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Friday Fun Thread for June 28, 2024

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What are your favorite mobile suits from the Gundam universe?

I am inclined to pick the Kshatriya and the Zeta Gundam.

Epyon, probably.

I didn't see 08th MS Team as a kid c. 2000, but asked for Gundam model kits for birthday and got a Gouf Custom, first kit I put together more patiently in one sitting. Fond memories of the kit. Didn't actually see the scene of it in action until a few years ago https://youtube.com/watch?v=q4kEuNfbTWc

I like Epyon's whip-like heat rod. Had an action figure of it growing up.

The Gouf Custom (Norris Packard) vs The 08th MS Team is arguably the best fight in the franchise. One of my favorite Zeon mobile suits.

The four wings/binders of the Kshatriya give it a unique, alien-like aesthetic. It has a cool fight in Gundam Unicorn.

Zeta Gundam is a classic. I often played as it in Gundam: Battle Assault.

Mobile Fighter G Gundam mobile suits were amusing caricatures. Tequila Gundam's my favorite though Nether Gundam never fails to make me laugh.

Gundam Wing Endless Waltz Gundams were theatrical. Hard to pick a favorite, but Duo Maxwell was my favorite pilot, so I'll go with Deathscythe Hell.

Funnily though I live in Japan and have for 20 plus years I have never seen an episode of Gundam and my sons are into like Naruto, and Attack on Titan, and Jojo's bizarre anime. A neighbor guy I drink with who is roughly my generation still said that in Ready Player One when the guy goes for the Gundam suit he got chills. So it is definitely still a cultural force. They do advertise those DeAgostini model kit ads and many are for Gundam suits. When I was a stormtrooper in my ancient GFollano armor (edit: for our neighborhood Halloween) about ten years ago, the neighbors were in awe, one woman wanted to touch it (the suit...my shoulder actually) but the little bitty kids (other than my own brainwashed boys who knew damn well what I was supposed to be) kept saying "Gundammu!"

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