Includes

• Gundam Exia Dark Matter
• Brinicle Blade
• Prominence Blade
• Dark Matter Booster
• 2 Dark Matter Blades
• Manipulators
• Weapon-holding
• Regular (1 pair)
• Angled (1 pair)
• Open-palm (left)
• Dark Matter Rifle
• Beam Saber

Kit Features & Gimmicks

Articulation

• The head is poseable via a double ball-joint neck.
• Shoulder joints can swing back and forth.
• The arms can...
• Swing on a peg-and-socket joint.
• Raise horizontally. (Depending on how you bent, the cables may hinder its articulation.)
• The upper arms can rotate.
• Elbow joints can be bent up to 90 degrees.
• The manipulators can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint if slightly pulled down.
• The waist can rotate 360 degrees.
• The 3-way hip joint axis can slightly swing back-and-forth or tilt upwards/downwards on one side.
• The ball-jointed upper thighs can swing frontwards (and backwards in a limited extent due to the non-poseable rear skirt armor), slightly raise horizontally, and/or rotate 360 degrees on each piece, though it can be hindered by the adapters if one mounts the Brinicle and Prominence Blades.
• Front skirt armors can pivot up and down to avoid interference with the leg articulation.
• The legs feature double-jointed knee parts.
• The feet can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint and/or pivot frontwards/backwards.

Weapons/Other Gimmicks

• The left hand is swappable.
• Each of the weapons can be wielded by their respective hand parts (The Dark Matter Rifle only allows the right hand).
• One can build the head with either the Exia Dark Matter face or the original Exia face.
• Dark Matter Booster can optionally remove from/attach onto the Exia Dark Matter for individual display.
• The Dark Matter Blades can be removed from the booster as handheld weapons.
• Brinicle and Prominence Blades can mount onto the waist units via parts swapping.
• The Brinicle and Prominence Blades can be wielded with both normal & angled hands. (Angled hands are recommended.)
• Gundam Exia Dark Matter can mount onto the Action Base. (removal on the cover piece is required)

Tips & Tricks

• For better results, some or most of the details are needed to be applied with Gundam Markers or Mr. Color paints.
• Topcoat (Mr. Hobby recommended) can be used to protect applied stickers and if any, painted details and marking decals.
• If using matte/flat-finish top coat, it is advisable not to spray on the clear/translucent and the soft parts - can be done by masking or spraying top coat while the said parts are separated.

• Care must be taken while painting the ABS joints: Using enamel paint or excessive lacquer paint layer can damage the plastic.
• Exercise caution while handling the Dark Matter Booster's fins: The pieces may break if you attempt to pose it by holding the lower sections.

Customizing-based tips

• The left open hand from the HG Gundam Dynames kit can be used on this Gunpla. (repaint required)
• The right open hand from the HG Gundam Kyrios kit can be used on this Gunpla. (repaint required)
• If one chooses:
• The kit can be coated with thinned clear pink/red paint to represent Trans-Am.
• The GN Drive from the HGBF Gundam Amazing Exia can mount onto the back when the Dark Matter booster is not attached on, although this may result in a less accurate GN Drive as seen in Episode 24.
• Or alternatively, one must recreate an even more accurate GN Drive via extensive scratch building.

B-Club related customizations

• High Detail Manipulators 154, 156, 221 and 222 can be used for this kit. (Repaint for 221 and 222 is required.)

Notes & Trivia

• The name "ガンダムエクシア D/A" is engraved on the new runner's plates, which hints an eventual release of the HGBF Gundam Amazing Exia kit 6 months later.
• Despite being based on the HG00 Gundam Exia, the upper elbows, the chest parts, and the feet are entirely new molds.