At the end of Season One of Gundam 00, the mercenary Ali al-Saachez hijacks the Gundam Throne Zwei. Promptly afterward, he is hired by Ribbons Almark, who has initiated his plans to control the fate of humanity. Ali accepts, and Ribbons phones up his buddies at the newly created Earthsphere Federation peacekeeping force "A-LAWS" and they begin reverse-engineering the Gundam technology. The result is Ali's new machine in Season 2, the Arche Gundam.
The kit turns out to be a little larger than the others in the line, but assembly is still pretty simple. Despite the Arche Gundam's lanky proportions, poseability is strong. The kit is molded in all the correct colors, and transparent pieces are provided for the GN Particle Condensers. All that needed painting were the tan parts of the GN Buster Sword and the white tips on all of the wings and fins.
Features include the transformable escape pod on its back and the transformable GN Buster Sword which can switch to rifle mode. In addition, the pods for the GN Fangs can open and the Particle Condensers on the legs can open up revealing way more details than I feel like painting.
If you have a base, the model can do some decent kicking poses with the foot beam sabers, but I have a feeling those will stay in the box. The sword is, of course, pretty heavy, and you have to be very careful about how you pose it, because otherwise it'll just flop over from the weight.
Overall, an excellent representation of one of the more unconventional designs from the series.
Mine is in the crappy cell phone picture. The one right above is some Japanese guy's.
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