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MS-06F Zaku II (Dozle Zabi Custom)

The commander's Zaku, all gold trim and spiked shoulders, built on the frame that made the 2.0 line famous.

MechaGrade Score

3.9 out of 53.9/5

Zaku II · 1/100 · 2014

GradeMG
Scale1/100
Released2014
Runnersn/a

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The verdict

This is the standard MG Zaku II 2.0 engineering dressed up for a Space Attack Force commander, and that combination works.

Dozle Zabi's personal ride gets four-spike shoulder armor, three-spike hand guards, and a big dedicated heat hawk, all sitting on the same inner frame that made the 2.0 Zaku a modern classic. I like it because the character gimmick never gets in the way of the kit actually being good to build and pose.

Best for: Zaku fans and Gundam-side collectors who want a Dozle-specific display piece without giving up the 2.0 frame's articulation

The full review

What it is

This is a P-Bandai variant of the MG Zaku II Ver 2.0, retooled for Dozle Zabi's personal machine. The body shape gets new parts to match his oversized cockpit, the shoulder armor carries four spikes each, and the hands get three-spike guards on the back. You get a newly molded oversized heat hawk that hangs off the left hip when not in use, plus the usual 2.0-era Zaku weapon loadout, so there's real variety in what you can hand it. Building it feels like assembling a familiar, well-proven Zaku frame wearing a commander's dress uniform, and that mix of nostalgia and new parts is genuinely satisfying to put together.

The catch

The gold engraving detail is mostly a special marking sticker rather than molded or panel-lined detail, so the finish leans on decal application more than I'd like for an MG at this price point. The waist only rotates about 45 degrees despite the double-jointed knees and elbows, a known limitation carried over from the base 2.0 frame, so the ambitious frame doesn't fully cash out in torso twist. Builders also flag the leg tubing as fiddly, the small green tube pieces sit on a polycap-style runner and are genuinely annoying to seat and keep from popping off the spring during assembly.

Who it's for

Buy this if you already like the MG Zaku II 2.0 platform and want the version with real character pedigree, since Dozle's personal Zaku has actual lore weight in the original series and the spiked armor reads well on a shelf next to Char's and Ridden's customs. Skip it if you're hunting for crisp panel-lined engraving out of the box, since that detail here comes from stickers rather than the plastic itself. Newer builders should also know the leg tubing is a genuine test of patience, so go in expecting a fussier middle stretch of the build than most standard MGs.

The build story

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

The build itself moves like a familiar MG Zaku II 2.0 with a few retooled body parts for Dozle's larger cockpit, so if you've built any 2.0-era Zaku before this feels immediately comfortable. The one real snag is the leg tubing, small green tube segments molded over a polycap-esque runner that need to be worked onto the spring carefully or they pop right back off, and it's the one stretch of the build that tests patience rather than rewards it.

Where it earns its keep is the frame underneath. Double-jointed elbows and knees give it a genuinely wide pose range, and the shoulder joints swing far enough forward that dynamic weapon poses look natural rather than stiff. The shoulder shields are jointed too, so they get out of the way of horizontal arm movement instead of blocking it. Combined with the oversized heat hawk and the full 2.0 weapon complement, there's enough here to build a few different display poses without feeling short-changed.

Lore & trivia

  • 01Dozle Zabi's personal Zaku II had its cockpit capacity enlarged specifically to fit his roughly two-meter-tall frame in-universe.
  • 02This MG was released as a Bandai Hobby Online Shop (P-Bandai) exclusive in July 2014 for 4,860 yen.
  • 03The mono-eye can be angled to look sideways when the head itself is turned, a small detail carried over from the base 2.0 head sculpt.

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