Gundam Double X

General and Technical Data
Model number: GX-9901-DX

Code name: Gundam Double X

Unit type: satellite system loading mobile suit

Manufacturer: New United Nations Earth

Operator(s): New United Nations Earth; Vulture

Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso

First deployment: July A.W. 0015

Dimensions: head height 17.0 meters

Weight: empty 7.8 metric metric tons; max gross weight unknown

Armor materials: lunar titanium alloy armor and frame

Powerplant: ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rating unknown

Equipment and design features: "G-controller" removable control stick in cockpit, required to activate mobile suit and operate twin satellite cannon; sensors, range unknown

Fixed armaments: twin satellite cannon, mounted on backpack, powered by super-microwave energy beam relayed from lunar solar power station; 2 x hyper beam sword, stored in recharge racks on hip armor, hand-carried in use; 2 x breast launcher, multi-purpose launchers, mounted in chest; 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head

Optional fixed armaments: "defense palette" shield, mounted on left forearm

Optional hand armaments: buster rifle; G-hammer; twin beam sword; beam javelin

Technical and Historical Notes
As the New United Nations Earth consolidated its power in its plot for world domination during the post-7th Space War in the After War Era, the military began development of advanced new mobile weapons. When the crew of the Vulture land battleship Freeden learned of the existence of a new mobile suit equipped with the devastating satellite system and went to investigate, they were forced to surrender at the New UNE's Zonder Epta base under the threat of the new GX-9901-DX Gundam Double X. However, the Freeden crew soon managed to make their escape, and Vulture pilot Garrod Ran captured the Gundam Double X for their own use.

The Double X was a great improvement over its GX-9900 Gundam X predecessor. It mounted a much more powerful twin satellite cannon, as well as improved hyper beam swords and a wide variety of hand armaments. However, one critical difference between the Double X and the GX was its lack of a flash system; instead, the recorded brainwaves of Jamil Neate - stored in the computer of his wrecked original Gundam X which was recovered by the New UNE - were recorded in the Double X's control computer, allowing a non-Newtype pilot to activate the satellite system and fire the Double X's twin satellite cannon. Like the Gundam X, a G-controller unit was required to activate the Double X and fire the twin satellite cannon. Fortunately for Garrod, his G-controller that he used on his old GX was compatible with the Double X, allowing him to use its devastating weapon. In the last battle of the 8th Space War, the Double X was severely damaged in a final duel with the Frost brothers.

Miscellaneous Information
Pilot: Garrod Ran

Appearances: After War Gundam X

Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara

Lineart
Beam rifle

G-controller (Gundam Double X)

G-controller (Gundam X )

Hyper beam swor dShield
Twin satellite cannon

Dark Gundam

The Dark Gundam began its existence as the Ultimate Gundam, a revolutionary new mobile fighter developed by Dr. Raizo Kasshu and his son Kyoji at the space colony of Neo Japan. Thanks to the miracle of nanotechnology, this unique machine possessed unlimited powers of self-multiplication, self-recovery, and self-evolution.
However, the Ultimate Gundam was stolen by Kyoji Kasshu and taken to Earth, where it metamorphosed into the terrifying Dark Gundam. Now this dangerous machine is hidden somewhere on the planet, infecting the dueling Gundam Fighters with biomechanical DG Cells and gathering a rampaging Dark Army to overrun Earth's cities.
In hopes of averting a global disaster, Neo Japan's government dispatches Dr. Kasshu's younger son Domon to Earth, with orders to simultaneously win the 13th Gundam Fight and track down the rogue Dark Gundam.

Head height : 23.9 meters (in final mode)
Base weight : 41.2 tons (in final mode)
Max. load : 84.9 tons (in final mode)
Armormaterials : Gundarium alloy super ceramic composite, rare metal hybrid multilayered materials
Armament : vulcan x 4Dark Finger x 2beam cannons
Pilot : Kyoji Kasshu

Mode : Final
Power : 41.24
Speed : 67.39
Offense : 64.86
Defense :7.61
Search : 37.20
Adaptation : 49.48
Total : 307.78

