before
https://i.imgur.com/o7FQGPB.png
after
https://imgur.com/NrsmvCI
i don't know what to do with this guy, he has extremely limited movement and just kinda looks dumb regardless
out of curiosity, i looked up a review and clicked one at random that wasn't a video
On the ground the ZII is fine as long its not attempting any dynamic poses. It is a slightly top heavy kit and while the feet are larger than normal they are also much narrower with a smaller foot-print. Combined with the limited ankle movement this makes posing the ZII on the ground a bit of a chore.
Well, this machine was designed only for space use anyway, so lets just get it up on an action base and fix that. Easy fix for one issue. The other is not so fixable.
The weapons. Im mainly talking about its gun weapons. The beam sabers are fine, but trying to get this kit to hold its ranged weapons in any interesting poses is an incredible challenge. The crux of the problem is that these weapons are just not designed right for this mobile suit and that unfortunately translated over to the kit. The standard Zetas beam rifle has always had this connector hump on the rear of it that interferes with holding it straight, plus being extended due to the E-Cap. With the way the hands are made the ZII can ONLY hold its weapons out at an awkward angle. That and the back of the rifle is always colliding with the torso so posing options get limited.
The mega beam launcher is unfortunately tens times worse. It huge size just collides with the back and sides of the ZII meaning you can never get the arm out at full extension. Due to its odd design of being held underhanded it puts more stress on the hand and trying to doing anything often pops the hand out of the arm socket. That the weirdly tall sensor on it is always colliding with the torso. Unfortunately, thats just the way this weapon was originally envisioned and it a case of something that looks good in the art doesnt necessarily translate well over to the real world.
yep, my thoughts exactly, except i also don't think it poses very well in air, but that could just be me