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Gundam Fix Figurations - Metal Composite Psycho Gundam |
| Series | Gundam Fix Figurations |
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| Title | Metal Composite Psycho Gundam | |
| Release Date | August 2007 | |
| Manufacturer | Bandai | |
| Suggested Price (JPY) | 10,000 | |
| Scale | 1/144 | |
| Height (cm) | 28.2 cm | |
| No. of Parts | 1 figure + 16 additional parts + 1 booklet | |
| My Rating | Excellent |
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Introduction
Psycho Gundam refers to a series of fictional mobile armors of prodigious size,
appearing in the Gundam franchise in various forms. The animation incarnations were designed
by Kazumi Fujita (original work by Katsuji Murakami), and have appeared in both Mobile Suit
Zeta Gundam and its sequel, Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, both by the antagonistic Titans force,
and later, the Neo Zeon movement.
This Psycho Gundam appeared in Zeta Gundam, fielded by the malicious Titans force and operated by unstable cyber-Newtype pilots.
Following the end of the One Year War, Zeon Newtype-use technology, such as the Psycommu system, fell into the hands of the victorious Earth Federation forces. These assets remained mostly neglected until the rise of the Titans, who placed a vested interest in development of artificial "Cyber-Newtypes". Developed alongside those test subjects at the Murasame Lab in Japan, the MRX-009 Psycho Gundam was used throughout the series by the Lab's most successful experiment, Four Murasame. However, cyber-Newtypes usually tend to be mentally unstable due to their conditioning, and Four is no exception.
The Psycho Gundam bears much in similarity to the Zeon-manufactured One Year War-era MSN-02 Zeong: an exceptional size due to the space requirements of the psycommu system, cockpit positioned in the head (an unusual location for Universal Century mobile suits) and a heavy beam cannon armament in its limbs, body and head to compensate. Aesthetically, however, the Psycho is obviously an Earth Federation design. Barring its paint scheme and dimensions, the Psycho Gundam shares much in physical appearance to the original RX-78 Gundam of Mobile Suit Gundam and other Gundam-class units, including the signature "V-fin" antenna.
In the Gundam franchise, very large mobile weapons often suffer from a significant flaw in the form of poor mobility. The Psycho Gundam's transformable nature addresses this to an extent. By reconfiguring its body into a boxy "mobile fortress" form, the Psycho Gundam can move at exceptional speed via a Minovsky Craft System installed in its body. Some of its weapons cannot be used in this mode, however.
After nearly destroying Hong Kong in its initial deployment (Z-Gundam episode 19, Cinderella Four), the original Psycho Gundam, with Four Murasame at the controls, would continue to cause trouble for the AEUG force trapped on Earth and their Karaba allies. The monstrosity was finally crippled and put out of action during the Karaba assault on the Titans headquarters at Kilamanjaro (episode 36, Forever Four), mortally wounding Four in the process.
Comment
Psycho Gundam is a prodigiously huge transformable Mobile Suit piloted by Four Murasame
in "Zeta Gundam" and released as Bandai’s 1/144 scale GFF Metal Composite line of figure.
Bandai’s GFF is infamous for its detailed custom markings and being a new Metal Composite line of figure, it is granted with some metal parts. One will not find the amount of metal found in a “Soul of Chogokin” series but only a rough 30% as in the SIC line. Most metals are hidden as internal joints.
It stands at a slightly higher than 28cm in Robot mode blessed with clear panels and markings every here and there. The paint job is superbly done in a matt finish that should goes well with any modeler who paints their own Gundams.
The figure is fully transformable to the boxy Mobile Fortress as seen in the anime.
A custom display base is included along with a stand to assist in displaying Psycho Gundam in both Robot and Mobile Fortress mode.
This item is purchased locally at Berjaya Time Square.
Packaging
The figure is packaged rested in a Styrofoam tray. The Styrofoam tray comes with compartment on the
front and rear side. The following are the detail parts listing for the package.
Front
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Back
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1 full-color instruction booklet
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| Box cover front view. | Box cover rear view. |
Robot Mode
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Articulations
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Mobile Fortress
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Document Date : 2007-12-06 |
Responses to this page:
i jus bought it recently, tis piece is jus simply fantastic. the moment i open it...WOW tis is awesome as u descripe the paint job, the size n most important very detail..a gundam fans should have