Mobile Fighter G Gundam

After Mobile Suit Victory Gundam finished airing in Japan in early 1994, Bandai celebrated Gundam's 15th anniversary by trying something new: free the franchise from the continuity of the the Universal Century (and sell more model kits). Thus, the alternate universes were born that are the settings for every TV series following Victory Gundam. Premiering in 1994, G Gundam was the first alternate universe series, and perhaps one of the most controversial. Directed by Giant Robo's Yasuhiro Imagawa, this series takes a vastly different approach to the Gundam saga. Instead of having wars between the colonies and the Earth, a fighting tournament is held to determine the ruler of the colonies. Called the Gundam Fight, it is held once every four years by the United Colonies Federation. Each country has its own representative Gundam (some of which are really ridiculous looking), and the Gundams fight on Earth until only one is left. Set in FC 60, this series chronicles the 13th Gundam Fight and stars Neo Japanese Gundam Fighter Domon Kasshu, who is in the fight as much to win as to fulfill a personal quest. The series aired on Cartoon Network in 2002 and is available on DVD. Please note that the names of various mobile suits were changed for the American release. The reviews here follow the original Japanese names devised by Sunrise. Although some of the changes don't make sense, the list below documents all the changes.

Psycho Gundam

General and Technical Data
Model number: MRX-009
Code name: Psyco Gundam
Unit type: prototype Newtype use transformable mobile armor
Manufacturer: Murasame Research Institute
Operator: Titans
First deployment: UC 0087
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in head
Dimensions: mobile suit mode: overall height 41.0 meters, head height 40.0 meters; mobile fortress mode: overall height 30.2 meters, wingspan 32.4 meters
Weight: empty 214.1 metric tons; max gross 388.6 metric tons
Construction: gundarium alloy on semi-monocoque frame
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 33600 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 84000 kg; Minovsky craft system: 500000 kg total (operable in mobile fortress mode only); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 6
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration: 0.43 G mobile suit mode, 1.72 G mobile fortress mode; maximum speed Mach 0.5 (mobile fortress mode)
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 10200 meters; psycommu system; psycho-control chair in cockpit (subsequent upgrade); anti-beam coating on armor
Fixed armaments: 3-barrel scattering mega particle gun, power rated at 4.8 MW per barrel, mounted in torso; 10 x beam gun, power rated at 2.0 MW, emitter barrels mounted as fingers in hands; 2-barrel beam gun, mounted in head; shield, mounted on left forearmTechnical and Historical Notes
As the Earth Federation Forces' Titans force continued to build up its military and political power in its crusade to rule the Earth Sphere with an iron fist, one area of research actively pursued by the Titans was "cyber Newtypes" - artificially-engineered Newtypes who could operate revolutionary new Newtype-controlled weapons. At their Murasame Laboratory in Japan, the Titans built the Federation's first Newtype-use unit, the MRX-009 Psyco Gundam. Equipped with a psycommu ("psychic communicator") system similar to that developed by the Principality of Zeon during the One Year War (hence the name "Psyco," which is short for "psycommu"), the Psyco Gundam's tremendous beam weapon firepower could be controlled by the pilot's mere thoughts. The Psyco Gundam was heavily armed, sporting a 3-barreled scattering beam gun in its chest, ten beam guns in its fingers and a 2-barrel beam gun in its head, making the unit capable of attacking several targets at one (or levelling lots of real estate). Due to its massive size, the Psyco Gundam could transform into a "mobile fortress" mode equipped with a Minovsky craft system to give it high-altitude atmospheric flight. The Psyco Gundam's chosen pilot was Murasame Labs' cyber Newtype "Number Four," or Four Murasame, and the unit was soon dispatched to destroy the AEUG and Karaba forces operating on Earth. The Psyco Gundam was severely damaged during an AEUG mission to launch Kamille Bidan and his RX-178 Gundam Mark II back out into space, and the Psyco Gundam was taken to the Titans' Kilimanjaro base in Africa, where it would be repaired and equipped with an experimental new "psycho-control chair," further enhancing Four's abilities to control the Psyco Gundam.

Miscellaneous Information
Pilot(s): Four Murasame, Ben Wooder
Appearances: Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

Original mechanical designer: Katsuji Murakami (principal design), Kazumi Fujita (cleanup)

