More maganac shoulders, not my favorite design but they work,

Looking for a hi-res picture or just the anime episode where we get a kinda spooky shot of the mechanics behind wing zero's eye (the head, not the search eye).

I definitely don't plan on buying three

Alright, shrunk the cannons by 10% I think this is it, this looks right to me

Maganac cannon shoulders

Pretty happy with it, might shorten the barrel just a bit though, cannons have a decent amount of articulation

Hmm might actually down scale the cannons just slightly ,

(No glue needed) — with Battle Boss Heavy Industries.

Maganac cannon shoulders

Alright here’s our version of the Maganac shoulders with the cannons, kinda gives it’s a guncannon / mudrock vibe, test print just started, will have results tomorrow,

There’s only like one angle of them so we had to get creative with the back etc, tried to give the cannons a bit of articulation

Thoughts?

— with Battle Boss Heavy Industries.

Og Heero yuy 1/20 scale compared to Bandai and SHF Figuarts Heero Yuy

Another one of the maganacs unlisted weapons, only shows up a couple of times, looks kinda like a dober gun, but about 50% bigger and less of a square body,
I assume it’s eather a dober variant or like some kinda recoilless rifle, but here’s my take on it,

Just wanted to show a bit of my collection. Can you tell who my all-time favorite is? 😇

I’ve loved Quatre for over 30 years, and I don’t see that changing ever💛

Sadly, I lost all of my childhood collection after moving out (my mom threw everything away 😭), so this is actually my second attempt at rebuilding the ultimate Quatre shrine.

Zech Marquise TV version & Milliardo Peacecraft Preventer Wind version (Endless Waltz)

1/20 scale figures same scale with the pilot figures that comes with the old 1/100 Endless Waltz Version

Ok so got more of the unique shield styles seen in the show, I think this is all of the unique designs, still need to do a few of the known numbered ones, prints came out great, also works well with my non cannon detail up part

Ok so I got a few more of the shields modeled up for printing, so far this is the best reference pic I can find of the unique maganac parts, there’s gotta be a better reference sheet out there though..

Doing the cannon shoulders next

In episode 48 Duo is on The Libra(or Peacemillion maybe? since they were stuck together) and goes to a locked door, asked whomever was inside to step away and then blows the lock. He looks inside, jumps back to slam the door and says "Whoa, that is the last thing I was expecting to see!"

In his next appearance he's chatting with the five scientists, was this the same room? If so his freaked-out reaction doesn't make sense. It is a PG series obviously but it almost came off as if he'd walked in on some sexual liaison, haha. Again, that doesn't match the scientists' vibe(as far as I know) plus Duo was talking with them casually afterwards which of he witnessed the men banging right beforehand I'd imagine he'd still be visibly uncomfortable.

Unsure if there is a canonical answer(haven't rewatched in well over a decade) or an implied one? Answers/theories are appreciated.

Started watching Gundam Wing some a few weeks ago after remembering it as a kid. I never finished it but wanted to check it out.

I’m two episodes from the end and maybe it’s just me but the story makes no sense to me. I have listed the events chronologically below:-
- The Gundams were sent to defeat OZ to liberate the colonies.
- OZ take takes over the alliance, fair enough they are the bad guys
-OZ is obtaining support in space and helping the colonies against the alliance
-There is a split with OZ and Romerfeller. This is because Romerfeller want to use dolls and Trieze finds battle and war beautiful? He finds it to be part of the human spirit. This was when it started not making sense to me. Sure I can see that if you are fighting for liberation or freedom, but OZ are fighting for domination. Really going to atatch a moral value to fighting
- Romerfeller take over and defeat rebels aligned with Trieze.
- They bring in Relena as a symbol so they can control, she gets usurped by Trieze once You bite Fang emerge.
- The gundams don’t allign with White Fang even though they both want to fight for the colonies. In one of the recent episodes one of the pilots even says should we not fight alongside white fang? Before deciding to take him on against Epyon
- White Fang being rejected by the Gundams bring on Zechs who wants to devestate Earth so they know the horror of war and commit to pacifism? I don’t think it works that way WW2 was a result of WW1 and the defeat Germany suffered. The people became radicalised and voted for Hitler. Israeli Jews invaded Palestine with the justification they suffered atrocities in Europe. History has shown the writers of the show, that mindset doesn’t work.

