standard Zaku colors. Building it feels familiar if you have put together any recent MG Zaku, but seeing that unusual green come together panel by panel is what makes this one distinct on a shelf full of Zakus.

The catch

This was a Premium Bandai exclusive, so it never had a mainline retail run and now mostly turns up through secondary sellers and import shops at a premium over a standard MG. The frame itself carries the same well-known F2 quirk where the lower leg cable can pop loose during posing or transport, a fix builders have known about for years (twist the attachment point so it seats sideways instead of snapping straight in). Markings are water-slide decals rather than stickers, which look better but add setup time, and this is still an MG-level part count and gate cleanup job, not a weekend snap kit.

Who it's for

Buy this if you are building out a Zeon commander shelf and want Neuen Bitter's real colors without mixing custom paint, or if you already like the MG Zaku II F2 frame and want a second one in a scheme nobody else has. Skip it if you just want a Zaku and can find a standard MG F2 or the 2.0 version for less money and less hunting, since the frame and build experience underneath the paint job are the same either way. First-time Zaku builders are better served by the more common versions; come back to this one once you know you like the platform.

The build story

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

The build follows the established MG Zaku II F2 runner layout, so gate placement is mostly on non-visible inner surfaces and cleanup is manageable if you have built any modern MG before. Part fit on the inner frame is snug without being a fight, and the outer armor panels click on cleanly over the skeleton. The main thing that changes from a standard F2 build is watching the light green and dark blue molded parts come together instead of gray and green, which makes the whole process feel less like a repeat build even if the steps are identical.

The frame's articulation is the real selling point: the head has that satisfying mono-eye gimmick riding a gear track, shoulders pull out and swing forward, elbows are double jointed, and the skirt armor is fully ball jointed so it swings out of the way instead of blocking hip movement. The weapon loadout gives real posing variety between the bazooka, machine gun, heat hawk, and sturm faust, and for an MG-level part count you are getting a kit that can actually hold dynamic combat poses rather than just standing at attention.

Lore & trivia

01Neuen Bitter is a Major General who commands the Zeon remnant forces at the Kimberlite Mine Base in Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory.
02This release reuses the all-new frame construction introduced for the modern MG Zaku II F2 line, which was built specifically to improve on the poseability of the original 2002 MG Zaku II.
03The kit's light green and dark blue color scheme is unique to Neuen Bitter's personal unit and is molded into the plastic rather than applied with paint or stickers, a detail Bandai reserved for this Premium Bandai exclusive run.