I've had this guy built for over a week, but I only just got to photographing him for various reasons. But anyway, I present: The 1/144 HG GN-0000RE+GNR-010 00 Raiser (GN Condenser Type) This is the version of the 00 Raiser that was featured in the movie "Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Awakening of the Trailblazer". From my reasearch, this kit is virtually identical to the 00 Raiser + GN Sword III kit, except for 2 things. The first, of course, is the GN Condensers that you put on instead of the normal GN Drives (The kit still comes with the original GN Drives, and the condensers are just sorta tacked-on to one of the O-Raiser's trees). The other difference is that the O-Raiser has a silverish fake-cockpit instead of the Orange one it had in the show. I do not have an original O-Raiser to compare, but from what I've seen I think I prefer the Orange Cockpit. The kit features a lot of stuff, which I've tried to picture most of here. It includes: The GN Sword II's (Seen in Pic 1), which can combine to make a double-bladed staff of sorts, and also includes beams that go onto it (Pic 4). It also includes the GN Sword III (Pic 2), which is similar to the blade of this suit's Predecessor, Exia. The kit also includes a beam effect part for the Raiser sword which he uses a couple times in the show (Pic 3). And of course you can use his beam Sabers that are mounted on his back-skirts, and also come with beams (Pic 4, though I'm not sure if that's the right beam since I have so many XD). The kit also comes with his shield-blade thingy's that I never much cared for but are there (Pic 4 on shoulder, pic 6 mounted on GN drives). Finally of course the O-Raiser itself, which can be taken off and put on the suit at will, and comes with his own black stand for one 1/144 kit (O-Raiser separate in pics 4 & 5, on the suit in pics 1-5 & 7, and stand used in pics 1-5). The last couple of pictures are me comparing it with another kit I have, the 00 Seven Sword/G. It's mostly to show how I actually did my first spray painting and (good) detail work on this new kit, but also to compare the 2 versions of the 00 Gundam after the end of the show, and to see how the O-Raiser works on the Seven Sword/G (Pic 7). The final picture shows a comparison between the legs of the two, one with using the included stickers (Left, 00 Seven Sword/G) and one with the painting I did (right, 00 Raiser Condenser Type). I did aluminum on the legs and the weapons where there would be grey stickers, and used my metallic green gundam marker on all the clear domes. I also painted the upper part of the V-Fin Gold on the 00 Raiser. Overall, I'm very happy with this kit, and it turned out beautifully. I have another 00 Movie kit that I got at the same time that I'm going to paint and build soon, so stay tuned! I got this kit for #32 USD at my local Comic Book/Geek Store, so you can look for it there or online at places like Amazon.
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