Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Underside

Close-up detail shots. The level of detail is closer to a Gunpla kit.

The rear thruster detail is decent enough.

Interestingly, the cockpit canopy-like part is asymmetrical — it's only on the left side.

EX Model Mobile Armor Exass - The large linear gun mounted on the underside of the unit can rotate and adjust its vertical an

The large linear gun mounted on the underside of the unit can rotate and adjust its vertical angle.

The missile launcher on top can also open and close.

A small laser cannon can also be swapped onto the front underside.

EX Model Mobile Armor Exass - Now then — the highlight of the Mobile Armor Exass is definitely the gun barrels! Just like the

Now then — the highlight of the Mobile Armor Exass is definitely the gun barrels!
Just like the Moebius, a total of 4 gun barrels are deployed.

EX Model Mobile Armor Exass - The barrel tips on the deployed gun barrels are reproduced as swappable parts. Transparent beam

The barrel tips on the deployed gun barrels are reproduced as swappable parts.
Transparent beam sabers can also be attached to the underside of each gun barrel.

EX Model Mobile Armor Exass - Each of the 4 gun barrels has its own individual stand, so you can recreate a full deployment a

Each of the 4 gun barrels has its own individual stand, so you can recreate a full deployment action pose like this.

EX Model Mobile Armor Exass - Together with the 1/144 EX SEED Mecha Set #1. By nature, it's a similar type of unit to the Moe

Together with the 1/144 EX SEED Mecha Set #1. By nature, it's a similar type of unit to the Moebius.

Group shot of the 1/144 EX series.

EX Model Mobile Armor Exass - Together with the same-scale HG Chaos/Abyss/Gaia Gundams. Since it has a decent amount of color

Together with the same-scale HG Chaos/Abyss/Gaia Gundams.
Since it has a decent amount of color separation, it actually matches up pretty well.

The 22nd EX kit is — somewhat surprisingly — the Mobile Armor Exass from Gundam SEED Destiny. It's not a warship kit, but rather an evolved form of the gun barrel-equipped mobile armor, similar to the Moebius Zero. It's a unit that's relatively low on the recognition scale, so it's pretty bold that they went ahead and made a kit out of it. (Which is maybe exactly why it ended up as an EX Model;)

The way I see it — since the Moebius Zero, which was Phantom's main unit, already got the EX treatment... I can't help but think they just went ahead and paired it with the Mobile Armor Exass piloted by Neo Roanoke, another face of Phantom, to make a matching set. (You'll only get this if you've watched the anime ^^;)

The build feel and overall detail are quite different from the compact, intricate EX warship kits — it feels more like assembling a Gunpla that's a little pricey for what you get. That said, it's still a satisfying build in its own way, and even as a straight build the quality is pretty decent. It stays faithful to the source material, with the missile launcher, laser cannon, gun barrel deployment and display, beam sabers, and more all accounted for.

For some reason, compared to other EX kits, this one feels like a pretty straightforward kit without much to particularly write home about ^^; If you're a Gundam SEED Destiny fan it's a fairly rare and worthwhile item, but honestly it might be even more valuable to fans of the pilot, Neo Roanoke. ^^

EX Model Mobile Armor Exass | 2005.6 | ¥3,200 | 1/144

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.