Wing Proto-Zero announced.

     Hey there folks!  As most of you know by now we were given a treat from the Gundam-Ace yesterday in the form of a Wing Zero TV.ver (Ish) Master grade.    Something that many have been holding out quite some time for.         

That being said, this is going to be part of the [EW] line, and as such it does have some changes being made to it.    The various Gundam blog's around have been doing very well to give us scans which are quite nice.       

  I'd like to toss in my 2 cents on the design changes.  

 Here we have our original TV design from back when, personally I liked this much more than the Endless waltz OVA version.  The Feathered wings never quite did it for me.        Below,the new line art from the Gundam Ace scans.  

 So, what do we have here?  Well firstly, the name is being changed to become the "Wing Gundam Proto Zero"    Alright, seems okay to me and makes sense.

  As you can see, the design is more "Modern" you could say, sharper and much more detailed.

Proportions have been altered to fit the theme of the EW series as well.    

Other changes, it would seem they are taking all of the Yellow from the design and turning it orange. 

The twin buster rifle threw me off at first with it's color change, but now I am quite content with it and speaking of, the twin buster has also been made larger.  

The shield also seems to have some tweeks done to it as well.

Why all these changes? Why not just keep it the same as the TV version?

Well, the EW line in a nutshell was birthed from the Gundam Wing :Glory to the losers Manga that has been running recently.    

 It took the original 5 gundams, and spliced them with the Endless waltz OVA designs with color swaps to match the Old TV versions.   This new wing zero is no different.    

Something that some may have overlooked, it gained hype but quickly faded into memory. 

What you see here, is a photo from the Gunpla word expo (Japan) from  November 2012.

This was fired off on the last day of the event, it's a line art of the wing zero (TV) with the EW stamp.  People were divided as to if this was just random promotion for EW or a sign that a Wing zero was in the works.  The latter as we now know being true.  

In conclusion of all this,  this is quite the good news for our friend Heero and those who are Wing fans.  Some will like this new design, some will not and that is fine, it is understandable.

   Rock bottom line:  As far as my opinion on this design goes, I love it - its different slightly but keeps the core of what made me love the Wing zero back when and I know the EW Epyon will be happy (Or terrified) To have its rival in arms in Plastic model form.  

The only big question I have in mind is how they will tackle the transformation aspect, we will see in time.    

  This kit is currently slated for an October 2013 release, Price and exact date to be determined later.    

EDIT:  This image popped up recently, gives you a nice side by side of all the wing gundam/Wing zero variations.

     

From left to right.
Wing TV.
Wing MG .
Wing MG (Glory of losers/EW series)
Wing Zero TV
Wing Proto Zero (Glory of losers/EW series)
Wing zero custom.