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- Tue Dec 12, 2023 9:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gundam Unofficial/Mark Simmons' website down?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1182
- Tue Dec 14, 2021 8:16 am
- Forum: Mecha and Technology
- Topic: Ultimatemark missing links
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1182
Re: Ultimatemark missing links
I found a bunch of the old images and re-uploaded them - hopefully a lot of these broken image links are now fixed!
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- Wed Jan 25, 2017 1:35 pm
- Forum: Mecha and Technology
- Topic: Zaku The Origin
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11639
Re: Zaku The Origin
Old thread, I conjure thee back to life! So the Gundam the Origin/MSD spinoff, "Cucuruz Doan's Island," has been running for a while now on Kadokawa's ComicWalker website. Here are the first five episodes - I do love Junji Ono's Yas-influenced artwork... http://comic-walker.com/contents/de...
- Wed Jan 25, 2017 12:15 pm
- Forum: Mecha and Technology
- Topic: A Few Questions On The Dolos Class
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6298
Re: A Few Questions On The Dolos Class
Generally, Zeon's One Year War-era ships tended to launch mobile suits horizontally - i.e. the Musai, Papua, and the Graf Zeppelin from Gundam 0080. I recall in Gundam UC the Garencieres crew even make fun of the Nahel Argama for storing its mobile suits standing up, which is an odd attitude for Neo...
- Fri Jan 13, 2017 1:43 pm
- Forum: Modeling and Merchandise
- Topic: MSV-R Books
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6394
Re: MSV-R Books
The "Action Graphic" books - the first and last of these links - are just comics recapping the text narratives from the original MSV-R features. They're pretty nicely drawn, but the books don't contain any mecha designs or technical information.
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- Tue Jan 10, 2017 9:07 pm
- Forum: Mecha and Technology
- Topic: OYW MS questions
- Replies: 35
- Views: 14329
Re: OYW MS questions
I dunno, maybe that demonstrates the kinetic potential of the Ball. According to 08th MS Team they're totally bulletproof!
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- Sun Jan 01, 2017 3:26 pm
- Forum: Mecha and Technology
- Topic: Random Gundam Tech Tidbits
- Replies: 146
- Views: 50381
Re: Random Gundam Tech Tidbits
Happy new year, all! That bit with the Ingolstadt (the modified Zanzibar) is interesting and a little weird. As far as I can tell, it only has one main cannon, and they're building up a charge so that they can fire it three times in rapid succession. (So maybe there are three chambers in its capacit...
- Sat Dec 31, 2016 8:17 pm
- Forum: Mecha and Technology
- Topic: OYW MS questions
- Replies: 35
- Views: 14329
Re: OYW MS questions
I'm trying, but I don't think I can recall any occasion on which a Zaku destroyed a GM in the animation. I think I've seen them kill more Gundams than GMs!
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- Sat Dec 31, 2016 7:06 pm
- Forum: Mecha and Technology
- Topic: OYW MS questions
- Replies: 35
- Views: 14329
Re: OYW MS questions
We should be a bit more specific about which fiction. There isn't actually a lot of onscreen evidence from First Gundam about the performance of the GM - as best as I can recall, we mostly see them fighting Rick Doms (which they do quite well) and getting blasted by mobile armors. In 0080 and 0083 t...
- Sat Dec 31, 2016 5:08 pm
- Forum: Mecha and Technology
- Topic: OYW MS questions
- Replies: 35
- Views: 14329
Re: OYW MS questions
I guess a lot of games use weight as a proxy for construction points, hit points, or the amount of "stuff" packed into a given machine. But in the case of Gundam, it's actually irrelevant; the Zaku is 20 tons heavier than a GM but it's definitely an inferior machine. A lot of the time, the...
- Fri Dec 30, 2016 4:01 pm
- Forum: Mecha and Technology
- Topic: Random Gundam Tech Tidbits
- Replies: 146
- Views: 50381
Re: Random Gundam Tech Tidbits
That's an error. The mega launcher in the booster has an output of 6.2 MW when it's not connected to the Jamru-Fin itself - same kind of setup as the Doven Wolf's beam rifle.
