Review of HGBD 1/144 Gundam OO Diver Ace [Gunpla New Release in July 2018]

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Hi, I’m Utah, a Gunpla builder living in Japan.

I will review “1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace,” which was released in July 2018 as a Bandai Gunpla kit.

Let’s start reviewing 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace!

General Information of HGBD 1/144 Gundam OO Diver Ace

• 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.

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Package Review of HGBD 1/144 Gundam OO Diver Ace

This image is 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.

This package also comes with English description of this gunpla and Gundam Build Divers, which is the original animation show of this kit.

Inside the box you will find the instruction manual and runners to build your Gundam OO Diver Ace.

Instruction Manual of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace

Here’s what the instruction manual for 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace looks like.

The manual is written in Japanese and English, and the instructions are shown with images.

You will easily understand how to build your Gundam OO Diver Ace.

Follow the instructions and you are good to go!!!

Runner Review of Gundam OO Diver Ace

Here are the runners contained in the Gundam OO Diver Ace kit.

All you have to do is to cut the pieces and assemble them into Gundam OO Diver Ace.

Runner A and B of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace are the same ones contained in the OO Gundam kit, which is the original kit of Gundam OO Diver.

However, the clear color parts in the runner A are modified from colorless to clear green to match 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 parts to 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 that come in clear red and green.

They are for the head 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 for 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace.

These are stickers for 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace.

There are only few black stickers for the body and weapons.

How to Build Gundam OO Diver Ace

I will show you how I built my Gundam OO Diver Ace.

Don’t forget to follow the steps described in the instruction manual.

Also, I recommend to assemble from legs to head, so that you can make the kit stand easily.

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If you see the left side of this picture, you’ll see what the parts look like after cutting them off the runners.

The legs consist of runner A, B, H, and polycaps.

You can see the assembled legs at the right side of the picture.

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If you see the top of this picture, you’ll see what the parts look like after cutting.

The waist 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 can be connected into the waist.

At lower right side of the picture, this is what the assembled legs and waist look like.

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If you see the top of this picture, you’ll see what the parts look like after cutting.

The body is divided into runner A, H, I and polycaps.

At the lower left side of the picture, this is what the assembled body looks like.

After the body is assembled, the waist can be connected with the body.

At the lower right side of the picture, this is what the assembled parts look like.

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If you see the left side of this picture, you’ll see what the parts look like after cutting.

The arms are made up of runner A, B, H, and polycaps.

At upper right side of the picture, this is what the assembled arms look like.

After the arms are assembled, they can be connected with the rest of the body.

At the lower right side of the picture, this is what the assembled body look like.

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If you see the top of this picture, you’ll see what the parts look like after cutting.

The head is divided into runner A, B, H, I, and K.

A lot of clear parts are used to make this kit look more realistic.

At the lower left side of the picture, this is what the assembled head looks like.

After the head part is assembled, it can be connected with the body.

At the lower right side of the picture, this is what the assembled parts look like.

It looks almost complete!!!

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If you see the top of this picture, you’ll see what the parts look like after cutting.

The thrusters consist of runner A, A2, I, J and polycaps.

At the lower left side of the picture, this is what the assembled thrusters look like.

After the thruster parts are assembled, they can be connected with the backpack.

At the lower right side of the picture, this is what the assembled parts look like.

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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 can be connected to the backpack.

At the lower right side of the picture, this is what the assembled parts look like.

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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.

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If you see the top of this picture, you’ll see what the parts look like after cutting.

The hands are divided into runner A, B, J, and H.

At the Bottom of the picture, this is what the assembled hands look like.

After the hands are assembled, they can be connected with the arms.

Make sure you pick the hands that can hold the weapons of your choice.

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The whole assembling process took me 2 hours to complete.

This kit comes with a lot of optional parts, and I really enjoyed building my Gundam OO Diver Ace!!!

OOB Review of Gundam OO Diver Ace

I’ll show you the completed Gundam OO Diver Ace kit 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 any weapons.

Comparison with Gundam OO Diver

You can choose to build Gundam OO Diver, simply by switching a couple of parts which are also included in this kit.

You need to assemble different knees and thruster parts for Gundam OO Diver style.

Weapons Review of Gundam OO Diver Ace

I’ll also review the weapons included in the 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace kit.

This image shows all the weapons which are included in this kit.

There are two clear pink beam sabers.

Gundam OO Diver Ace can hold two beam sabers at the same time.

Beam sabers are mounted on the back of the 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 show 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 the different hands for 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace.

In this kit, there are three kinds of hand parts that you can switch depending on the type of weapons to hold.

OOB Review of Diver Ace Unit

1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace includes HGBC Diver Ace Unit.

This image shows the backpack of “normal mode” of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver.

Two gray parts are representing thruster nozzles 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” with wings expanded.

The diver ace unit has a variety of connecting attachments can fit into different gunpla kits.

1/144 Gundam OO Diver Action!

1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver has good articulation, but don’t forget to bend your kit carefully or the parts may break.

The articulation of 1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace is so good.

Huge GN swords and GN thrusters do not interfere, making various action posing possible!

Summary of HGBD 1/144 Gundam OO Diver Ace

“1/144 HGBD Gundam OO Diver Ace,” which is a new Bandai gunpla released in July 2018, is a pretty good kit!!!

I was able to build this kit within 2 hours and I am very satisfied with my Gundam OO Diver Ace.

I really like the kit because it comes with a variety of optional parts and weapons.

With those parts I can customize my kit and the action poses look amazing!

I think the kit’s totally worth the price and I recommend owning one!

Thank you for reading my review and I hope you enjoy your gunpla life!