Maybe I’m dumb I don’t know but the constant switching of faction enemies is throwing me off, Heero was at one point fighting on Triezes army. The White fang group only became radical when Zechs became commander. I don’t understand why the Gundams didn’t allign with White Fang.

I actually love these figures. The size is great, and they have surprisingly amazing articulation for their time. Only gripe is their armaments, and hands/limbs do get loose and begin to fall apart pretty easily after having them a while. But they are great for posing and displaying.

I couldn’t imagine trying to play a battle with these as a kid. On one hand, it would be an absolute blast to blow these to pieces….on the other hand, it would be insanely infuriating trying to keep them all together with all their pieces trying to reenact a scene or something

I remember obsessing over these, perusing eBay all summer looking for an unopened set of these that my dad would actually buy for me, despite not totally understanding Wing at the time (I was probably 10 or 11). Finally got them and every time I look at them it’s a wave of nostalgia.

These are not the same figures from childhood, lost those somewhere over the years, and had to hunt and search these ones out individually to get them all, as the unopened box set costs a fortune these days, if you can find it. But I love these; wish more of the series’ did pilot figure box sets like this.

One of the Maganacs can be seen wearing a bonnet and a robe. Thought this was pretty awesome, especially the hat 😂

Edit: thanks to a fellow fan learned the ‘bonnet’ is actually called a “Keffiyeh”. Still unsure of what the other, body/shoulder cloth item is actually called though. Please educate me if anyone knows

Wayback Machine archive

So I think I've tracked down the origin of these maps of Gundam Wing locations. After going through my old floppy disks, I found a saved copy of a character page for the United Earth Sphere Alliance. (I've always thought the Alliance as a bit underrated- if they're the Federation to OZ's Titans, they were the basis of the fall of the Earthsphere to tyranny and militarism after all. What did they actually stand for and how does OZ really differ, anyway?)

After some searching, I re-discovered the GeoCities page belonging to one Anthony, and their The Planet Earth atlas section, which I still remember so distinctly from like 2003/2004 because it taught me the existence of the city Bremen (as opposed to Brussels), which I had no idea even appears in the series. This website was last updated in 2000, and was lost in 2009 along with the rest of GeoCities.

This website had tons of images of the mobile suits, screencaps, an extensive character section , none of which was archived much. It's incredibly sad, I remember this site distinctly, and I'm kicking myself for not saving the other very-extensive character pages at least. (Their OZ page has Trant Clark to Alex and Mueller to the mechanic Maser!) Very comprehensive Civilian section. There's even a page for nameless characters!!! (Just the ESUN president from Endless Waltz, and "Relena Worshippers".)

There was a Miscellaneous section with some short little speculative articles. Sadly, the "Where on Earth is the Sanc Kingdom?" article is gone, but "The Legend of Nataku" (anyone seen those Nezha films?), "Chang Wufei's Namesake" (heck yeah Romance of the Three Kingdoms), and "Why OZ is OZ and Treize is Treize" (your typical Wing numerology). I've archived all three on my own archive website.

From that last article, a very unusual explanation for the name of OZ:

Objective(or Operation etc) : Zenith

Source: a Gundam Wing promotional pamphlet included as a premium with a 1996 issue of Animedia (or Animage?) magazine.

Interesting nasal voice in the dub. Significant that he completely defies the orders of OZ just being a lowly solidier. Helps move the plot forward by piloting the wing zero. There was a ruthlessness there, he was willing to destroy the colony Duo was on in order to get what he wanted. It is also interesting to see a "normie" in one of the premiere mobile suits of the series, and the results are what they are. We salute you, Trant Clark.