| 1/144 ZM-S06S Zoloat
Series: 1/44 Title: ZM-S06S Zoloat Release Date: 1993 Suggested Price: ¥ 500 No. of Parts: 120 + film stickers Plastic colors: red, yellow, gray, transparent pink Gimmicks: display stand
Contributor: Mwulf Date: June 19, 2007 The Victory Gundam 1/144 models are cheap. They are no grade. They are old. Those are three strikes--and they're pretty big. Fortunately for us, these models are exceptionally well-made. They're detailed, colorful, very-poseable and come with a ton of accessories. In short--they're a perfect deal.
You'll want to paint the eyes of the Zoloat black, as the entire thing is molded in red plastic, but the details are there and once it's painted it looks really cool. The head has a wide range of movement, but is fairly simple in construction. It's no more (and no less) than one would expect of a 1/144 scale model.
The torso is fairly simple, as is the backpack which retains the two vertical bell-shaped thrusters so predominant in Zanscare design. It's molded in yellow and red plastic, though the "cockpit" area at the center of the torso requires a single black sticker that, once put on, is nearly indistinguishable from the plastic surrounding it.
The arms are pretty cool. Rather, the shoulder armor is pretty cool; the arms are just as simple and unexciting as any other pair of mobile suit arms. The shoulder armor is large and flexible; each shoulder can open up to accommodate the large clear pink plastic beam shield (which is molded with the perfect amount of detail in the perfect shape) which looks insanely cool when it is attached. There's not much detail inside the shoulder armor, but that's not that big of a deal anyway. The plastic is molded in yellow and red and there's room to add a few small panel lines should you wish it.
The legs are a bit of a disappointment as they're molded entirely in red plastic and require a bit of painting to look right. Once you have them looking right you can do pretty much whatever you want with them--all the way from the hips to the ankles, every joint on the leg is incredibly mobile--giving the Zoloat model nearly as much poseability as some of the HGUC models these days. It might be a bit hard to balance the Zoloat, but since the thing comes with a spiffy little clear plastic display stand, who cares?
You have a nicely molded beam rifle that's a bit boring and a pair of beam sabers molded entirely in clear plastic. You'll want to paint the handles of the beam sabers, and once you do they'll look really good. You also have the superb clear plastic beam shield that--let's be frank--makes the model. With the display stand you can pose it however you want and with the beam shield, no matter how you pose it, you know it's going to look cool. No matter what you do, you win.
The Zoloat is a cheap model. It's really, really cheap. But it's also a very nice model to build, especially if you like the mecha designs in Victory. It takes a little bit of work to get it looking good, but not too much--and when it's done it looks great. Not to mention that the display stand allows you to pose it any number of ways... it's a great buy. That's all there is to it. If you can find the 1/100 Zoloat, you might want to buy it instead, but this 1/144 is impressive enough on it's own merits that you don't need to look to hard for the 1/100. After all, the 1/144, even though it's a no grade model, is an exceptional purchase. Overall Rating: 5 out of 5 stars <<back to Gundam |
