On 1/4/06, Dr. Core <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
As I indicated, the extra nozzles was there in the movies. But true, the longer skirt was not. That's a MG addition. Of course, one argument could be that the Dom used by Black Trinity already had the skirt armor nozzles but was not shown. Yet as I mention about the Dom/Rick-Dom names existed before MG line, I'd say the idea was that there were indeed 2 types of Dom at least by 1982.
Ground Type Ball is just a kitbash! don't count it as canon. It's as pausible to me as Ground Type Gelgoog in canon.
My problem is that, with the Gelgoog mass production so late in the war and the front line focusing around A Baoa Qu, I can't believe that'd have send any Gelgoog down to Earth, considering how much we have emphasize the lack of resources on Zeon side by the end of the war.
Boaz MyTurnASpace wrote:
> evaluating, let me explain: I noticed from GML messages that Dr. Core wasn't
> aware that the Dom/Rick Dom difference until much later than the old series
To be exact, I wasn't aware of any difference in external appearance
between Rick Dom and Dom until that side-by-side HGUC Rick Dom vs. Dom
pic from a couple weeks ago (thanks to Boaz). Then I went back to
Hobby Search and pull out the back-views of MG Dom and Rick Dom for a
side-by-side to see if the longer pointy skirt is a HGUC innovation.
It seems not to be the case, the MGs seem to have that difference too
(not obvious at all since the MG manual photos are not exactly
comparable).
Then I went and check all the references I can find: MAHQ, MS
encyclopedia 2ed (~1998?) and 0079 (TV) Roman Album. Nope, nowhere
could I find a lineart that says this is how Dom look like and that is
how a Rick Dom look (specificially the longer pointy skirt). In fact,
everywhere I found a pic of Rick Dom, it's exactly the same pic used
for Dom. Example:
MAHQ uses this
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/msgundam/ms-09.jpg
for both Dom and Rick Dom.
Only thing I can think of now is that MS Mechanics (???) which is a
stack of data cards from around... 1996? Those data cards has various
detail line arts for distinguishing features and other technotidbits
(cockpit, backpack etc). In fact... I think current owner of those
data cards of mine is still on the list, any help? ;-)
Now the pic from HJ lays it bare, the differences are: longer pointy
skirt (Rick Dom), exhaust nozzles on backpack and soles. Seriously
how many people here can claim to know the differences until they saw
this picture or the MG models?
As I indicated, the extra nozzles was there in the movies. But true, the longer skirt was not. That's a MG addition. Of course, one argument could be that the Dom used by Black Trinity already had the skirt armor nozzles but was not shown. Yet as I mention about the Dom/Rick-Dom names existed before MG line, I'd say the idea was that there were indeed 2 types of Dom at least by 1982.
> That brings me to one annoyance from modelers. Ground type Gelgoog. That's
> one thing really run against the 0079 timeline IMHO.
Well there was that scene with Char's Gelgoog and Gyan in Texas (?)
colony. So Gelgoog can operate in 1-G and 1-atm envoirnment. Boy
what do you think about ground type Ball?
Ground Type Ball is just a kitbash! don't count it as canon. It's as pausible to me as Ground Type Gelgoog in canon.
My problem is that, with the Gelgoog mass production so late in the war and the front line focusing around A Baoa Qu, I can't believe that'd have send any Gelgoog down to Earth, considering how much we have emphasize the lack of resources on Zeon side by the end of the war.
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Boaz
http://myturnaspace.blogspot.com
