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[SoundPulse]

The most important thing from Unicorn is that Juaggu is the greatest mobile suit of all time.

I really want a Qubeley model, that's like my fave MS---what'd be the best one you think?

The Revive or the Papillon. Pick your poison. Unless you really want the lance, I'd probably go for the Revive.

 

[Shun]

Kshatriya is the best "enemy" suit, followed by Geara Zulu Kampfer Sinanju and Sazabi.

 

[kiunchbb]

I really want a Qubeley model, that's like my fave MS---what'd be the best one you think?

That would depend how much your love worth:

MODEL COMPREHEND 1/144 Qubeley - Around $60, already released.

MECHANICORE 1/72 Qubeley KyrosaQ - Out in July, my guess is around $300-500 bucks. It came with LED, metal parts, and stuffs.

 

[Unmasked Ferret]

The Jesta is a pretty cool grunt/spec ops suit.

 

[Beth Cyra]

Jesta is the best grunt suit in Gundam with only Virgo 1 coming close to it for me.

 

[yami4ct]

I love 4 cause of the mech porn. That battle sequence is just too damn good.

Episode 4 is absolutely amazing. I don't think a Gundam battle ever felt like that. You really get this large sense of the battlefield and can feel the momentum of the larger picture. So cool. Only battle scene in Unicorn that comes close for me is the extended in-air one in Episode 5. The fast movement combined with the units always fighting gravity gave it a great tension.

If they do continue The Origin past the Flashback stuff, I hope they get whoever directed the battle in Episode 4 to do something in that. Seeing the Siege of Solomon, Battle of A Boa Qu or Battle of Jaburo presented like that would be really something special.

 

[SoundPulse]

As far as Feddie suits go, I have a soft spot for the Jegan, particularly the Stark. Jesta is too ODST for me.

GM Custom is also pretty cool.

Zeon's always had the cooler mobile suits in my eyes. They might get kinda silly, but that's part of the charm.

 

[JadedWriter]

Episode 4 is absolutely amazing. I don't think a Gundam battle ever felt like that. You really get this large sense of the battlefield and can feel the momentum of the larger picture. So cool. Only battle scene in Unicorn that comes close for me is the extended in-air one in Episode 5. The fast movement combined with the units always fighting gravity gave it a great tension.

If they do continue The Origin past the Flashback stuff, I hope they get whoever directed the battle in Episode 4 to do something in that. Seeing the Siege of Solomon, Battle of A Boa Qu or Battle of Jaburo presented like that would be really something special.

A lot of love went into that battle sequence, just imagine a VOTOMS show directed by the same person.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

i watched unicorn episode 3 last night, well i tried... had only 2 hours of sleep the night before and kept knocking out and missing dialogue so i'll have to re-watch again later today.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Kshatriya is the best "enemy" suit, followed by Geara Zulu Kampfer Sinanju and Sazabi.

Gouf Custom gotta be up there imo

 

[TheFlow]

I really want a Qubeley model, that's like my fave MS---what'd be the best one you think?

Get the revive version since you are just starting out but the MG version is fucking amazing and huge

 

[NEO0MJ]

The Jesta is a pretty cool grunt/spec ops suit.

I feel it's cheating to call the Jesta a grunt suit, though.

 

[TheFlow]

Best grunt suit for me is the zaku 2

 

[muteki]

Kshatriya is the best "enemy" suit, followed by Geara Zulu Kampfer Sinanju and Sazabi.

This gif is basically any suit with funnels though. Kshatriya just got the benefit of that animation budget.

IIRC that's EP3? Need to watch unicorn again.

 

[The Sum of Zero]

IIRC that's EP3? Need to watch unicorn again.

Fairly positive that gif is from EP1.

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

Zeon's always had the cooler mobile suits in my eyes. They might get kinda silly, but that's part of the charm.

I'm pretty sure this is like the opinion of everyone ever. The bad guy suits are always cooler.

 

[Megalosaro]

Fairly positive that gif is from EP1.

Yup, it's from the second scene of episode 2 . Best action scene. Dat Stark Jegan.

Ball is the best feddie grunt suit BTW

 

[JadedWriter]

Yup, it's from the second scene of episode 2 . Best action scene. Dat Stark Jegan.

