I've ever liked the Dendrobium that much. In my opinion, Its obviously
unwieldy.
From Gundam Official's description, it sounds like a bad ass, ass
kicker but, sheesh!, it sure seems unwieldy!
BlazeEagle
Dr. Core wrote:
James Boren wrote:
Speaking of upcoming products...the GFF GP03 stamen's mini dendrobium
is so unbelievably ridiculous. We'll just mount all the dendrobium's
weapons, bell nozzles and i-field directly to the stamen. Yep, no
need for that big mobile armor frame with all that space for
generators, fuel and what-ever gizmos that made the overpowered big D
somewhat believable.
LOL, an onion is in the eye of beholder... ehhh... nevermind...
I was actually about to write that "they finally figured out what to
do with Dendrobium". But, I should have predicted that this would
generate some strong reactions.
I agree with the point that it's not that different from other beloved
monstrosities, from ZZ to Ex-S to Deep Striker. Dendrobium might be a
bit more realistic from a limited point of view (mechanistic), but
that actually makes it the oddity in Gundam multiverse. One of the
reviewers back then said that the quarterdeck is big enough for a
Boston Tea Party (I guess he means it's physically bigger than a
colonial ship). It might be realistic, but Gundam world doesn't
usually leave 40m on a combat craft to be undecorated.
Personally I think my ideal version of Dendrobium would be a bit
beefier than the mini Dendrobium, but definitely nothing close to the
anime version. Perhaps something on the order of the aft module of
G-Falcon as docked with Gundam Double X or Gundam Leopard Destroy.
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/x/gs-9900-dx.jpg
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/x/gs-9900-leopardd.jpg
And a 70m barrel gun will never look right on a 18m MS, no matter how
you dress it. Even Gundam Wing doesn't go so far.
Grant White wrote:
Looking at it from a toy perspective, I suppose a full blown Orchis
would be
too much, especially with the cost of materials for mainstream toy
manufacturing currently.
A GFF Dendrobium would be 1m (3' 4") long and 43cm (17") wide, smaller
than the 1/10 (?) Zaku but probably heavier and definitely more
difficult to display.
That's a good point to bring up. During and immediately after its
release, 0083 was the least merchandise-friendly Gundam series ever
made. If you count only the model kits during and immediately after a
series release, 0083' (4 kits) is still the worst series ever, but
far. The runners-up, if I'm not mistaken, would be Turn-A (~8), 08MST
(~6), 0080 (~7), CCA (~9?). You might say the 0083 producers were
pretty courageous to stage a final battle scene between two
unmerchandisable MA's.
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