News - Gundam Project updates with G Gundams

Lord_Satorious · 25-06-2001, 07:40 PM

Oh wow, a new batch of non-UC mobile suits over at Gundam Project. These Gundams are tiny, but I can assure you that they will easily defeat anything from any other Gundam series. We have the main initial Gundam, Domon's Shining Gundam. We also have Master Asia's first Gundam, Kowloon Gundam, and his replacement, the Master Gundam. Looking at these designs you can somewhat see where Gundam W got much of its mecha inspiration from.

GF13-017NJ Shining Gundam
GF13-001NH Kowloon Gundam
GF13-001NHII Master Gundam

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Slayer1070 · 25-06-2001, 08:17 PM

Sweet! i hope he brings out the Devil Gundam soon, i'd love to see his depiction of it ^_^

Dryden-san · 25-06-2001, 10:38 PM

YES!

Thank you, Mark Simmons! Finally, they're getting to G-Gundam. Sorry, I just love this series and it deserves more attnetion than it gets. Yeah, the premise is total lunacy, but once you accept that, it's every bit as engrossing as the 'traditional' series. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who noticed a similarity between G Gundam and Gundam Wing's mech designs. Some might be coincidence, but Wufei and his Shenlong gundam are a blatant copy of Sai Sici and the Dragon Gundam, at least in appearance. Man, I would love to see Wufei fight Allenby's Nobel Gundam. No reason, really; I just think it would be funny as hell to see Wufei lose to a mobile suit that looks like Sailor Moon.

destroyor · 27-06-2001, 05:17 PM

I had seen devil gundam model in model shop, but they were never popular. No one seems to want to buy them. The model is Devil gundam in final stage (the one in the final battle with god gundam), but it may not be a bandai product. (I never really look closely at it. I just saw it at a glance when I brought god gundam)

Squall Leonhart · 27-06-2001, 08:43 PM

yea I really dont like the G Gundam model kits. I like the Snes game they made but other than that I have nothing to do with that show

Lord_Satorious · 27-06-2001, 11:13 PM

destroyor, that's only because the G Gundam model kits were the WORST bandai ever released (minus the LM series). Gundam W model kits are a close second though.

And G Gundam isn't a bad series. It's very cool once you get past the strange premise and sometimes loony designs. It's my favorite alternate universe if you don't count Turn A Gundam as an alternate.

Squall Leonhart · 28-06-2001, 11:12 AM

I always thought turn A was a UC

hakai · 28-06-2001, 01:17 PM

Nope, it's AC.

Lord_Satorious · 28-06-2001, 01:43 PM

No, you're both wrong. Turn A Gundam is CC. CC is actually the next evolution from UC. Kinda like BC to AD, and AD to UC. CC is the next step, but nobody knows when it actually happens. So Turn A Gundam IS actually UC, but not using the same calendar.

destroyor · 28-06-2001, 07:15 PM

G gundam model aren't that bad, is it? I mean they are cheap. In HK, you can buy a box of 1:100 g gundam for less than $100HK (less then $20 Candian). A box of ZZ cost $280 HK! Anyway, I think bandai didn't put as much effort to make them better is probably because the one buying gundam model are usually grow up watching UC series. That's probably why there is so many UC MS model. I think 10 years later or so (if Bandai still exist), they will make better alternate universe model.

Anyway, G gundam is not a bad show. But I hate some of the stupid design (like windmill gundam, what the .... ) and when they draw the gundam pilot's face on to the gundam.

Dryden-san · 28-06-2001, 08:46 PM

Now, now... The twisted/silly/stupid-looking mecha designs are part of the show's appeal. Yes, even Neo-Holland's Windmill Gundam.

The whole idea is that it's some strange mix of Street Fighter and Gundam. I'm not saying it isn't strange (and it would not work if they tried the same thing in, say, the UC timeline), but you have to learn to accept it if you're going to enjoy the show. And there's just so much there to enjoy! I would love to be able to buy this show on DVD.

In a way, it's like the fight scenes in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon where they jump over buildings and soar through the air. It makes no sense, but you learn to just accept it as part of that world because it simply works so damn well.

Squall Leonhart · 29-06-2001, 12:10 AM

no in the world of gundam everything is supposed to make sence. everything from the power system to cockpit controls should make sense

Lord_Satorious · 29-06-2001, 02:09 AM

Not really Squall Leonhart. Just look at Gundam W. Either Gundanium is the most invincible material known in existence or the entire series has more plot contrivance just to keep the G-boys alive. NO mobile suit can take a beam saber hit and survive, unlike what you saw in episode 16 of Gundam W where the Heavyarms takes repeated slashes from Tallgeese's beam saber. No way, not possible. Same way with a single mobile suit beam cannon destroying a colony. Not unless the colony is made of tin foil.

So no, not everything in Gundam must make sense. Only in UC do MOST things make sense, but the alternate universes are VERY exempt.

Squall Leonhart · 29-06-2001, 10:18 AM

Well i could see how the beam cannon took down a colony. all it would have to do is hit a main generator and it would set off a chain reaction and Blam! it goes down but It would need penneddle aiming even better than what it took in EW so i see your point. And i thougt that since the tallgeese was weaker it had a weaker version of the beam sabre. but yea i guess your right there to

Dryden-san · 29-06-2001, 11:29 PM

It's no much important that things make sense, so long as they're consistent. Even the science of the UC timeline is nonsensical if you try to find realistic explanations. However, they get around this by inventing a whole new branch of physics, the so-called 'Minovsky physics.' This fictional branch of science is extremely detailed and can be used to explain all the fantastic technology of the UC timeline. It also remains consistent throughout each series. Gundam Wing is also very consistent: simply put, the Gundams of that series are almost totally invincible compared with everything else in existence. They are also capable of blowing up colonies; the rules are different, but consistent. Problem is, they don't have Minovsky physics to explain things or put limits on the technology. This is why many of the alternate universes seem so implausible. They have to have the giant robots and space colonies and beam weapons, but it's an alternate universe, so no Minovsky. No one wants to bother to make up yet another branch of science, so they just leave things without explanation. One of the reasons I love G Gundam is that the creator realized he could never make a sensible explanation anyway, so he just said the hell with it, and made it so outrageous that no one would even consider that there was no reasoning behind it.