Hi, I’m Utah, Gunpla builder living in Japan.
Today, I will review “1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace,” which is released in July 2018 as a Bandai Gunpla.
Let’s start to review of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace.
- General Information of HGBD 1/144 Gundam OO Diverace
- Package Review of HGBD 1/144 Gundam OO Diverace
- Instruction manual of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace
- Runner Review of Gundam OO Diver Ace
- How to Build Gundam OO Diver Ace
- OOB Review of Gundam OO Diver Ace
- Comparison with Gundam OO Diver
- Weapons Review of Gundam OO Diver Ace
- OOB Review of Diver Ace Unit
- Action!
- Sammary
General Information of HGBD 1/144 Gundam OO Diverace
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- Price: 2,160 yen (tax included)
- Release date: July, 2018
- Scale: 1/144
- Brand: HGBD [High grade build divers]
- Series: Gundam Build Divers
- Model number: GN-0000DVR/A
A Gunpla created by customizing the Gundam 00 Diver assembled by Riku using feedback from his experiences in GBN.
The new “Diver Ace unit- backpack created with advice from Force member KO-I (Koichi) increased the Gunpla’s mobility and the large “GN Diver Swords” have greatly upgraded its energy efficiency.
Other armaments and the structure of the MS have also been refurbished to deal with even stronger forces.
Taking a step forward as a Diver, Riku plays the role of the “ace” of the Force Build Divers with his new Gunpla.
<From Package>
Package Review of HGBD 1/144 Gundam OO Diverace
This image is the package of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace.
I bought this kit through Surugaya, which is an online toy store in Japan.
Unfortunately, Surugaya delivers only in Japan.
If you want to get Gundam OO Diver Ace, and you live in another country aside from Japan, I recommend buying one from eBay.com.
There are a lot of sellers who can deliver internationally in eBay.com, so that you can get this kit wherever you live.
Anyway, let’s go back to reviewing the package of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace.
On this side of the package, you will see what it will look like after building 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace.
For non-Japanese readers, don’t worry.
This package also comes with English description of this gunpla and Gundam Build Divers, which is the original animation of this kit.
After you open, you’ll see the items inside the box.
You will see the instruction manual and runners wherein you can assemble them into a whole Gundam OO Diver Ace.
Next, I will review the instruction manual of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace.
Instruction manual of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace
In next images, you will see the instruction manual of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace.
You will understand how to build this gunpla visually, so that you don’t have to worry about reading Japanese.
Follow the instructions and you are good to go!!!
Next, I will review the runners wherein you can assemble them into a whole Gundam OO Diver Ace.
Runner Review of Gundam OO Diver Ace
As you can see each runners is a part of Gundam OO Diver Ace.
All you have to do is to cut the pieces and assemble to build a whole Gundam OO Diver Ace.
Runner A and B of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace are same parts of OO Gundam, which is the original kit of Gundam OO Diver.
However, the clear color parts in the runner A are changed from colorless to clear green to fit the image in Gundam Build Divers.
Legs, arms and waist parts are made up of these two runners.
Runner H, I, J of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace are the same as Gundam OO diver.
Riku, who is the main character of Gundam Build Divers, added those parts into Gundam OO to customize it into Gundam OO Diver.
Huge thruster parts, shoulder armors, and various hand parts consist of these three runners.
1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace includes runnerA1,A2,B of HGBC Diver Ace Unit.
Diver Ace Unit is an additional parts to the backpack of Gundam OO Diver.
1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace is cheaper than buying Gundam OO Diver and Diver Ace Unit separately, so you can get both of them together.
The runner K of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace are original parts for this kit.
There are two runners, but they have different colors.
You will have clear red and clear green runners.
They are used into the head part of Gundam OO Diver Ace.
This image shows a clear pink beam saber part of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace, in which you won’t have this part in Gundam OO Diver.
This is the image of polycap parts of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace.
This is a sticker of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace.
There are only few black stickers for body parts and weapons.
How to Build Gundam OO Diver Ace
Next, I will show you how to build Gundam OO Diver Ace.
Don’t forget to follow the process in the instruction manual.
Also, I recommend to assemble pats from legs to head, so that you can make the kit standing easily.
If you see the left side of this picture, you’ll see what the parts look like after cutting.
Leg parts consist of runner A, B, H, and polycaps.
At right side of the picture, this is what the assembled leg parts look like.
If you see the top of this picture, you’ll see what the parts look like after cutting.
The waist part is made up of runner A, B, H, and polycaps.
At the lower left side of the picture, this is what the assembled waist part looks like.
After the waist part is assembled, legs are connected into the waist part.
At lower right side of the picture, this is what the assembled legs and waist parts look like.
If you see the top of this picture, you’ll see what the parts look like after cutting.
The body part is divided into runner A, H, I and polycaps.
