IT'S DONE!

Just finished the Gundam 00 command qan[t]! Here's how it turned out! I'll be calling it the quanta since it's easier to type, and that's how it was pronounced in the review I saw. This is one of the most unique looking Gundams in my collection! Sure there are militaristic looking mobile suits, but not militaristic looking GUNDAMS. This takes elements from the 00 quanta, and the command Gundam. Hence the name "command quanta"; This also has a feature that I'm sure anyone who builds a lot of Gundam kits absolutely LOVES. It can store ALL of it's weapons at once! I can only remember one other kit off the top of my head that could do that. And that was the high grade RX-78-2 (first Gundam I ever built); As for weapons, it has the sword and shield you just saw, these combat knives which detach from the sides of the shield; You can't use them at the same time as the shield due to how it attaches; And this beam rifle with a bayonet on the end; Off the topic of handheld weapons, the backpack is actually quite impressive; ESPECIALLY the missile launcher, it has really good articulation! It honestly makes this part from the other side kinda underwhelming... But it still has a purpose. It's how you mount the sword on the back. The only thing I didn't like about this kit was how the frontal hip armor attaches. In case you can't tell what's wrong here, it's attached by a FRICKIN BALL JOINT. And a very loose one at that. I decided to glue it in place just before I started on the weapons because I knew it wouldn't block leg articulation for the poses I'd be putting it in. I imagine this wasn't really a problem for the original kit this was built from (I'll get to that in a second); Overall a pretty good kit, 8/10. It would've been 9/10 if it didn't have the problem with the hip armor. It also has a lot of extra parts since it reuses parts from an older kit, so I'll show off some of the ones I can easily identify. Alternate bottoms for the feet. I learned these were the wrong ones the hard way. Original front hip armor. As you can see it's a lot less bulky, so I imagine it wouldn't collide with the legs as much. I can't test that since I already glued the intended one in place. And finally... ALL OF THE PARTS OF THE ORIGINAL 00 QUANTA HEAD! It's only missing eye stickers. Since it's in this (kinda ugly) green color it looks better on the command quanta, but I bet someone who's into kitbashing could find a good use for it. Here it is on the command quanta btw