RGZ-91 Re-GZ

General and Technical Data
Model number: RGZ-91
Code name: Re-GZ
Unit type: pre-mass production transformable mobile suit
Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics Company
Operator: Londo Bell
First deployment: unknown
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: mobile suit mode: overall height 21.5 meters, head height 20.5 meters
Weight: mobile suit mode: empty 24.7 metric tons, max gross 55.2 metric tons
Construction: gundarium alloy on movable frame
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 2550 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 14200 kg, 4 x 11000 kg, 2 x 8600 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 19
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration: mobile suit mode 1.62 G
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 14200 meters; dummy launchers in hands; optional Back Weapon System, docks with mobile suit to create waverider form, provides additional weaponry
Fixed armaments: 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head, operable in mobile suit mode only; 2 x 2-tube grenade launcher, mounted on hip armor plates, operable in mobile suit mode only; 2 x 2-tube grenade launcher, 2 round magazine per tube, mounted in forearms, operable in mobile suit mode only; 2 x beam saber, power rated at 0.7 MW, stored in recharge racks in backpack, hand-carried in use, operable in mobile suit mode only
Optional fixed armaments: shield, mounted on either forearm, mounts 3-slot hand grenade rack; Back Weapon System (mounts large beam cannon; 2 x beam cannon, fire-linked; various missile launchers), operable when linked with mobile suit in waverider mode
Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, power rated at 3.8 MW, powered by replaceable energy cap


Technical and Historical Notes
A prototype mobile suit intended for mass production, Anaheim Electronics' RGZ-91 Re-GZ was a simplified version of the AEUG's MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam used in the Gryps War and the Neo Zeon War. The Re-GZ (short for "REfined Gundam Zeta") eliminated the costly and complex transformation systems used by the Zeta Gundam, instead docking with a specialized "Back Weapon System" (or "BWS") unit which allowed the Re-GZ to assume a waverider-like form for additional mobility. As the mobile suit's weapons could not be used in this docked configuration, the BWS was armed with beam weapons and missile launchers, giving the Re-GZ considerable firepower in waverider mode. In the end, however, the Re-GZ would still be deemed to expensive to facilitate mass-production, and the design project was dropped. The Re-GZ prototype would end up being employed by the Earth Federation Forces' "Londo Bell" taskforce during the Second Neo Zeon War, piloted first by reknown Newtype ace Amuro Ray, and later by mobile suit squadron leader Kayra Su.


Miscellaneous Information
Pilot(s): Amuro Ray, Kayra Su, Chan Agi
Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack; Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - Beltorchika's Children (novel); Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - Hi-Streamer (novel)
Original mechanical designer: Yutaka Izubuchi

RGM-89 Jegan

General and Technical DataModel number: RGM-89
Code name: Jegan
Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics Company
Operator(s): Londo Bell; Earth Federation Forces
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 20.4 meters; head height 19.0 meters
Weight: empty 21.3 metric tons; max gross 47.3 metric tons
Construction: titanium alloy/ceramic composite on movable frame
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1870 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 12700 kg, 2 x 9200 kg, 2 x 8800 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 12
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration: 1.03 G
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 14200 meters
Fixed armaments: beam saber, stored in recharge rack on right hip armor, hand-carried in use; 3-slot hand grenade rack, mounted on left hip armor
Optional fixed armaments: vulcan gun pod, mounted on head; shield, mounted on either forearm, mounts 2 x 2-tube small missile launcher
Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, powered by rechargeable energy cap

Technical and Historical Notes
A descendant of the GM series of mobile suits launched by the Earth Federation Forces during the One Year War, the RGM-89 Jegan was lighter and more maneuverable than any previous GM-series model. Although not as fast or well-armed as the previous RGM-86R GM III, the Jegan was an all-around well-performing unit nonetheless. The Jegan mounted a fairly standard variety of weapons, armed with a beam rifle, a beam saber, shield-mounted missile launchers, three hand grenades, and an optional head vulcan gun pod. Though initially built by Anaheim Electronics exclusively for the Londo Bell task force prior to the outbreak of the Second Neo Zeon War in UC 0093, the Jegan (and many of its variants) would soon become a Earth Federation Forces standard, operated as its primary frontline unit for at least the next thirty years.

