| XXXG-01W Wing Gundam |
| Released: 2000 Series: Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Avg. Price: $5.76 Version: 1.0 |
| REVIEW The Wing Gundam is the star of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, and its name is derived from its ability to transform into a bird like mobile armor mode for atmospheric flight and re-entry. Unfortunately, this first figure of Wing Gundam doesn't feature the ability to transform. Still, the sculpt is very good, and the articulation is good for an earlier figure. The limbs all have good range of motion, though the armors do tend to get in the way a little. Accessories include a shield that mounts to the right arm via a peg on the shield's underside, and a large buster rifle. In fact, the buster rifle is overly large and out of scale, and being made of solid plastic os too heavy for the figure to pose with. The beam saber is one piece, and can be held by the figure well. The later transforming ver 2.0 of this figure corrects all of this version's deficiencies, but overall this is still a good figure. |
| When the five scientists who designed the XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero in AC 180 went their separate ways, each of them took copies of the plans for their original Gundam design. Doctor J, who went into hiding in the L1 colonies, then went on to design and build his own Gundam based on their original plans. Of the five Gundams that would be built, Doctor J's XXXG-01W Wing Gundam most closely resembled the original Wing Zero in form and armament. Packing beam sabers, vulcan guns and machinecannons, its weaponry was topped off by its powerful "buster rifle," capable of firing an energy beam wide enough to destroy several enemy mobile suits in a single shot. The buster rifle's only drawback was that it was only good for three shots before it needed to be recharged. "Gundam 01," as it was code-named by the OZ forces, was also capable of transforming into a fighter-like "bird mode" for added mobility and atmospheric flight. Of course, the Wing Gundam could take almost as much punishment as it dished out. Built of nearly-indestructible gundanium alloy, the Wing Gundam could withstand everything from heavy weapons fire to direct missile hits (even its own self-destruct system left most of the mobile suit fairly intact). These factors made the Wing Gundam an extremely tough monster to stop when it was launched to Earth to fight OZ during Operation Meteor in AC 195. And in the hands of its suicidal pilot, Heero Yuy, it was truly a force to be feared. Pilot(s): Heero Yuy, Trowa Barton, Lady Une Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam Wing; Gundam Battle Assault (PS1) Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara |
| Model number: XXXG-01W Code name: Wing Gundam Unit type: transformable mobile suit Manufacturer: Doctor J Operator: Gundam pilots First deployment: 7 April AC 195 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 16.3 meters Weight: empty 7.1 metric tons; max gross weight unknown Construction: gundanium alloy Powerplant: ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rating unknown Performance ability levels: fighting 130; weapons 140; speed 150; power 120; armor 130 Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; self-destruct system Fixed armaments: 2 x machinecannon, fire-linked, mounted in torso; 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks in shield, hand-carried in use Optional fixed armaments: shield, mounts on main body in Bird mode Optional hand armaments: buster rifle, 3 shot charge, mounts on main body in Bird mode |
| Overview Articulation: 3 Detailing: 4 Accessories: 3 SCORE: 3 |
| MSiA Features XXXG-01W Wing Gundam buster rifle shield beam saber |
| 1 = POOR 2 = DECENT 3 = GOOD 4 = EXCELLENT 5 = OUTSTANDING |
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