{"title":"XM-X2 Crossbone Gundam X-2","description":"\u003cp\u003eXM-X2 Crossbone Gundam X-2 is the second of three F97 testbeds the Earth Federation's Strategic Naval Research Institute built and quietly handed to the Crossbone Vanguard in U.C. 0133, in the manga \u003cem\u003eMobile Suit Crossbone Gundam\u003c\/em\u003e. The designations XM-X1 to XM-X3 were cover codes for that transfer rather than honour titles. Zabine Chareux flies the X-2, and Tobia Arronax ends up in its cockpit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat it does in the story\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe X-2 begins the story on the Vanguard's side and finishes it with the Jupiter Empire, after Zabine defects. The Empire stages a gladiator match between the X-2 and a captured Tobia, and Tobia escapes by climbing into the suit's core fighter and flying it out. The Empire then rebuilds the captured airframe into the X-2 Kai.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat makes it different\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt carries a lance built for colony fighting.\u003c\/strong\u003e\nA beam hit inside a colony can set off an enemy suit's reactor, so the Shot Lancer drives an electromagnetically accelerated tip through armour instead, and the spearhead itself can be launched like a missile. The X-2's version adds four heavy machine guns.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBeam zanber and buster gun join into a rifle.\u003c\/strong\u003e\nThe zanber is a high-power beam saber with a cutlass-shaped hilt, and the buster gun is a pistol styled after a flintlock. Connected at the emitter they make the zanbuster, and a grenade on the emitter turns it into a single-shot launcher.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe core fighter keeps the propulsion.\u003c\/strong\u003e\nThe plug-in core block carries the cockpit, the two shoulder beam sabers and the X-shaped thrusters, so the escape craft inherits the suit's main drive. That is what makes the gladiator escape possible.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Kai is this airframe, not a new suit.\u003c\/strong\u003e\nThe Jupiter Empire fixed a cockpit and the X-shaped thrusters permanently to the captured X-2 and added extra thrusters, which is why the X-2 Kai keeps its model number. It is a conversion of one machine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow big is it?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHead height: 15.9 m, with an empty weight of 9.5 t and 24.8 t fully loaded, according to Bandai's official spec\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1\/144: roughly 11 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1\/100: roughly 16 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy buy from P-Rex Hobby\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eP-Rex Hobby is a \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/vendors\"\u003eBandai Recommended Hobby Store\u003c\/a\u003e with 20,000+ customers served and \u003cspan data-prex-live=\"five-star-reviews\"\u003e1,800+\u003c\/span\u003e five-star reviews. US orders ship duties prepaid with no import fees, and Route Package Protection is available at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently asked questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 0 4px;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.35;\"\u003e1. How is the X-2 different from the X-1?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:0;padding-left:16px;border-left:2px solid #e6e6e6;color:#444;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSame F97 design, separate airframe and a different pilot: Zabine Chareux rather than Kincade Nau, with a Shot Lancer mounting four heavy machine guns. The X-2 also changes sides partway through the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 0 4px;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.35;\"\u003e2. Why does the Shot Lancer exist?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:0;padding-left:16px;border-left:2px solid #e6e6e6;color:#444;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeam fire inside a space colony risks blowing an enemy suit's reactor, so the Vanguard wanted a weapon that punches through armour without that. The lance accelerates its tip electromagnetically and can fire the spearhead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 0 4px;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.35;\"\u003e3. Who flew the X-2?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:0;padding-left:16px;border-left:2px solid #e6e6e6;color:#444;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZabine Chareux flew it as a Vanguard pilot and kept it after defecting to the Jupiter Empire. Tobia Arronax got into it during the Empire's gladiator match and used the core fighter to get away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-top:18px;font-size:13px;color:#6b7280;\"\u003eBackground sources: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gundam.fandom.com\/wiki\/XM-X2_Crossbone_Gundam_X-2\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eXM-X2 Crossbone Gundam X-2 — Gundam Wiki\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ja.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E5%AE%87%E5%AE%99%E4%B8%96%E7%B4%80%E3%81%AE%E7%99%BB%E5%A0%B4%E6%A9%9F%E5%8B%95%E5%85%B5%E5%99%A8%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7#%E6%A9%9F%E5%8B%95%E6%88%A6%E5%A3%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e宇宙世紀の登場機動兵器一覧（クロスボーン・ガンダム）— 日本語版 Wikipedia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"p-bandai-rg-1-144-crossbone-gundam-x2","title":"P-Bandai RG 1\/144 Crossbone Gundam X2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRG 1\/144 Crossbone Gundam X2\u003c\/strong\u003e from \u003cem\u003e\"Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam\"\u003c\/em\u003e — Zabine Chareux's Crossbone Gundam X2 in Real Grade, a Premium Bandai exclusive. 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