Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

00 XN Raiser

With the XN Raiser added, the backside gets incredibly bulky.

A stand is included to support the heavy back.

Club G OO XN Raiser - Detail shots (1/4)

Club G OO XN Raiser - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

Basically it's the MG 00 Raiser with the XN unit added.

The 00 Raiser body itself is completely identical to the existing retail MG.

The accessories and leftover parts are the same too.

The XN unit newly added to this kit

Underside

You can pull out the hidden mounting pin and place it on an Action Base.

Mounted on the Action Base

Two GN Buster Sword IIIs are attached.

You can also remove the blue parts from one side and combine them into a large sword.

The blue parts you removed can be stored in the back of the stand so you don't lose them.

There are also deployable sub-arms,
which are used to grip the GN Sword IIs on the 00 XN Raiser.

To attach just the XN unit to the 00 Gundam, first reposition the GN Buster Sword IIIs.

Fold the lower structure up and attach it to the top, then mount it on the back.

Club G OO XN Raiser - XN 00 Gundam (1/3)

XN 00 Gundam

To build the XN Raiser, first disassemble the XN unit as shown above.

Disassemble the 0 Raiser as shown above as well, then

combine the various parts to configure the rear section as shown above.

After adding the XN unit parts in various places

Finally, attach the GN Buster Sword IIIs and the combination is complete.

The XN Raiser — the 0 Raiser combined with the XN unit

Club G OO XN Raiser - XN Raiser viewed from various angles on the stand (1/5)

Club G OO XN Raiser - XN Raiser viewed from various angles on the stand (2/5)

Club G OO XN Raiser - XN Raiser viewed from various angles on the stand (3/5)

XN Raiser viewed from various angles on the stand

To attach the XN Raiser to the 00 Gundam, unfold the lower structure backward as shown above.

Fold the whole thing in half, then

slot the 00 Gundam's GN Sword IIs between the grippers of the XN unit's sub-arms.

Shape it as shown above and attach it to the 00 Gundam's back to complete the 00 XN Raiser.

Club G OO XN Raiser - XN 00 Gundam poses (1/4)

Club G OO XN Raiser - XN 00 Gundam poses (2/4)

XN 00 Gundam poses

Club G OO XN Raiser - GN Buster Sword III poses (1/3)

GN Buster Sword III poses

Club G OO XN Raiser - Four-sword style poses (1/4)

Club G OO XN Raiser - Four-sword style poses (2/4)

Four-sword style poses

Together with the MG 00 Raiser.

This kit is the MG 00 XN Raiser, released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. It's the existing retail MG 00 Raiser kit with the XN unit added. It was originally a Club G exclusive, but outside Japan it's been distributed as a regular release, which has led some people to mistake it for a standard retail kit.

The base 00 Raiser is 100% identical in composition to the existing retail release. For detailed info on the base kit, check out the MG 00 Raiser review— this review focuses mainly on how the XN unit is used. The XN unit is made up of several blocks, consisting of two GN Buster Sword IIIs, two sub-arm units, a wing unit, and a main body. The two GN Buster Sword IIIs can also be combined into a single large sword.

You can also transform the XN unit slightly and attach it to the 00 Gundam to create the XN 00 Gundam, or combine it with the 0 Raiser to form the XN Raiser aircraft. Folding that XN Raiser and combining it with the 00 Gundam gives you the final form — the 00 XN Raiser. At that point, you can slot the two GN Sword IIs into the XN unit's sub-arms to pull off the four-sword style action, though the back gets so massively bulked out that the kit can no longer stand on its own.

That's why a dedicated support stand is included — using it, you can get the kit standing upright while keeping the proportions intact. That said, the stand doesn't actually attach to the kit; it's more of a lean-against setup, so one wrong nudge and the whole thing can topple backward, so be careful.

So yeah, this kit is all about that massively bulked-out back and the flashy four-sword armament — it's quite a visual spectacle. The back-heaviness does make posing a bit tricky, and even on the stand the center of gravity is so far back that it feels a little precarious. Still, as the ultimate form of the 00 Gundam, the sheer presence and coolness factor are absolutely top-tier — it's a fantastic MG. :-)

MG 00 XN Raiser | 2017.7 | ¥8,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.