Those are the ugliest gundams ever.The backpack is retarded.AlsoAlex Gundam > Ground GundamThey should have done the RG Alex with the optional chouban armor.
>>23996826They look cool.
>>23996826It kind of makes me think of metal slug so I like it
Not a real gundam.It is just a GM with a gundam head.
>>23996826I like both. Also the base GP01.
>>23996826He's blocky and basic, that makes him perfect for customizing. Also, army building.I'm pretty sure the Alex will happen eventually anyway
>>23996826they have some of the coolest looking feet in the gundam franchise, which at this period of time is filled with ugly clog stomping shit, plus it's a grounded series with not a lot of bullshit newtype magic
>>23996931And a really cool OP!
>>23996931>a grounded series with not a lot of bullshit newtype magicShiro is definitely a newtype.
>>23996826I prefer gritty and tactical mobile suits to space magic fantasy stuff
>>23996981So, Gundam as a whole really isn't your thing?
>>23996826>Why do people like 08th ms team?It feels like a soldier-like Gundam, that still resembles a Gundam in a very direct way, with the "traditional" color scheme.
>>23996826Saying Alex Gundam > means nothing, because Alex Gundam > EVERYTHING
>>23996826>choubanTell me you're a retard without telling me you're a retard.
>>23996826The RX-79[G] Gundam is great. It looks like military hardware, but still keeps the Gundam aesthetic. I have a soft spot for 08th MS Team, I bought the DVDs and probably watched it 100x as a kid. The first couple episodes are great but midway with the director change, i don’t like it as much. I liked the focus on objectives and squad tactics with Gundams.
>>23996957I think the EZ 8 has plot armor, since it can tank almost anything, but I don't think that makes the protag equivalent to some other mc's, unless you want to argue his new type ability is making things indestructible since he should have been blown away in the opening in his ball
>>23997066>watched it at 100 times speedA-anon
I love Ainaalso Norris is one of the coolest Gundam characters
>>23997131He dodges a Zaku machine gun at point blank range on foot. Also the way he falls in love with Aina is a retread of Gundam's earlier "MC loves the girl in the mobile armor" plot.
>>23996826/m/ likes shooty shooty bang bang without plot.
>>23997227>without plot
>>23996826Disgusting Katoki shit.
It was on adult swim when they were younger and it was the one that was most like the real world because it was closest to Vietnam or WWII or something which Americans obsess about.
>>23996826The Alex Gundam is the most forgotten gundam.
>>23997265I never watched any of the Gundam shows when they originally aired on Adult Swim. I'm only catching up now a few decades later.
If bandai ever did an RG Alex, and then released a full armor kit.How much would be it?I remember the RG unicorn banshee had an expansion kit with the claw, and it was fucking expensive for a fucking tiny claw, it was the price of an entire HG kit.
>>23996826its pretty cool and the show was kinda fun
>>23996981im glad the franchise can do both, too much newtype stuff and you get dangerously close to turning the sci fi into science fantasy
>>23996826>Those are the ugliest gundams ever.The Strike Freedom is waaay gaudier and ugly. too many colors off balance, no wonder something with all this gold appeals to the Chinese market.
>>23996826>Why do people like 08th ms team?They don't. They like the Gouf VS Gundam final battle. That's it. The rest of the series is a blur to most people.
>>23997319It will be about the same price as RG Ground Gundam. The HG and MG Alex has the Chobham armor, and they aren't priced that different to the HG and MG Ground Gundam.
>>23997362The bare tits were nice.
Many people didn’t and don’t care for the newtype magic bullshit. It’s vague none sense, and many cared for the more warlike aspect of 08th. It was like band of brothers and Gundam in one which is why many Americans love it
>>23996826Ground Gundam has more repaint and retool options for P-Bandai. RG Ground GM, RG Slave Wraith, RG Blue Destiny, etc.