At the lower left side of the picture, this is what the assembled body part looks like.
After the body part is assembled, the waist part is connected into the body part.
At the lower right side of the picture, this is what the assembled parts look like.
If you see the left side of this picture, you’ll see what the parts look like after cutting.
The arm parts are made up of runner A, B, H, and polycaps.
At upper right side of the picture, this is what the assembled arm parts look like.
After the arm parts are assembled, they are connected into the body part.
At the lower right side of the picture, this is what the assembled parts look like.
If you see the top of this picture, you’ll see what the parts look like after cutting.
The head part is divided into runner A, B, H, I, and K.
A lot of clear parts are used to make this kit more realistic.
At the lower left side of the picture, this is what the assembled head part looks like.
After the head part is assembled, it is connected into the body part.
At the lower right side of the picture, this is what the assembled parts look like.
It looks almost completed for the main body part!!!
If you see the top of this picture, you’ll see what the parts look like after cutting.
The thruster parts consist of runner A, A2, I, J and polycaps.
At the lower left side of the picture, this is what the assembled thruster parts look like.
After the thruster parts are assembled, they are connected into the backpack.
At the lower right side of the picture, this is what the assembled parts look like.
If you see the top of this picture, you’ll see what the parts look like after cutting.
The Diver Ace Unit is divided into runner A1, B and polycaps.
At the lower left side of the picture, this is what the assembled Diver Ace Unit looks like.
After it is assembled, it is connected into the backpack.
At the lower right side of the picture, this is what the assembled parts look like.
If you see the top of this picture, you’ll see what the parts look like after cutting.
The weapons consist of runner A, A2, B, and I.
At the lower left side of the picture, this is what the assembled weapons look like.
After the weapons are assembled, they are connected into the main body.
At the lower right side of the picture, this is what the assembled parts look like.
If you see the top of this picture, you’ll see what the parts look like after cutting.
The hand parts are divided into runner A, B, J, and H.
At the Bottom of the picture, this is what the assembled hand parts look like.
After the hand parts are assembled, they can be connected with arm parts depending on the type of weapons to hold.
Finally, assembling took me 2 hours to be completed.
There are a lot of optional parts and I really enjoyed building it!!!
OOB Review of Gundam OO Diver Ace
Next, I’ll show you the completed Gundam OO Diver Ace in the OOB(Out Of Box) style.
This image shows the full-armed 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace.
This is the image of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace without weapons.
Comparison with Gundam OO Diver
You can choose building Gundam OO Diver, if you change a few parts which are also included in this kit.
You should assemble different knees and thruster parts for this style.
Weapons Review of Gundam OO Diver Ace
In addition, I’ll also review the weapons of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace.
This image shows all weapons which are included into this kit.
There are two beam sabers whose color is clear pink.
Gundam OO Diver Ace can hold two beam sabers at the same time.
Beam sabers are mounted on the back of waist armor when they are deactivated.
This image shows GN diver swords of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace.
They are the gigantic swords which are created by Riku.
They are attached into the thruster unit when they are deactivated.
Of course, you can enjoy “twin-sword combat style” with GN diver swords.
Isn’t it COOL?
These images shows Super GN sword II of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace.
They can be transformed into a sword and gun mode.
They can be mounted into side waist armors like samurai!!!
This images show hand parts of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace.
In this kit, there are three kinds of hand parts wherein you can change depending on the type of weapons.
OOB Review of Diver Ace Unit
1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace includes HGBC Diver Ace Unit.
This image shows the back pack of “normal mode” of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver.
Two gray parts are representing thruster nozzle and also they can work as the connection hole with Diver Ace Unit parts.
Diver ace unit can take two different forms.
This image shows “normal mode” of Diver Ace Unit.
On the other hand, this image shows “high mobility form,” that wings are expanded.
Diver ace unit have a variety of connection attachments that can help with changing connection to other gunplas.
In addition, attachments can fit into different kits to make your gunpla customized and cooler.
Action!
1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver has good articulation, but don’t forget to bent gently to avoid the kit broken.
Articulation of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace is so good.
Huge GN swords and GN thrusters cannot be interfered, that makes awesome various action posing!
In terms of bending arms and legs of Gundam OO Diver Ace, you can enjoy various action poses!!!
Sammary
“1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace,” which is a new bandai gunpla released in July 2018, is a pretty good kit!!!
That’s it from me, I hope you enjoyed my blog.
I was able to build this kit for 2 hours and the result is awesome.
I really enjoyed building 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace because it has avariety of optional parts and wepons.
Also, it has a high quality even if it’s not expensive.
At the same time, I was able to create many action poses with it, that resulted well images.
That’s why I recommend 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace for you.
I hope you enjoy your gunpla life.
Anyway, thank you for reading my blog!!!