Ball is the best feddie grunt suit BTW

 

[Paltheos]

Kshatriya is the best "enemy" suit, followed by Geara Zulu Kampfer Sinanju and Sazabi.

Always so glorious.

P.S. Kshatriya's not my favorite enemy suit, but it's p. good.

 

[Unmasked Ferret]

As far as Feddie suits go, I have a soft spot for the Jegan, particularly the Stark. Jesta is too ODST for me.

I actually really like that you can tell that the Jesta is meant to be a step above the typical grunt suit. I love the Jegan too though.

I feel it's cheating to call the Jesta a grunt suit, though.

It kinda straddles the line personally. The ODST comparison is actually pretty good in both the appearance, and the fact that the ODST really are just slightly better than the typical marines in Halo. The same way that the ODST are the next best thing to a Spartan, the Jesta is probably as close to a Gundam that a "typical" pilot can get on the fed side.

 

[Beth Cyra]

I feel it's cheating to call the Jesta a grunt suit, though.

I really disagree.

The Jesta is really the evolution of Jegan and are produced in enough numbers to call it Grunt.

It is amazing, but it is a far step away from the Unicorn's as well as things like the Shatria, Sinanju, and Delta Plus. It even has an evolution in Jesta Cannon and if I remember right the manual's for the MG specifically shows it as the next one in the line of Grunts moving forward from Jegan.

Granted it got a spotlight in Unicorn so its going to be amazing but I really don't think it should get some kinda special platform that elevates it from Grunt Suit status.

 

[ThatChairMan]

But the Jegan was still a main Federation grunt as of F91, so many years later. Jesta does fit as an ace grunt or special operations grunt, though.

 

[Beth Cyra]

But the Jegan was still a main Federation grunt as of F91, so many years later. Jesta does fit as an ace grunt or special operations grunt, though.

Using F91 or Victory in this sense doesn't mean really anything given how late Jesta was created after the fact.

Could it be something of a specialized Grunt? Like a High Mobility Zaku that the Black Tri Stars or Shin Matsunaga uses? Sure. That said its still very much a grunt and we would need to wait until a follow up to Unicorn and see how it plays into the later universe.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

HK venue Limited Edition

FW GUNDAM CONVERGE 2016 Overseas Limited Edition

 

[Beth Cyra]

HK venue Limited Edition

FW GUNDAM CONVERGE 2016 Overseas Limited Edition

The Mark II's look great.

I just don't get the love for Red Frame, its so garish and boring compared to the Blue Frame Second L/Revise.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

i'll prob. get both colors for metal build =)

 

[Unmasked Ferret]

The Mark II's look great.

I just don't get the love for Red Frame, its so garish and boring compared to the Blue Frame Second L/Revise.

Well it has a non over the top sword, and red is a much better colour than blue. The Blue Frame Second L/Revise might be a little too on the ridiculous side for some.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

0083 SD

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

Gundam X hasn't had that many stand-out suits so far, but I gotta say that "Correl" that ran around like a ninja was pretty tight.

By the way, awhile back someone asked what I thought about X---and it's pretty fun. I haven't watched a ton of Gundams, but I like how this one seems to actually do its own thing despite having a lot of obvious homages to the classics in terms of design and backstory. I also like how they switch up the setting every few episodes to keep things fresh, and it really doesn't drag as much as some other shows did like Zeta.

It also has one of the coolest "Ramba Ral" clones in Katokk.

 

[Shun]

G Reco always has some of the best fan art. Gushico is one of my upcoming favorite illustrator.

New line of Converge figures. Between this and EXVS bannam is giving more attention to Akatsuki Gundam as of recent.

 

[Rex Griswold]

I'm confident that the Jesta was a specialized, limited production mobile suit. Definitely not a grunt. It was part of GM family, but definitely not mass production.

Early Universal Century Zeon has all of my love(especially the Gouf Custom), later on though, I'm a Federation man.

 

[JadedWriter]

0083 SD

Dat Neue Ziel is fucking awesome. It really is the best designed Mobile Armor.

 

[NEO0MJ]

It kinda straddles the line personally. The ODST comparison is actually pretty good in both the appearance, and the fact that the ODST really are just slightly better than the typical marines in Halo. The same way that the ODST are the next best thing to a Spartan, the Jesta is probably as close to a Gundam that a "typical" pilot can get on the fed side.

