| XXXG-01H2 Gundam Heavyarms Kai (ver 2.0) |
| Released: 2003 Series: Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Avg. Price: $5.76 Version: 2.0 |
| REVIEW Although including the single beam gatling shield as used by the original version of the Gundam Heavyarms, this figure is actually of the XXXG-01H2 Gundam Heavyarms Kai. It can be discerned by the extra pair of thrusters atop its backpack, the small verniers on the front of the skirt armor, and the double vents on the side skirt armor. Otherwise the original and Kai versions of the Heavyarms are identical externally. This is the second Heavyarms figure released, this time addressing all the shortcomings of the original and featuring ver 2.0 articulation. Among its finer points are double jointed elbows and knees, opening shoulder missile pods, chest gatling covers, and leg missile pods, all featuring great weapon detail inside. Other improvements include a redesign of the way the gatling shield mounts to the figure. On the original you had to remove the left hand to attach the shield, but now you simply slide the piece over the hand and it secures firmly in place. The shield can also store on either side of the backpack, via a peg on the gatling. As before both the single and double gatlings are provided, though only the double is accurate to this version of the Heavyarms, and now has the same hinged handle as the single gatling featured on the original. Even the heated army knife on the right arm has been improved, now larger and more detailed. A big step over the original, this is an outstanding figure. |
| During the military and political chaos occuring in AC 195, pilot Trowa Barton was forced to abandon his XXXG-01H Gundam Heavyarms mobile suit, leaving it behind on Earth when he went back out into space. Over the next few months, the abandoned Heavyarms would find its way into the care of guerilla rebel Sally Po. Sally, realizing the chaos would be concluded in space and that the infamous Gundam pilots would be at the very center of it, would later go into space herself, taking the Gundam with her to return it to its pilot. Aboard the independent battleship Peacemillion, Gundam supporter Howard would upgrade the groundpounding Heavyarms, outfitting it to fight in space. Though the improvements made to the Gundam Heavyarms Kai appeared minor, they would give the mobile suit the edge it needed to deliver its firepower against the spacebound forces of White Fang's Virgo II mobile dolls and the mobile suits of the World Nation military. The addition of several vernier thrusters gave the Heavyarms stability in a zero-gee environment, and its new double beam Gatling gun increased its primary firepower to an even more devastating level. Pilot: Trowa Barton Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara |
| Model number: XXXG-01H2 Code name: Gundam Heavyarms Kai Unit type: mobile suit Manufacturer: Doktor S (with modifications by Howard) Operator: Gundam pilots First deployment: 7 April AC 195 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 16.7 meters Weight: empty 8.2 metric tons; max gross weight unknown Construction: gundanium alloy Powerplant: ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rating unknown Performance ability levels: fighting 120; weapons 170; speed 120; power 140; armor 140 Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; self-destruct system Fixed armaments: 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; 2 x machinecannon, fire-linked, mounted in torso; 2 x Gatling gun, fire-linked, mounted in torso; 2 x 3-tube homing missile launcher, mounted in shoulders; 2 x 12-tube micromissile launcher pod, mounted on legs; army knife, superheated blade, mounted on right forearm Optional fixed armaments: 2 x beam Gatling gun with shield, fire-linked, mounts over left forearm |
| Overview Articulation: 5 Detailing: 5 Accessories: 5 SCORE: 5 |
| MSiA Features XXXG-01H2 Gundam Heavyarms Kai (ver 2.0) beam gatling, attaches to shield double beam gatling, attaches to shield shield, mounts to left arm extra hand set |
| 1 = POOR 2 = DECENT 3 = GOOD 4 = EXCELLENT 5 = OUTSTANDING |
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