Title: HGUC RMS-106 Hi-Zack
Scale: 1/144
Grade: High Grade Universal Century (HGUC)
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Kit No.: # 12
Series: Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Release Date: 07/2000
Suggested Price: ¥ 1000
No. of Parts: 92 + P.C.-123 Plus polycap sprue
Plastic colors: dark green, green, yellow, red, purplish-gray
Gimmicks: "option" shield
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Infomation of RMS-106 Hi-Zack
The RMS-106 Hi-Zack is a mass-production general-purpose mobile suit. Based on the mobile suit line of the MS-06 Zaku II, the Hizack was a mass production suit used by the Titans and EFSF in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.
General and Technical Data
Model number: RMS-106
Code name: Hi-Zack (aka Hizack)
Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
Manufacturer: Earth Federation Forces
Operator(s): Earth Federation Forces; Titans; Republic of Zeon; Neo Zeon; Zeon remnants
First deployment: July UC 0084
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 20.6 meters; head height 18.0 meters
Weight: empty 38.7 metric tons; max gross 59.6 metric tons; mass ratio 1.33
Armor materials: titanium alloy/ceramic composite
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1428 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 4 x 16200 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 10
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration: 1.09 G
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 8900 meters
Fixed armaments: beam saber, stored in recharge rack in waist armor
Optional fixed armaments: 2 x 3-tube missile pod, mounted on hip armor; shield, mounted on either forearm
Optional hand armaments: (BOWA) BR-87A beam rifle, power rated at 2.2 MW, powered by rechargeable energy cap; 120mm machine gun, drum-fed, 100 rounds per drum; heat hawk, battery powered, can be stored on waist armor storage rack
Miscellaneous Information
Pilot(s): Jerid Messa, Kacricon Cacooler, Kitchman, Sarah Zabiarov, Adol Zeno, Mouar Pharoah, Masada, Petersen, Squall, Franklin Bidan, Conper, Belbia, Asuna Elmarit, Tomas
Appearances: Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ; Gundam Neo Experience 0087: Green Divers; Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: AEUG VS Titans; Mobile Suit Gundam Ecole du Ciel; Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (novel); Dynasty Warriors: Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam: Climax U.C.; Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ Side Story: Mirage of Zeon; Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam 1/2 UC 0087: Another Story; Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (novel); Advance of Zeta: The Traitor to Destiny
Original mechanical designer(s): Kunio Okawara (principal design), Kazumi Fujita (cleanup) (Zeta Gundam version), Hajime Katoki (Gundam Unicorn version)
Technology & Combat Characteristics
The mass produced Mobile Suit of the Titan Forces, as well as the Earth Federation, the Hizack was a vast improvement over the Zaku II, used by the Principality of Zeon. Although the Titan Forces were assigned to wipe out the remaining bits of the Zeon forces, the Titan Hizack uses the same dark green color scheme (The Earth Forces had used a dark blue color for theirs). The Hizack is most often equipped with an out of date Zaku-series 120mm machine gun, as well as beam sabers or heat hawks. Hizacks are also sometimes equipped with a beam rifle, but its fairly low tolerance for beam weapons due to low energy output means it can only carry one at a time. Hizacks may also be equipped with missile pods instead of the hand thrown grenades of previous Zakus.
The Hizack also has been outfitted with titanium armor, backed by a ceramic composite, and it has a higher output generator than that of a Zaku. Hizacks are faster and more agile than its predecessors, and is easily controlled by its pilot.
Armaments
- Heat Hawk
- The Hizack was given a heat hawk similar to the one used by the famous MS-06 Zaku II. Although the Hizack would normally use a beam saber, it would have to use this if it was using a beam rifle due to it's low-output generator.
- Beam Saber
- The Hizack was given a beam saber as a close combat weapon. However, it couldn't use it in conjunction with its beam rifle due to having a low-output generator.
- 3-tube Missile Pod
- The Hizack has a pair of 3-tube missle pods mounted on each side of its hips. These would be used for long to mid-range bombardment.
- BR-87A Beam Rifle
- This beam rifle is the same as the one used by the Marasai.
- Shield
- 120mm Machine Gun
- Shoulder Shield
History
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
The RMS-106 Hizack is the first mass production mobile suit brought into the world by Anaheim Electronics. Its external appearance resembles that of the famous Zaku II series used by the old Principality of Zeon forces, and this design could only have been created by Anaheim, which has absorbed the Zeonic Company which was once Zeon's major mobile suit maker. Zeonic's development know-how is incorporated in the machine's inner construction as well as its outward appearance, giving it the same high operating reliability and ease of production as the Zaku II. Naturally, it can use beam weapons, and it's the first mass production machine to include a linear seat and panoramic monitor as standard equipment.