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- Fri Dec 30, 2016 2:29 pm
- Forum: Mecha and Technology
- Topic: Random Gundam Tech Tidbits
- Replies: 146
- Views: 50381
Re: Random Gundam Tech Tidbits
6-10 MW in mobile suit form, 30.1 MW in mobile armor form. It's never explained why - there's very little info on this machine - but maybe the "arms" serve some kind of accelerator function.
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- Wed Dec 28, 2016 11:57 pm
- Forum: Mecha and Technology
- Topic: Random Gundam Tech Tidbits
- Replies: 146
- Views: 50381
Re: Random Gundam Tech Tidbits
On the other hand, this isn't an electrical capacitor; it's accumulating special magical particles that are presumably being generated at a consistent rate. Unless the generation of particles tapers off over time, that shouldn't make a difference. But it's fantasy science, so who knows?
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- Wed Dec 28, 2016 5:13 pm
- Forum: Mecha and Technology
- Topic: Random Gundam Tech Tidbits
- Replies: 146
- Views: 50381
Re: Random Gundam Tech Tidbits
Not sure what you're referring to. In one point in First Gundam episode 3, we're told that Char's Musai will need 5 minutes and 20 seconds to charge its mega particle cannons; Dren remarks that this is really slow, and that the main engine power has fallen too much. It's possible that the Musai may ...
- Wed Dec 28, 2016 3:40 pm
- Forum: Mecha and Technology
- Topic: Random Gundam Tech Tidbits
- Replies: 146
- Views: 50381
Re: Random Gundam Tech Tidbits
P.S. In the Doven Wolf schematics there are two labeled e-cap. The n.3 and n.15. The first resemble a condenser but the n15 is very similar to the e-cap of the rx78 beam rifle e-cap. Wht do you think? And the other armaments of the doven wolf as the hand beam gun, or binder cannon are without e-cap...
- Sat Dec 24, 2016 5:47 pm
- Forum: Mecha and Technology
- Topic: Random Gundam Tech Tidbits
- Replies: 146
- Views: 50381
Re: Random Gundam Tech Tidbits
The Messala profile in Entertainment Bible 2 is somewhat contradictory - the text says its mega particle cannons are connected directly to the generator, but the cutaway shows devices labeled E-CAPs. Personally, I feel like the latter is an error. If you look at the diagrams of the beam rifle and wa...
- Thu Dec 22, 2016 7:42 pm
- Forum: Mecha and Technology
- Topic: RCX-76 Guncannon: Why did it suck so bad?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 23489
Re: RCX-76 Guncannon: Why did it suck so bad?
Serious question: Does Luna Titanium even exist in The Origin? The prototype Gundam seems pretty bulletproof in the opening scene of the comic, but I don't remember if the armor material is ever mentioned in the story, and it hasn't come up in the kit manuals either. It's hard to see why the White B...
- Thu Dec 22, 2016 1:33 am
- Forum: Mecha and Technology
- Topic: RCX-76 Guncannon: Why did it suck so bad?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 23489
Re: RCX-76 Guncannon: Why did it suck so bad?
Still and nonetheless: The Origin comic established that the Mare Smythii battle took place in January of U.C. 0078. That's a whole year before the start of the One Year War, and 20 months before the debut of the Gundam. If the Federation is truly so hard-pressed by Zeon, it's hard to believe they w...
- Wed Dec 21, 2016 5:12 pm
- Forum: Mecha and Technology
- Topic: RCX-76 Guncannon: Why did it suck so bad?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 23489
Re: RCX-76 Guncannon: Why did it suck so bad?
Since you mentioned the rout of the Scarlet Team by the Kaempfer - which I mentioned earlier as well - it bears noting that this was an even *more* humiliating rout than the Mare Smythii battle. And yet, for some reason, nobody blames the GM Sniper II and Mass Produced Guncannon for being inferior m...
- Wed Dec 21, 2016 4:45 pm
- Forum: Mecha and Technology
- Topic: Zaku I refitted to Zaku II?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2742
Re: Zaku I refitted to Zaku II?
Well, kind of. See the profile for the MS-05S Zaku I on the official Origin website . This seems to be as far as the update goes, though. In the MSV-R series, there's a similar concept (the MS-05Q) with a different set of changes. And we're told that all the original MS-06A units were later upgraded...