Don’t worry though, the buster rifle (the only weapon Wing Zero had at this time aside from beam sabers) is boring as all get out too! Again: This is a perfect grade kit and this is the only weapon it has! The twin buster rifle is a pretty notable weapon in the gundam universe if you ask me and it’s a bummer that the PG representation of it is just as boring as the rest of the kit. At least they have a small extension gimmick but good lord this kit has what I’d consider the worst wings on a Wing Zero bar none. The rear wings are around 20 pieces total and are just as lacking in terms of posing ability and detail. The main wings are composed of a grand total of 18 parts with ZERO separation or movement on anything other than the rubber feathers. It’s like Bandai found a way to compress a yawn in to a plastic bead and then used that to create the runners for this kit. There’s very little panel lines to fill in and the parts are all very large. Since there’s no open hatch gimmick to create separation between sections or panel lines and the Wing Zero was already a very simply designed mobile suit this kit is also boring as all get out to look at. ![]() So…I ask again, where the hell are the open hatches? The frame detail on display with this kit really isn’t bad- in fact it might be the most detailed thing about this kit! Why have this be the one kit at the time without a silly hatch open gimmick?! First off, considering the era it released in: where are the open hatches? The UC suits both before and after this had them, what the hell? The inner frame for this kit is weirdly skinny in comparison to other kits but it’s explained in one of the manuals that this is the “Zero Frame”, which allows the gundam to operate even without it’s armaments or equipment. Even as my first perfect grade kit back in 2010 this kit managed to horribly underwhelm and disappoint me. The PG Wing Zero came out in 2000 and feels every bit of 20 years old and then some. Feed them the enimga of combination, smash them together and you’ll end up with this pile sitting in front of you. PG Wing Zero: Picture your most disappointing christmas and birthday. This is the most recent Wing Zero I’ve built! The HGBF Honoo kit is basically the same, but with a little more style since it has all those cool clear parts and is generally pointy and red. Nothing fancy and no real bells and whistles here, just a rock solid 17$ high grade. The parts/color separation here is definitely notable when compared to what you got back in the day. It feels very animation accurate and is a simple and enjoyable build. I think this might actually be the best version of the Wing Zero that a lot of us grew up with right now. HGAC Wing Zero Custom/HGBF Wing Zero Honoo: A beautiful little 2014 update to the kit from the 90s. Still nice of Bandai to toss fans of that version a bone with this design, I’ll take it. The frame is rock solid and it comes with a stand so there really isn’t much here to not like, aside from the fact that it’s not the “true” TV version of Wing Zero. Definitely one of the better Wing Zero kits to come out but also doesn’t have the shelf presence of the Wing Zero Custom. I still really like this kit and definitely have some ideas for it as I’ve got two of them in the backlog. The hips and legs got a fair redesign that gives it mobility on par with modern MG kits, but it still feels a little lacking in the detail department. MG Wing Zero Proto: 2013 saw a new pseudo-TV version of wing zero come out. Not bad for it’s time period but compared to a real grade, I feel like these kits are just too old to keep up with what modern builders would want out of a kit. Ka doesn’t and that kit is so backheavy you have to rely on the wings touching the ground for the kit to stand up properly. ![]() While the Custom comes with a stand, the Ver. Neither of these kits are able to hold their iconic weapons very well at all either. The surface of the is fairly bland and the wings while better than other versions both still fall short for me. Ka), this kit doesn’t even have tabbed hands that debuted in 2005. EW: Released in 2004 (2011 for the EW, but it’s the same as the ver. Why not recap all of those kits and how I feel about them? I’m actually really excited about it! I think I’ve interacted with just about every major kit of the Wing Zero Bandai has released save for some special coating versions or a p-bandai release here and there. Doubt there are many of us who saw this coming, but.
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