Hizack mobile suits served as one of the three main mobile suit models that filled the Earth Federation forces' ranks from 0084-0087, along side the RMS-179/RGM-79R GM II and RMS-117 Galbaldy β, and was the primary mainstay mobile suit of the Titans organization until the RMS-108 Marasai was introduced. As the main unit of the Titans the Hizack was used in many missions to eradicate anti-Federation dissidents. By 0087 the Hizack was primarily pitted against the AEUG and Karaba organizations, however time and again it was proven that the rebel pilots and machines were simply superior to the Hizack. In the same year, the Hizack began being phased out as the Titans were supplied with newer machine developed by the Earth Federation, Anaheim Electronics, and their own research teams.
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
The Hizack was originally built and operated by the Earth Federation Forces, but the invasion of Earth by Neo Zeon during the First Neo Zeon War resulted in several of these units being captured by the enemy. Though it is likely that some Earth Federation combat units possessed Hizacks they were no longer one of the Federation's primary mobile suits, having been replaced by the RMS-179/RGM-79R GM II, RGM-86R GM III, and MSA-003 Nemo. It is likely that use of the Hizack ceased because of its association with the Titans.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
By U.C. 0093, the Hizack had been almost completely phased out and, as such, was either being used for scrap or for private purposes. One of these variants was the RMS-116H Hobby Hizack, a civilian use variant.
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
In U.C. 0096, during the events of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, the outdated Hizack is still used by both "The Sleeves" and the Republic of Zeon.
Variants
- MS-106B Hizack-B
- MS-106D Hizack-D
- YRMS-106 Hizack Pre-Production Type
- YRMS-106+BL-85X Bizack TR-2 [Bigwig]
- RMS-106C Hizack Cannon
- RMS-106 Hizack (Keraunos Squad)
- RMS-106CS Hizack Custom
- RMS-116H Hobby Hizack
- RMS-119 EWAC Zack "Eye-Zack"
- RX-106E Hi-Zack (Vanargand) [Source: wikia & MAHQ]
1/144 HGUC RMS-106 Hi-Zack Model Kit Review
This Hi-Zack looks exactly like a Zaku variant, even though these suits are used by the Titans who fanatically hunt any remaining Zeon forces to extinction. This model kit comes with the prototype Zaku machinegun and a shield and is pre-colored and snap-together, so no paint or glue is required to complete it. This might look weird in the middle of an E.F.S.F suit collection, so you might as well throw categorization to the wind and put it with the Zakus!
While "hero" suits are always cool, there’s always something to be said for the "grunt" suits, especially for display/diorama purposes.
Nice big mono-eye decal. The head nods up and down, along with rotating. If the Hizack ever mounted a blade antenna, this model does not include that option.
Tight construction with a twisting waist, which, if I understand the whole "movable frame" gimmick, was not supposed to be a feature on earlier mobile suits. Now for two points for caution, both on the backpack. The thrust vector panels on either side of the backpack’s thrusters have a tendency to pop out with careless handling, and the fin-mounted retro thrusters sticking out of the backpack are broken parts waiting to happen due to the thinness of their joint posts. Don’t drop it!
Here is a major departure from the anime design: the external power/coolant cables, meant to run from the torso to the elbow armor in the forearm, stop in a block at the bottom of the upper arm instead. The reason for this is obvious, however, if you’re a perfectionist, you may have a hard time forgiving Mr. Katoki for this. Fortunately, the Hizack is also available in the Master Grade format, where this issue is corrected.
Nice, sturdy High Grade legs. No issues here.
What accessories? This kit only comes with the custom Zaku machine gun and its "option" shield. Whoop-de-do! If you’re patient and lucky (as I seem to be in this case), you might still be able to pick up the original 1/144th Zeta Gundam weapons set, which includes the Hizack/Marasai beam rifle, the Hizack beam saber, heat hawk, and hip-mounted rocket pods, all of which (with the disappointing exception of the beam rifle) fit the HGUC kit. Perhaps, one day, an HGUC weapon set will be made available...
Despite my usual inclinations, I really like this tight little kit. It’s not very articulated, but the poses it can make are quite good. Its Katoki proportions are also typically pleasing. The main drawback is its limited weapons loadout, though another version of this suit exists... [Notice: Review by Jameson Leaser]
1/144 HGUC RMS-106 Hi-Zack Model Kit
Source: www.scalemodelmuseum.com
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