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GN-0000GNHW/7SG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G

A 2009 mold reworked around new hands, a small mountain of swords, and a GN Condenser that lights up the whole build.

MechaGrade Score

3.9/5

00 Gundam Seven Sword/G · 1/60 · 2018

GradePG

Scale1/60

Released2018

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

This is a genuinely good PG that is also, honestly, a repaint and retool of an older kit, and I think that tension defines the whole experience.

The proportions, LED gimmick, and sheer weapon count make it a spectacular shelf piece once it's together. But it carries over some of the PG 00 Raiser's decade-old joint engineering, and that shows the moment you start posing it with a sword in each hand.

Best for: 00 Gundam fans who want the definitive Seven Sword/G loadout in PG scale and don't mind a physically demanding, sticker-heavy build

The full review

What it is

This kit takes the 2009 PG 00 Raiser frame, strips the GN Drives for a single GN Condenser, and rebuilds the head, shoulders, legs and forearms to fit the Seven Sword/G's silhouette and its absurd armament: GN Buster Sword II, two Katars, two Beam Sabers, and a GN Sword II that converts between blade and rifle. Snapping the GN Condenser panels shut and watching the chest and shield light up under a flashlight is the moment that sells the kit. At 1/60 with this much hardware in the hands, it reads as a genuinely imposing centerpiece next to the smaller 00-line kits, and the parts engineering to store all eight blades on the body at once is clever in a way I didn't expect going in.

The catch

The spring-loaded GN Condenser joints at the knees, elbows and shoulders need to be physically depressed to move, which is a neat idea on paper but gets stiff and occasionally gritty in practice, and a few builders report them loosening with repeated use. The kit uses sticker-style decals rather than waterslides for a lot of the panel markings, which is a step down from what you'd expect at this price point and scale. And the shield plus GN Sword II Blaster genuinely add enough weight up front that ankle and hip joints can sag under a full loadout, so dynamic sword poses take patience and, for some builders, a stand.

Who it's for

If you already love the 00 Gundam and want the biggest, most weapon-laden version of it on your shelf, this is worth the investment, especially if display lighting matters to you. Builders who want a PG that poses effortlessly out of the box, or who are put off by fiddly locking joints and sticker decals, will have a rougher time here than with newer PG releases. I'd point first-time PG builders toward something with fewer moving weapon parts, but for anyone who has built a PG before and wants spectacle over convenience, this delivers.

The build story

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

The build reuses a lot of 2009-era PG 00 Raiser engineering underneath the new outer parts, so gate placement and part fit feel a generation older than Bandai's current PG output. Nub cleanup is manageable, but the GN Condenser panel joints take real fingertip pressure to compress and release, and that gets tiring across a build session with this many articulated points.

Where the kit earns its keep is the accessory engineering: the GN Buster Sword II folds between sword and shield configurations, both GN Sword II blades convert to rifle mode, the Katars mount on the knees when not in hand, and there's a wire accessory to replicate the Short Sword's rocket anchor. Color separation on the frame and outer armor is strong for a kit built around this many panel lines, and once the LEDs are in, the GN Condensers on the chest, shoulders and shield all glow, which is the kit's signature party trick.

Lore & trivia

01The 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G was introduced in the side story Mobile Suit Gundam 00V: Battlefield Record, built from the salvaged 00 Gundam after its fight with the Reborns Gundam.
02Unlike the original 00 Gundam, the Seven Sword/G runs on a GN Condenser instead of twin GN Drives, trading sustained particle output for a melee-heavy loadout that conserves particles.
03It served as Setsuna F. Seiei's stopgap machine while his GNT-0000 00 Qan[T] was still under construction.
04The GN Sword II Blaster stands over 13 inches long when fully assembled, one of the largest single accessories in the kit.