That seems like a fair comparison.

I really disagree.

The Jesta is really the evolution of Jegan and are produced in enough numbers to call it Grunt.

To me it seemed like they were high out-put units never intended for mass production. The cannon variant is not an upgrade in my opinion so much as a remodel that focused on dishing and dealing with damage at mid/long range while the regular variant wreaked havoc up close.

0083 SD

When are we going to get an actual new HG of this kit? It and the Queen Mansa sorely need it.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

Dat Neue Ziel is fucking awesome. It really is the best designed Mobile Armor.

it's so awesome

When are we going to get an actual new HG of this kit? It and the Queen Mansa sorely need it.

i hope they do a rg gp-03 with a special edition decals for hg dendrobium like they did w/ meteor, gn arms and i.s.w.p. packs. RG+HG combos


i got my first gundam title today retro ps2: anyone ever play this?

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

After finish X decided I wanna finish up UC before going on to the other AU stuff, gonna try and rewatch + finish ZZ finally. Buying Qubeley Revive and ZZ Gundam models got me into the mood.

 

[Beth Cyra]

it's so awesome

i hope they do a rg gp-03 with a special edition decals for hg dendrobium like they did w/ meteor, gn arms and i.s.w.p. packs. RG+HG combos


i got my first gundam title today retro ps2: anyone ever play this?

I've always enjoyed the Wing Knight as it brought together Wing, Zero and EW plus a little bit of Tallgeese.

I was sad we never got it in The SD Legends line.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

After finish X decided I wanna finish up UC before going on to the other AU stuff, gonna try and rewatch + finish ZZ finally. Buying Qubeley Revive and ZZ Gundam models got me into the mood.

post your impressions when you do the re- watch of ZZ.
i didn't look back but did you post up any box shots of your haul? love to see people's purchases =)

I've always enjoyed the Wing Knight as it brought together Wing, Zero and EW plus a little bit of Tallgeese.

I was sad we never got it in The SD Legends line.

i'll check this game out tonight to see how it is.

 

[JadedWriter]

it's so awesome

It always reminds me of the Emerald Weapon from Final Fantasy VII.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

It always reminds me of the Emerald Weapon from Final Fantasy VII.

i remember that! lol

 

[JadedWriter]

i remember that! lol

It can't be just me that thinks that?

 

[davidwhangchoi]

It can't be just me that thinks that?

 

[JadedWriter]

Yep, there is a definite likeness.

 

[sixteen-bit]

It always reminds me of the Emerald Weapon from Final Fantasy VII.

FF7 Weapons definitely take design inspiration for Zeonic suits

yeah i don't have any idea what the captions mean

 

[RangerBAD]

FF7 Weapons definitely take design inspiration for Zeonic suits

I think it's the polygons that do it. Would actually like to see the original designs.

 

[JadedWriter]

FF7 Weapons definitely take design inspiration for Zeonic suits

yeah i don't have any idea what the captions mean

Lol, the only weapon missing is that purple one.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

some more announcements i saw:

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

I still love how the first episode of ZZ has that goofy food fight scene that ultimately leads into a long-lived Zeta cast member anticlimactically dying.

Also now I remember how awesome early Mashymre is. I love how silly ZZ is at first, honestly, makes the pay-off when it gets real that much better.

 

[JadedWriter]

I still love how the first episode of ZZ has that goofy food fight scene that ultimately leads into a long-lived Zeta cast member anticlimactically dying.

Also now I remember how awesome early Mashymre is. I love how silly ZZ is at first, honestly, makes the pay-off when it gets real that much better.

ZZ is much easier to digest and enjoy the second time you watch it. Mashymere is hilarious, though I find Chara just hilarious. Only normal as a cyber newtype, skating between insane or mop lady when not as a cyber newtype.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

I still love how the first episode of ZZ has that goofy food fight scene that ultimately leads into a long-lived Zeta cast member anticlimactically dying.

Also now I remember how awesome early Mashymre is. I love how silly ZZ is at first, honestly, makes the pay-off when it gets real that much better.

Mashymre is pretty funny =)

 

[JadedWriter]

Mashymre is pretty funny =)

He's hilariously thirsty for Haman. Dude treats that rose she gave him better than most people. It's also funny how outrageously distorted he recalls his conversations with her.