Kit Review

Straight build

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - The PG Trans-Am Raiser frame (sold separately) fitted with the Trans-Am Clear Color

The PG Trans-Am Raiser frame (sold separately) fitted with the Trans-Am Clear Color Body armor, seen from various angles

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - Close-up shots of the Trans-Am Clear Color Body armor parts (1/4)

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - Close-up shots of the Trans-Am Clear Color Body armor parts (2/4)

Close-up shots of the Trans-Am Clear Color Body armor parts

00 Gundam body with the Trans-Am Clear Color Body armor applied

Front/rear upper body close-up shots of the 00 Gundam alone

0 Raiser with the Trans-Am Clear Color Body armor applied

Underside

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - 0 Raiser in fully armed configuration (1/4)

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - 0 Raiser in fully armed configuration (2/4)

0 Raiser in fully armed configuration

Weapons with the Trans-Am Clear Color Body armor applied

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - The GN Drive, which came as a pre-assembled LED unit, does not have clear armor app

The GN Drive, which came as a pre-assembled LED unit, does not have clear armor applied to it.

Head LED lit up with the Trans-Am Clear Color Body armor applied

Leftover parts

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - PG 00 Gundam with the Trans-Am Clear Color Body armor applied — action poses (1/9)

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - PG 00 Gundam with the Trans-Am Clear Color Body armor applied — action poses (2/9)

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - PG 00 Gundam with the Trans-Am Clear Color Body armor applied — action poses (3/9)

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - PG 00 Gundam with the Trans-Am Clear Color Body armor applied — action poses (4/9)

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - PG 00 Gundam with the Trans-Am Clear Color Body armor applied — action poses (5/9)

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - PG 00 Gundam with the Trans-Am Clear Color Body armor applied — action poses (6/9)

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - PG 00 Gundam with the Trans-Am Clear Color Body armor applied — action poses (7/9)

PG 00 Gundam with the Trans-Am Clear Color Body armor applied — action poses

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - Poses with the fully armed 0 Raiser (1/4)

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - Poses with the fully armed 0 Raiser (2/4)

Poses with the fully armed 0 Raiser

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - PG Trans-Am Raiser with clear armor applied — action poses (1/9)

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - PG Trans-Am Raiser with clear armor applied — action poses (2/9)

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - PG Trans-Am Raiser with clear armor applied — action poses (3/9)

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - PG Trans-Am Raiser with clear armor applied — action poses (4/9)

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - PG Trans-Am Raiser with clear armor applied — action poses (5/9)

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - PG Trans-Am Raiser with clear armor applied — action poses (6/9)

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body - PG Trans-Am Raiser with clear armor applied — action poses (7/9)

PG Trans-Am Raiser with clear armor applied — action poses

Together with the MG Trans-Am Raiser released through Club G.

This kit is the PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color Body, released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. It's designed to swap out the armor on the PG Trans-Am Raiserwith Trans-Am color clear armor parts. Since the frame itself is the same as the standard release, it can also be applied to the standard PG 00 Raiseras well.

The kit includes clear parts to replace all the outer armor except for the frame — covering not just the 00 Gundam body itself, but also the 0 Raiser and all the weapons' exterior armor. This lets you build a massive clear-type PG Trans-Am Raiser, which is pretty spectacular. That said, there are quite a few spots where parts can break during the armor swap, so you really need to be careful when removing the armor. Clear parts are especially rigid by nature, so you need to be even more cautious when pulling the clear armor off the frame. I tried my best to be careful, but I still ended up breaking quite a few parts in the process T_T

The whole process of removing the existing armor and swapping it out takes roughly 2–3 hours. True to PG fashion, there are a ton of armor parts and plenty of tricky pieces to detach and reattach, so it's quite a grind. The 0 Raiser in particular basically requires you to fully disassemble everything to swap the armor, which is a real pain. And beyond just being tedious and tiring, it demands serious concentration the whole time to avoid breaking anything. (Once you've done it, you'll be too worn out to ever want to do it again..)

The armor swap being such a brutal process is definitely a downside, but once it's all on, it looks absolutely stunning — big and brilliantly clear. Anyway, I'd recommend leaving it assembled once you've put it together and not taking it apart again. If you're a fan of large PG kits, Trans-Am colors, and clear armor that lets you see the frame underneath, this is probably a kit worth picking up :-)

PG Trans-Am Raiser Clear Color body | 2017.6 | ¥3,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.