OLD Gundam W 1/100 Wing Gundam 0

Release 1995.10

Price ¥1,500

BANDAI BANDAI Japan product info

OLD 1/100 Wing Gundam 0 - Box side view (1/3)

Box side view

Runners

Clear runners and chrome runners

Lens-type stickers

OLD 1/100 Wing Gundam 0 - Parts diagram (1/5)

OLD 1/100 Wing Gundam 0 - Parts diagram (2/5)

OLD 1/100 Wing Gundam 0 - Parts diagram (3/5)

Parts diagram

Manual

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Twin Buster Rifle connection structure

Shoulder vernier deployment

Opening the shoulder cover exposes the machine cannon.

Articulated fingers

Limb articulation

The wings open out to both sides.

OLD 1/100 Wing Gundam 0 - Twin Buster Rifle action (1/3)

Twin Buster Rifle action

To transform into Neo Bird Mode, rotate the head and lower body 180 degrees and lower the shoulders.

Open the cover on the back of the legs and open the heels to expose the verniers.

Rotate the ankles 180 degrees, fold them into the legs, then close the covers.

OLD 1/100 Wing Gundam 0 - Slot the Twin Buster Rifles onto both sides of the shield, attach them to the backpack, and open th

Slot the Twin Buster Rifles onto both sides of the shield, attach them to the backpack, and open the wings to complete the transformation.

Neo Bird Mode

Underside

Neo Bird Mode with beam parts attached

Together with the 1/144 Wing Gundam Zero.

Together with the 1/100 Wing Gundam.

Together with the MG Wing Gundam Proto Zero released in 2013.

The fourth kit in the old Gundam W 1/100 series is Wing Gundam Zero. Just like the 1/100 Wing Gundam, it achieves color separation without system injection and includes a large number of beam parts and chrome parts — but overall, the quality feels a bit lacking compared to that kit.

For starters, the articulation is worse than the 1/100 Wing Gundam, and while the joint strength isn't bad overall, the arms don't hold up well enough to support the large Twin Buster Rifle. You can get a pose going for a moment, but the arms gradually droop downward — and even just holding the rifle in a standing pose, the arms sag enough to hurt the overall proportions. On top of that, the rear wings are heavy and the feet don't grip the ground well, so you really have to work to keep it balanced. It's just a kit that feels off in a lot of ways.

On the gimmick side, a machine cannon open gimmick on top of the shoulders was added — something the 1/144 didn't have — and both shoulder verniers now open in two stages. The transformation sequence also gained a gimmick where the back of the feet open up to expose the verniers, and the wings were upgraded to open with articulation. Like the 1/100 Wing Gundam, you can also dress up the Neo Bird Mode with additional beam parts.

So while they did pack in quite a few 1/100-exclusive gimmicks with some real ambition, it's ultimately a kit that leaves you wanting more in terms of joints and balance. For Wing Zero specifically, I'd recommend going with the MG released in 2013 over this old kit if you can. :-)
[ Updated at 2018.3.8 ]

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.