Gundam Poll: Mobile Armor

[Temjin747K]

So guys, which Mobile Armor from the Gundam series do you think is the coolest?

MA-05 Bigro

MA-04X Zakrello

MA-06 Val Varo

MAN-03 Braw Bro

MA-08 Big Zam

OMAX-01 Grand Zam

MA-05Ad Big Rang

AMA-00GR Zero The R

MAM-07 Grabro

MAX-03 Adzam

AMX-002 Neue Ziel

NZ-333 Alpha Anzieru

Apsalus I

Apsalus II

Apsalus III

MAN-08 Elmeth

and let me know if I forgot any Mobile Armors, okay?

[guarayakha]

AMA-X7 Shamblo

[Temjin747K]

thank you.

also, there's one thing I don't get about Mobile Armors: How come the folks who do the Gundam series make the Mobile Armors bigger than Mobile Suits?

plus, the MAN-08 Elmeth, Apsalus II, MA-05 Bigro, MAN-03 Braw Bro, and MAX-03 Adzam are my personal favorite Mobile Armors, because they're powerful and look so dang cool! it's also because the Apsalus II has the head of a Zaku II, which is cool!

[Temjin747K]

I just remembered something...Gundam SEED has MA's as well!

TS-MA2 Moebius

TS-MA2mod.00 Moebius Zero

MIP-X1, the ancestor of all Mobile Armors in the Universal Century era. Also, the MA-05 Bigro descended from the MIP-X1.

GNMA-04B11 Trilobite

GNMA-XCVII Alvatore

GNMA-0001V Regnant transformable MA

GNMA-Y0001 Empruss

MAJ-V34 Jiachong ground-use MA. Also there's an Engineer-Type model boasting a roller and a plow, and an AI-controlled version.

GNMA-Y0002V Gadelaza

MA-08-2 Big Zam Kai

[neo helbeast]

I just remembered something...Gundam SEED has MA's as well!

Gundam Seed is terrible. In fact I'd go so far as to say all series after G Fighter suck.

[Temjin747K]

it's your opinion Neo Helbeast.

ZMT-A30S Birknau

AMA-100 Z'od-iacok. This baby can separate into the Zoon I and Zoon II MA's.

NZ-444 Beta Azieru (Mobile Suit variation of the NZ-333 Alpha Azieru)

EMA-10 Divinidad

Dagui

EMA-06 Elegolea in humanoid mode

ZMT-A31A Doggorla

MAK-005S Gaplant Kai

ORX-005 Gaplant transformable MA in Mobile Armor mode

MAN-05 Gromlin

MAN-05B Gromlin Fossil

EMA-03 Gangrijo

MA-05R Big Roof

AMX-002S Neue Ziel II

Gazarello

[chunkypuff31]

Hmm.. Surprised you left out the Psyco Gundam. Nothing says "cool" like a giant floating block-thing.

I just remembered something...Gundam SEED has MA's as well!

Gundam Seed is terrible. In fact I'd go so far as to say all series after G Fighter suck.

Neo, you are a horrible person.

[Temjin747K]

the Psyco Gundam is a transformable Mobile Suit

[chunkypuff31]

the Psyco Gundam is a transformable Mobile Suit

I dunno. I'm pretty sure it counts as a Mobile Armor.

[S-Advent]

the Psyco Gundam is a transformable Mobile Suit

I dunno. I'm pretty sure it counts as a Mobile Armor.

Knowledge in the Gundam series is somewhat scarce in 747K. Also, proof is proof, but remember, you can't always be right.

[Temjin747K]

forgive me, I assumed that the Psyco Gundam was just a supersized transformable Mobile Suit.

MRX-010 Psyco Gundam Mk. II

MRX-012 Psyco Gundam Mk. III

I guess it's safe to say that not all Mobile Armors have to be non-humanoid.

[Temjin747K]

PKF-05 Buran from Operation Buran UC 0079

NRMA-006 Gadeel

EMA-04 Elefante

EMA-07 Nautilus

MA-05M Bigro Meir

MAN-010 G-3 ("Ge Drei")

Amon Doc

MA-08S Big Zam Zabi Family Custom

NRX-044 Asshimar. heck, this guy's a transformable MA

MA-09 Mass Production Big Zam

for some reason, Psyco Haro here is classified as a *snigger* Mobile Armor

AMA-100C Mass Production Z'od-iacok

[Temjin747K]

say guys, are these brain-like things seen in the cutaway pictures of the Braw Bro and Elmeth supposed to be their Psycommu Systems? Just curious.

EDIT: found a new MA

this is the MAN-00X-2 NT Zakrello, a variation of the original failed prototype MA-04X combining both the Flanagan Institute's Braw Bro and MIP's Zakrello

[Temjin747K]

XMA-02 Ebirhu Doga

XMA-01 Rafflesia

[Temjin747K]

MAN-003 Patulia in cruise mode

MA-06 Grandeene

[Tet]

Overall, the standard trend for MAs is, with my level of understanding, generally less of an actual "suit" resembling humanoids, although if we take into account Psyco, it seems the difference is more along the lines of whether they're a Heavily Armored Siege Engine or a faster, more mobile sort of cavalry unit, jeep, what have you. I don't know much about the more technical aspects of the Psyco, though, so I tend to ignore him, as that makes the distinction more of whether it's humanoid like or more of a vehicle. MAs tend to also be packed with more firepower than your standard MS, although it's restricting in what it can mount, while a large majority of MSs can simply exchange weapons.

I digress, though, as my technical knowledge of the Gundam series has dwindled for a long while, as I only recently started checking info and watching series of it just recently. That being said, my favorite MA depends on what we're classifying as my favorite. The most battle effective? The most appealing to the eye? Its standard pilot? With all that in mind, it's definitely the Zakrello. Best MA ever. Nothing could possibly beat it at all. Best MA ever. Yup.

[Airrider1]

I'm not as studied in mobile armor as I ought to be, but I like all the really fighter-looking ones. Probably just because I'm just a really big fighter geek.