Minh-Nhat Le wrote:
Not true. The Dom Tropen and Sniper II are logical derivations from
existing designs. The Kaempfer is completely new. In engineering,
such things are very rare, and in war time, it's rarer still. That,
plus the way the Kaempfer looks just doesn't seem to fit with the
Zeon design philosophy.
I don't see it that way. Wartime engineering, I mean. WWII (closest
real-world example) has more than enough examples of crazed desperate
designs that were created to address a threat and some of those designs
look like aliens drew them up compared to the other weapons and machines
around them. Add to that the Gundam universe humanity's ability to
build quickly on a large scale (colonies, mobile suits, mobile armors)
and slapping together something like that isn't unbelievable anymore. I
thought the legs, at least, seems pretty Zeon (comparing to some of the
retroconned Zeon designs).
It's unfortunate that Izubuchi's Gundam designs just so happen to not
be what I like. Nothing against him, since the AV-98 is one of my
favorite mechanical designs, but the way most people gush about the
Dogas and the Kaempfer makes me wonder why.
I never really noticed the Doga but, after looking at both the Geara and
the Jagd versions, I must say I really like them.
Alfred.
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