| XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero Custom |
| Released: 2001 Series: Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz Avg. Price: $7.98 Version: 1.0 |
| 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, it sported Gatling-like machinecannons, beam sabers, and 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. In AC 196, the Mariemaia army, led by Trieze Kushrenada's daughter and Dekim Barton, of the Barton Foundation, attacked Earth with their new powerful mobile suits, the MMS-01 Serpent Custom. The Earth Sphere government, having disarmed, was completely at their mercy. The five Gundam pilots, having previousely sent their Gundams on a slow crawl to the sun, rushed to retrieve them and thereby stop the onslaught. Wing Gundam Zero Custom and its pilot, Heero Yuy, stood with the other Gundam pilots, as well as Preventor Agency pilots Lucrezia Noin and Zechs Marquese in an effort to stop the renewed Operation Meteor and Dekim Barton's plans to conquer the Earth Sphere. Pilot: Heero Yuy Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz; Gundam Battle Assault 2 (PS1); Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space (PS2) Original mechanical designer: Hajime Katoki |
| Model number: XXXG-00W0 Code name: Wing Gundam Zero Unit type: 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, output rated at 3732 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 88150 kg total 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 in torso; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks in wing binders, hand-carried in use Optional hand armaments: twin buster rifle, can be separated into two separate single-barrel buster rifles |
| Overview Articulation: 4 Detailing: 4 Accessories: 4 SCORE: 4 |
| 1 = POOR 2 = DECENT 3 = GOOD 4 = EXCELLENT 5 = OUTSTANDING |
| REVIEW Angelic in design, the Hajime Katoki revisioning of Wing Gundam Zero Custom features long, graceful wings in place of binders. The figure recreates this effect with a dual pair of very detailed wings, attached to the backpack with double ball joints for free range of motion. The rest of this figure is just as well designed, and even without ver 2.0 articualtion has great poseability. The wings can be in a folded, open, or armored mode, though their weight in some poses causes the figure to be off balance. The included accessories include a twin beam rifle, a more elegant design of the TV version's weapon that can be used either as one rifle or split into two, and a beam saber with removeable beam blade. Note that there are two versions of this figure available, one with yellow paint, and one with gold. Already one of the most beautiful Gundams, this figure easily rates an excellent. |
| MSiA Features XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero Custom twin buster rifle, can split into two rifles beam saber with detachable beam blade |
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