blind_dead_mcjones wrote:harute just looks a mess in MS form, the two black binder pods are bigger than the mobile suit itself, the fold back nose and what looks to be kyrios' flight container tacked onto the back just make it unncessessarily bulky, if that thing tried to stand on flat ground it would topple onto its back
The tail unit does make the thing look a bit bulkier than I'd like but it seems to be compensating for the lack of the GNHW missile pods (and possibly the GN Archer's since the binders don't look like they have those hatches any more) and judging by the sensors they've got beam cannons inside them so I figure they're allowed to be a bit bulky. Plus, I kind of like the silhouette it's got in MA form and how they managed to make a third suit with MA wings that don't take the form of big wings on the back of the MS itself.
Given that we've seen the rifles rotating around, I suspect that if needed they could rotate down 90 degrees and allow for strafing attacks like how the upper barrel of Arios' rifle was designed to do. Plus, you get the ability to perform flyby attacks with those condenser blades without having to crash the bulk of the suit into the target. Seems sensible to me. I wonder if there's something else on the suit that mimics the older pincer attacks.
Newtype87 wrote:they seem to have a fourth side to their barrel, rather than originally being open on the bottom in order to combine better. Maybe these ones don't dock?
Don't see why they couldn't. GRM's gun had separated barrels but they were permanantly docked. Well, they could also split apart like the Gadessa's launcher but they worked combined as well. Of course, whether these can combine probably depends more on what Raphael's secret is than anything else. Those guns look a bit awkward for those arms to reach or those hands to hold.
Also, why does Tieria need the beam rifle? It's got two bazookas and the beam cannons in the wired arms, plus anything else we don't know about, so does it really need more?
You can never have too many guns.
Actually, I suspect that the rifle is there to provide a combination of better rapid-firing capability, something lighter and easier to move in case of fast targets or something for the suit to use if the backpack is detatchable (which would take away the aforementioned bazooka/cannon weapons).
Zabanya. Dang that's one sexy machine. I can't wait to see more. Hm, those two black boxes on either side of the drive: extra missile launchers pointing up or backwards, or something else?
Could be. Could also just be extra armor to protect the Drive. I'm curious about the fins on the tail thrusters myself. Control antenna?
And hey, I see nothing wrong with Celestial Being using parts from their older mechs to build the newer ones: they're protecting the environment by recycling! And that's what Captain Planet would do!
Celebrate Tieria/Erde/Earth Day by recycling your Gundams properly! Hmm, Al and Soma were the ones who seem to have spent their free time enjoying nature and their suit looks to have the most reused components...
Actually, one other thing I'm curious about is those white blocks on the inside of 00Q's shoulders. Usually you'd expect empty space or maybe some kind of thruster there but this not only fills in the shoulder but extends outside the blue armor and down to part of the arm as well. I wonder if it's got something there or if it's just an odd aesthetic choice.
