[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > am back from the dead, so to speak...just got myself connected via a Canopy > wireless "DSL" internet connection.
Welcome back, have you been on some kind of expedition? > 3) 1/100 MG Gyan > Looks like a good rendition of the Gyan, chock-full of details and a light-up > beam sword. Personally, though...I think I can make do without the gimmick if > it would mean less on the price tag. But that's Bandai for you. If padding the lesser MS with extra gimmicks and price tag is necessary to get them to the store shelves, I'd take it. > 4) 1/144 HGUC Zaku I > It looks good, being able to replicate the Shoulder Attack, but is that > bazooka rest on its shoulder a retcon, as well as the handheld rocket that's > stowed on the shield puncher? I sort of wish it had the colony-gassing weapon, > too. Well won't that inflate the price tag as well? ;) Anyway, it's not out of the question for a future variant kit, but Topp may not want to touch this weapon... IIRC, Old Zaku from 1979-80 had no gimmick at all. Very soon after (definitely before Zeta in 1985) Zaku became Zaku II and Old Zaku became Zaku I; and at some (much later) point Zaku I began to have weapons. The usual suspects are: Topp's Zaku I in 08MST, MG variant kits (particularly Black Trinity version and Ramba version) and games. Won't surprise me at all if Zaku I first had weapons (machine gun?) in a SD game, any gamer can answer that? Or perhaps FvZ arcade game. Oh... hey... the heat hawk is also included: http://www.1999.co.jp/dbimages/user/hobby/itbig/10048566a.jpg But ehh... doesn't the proportion looks rather 1970s to you? UGH OTOH... this is the actual Zaku I bazooka! The MG Zaku I kits all had Zaku II bazookas. IIRC. -- Dr. Core -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
