| Model number: XXXG-00W0 Code name: Wing Gundam Zero Unit type: transformable mobile suit Manufacturer: Quatre Raberba Winner (based on a design by Doctor J, Professor G, Instructor H, Doktor S and Master O) Operator: Gundam pilots First deployment: AC 195 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 16.7 meters Weight: empty 8.0 metric tons; max gross weight unknown Construction: gundanium alloy Powerplant: ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rating unknown Performance ability levels: fighting 150; weapons 150; speed 160; power 140; armor 140 Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; "Zero System" combat computer/pilot interface in cockpit; self-destruct system Fixed armaments: 2 x machinecannon, fire-linked, mounted on torso; 2 x wing vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in wing binders; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks in shoulders, hand-carried in use Optional fixed armaments: shield with "piledriver" nose, mounts on main body in Neo-Bird mode Optional hand armaments: twin buster rifle, can be separated into two separate single-barrel buster rifles, can be stored on shield, mounts on main body in Neo-Bird mode |
| XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero |
| MSiA Features XXXG-00W0-Wing Gundam Zero twin buster rifle (can split in two) shield, mounts to left forearm beam saber |
| Released: 2000 Series: Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Avg. Price: $7.98 Version: 1.0 |
| REVIEW The XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero was the ultimate Gundam from Gundam Wing. Its mobile suit form has been recreated in this figure, but sadly it's neo bird mode tranformation has not. The figure is still full of gimmicks, with decent articulation, a twin buster rifle, shield, and beam saber. The figure has good range of motion in its limbs, and features some articulated armor, but overall the design could have been better. The sculpt is very accurate to the anime, and captures the look of the Wing Zero. This figure shares some of the same faults as the Wing Gundam figure, in that its twin buste rifle is out of scale and too heavy to pose with, and the already mentioned lack of a neo bird mode transformation. The wing binders do hinge open, and have thruster detail inside, as do the undersides of the shoulder armors. The shield mounts to the left forearm in the same way as the Wing Gundam figure, and is nicely detailed. The beam saber is a solid piece, and can be held easily by the figure. Note that there are two versions of this figure available, one with yellow paint, and one with gold. All around an excellent figure, but needs its neo bird mode. |
| Before there were five Gundams, there was only one - and it existed strictly on paper. It was AC 180 - fifteen years before they would send their own respective custom-built Gundams to wage guerilla warfare on Earth - and the five eccentric scientists Doctor J, Professor G, Instructor H, Doktor S and Master O, had just completed designing the first mobile suit of that era, the OZ-00MS Tallgeese. Seeing their work being put to oppressive use in the form of mass-produced Leos - and spawned by the assassination of space colony political leader Heero Yuy - the five scientists decided to design their own mobile suit which could overpower OZ's forces. This mobile suit was the XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero, and it was a design to truly be feared. In addition to being extremely maneuverable, the Wing Zero was a transformable mobile suit, capable of transforming into a fighter-like "Neo-Bird mode" for added speed and mobility. Sporting Gatling-like machinecannons, wing-mounted vulcan guns and beam sabers, its firepower was topped by an extremely powerful twin buster rifle, capable of wiping out entire groups of mobile suits in a single shot. However, one more factor put the Wing Zero above everything else: the cockpit's "Zero System," which allowed the pilot's mind to interface directly with the Gundam's combat computer. Although the exact nature of the Zero System's operation is unclear, it appeared to operate by "sampling" the pilot's thoughts and, combining them with current combat data, presented the pilot with various alternate outcomes. Thus, depending on the pilot's mood, the Zero System could tell him/her how to achieve total victory... or decisive defeat. Nevertheless, the mental stresses the Zero System would place on the pilot would be too great for any ordinary human to handle, and even the five mad scientists saw the dangerous turn their work was taking. And thus, the Wing Gundam Zero project was shelved. A copy of the plans went with each of the five scientists when they broke up and went underground to pursue their own individual plans for revolution against OZ. The Wing Zero design would serve as a base model for the five Gundams that would actually be built and sent to Earth. In AC 195, unfortunate circumstances placed Gundam Sandrock pilot Quatre Raberba Winner in space without a Gundam, with a dead father, and with enemies of the very space colonists he was fighting to free. Wracked by a serious mental imbalance, Quatre discovered the abandoned work of the five scientists, and he built the Wing Zero. Mindless of its dangerous Zero System, Quatre took off to destroy anyone and everyone fighting in space. Though his mental condition was temporary, the Wing Zero's power proved truly terrible, as Quatre used it to destroy an entire space colony. After that, the Wing Gundam Zero would pass from one pilot to another until it landed in the hands of former OZ pilot Zechs Merquise, and then Gundam pilot Heero Yuy - two of the only humans known to actually master the Zero System by making use of its advantages while preventing it from driving them mad. Pilot(s): Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, Quatre Raberba Winner, Wufei Chang, Zechs Merquise (aka Milliardo Peacecraft), Trant Clark Appearances:Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara |
| Overview Articulation: 3 Detailing: 4 Accessories: 4 SCORE: 4 |
| 1 = POOR 2 = DECENT 3 = GOOD 4 = EXCELLENT 5 = OUTSTANDING |
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