Kit Review
Straight build
Size comparison with a cigarette pack
Upper body, front and back. Aside from the two GN Drives mounted near each shoulder, it doesn't really feel all that revolutionary a change.
Compared to Exia, it does feel a bit simpler though..
Legs. Doesn't feel all that different from Exia.
Head. More parts go into it than you'd expect.
The yellow parts on the head antenna are handled with stickers.. which is a bit of a letdown ;;
Oh wow! Articulation is great~
Both the elbows and knees are double-jointed.
The legs can fold completely, but the arms don't quite fold as much as you'd expect from double joints.
The highlight of OO is the ankles!
They can rotate 180 degrees side to side, which gives it an incredible improvement in ground contact.
I've seen plenty of kits that can do a full side split with the legs,
but this is the first time I've seen one where the feet can stay flat on the ground in that position @_@;
The waist joint is even a double ball joint!
Thanks to that, it shows the best waist articulation range across all grades.
On top of that, the skirt parts are all ball-jointed,
which means the front skirts can even rotate horizontally, like in the photo on the upper right.
The shoulder articulation range isn't amazing, but it's not bad either.
There's a joint that lets the wrist move up and down.
Not something you usually see implemented in HG kits..
The GN Drives mounted on either side of the shoulders have quite a wide range of movement.
The neck joint is double-jointed too!
The biggest change coming to the HG 00 Gundam is that the polycap system itself has been redesigned.
As you can see in the photo above, there are a lot of unusual polycap parts you won't find in older kits.
It seems like these special polycaps are what make the revolutionary articulation possible..
The handle side of the GN Sword II transforms in various ways.
By adjusting the angle of the blade and the handle, it can be configured into either sword mode or rifle mode.
Unlike Exia, the GN Sword II mounts to the side skirts
rather than the hip joint,
and you can plug it straight in without needing a separate connector piece like you did with Exia.
A squat pose out of an HG Gundam-type kit!
The leg articulation alone is absolutely insane.
A kneeling pose is a piece of cake.
The pose looks really natural, doesn't it?
The legs can split front and back to that extent, and the foot ground contact is just superb.
Those terrifying split joints (;;) — use the 180-degree rotating ankles and
you can even pull off bizarre poses you've never seen in a Gunpla before.
You can easily get a demure, feminine pose too..
Since there's barely any front skirt to speak of,
the legs just move however you bend them.
From now on, I'm calling this thing the Yoga Gundam ^^:
Beam saber draw pose from the butt mount.
Just like the Exia, beam sabers attach to the butt,
and you just plug the beam saber handles into the 4 holes.
But wait..;;
Like a few other OO HGs, only the beam saber handles are included — the actual beam parts are missing.
No matter how you look at it, it feels kinda.. cheap and stingy -_-
Flashy poses that other Gunpla just can't pull off.. The ankles especially — no matter how many times you look at them, they're just insane..
Super dynamic poses.
Dual sword action
Ground poses are practically acrobatic.
Pose with the GN Drive rotated to the front.
Stand On! Mounted on Action Base 2.
The articulation is so good that it's full of energy even on the stand.
Unusual rifle firing pose. Since the sword and rifle share the same grip, the look feels a bit awkward..
GN Sword II action.
Together with HG Exia.
The color scheme and design concept are similar, with the main difference being that there are now two GN Drives.
Together with the original Gundam HGUC First Gundam.