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GN-0000 00 Gundam HOKKAIDO CONSADOLE SAPPORO Ver.

The excellent HG00 frame in Consadole Sapporo red and black, a soccer crossover riding on genuinely good engineering.

MechaGrade Score

3.7/5

00 Gundam HOKKAIDO CONSADOLE SAPPORO Ver. · 1/144 · 2020

GradeHG

Scale1/144

Released2020

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The verdict

This is a novelty repaint of a genuinely great kit, and that combination is exactly why it works.

The HG00 engineering underneath (the 00 Gundam's twin-drive frame) was ahead of its time when it launched and still moves beautifully today. The J.League team colors and Consadole Sapporo decals are the reason to hunt this one down specifically, but the reason to actually enjoy building it is the frame Bandai gave it back in 2008 and never really needed to improve much since.

Best for: J.League fans and HG00 completionists who want the twin-drive 00 Gundam in an unusual red and black paint job

The full review

What it is

This is the standard HG 1/144 GN-0000 00 Gundam, the one with the twin GN drives on its back, dressed up in Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo's red and black kit colors with club decals in place of the usual Celestial Being markings. Under the paint job it is the same kit that impressed builders back in 2008 for standardizing hip and ankle joint designs that later became baseline expectations across the whole HG line. The double GN Sword II weapons still swap between blade and rifle mode, the twin-drive backpack still folds and rotates convincingly, and the whole thing snaps together without glue or paint needed to look screen accurate to its (admittedly reimagined) color scheme.

The catch

The core kit is from 2008, so panel lines and small surface detail are a step behind newer HG releases, and the loadout is the same two GN Swords with no extra gimmick weapons. The polycap hands are on the loose side and do not always grip the swords securely, especially in dynamic dual-wield poses. Because this is a J.League collaboration item sold in limited runs around club promotions in 2020, secondary market pricing can run well above a standard HG, and finding one in original packaging years later takes patience. The Consadole Sapporo decals are stickers, not molded color, so careful application matters if you want the team branding to read cleanly.

Who it's for

Buy this if you are a Consadole Sapporo or J.League fan who wants a genuinely fun-to-pose Gundam wearing your team colors, or if you collect HG00 variants and want this one for the novelty and the frame both. Skip it if you only care about screen-accurate 00 Gundam colors, since the J.League scheme is a deliberate departure from the anime look, or if you are chasing this purely as an investment piece without caring about the build itself. As a build experience on its own merits, the underlying HG00 kit holds up well against kits released a decade later.

The build story

What the build is actually like, and the engineering worth knowing about.

Assembly is straightforward HG-grade snap-fit with no glue or paint required for a color-correct build, though the team decals need careful placement since they carry the collaboration's identity. Gate placement is typical for a late-2000s HG, meaning a bit more visible nub cleanup than current-generation kits, but nothing that trips up a builder with a few kits under their belt.

The standout here is still the frame itself: the universal hip joint swaps a simple ball joint for a peg-and-swivel system that lets the legs split wide and the hips rotate further than most HGs from the same era, and the double-jointed knees and ankles carry that range all the way down. The twin GN drives on the back rotate and the twin-drive effect sells well on the shelf, and the two GN Sword II weapons covering both blade and long-rifle modes give solid accessory value for an HG price point.

Lore & trivia

01The 00 Gundam is the lead mobile suit of Mobile Suit Gundam 00, piloted by Setsuna F. Seiei, and is defined by its twin GN drives, a first for the series' single-drive Gundams.
02The base HG 1/144 GN-0000 00 Gundam kit that this colorway is built on originally released in 2008 and is credited with standardizing hip and ankle joint engineering that later became common across the HG line.
03This Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo version was part of a 2020 collaboration between Bandai Spirits and Japan's J.League, timed alongside Gunpla's 40th anniversary, which produced team-colored 00 Gundam kits for multiple J.League clubs.