Miscellaneous Information
Pilot(s): Kayra Su, Hathaway Noa
Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack; Mobile Suit Gundam F91: Formula Wars 0122; Mobile Suit Gundam in UC 0099: Moon Crisis; Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - Beltorchika's Children (novel); Mobile Suit Gundam: The Return of Zeon; Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - Hi-Streamer (novel); Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
Original mechanical designer: Yutaka Izubuchi

MSN-04 Sazabi

General and Technical Data
Model number: MSN-04
Code name: Sazabi
Unit type: prototype Newtype use mobile suit
Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics Company
Operator: Neo Zeon
First deployment: UC 0093
Accommodation: pilot in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in head
Dimensions: overall height 25.6 meters; head height 23.0 meters
Weight: empty 30.5 metric tons; max gross 71.2 metric tons
Construction: gundarium alloy on movable frame
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 3960 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 14000 kg, 2 x 13300 kg, 8 x 9800 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 28
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 1.87 G
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 22600 meters; psycommu system; psycoframe cockpit frame; 2 x external propellant tank, ejectable, mounted on backpack
Fixed armaments: mega particle gun, power rated at 8.8 MW, mounted in torso; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks in forearms, hand-carried in use
Optional fixed armaments: shield, mounted on either forearm, mounts 3 x small missile
Optional hand armaments: beam shotrifle, power rated at 10.2 MW, powered by rechargeable energy cap; beam tomahawk, stored in recharge rack in shield, hand-carried in use
Remote weapons: 6 x funnel (mounts beam gun, power rated at 10.6 MW), stored in backpack storage pods

Technical and Historical Notes
When the presumed-dead Char Aznable made a surprise reappearance in the early UC 0090s, many surviving Zeon remnants and spacenoid civilians still desiring independence from the Earth Federation welcomed him with open arms. Thus, a second Neo Zeon movement was started at the colony of Sweetwater, with Char as its leader. A new revolution against the Federation was now brewing, and as the new Neo Zeon military began building its forces, Char commissioned his engineers to design him a custom mobile suit to take advantage of his Newtype abilities and superb piloting skills.

This design was the MSN-04 Sazabi, and it was constructed by the Luna-based contractor Anaheim Electronics. Despite its large size and heavy armor, the Sazabi was equipped with enough thrusters and verniers to make it extremely maneuverable compared to mass-produced frontline mobile suits. It was equipped with a relatively high-output generator, but most of its power was used to fire its abdomen-mounted mega particle gun, whose beam was wide enough and powerful enough to destroy several mobile suits with a single shot. The Sazabi's armament was rounded out by a pair of beam sabers, a large shield carrying three missiles and a large, hand-carried beam tomahawk, and a beam shotrifle, which operated like a beam rifle version of a shotgun.

However, the Sazabi was also designed as a Newtype's weapon. Armed with six remote funnel units, Char could mentally control these weapons at great distances and without the disadvantage of Minovsky particle interference. His funnels were controlled via a fairly standard psycommu (short for "PSYchic COMMUnicator") system, but the Sazabi was also the first mobile suit to feature a revolutionary new piece of Newtype-use technology. This feature was called the "psycoframe", and it involved constructing the cockpit's frame with a material composed of microscopic psycommu receptors, thus increasing the pilot's Newtype sensitivity and responsiveness. Strangely enough, Char - for reasons known only to himself - would authorize Anaheim to pass along the psycoframe technology to the Earth Federation Forces' Londo Bell taskforce, who had also contracted Anaheim to construct a new Gundam mobile suit to be used by Char's old rival, Amuro Ray.

Always having been a soldier who preferred to lead his troops into battle rather than command from the rear lines, Char would deploy quite often in his crimson-red Sazabi during the Second Neo Zeon War that he started when he began bombarding Earth with asteroids in UC 0093. Soon enough, Char would come up against Amuro Ray in his own psycoframe-equipped mobile suit, the RX-93 n Gundam, and their battle of Newtype minds and mecha would reach its fateful, inevitable conclusion.
Miscellaneous Information

Pilot: Char Aznable
Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack; Gundam: The Battle Master/Gundam Battle Assault; SD Gundam: G Generation Neo; Gundam Battle Assault2; Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - Hi-Streamer (novel)
Original mechanical designer: Yutaka Izubuchi

Char Aznable

Char Aznable (シャア・アズナブル, Shā Azunaburu) is a fictional character, and often one of the main antagonists from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam and its sequels, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Char's Counterattack, voiced by Shuichi Ikeda (Japanese), Michael Kopsa (English dub of original series and Char's Counterattack), Steven Blum (Mobile Suit Gundam movies 1 through 3) and Tom Edwards (English dub of Zeta Gundam).

MS-09 DOM

Principality of ZEON Mobile Suit. Produced by Bandai, this highly articulated DOM action figure stands 4 1/2 inches tall and is totally pre painted for either the Enthusiast or the Collector. It comes with an assortment of weapons and accessories.

Weaponry consists of:2 Beam Sabers, yellow and blue, Giant Bazooka which can be hand held 3 extra variant hands for different poses and holding of weapons.

