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OZ-06MS-SN3 Leo-N

A mass-production grunt suit gets a heavy-armor glow up, and the kit is better engineered than the suit it's based on has any right to be.

MechaGrade Score

3.7/5

Leo-N · 1/144 · 2025

GradeHG

Scale1/144

Released2025

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

This is the standard HGAC Leo mold with real thought put into the upgrade, not a repaint job.

Bandai gave Leo-N a newly sculpted head, chest, and shoulder shields to sell the heavy-armor read, then handed it the Warrior Axe as a signature weapon, and the whole thing snaps together on the reorganized Gunpla Evolution Project runners. It builds fast, looks distinct on the shelf next to a plain Leo, and the color separation is all molded plastic. The catch is that it inherits the base Leo's weak neck joint, and that keeps it out of excellent territory.

Best for: Wing-era completionists and anyone who wants a quick, no-sticker weeknight build with a genuinely different silhouette from the vanilla Leo

The full review

What it is

Leo-N is the HGAC Leo body reworked for a specific pilot, Broom Brooks of OZ Prize's Stardust Knights, from the G-Unit manga side of the Gundam Wing timeline. Bandai did not just swap decals. The head and chest are newly sculpted, the shoulders carry bulked-up shields, and the legs borrow proportions from the OZ-07MS Tragos to sell the heavy armor concept. It ships with the Warrior Axe, a suit-specific melee weapon that is color-coded straight out of the runners, plus a beam saber that tucks into the shoulder for storage. Because it rides on the newer Evolution Project tooling, the runners are grouped by body section, so the build logic reads clearly even before you check the manual.

The catch

The frame under the new shell is still the base Leo, and that means its known weak points come along for the ride. The neck has zero articulation, no rotation and no tilt, so head-turn poses are off the table entirely. The ankle ball joints are also loose enough to pop off during aggressive posing, which is a real annoyance mid-build when you are testing a stance. Because this was a Premium Bandai release, expect a markup over a standard retail HG and spotty restock availability rather than shelf presence at your local shop. None of this is a broken kit, but it is an HG-grade kit with HG-grade compromises.

Who it's for

Grab this if you already like the Leo silhouette and want the OZ-specialist version with a genuinely different head, torso, and weapon loadout rather than a straight repaint. It is also a fine pickup for newer builders since the Evolution Project runner layout keeps assembly intuitive and there are no stickers to fuss over for color. Skip it if posability is your main criteria for a kit, since the frozen neck and loose ankles will bother anyone coming from RG or MG articulation standards, or if you are not invested enough in the Wing side story to care about a one-off custom Leo variant.

The build story

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

The build moves quickly thanks to the reorganized Evolution Project runners, which cluster leg parts, arm parts, and torso parts together so the assembly order makes sense at a glance. Gate placement is clean and cleanup is minimal for an HG at this price point. The new head and chest sculpt snap on with the same joint logic as the base Leo, so if you have built one before this will feel immediately familiar, just with a bulkier silhouette once the shoulder shields and Tragos-derived leg armor go on.

The strongest engineering carryover from the base Leo is the torso, which rotates far enough to bring the upper body around to face backward, a rare trick for an HG in this price band. Elbows bend deep enough for a two-handed grip on the Warrior Axe, and the knees hold a solid bent-leg pose. Color separation across the whole kit is handled entirely through molded plastic, including the axe head, so there is nothing to paint or sticker just to get it display-ready out of the box.

Lore & trivia

01Leo-N is piloted by Broom Brooks of OZ Prize's Stardust Knights, introduced in the manga New Mobile Report Gundam Wing Dual Story: G-Unit.
02The kit's legs incorporate design elements from the OZ-07MS Tragos to reinforce the heavy-armor concept over the standard Leo frame.
03Preorders for the HGAC 1/144 OZ-06MS-SN3 Leo-N opened on March 14, 2025 through Premium Bandai's Hobby Online Shop.
04The Warrior Axe is Leo-N's signature weapon and comes fully color-coded through molded plastic rather than paint or stickers.