08th is far worse than, for example, 0083, people just remember it more fondly because Aina isn't a stupid bitch like NinaIf Aina suddenly backstabbed Shiro to side with Ginias at the end nobody would like this show, they'd say it was trash aside from one cool fightIt's thematically shallow and tons of the characters basically don't matter at all. Why is Yuri here? Why did Norris not do anything until his big fight? Michel is good in literally one episode, the one with him and Eledore in a Zeon jail, and he's meant to be one of the main characters.
>>23997520Save for the last episode that wasn't aired in Toonami at the time of the broadcast run, 08th MS Team didn't have anything involving Newtypes.
>>23996826It's the Gundam people who don't know Gundam think Gundam is.
>>23997575>because Aina isn't a stupid bitch like NinaAina was pretty stupid. She could have eliminated the Federation forces in the area and then the evac shuttle could have launched safely. But instead she tried to negotiate a ceasefire which ended horribly. Her entire team was killed. Then she abandoned her post and ran away at the end to start a family with a Federation pilot she only met for 1 day.
>>23996927RGs aren't very good for army building, that's what HGs are for.
>>23997639>wanting peace and less bloodshed is bad
>>23997670Yes.
>>23997672Spacenoid hands typed this post.
>>23997639She met him a couple times. Once was on the derelict spacecraft. Another time was when they got abandoned together in the wilderness. The last time is of course at the end. She remembers him and stuff being a good guy the whole time.
>>23996826I like it because of the romance between Shiro and Aina.Is it wrong to be more invested in the characters in Gundam rather than the mechs? Like, cool robots are cool, sure, but having a pilot I like makes them way better. I know I wouldn't give two fucks about the Dijeh if Amuro didn't pilot it.
This new RG is just exceptionally ugly, terrible proportions, tiny arms, shoulders and head bolted onto a massive brick body, it looks ridiculous and the designers should be fired. The ground gundam itself is perfectly okay and the HG is much better proportioned.
>>23997953>>23997253Takigawa is the successor of Katoki now.This was Takigawa's illustration for a Ground Type Gundam, note the waist area resembling the new RG.Takigawa did the concept art for RG GP01, RG Gundam Mk-2, Nu Gundam, Sazabi and RX-78 2.0.
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>>23998040so who's the nigger responsible for the holes?
>>23998042soul>>23998044eww
>>23998059I dunno but every young aspiring mecha designer in japan right now is being brainwashed by greebles & holes thinking it's GOOD DESIGN.
>>23998042>>23998044I think those are cute!
>>23998042This doesn't have the raped shoulders though. Holy fuck are the RG's shoulders awful.
>>23998042Vanilla >>23996826Corrupted tattoo bimbo with her shapes formed up into overstimulating exaggeration
>>23998044>if Gundam was real, it would have all these holes and panelsBut y tho
>>23998156logistics & manufacturing interfacesrobot arms, cranes, and hangar adapters have to latch onto something at least for storage, maintenance, and service
>>23998164They can build a robot with functioning fingers but not a crane arm hand thing that can basically do the same thing grasping at panels without dropping them?
>>23998164It's pure faux realism. You put mounting points on the outside. Even tomino has grumbled about overly parted up armor, saying it makes them look weak.
>>23998207The only way to do that is with magnets, or suction. Easier to just use mounting points.
>>23996835factually wrong. the RX79s were made with rejected RX-78 parts, had the core blocks stripped out, and had limiters placed on them so they would all work at around the same level. they were made from GUNDAM PARTS.if that isn't a gundam, what is?
>>23998040>>23998042There are unfortunately significant differences between the line art and the RG model though, that's the problem. I don't think Takigawa does the prototyping rendering tooling etc. alone. Legs and body are too thick, arms 5 to 10% shorter and significantly thinner. Head similarly shrunken. It clearly looks off and disproportionate in a way the line art doesn't. The RG RX-78 2.0 had a similar problem but it is even more prominent with the Ground type.
>>23998164What if holes got damaged in battle? Do they just give up and go "Welp, we can't remove this without the helpful greebles...."