This Action Figure is a 4.5" size reproduction of the land warfare mobile suit MS-09 Dom used by the "Black Tri-Stars" team, as seen in "Mobile Suit Gundam".- The Dom's characteristic heavy proportions are faithfully reproduced, as are the colors and body markings. - With its fully articulated joints, you can put the Dom in action poses that recreate the combat scenes from the animated series.

SD Gundam Force 05 Grappler Gouf Figure

The Superior Defence Gundam Force is the latest Gundam series to hit the US airwaves. The land of Neotopia is a peaceful place, where humans and robots exist side-by-side in perfect harmony. That is, until the Dark Axis, evil invaders from another dimension, set their sights on conquering Neotopia.

Called in to assist after numerous failures by Zapper Zaku, Grappler Gouf is more extreme than his counterpart. (Zapper Zaku would say that he is "insane.") However, even though his dedication to the cause is strong, he, too, is unable to lead the Dark Axis to victory.

Includes:

5 Inches Tall

Regular & Grappler Hand

Battle Saber

Claw Shield

Removable Fore Arm allows different Weapons

This is the imported, Japanese version.

ZGMF-X2000

General and Technical Data
Model number: ZGMF-X2000
Code name: GOUF Ignited
Unit type: prototype commander type mobile suit
Manufacturer: Integrated Design Bureau
Operator: ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty)
First deployment: C.E. 73
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 19.20 meters
Weight: max gross weight 72.13 metric tons
Construction: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: 2 x MA-M757 "Slayer Whip" heat rod, mounted on forearms, produces electrical shock; 2 x M181SE "Draupnir" 4-barrel beam gun, mounted on forearms; MMI-558 "Tempest" beam sword, stored inside shield, hand-carried in use; shield, mounted on left arm
Optional hand armaments: none

Technical and Historical Notes
After producing many mobile suit designs during the first Earth Alliance/ZAFT War of C.E. 70-71, ZAFT introduces the "New Millennium" series mobile suits in the postwar era, starting with the ZGMF-1000 ZAKU Warrior. The next mobile suit in the series is the ZGM-2000 GOUF Ignited. The prototype version, designated X2000, introduces several new features. Unlike the ZAKU series, the GOUF (Guardian of Unity Forerunner) Ignited does not use interchangeable Wizard packs and is instead equipped with a flight pack that functions in Earth's atmosphere or in space. The GOUF Ignited is armed with a pair of 4-barrel beam guns, a beam sword and a two whip-like heat rod that can deliver electrical shocks. During the developmental phase of the GOUF Ignited, ZAFT produces a close combat variant, the ZGMF-X2000 QGB&S GOUF Crusher. One orange-colored GOUF Ignited prototype is used by FAITH pilot Heine Westenfluss, who is assigned to the battleship Minerva by ZAFT Supreme Council Chairman Gilbert Durandal. Heine is killed in action in a battle at the Dardanelles channel by Stella Loussier's ZGMF-X88S (RGX-03) Gaia Gundam.

Miscellaneous Information
Pilot: Heine Westenfluss
Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY

Zeta Gundam

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (Kidō Senshi Z Gandamu) (aired 1985 - 1986) was a televisied anime, one of Gundam series and a sequel to the original Mobile Suit Gundam.

The show was written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, with character designs by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, while the series' mechanical designs were split amongst Kunio Okawara, Mamoru Nagano, and Kazumi Fujita.

The series was originally aired by Nagoya Broadcasting Network (and it's sister ANN stations), rerun on the anime satellite television network, Animax, across Japan and later its respective networks worldwide, including Southeast Asia, East Asia, Latin America, and other regions.

In 2004, after more than a year of delays, Bandai released a limited edition Zeta Gundam box set with both dubbed English and original Japanese audio tracks. Due to Bandai not having rights to the theme songs outside of Asia, the opening and closing sequences were altered, and the English subtitles were criticized as having translation errors - specifically having proto-dubtitles which were less accurate to the original Japanese than the English dubbed version. The set included pencil sharpener collectibles and a 48-page booklet and poster. Bandai corrected the subtitles to a properly translated version for the single DVD release but has never officially recalled or replaced the boxset discs.

In 2006, Bandai Entertainment has acquired the rights to the U.S release of the Zeta Gundam: A New Translation -Heirs to the Stars- movie which is expected to be available sometime in early 2007.