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GNT-0000 00 Qan[T]

A tiny kit that moves like it forgot it's only 1/144 scale.

MechaGrade Score

4.2/5

00 Qan[T] · 1/144 · 2016

GradeRG

Scale1/144

Released2016

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

This is one of the best-moving Real Grades I have put together, and the split-level hip range alone makes it worth the shelf space.

Bandai reused the Exia-style RG inner frame and it pays off everywhere, the elbows, knees and wrists are all double jointed and the arms genuinely reach up and over the shoulder pauldrons. It is not flawless, the head wobbles and the detail feels a step down from some other RG 00-verse kits, but as a display piece that actually holds a pose, it earns its price.

Best for: RG builders who want serious pose range out of a small Gundam 00 kit and don't mind babying a loose neck joint

The full review

What it is

The RG 00 Qan[T] is Bandai's 1/144 take on Setsuna's final mobile suit from A Wakening of the Trailblazer, and it builds like a proper Real Grade should. You get the GN Sword V that reconfigures between blade, Buster Sword mode and Buster Rifle mode, a GN shield that deploys off the forearm, and GN capacitors worked into the frame instead of just molded on. The advanced MS joint system borrowed from RG Exia is the star of the show, once it's together this kit sits in poses that most 1/144 kits simply cannot hold, and the hip articulation in particular is the best of any RG 00-series Gundam Bandai has put out.

The catch

The head connection to the neck is loose out of the box and prone to popping off if you handle the kit by the head, which you will do instinctively at least once. The hip joints loosen up over repeated posing sessions too. Parts are small and easy to lose or ping across the room, standard RG territory, and a few reviewers found the surface detail thinner and less busy than earlier RG 00-verse releases like Exia or 00 Raiser, so it can read as a touch plain in bare gray plastic without panel lining.

Who it's for

Buy this if you already know you like RG-scale building and want a Gundam 00 kit that will actually strike a dynamic pose on a shelf instead of sitting stiff. It rewards patience during the inner-frame stage and pays it back with articulation that punches well above its 1/144 size. Skip it if you're newer to Gunpla and want your first RG to be forgiving, the tiny parts and loose head joint mean less margin for error, and skip it too if you specifically want a kit dripping in molded panel detail out of the box, since this one is happier with a little paint and panel lining to bring it up to its full potential.

The build story

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

This is a proper RG build, small nubs, small parts, and an inner frame you assemble before anything gets closed up in armor. Builders consistently describe the process as involved but enjoyable, the kind where time passes faster than expected because each stage introduces a new mechanism, GN Drive seating, capacitor placement, the shield deploy arm. Gate placement is typical RG-era Bandai, mostly on non-visible edges, so cleanup is manageable if you're patient with the smaller runners.

The advanced MS joint system carried over from RG Exia is what makes this kit stand out. It is not just posable, it holds those poses under the weight of the GN Sword V and shield without sagging at the shoulders or waist, which a lot of small-scale kits fail to pull off. The GN capacitors are built into the frame rather than stickered on, and the weapon loadout, sword, buster rifle conversion, and rifle-mode shield, gives you real display variety for a single midrange RG price point.

Lore & trivia

01The 00 Qan[T] is Setsuna F. Seiei's mobile suit in Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer (2010), the film that closes out the Gundam 00 storyline.
02Qan[T] stands for its Quantum Teleport System, a Bandai-original FTL drive concept Ian Vashti developed after studying the 00 Raiser's quantum brainwave data, and it is what lets Setsuna reach the ELS homeworld.
03This RG reuses the advanced MS joint architecture Bandai first built for RG Gundam Exia, giving the Qan[T] a noticeably wider range of motion than most other RG kits from the same era.