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GN-001REII Gundam Exia Repair II & GN-000 0 Gundam (Type A.C.D.)

Two cheap, fast, honest HG kits that let you build the series finale on your workbench.

MechaGrade Score

3.8/5

Exia · 1/144 · 2010

GradeHG

Scale1/144

Released2010

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The verdict

I like reviewing these two together because that is exactly how the story used them, as opponents in one last fight, and building both back to back tells you a lot about how far the HG00 line came in a single year.

Neither kit will wow you with part count, but both look right the moment you snap the last piece in, and both pose better than their sticker sheets suggest. For around twelve dollars each you get two distinct silhouettes and a real chunk of Gundam 00's ending on your shelf.

Best for: budget-minded 00 fans who want Setsuna's last stand and Ribbons' final suit as a matched pair

The full review

What it is

Exia Repair II is the beat-up, field-patched version of Setsuna's Exia, built around the GN Sword Kai and carrying visible scars from everything the original suit went through. The 0 Gundam (Type A.C.D., meaning Actual Combat Deployment) is its opposite number, clean and menacing with a swappable GN Drive or GN Storage Tank in the chest. I built both in an evening. Neither kit fights you, the parts fit where they should, and both stand up out of the box with zero fuss, which is exactly what I want from a pair of kits I am building for the story rather than the engineering.

The catch

These are 2009 and 2010 tooling, so do not expect MG-style color separation. The 0 Gundam gets by on just two stickers (the eyes and the GN condenser), which is genuinely impressive, but Exia Repair II leans on foil stickers for some of its accents and there is no sticker or molded piece for the yellow face vents on either kit, so purists will want a paint pen handy. Parts count is modest on both, the GN Sword Kai's blade is a single flat piece rather than anything layered, and if you are only interested in one side of this fight, buying the pair means paying for a suit you may not want.

Who it's for

Grab both if you are a Gundam 00 fan who wants the season finale represented properly, or if you just like the idea of two cheap, quick, good-looking kits that took me under two hours combined. Skip them if you already own the RG or MG versions of either suit, since those give you tighter detail and better articulation for a higher price. For anyone building an HG00 shelf army on a budget, this pair earns its spot without a second thought.

The build story

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

Both kits go together fast, with clean gate placement and no fit fights anywhere in the runners. 0 Gundam in particular strips down to just two stickers, which is rare for a kit this old and makes the finished suit look more expensive than it is. Exia Repair II carries a bit more sticker work for its battle-damage color accents, and a few builders trim or skip the foil pieces because they scratch if you look at them wrong.

Articulation is the real surprise on both. 0 Gundam's ankles rival the original 00 Gundam's, the hip joints move a wide range, and the front and side skirts swing out of the way for deep leg poses. Exia Repair II keeps the same double ball-joint neck and double-jointed knees, and the GN Sword Kai gives it a heavier, more finished silhouette than the original Exia's blade. The GN Drive/Storage Tank swap on 0 Gundam is the standout accessory feature of the pair, letting you display the same kit two different ways.

Lore & trivia

01The box art for both kits was designed to line up into a single combined illustration when the two boxes sit side by side.
02Exia Repair II fought the 0 Gundam (Type A.C.D.) in the final episode of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 season 2, where Setsuna combined a GN Sword Kai strike with Trans-Am Overboost to win the fight.
03That victory came at a cost: Exia Repair II's GN Drive was destroyed in the battle, and the suit was later rebuilt into the GN-001REIII Exia Repair III.
04"A.C.D." in the 0 Gundam's name stands for Actual Combat Deployment, distinguishing this field-ready configuration from the original 0 Gundam's test-bed role.