>>23998276At that point they would use chains and straps and like anon above said hard points. The holes are there for let’s say more honestly panel removal for when a piece is damaged and needs repair
>>23998276Are you retarded?
>>23998228Where did this retcon even come from anyways? It never fit right and sounded like huge backpedaling for why the Ground Gundam is a very different looking 90s Okawara Gundam instead of something classic like an MSV design.
>>23996826Gundam Ground Type and Ez-8 are the working man's Gundams, real salt of the Earth mobile suits.
>>23997722Oh wow. TWO times? I was SO off.Thats totally enough to tell a love story and explain her actions. I was hesitant at one meeting. But two meetings? Totally explains it all. I get it! No wonder Aina abandons her friends and family for a Federation pilot she just met. No wonder she kills her brother! It makes total sense.>The last time is of course at the end. That doesn't count. We're talking about total meetings before the final battle.
>>23997670>Entire Zeon story is about building this super weapon to end the war. >Teammates and Zeon soldiers fight desperately to buy everyone enough time to build it. >Everything is building up to this one final moment where the weapon is completed, and the war can be ended in Zeon victory. >Decide to throw it all away because Aina throws a tantrum and gets everyone killed. Wew. I can't tell if this story is a parody or a masterpiece.
>>23998351Nonsense. They are super special snowflake Gundams. They almost take no damage during the entire anime.
>>23998911That must be why one had a replacement head and another had to be rebuilt almost entirely.
>>23998925That was because of emotional damage, not physical, it doesn't count
So the Ground Gundam can't be called a grunt right?
>>23998925>That must be why one had a replacement head and another had to be rebuilt almost entirely.Oh wow. >1 damaged head and 1 damaged suit that somehow survived being dropped from 25,000 feet and could still function VS>Hordes of dead Zakus piled up, multiple destroyed Zeon bases, and thousands of dead Zeon troops. Totally fair!
>>23998930Why not, it was used by non-aces... wait>prototype suits, limited number>but also very limited in beam equipment>have to stick to conventional weaponry usuallyThe Ground GM is one, I'm pretty sure... so the Ground Gundam is grunt-adjacent? An elite grunt unit?
>>23998930It wasn't an elite grunt as even dummy pilots used them in the other squads as shown in 08th MS Team and there was no Amuro learning computer so all Feddie pilots were inexperienced.It is an expensive cost-inefficient early pre-production grunt unit with 25 units produced. Definitely not elite. The GM Sniper Custom was definitely more elite.
>>23998955>Definitely not elite. Sanders literally says the Ground Gundam handles way better than a GM. ITS DEFINITELY an elite suit.
>>23998937There is no need to exaggerate, especially not to that degree.
>>23998955>>23998971So it's having a Pershing where everyone else is operating Shermans.
>>23996826The mechanics in the show are great except for the Zaku Tank. The show is the best portrayal of the OYW in animation.The romance gives it an emotional heart that all the Tomino Gundams lack.
>>23999152But the Ez8 was the Pershing
>>23999160No, the Ez8 was Super Pershing, an upgunned version.
>>23998395>the war can be ended in Zeon victory.lol no it couldn't. Even if the Apsalus survived, it wouldn't have made a difference. Keep seething Black Knight.
>>23998911>They are super special snowflake GundamsAnd? I'd rather have a Gundam than a shitty GM. I don't know why gruntfaggots want to die so badly.
>>23999180I realize that image explicitly brings up the T26E4, but I thought the Ez8's replacement parts were far from a strict upgrade from its originals.
>>23998937Stay mad zeek bitch. They got the job done.
>>23998943It's a stopgap unit that was only intended to buy time until the GMs could get mass produced. While it still performed adequately (Enough that three of them were used for the Blue Destiny project), it was never going to get any more than at least 20 units produced. So while it's still too few to be considered a grunt unit, it also really doesn't count as an ace unit unless one gets customized to the absolute limit.
