| Model number: MS-07B Code name: Gouf Unit type: mass production ground combat mobile suit Manufacturer: Zeonic Company Operator: Principality of Zeon First deployment: UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: overall height 18.7 meters; head height 18.2 meters Weight: empty 58.5 metric tons; max gross 75.4 metric tons Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1034 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 40700 kg total Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.54 G; maximum ground running speed 99 km/h Equipment and design features: sensors, range 3600 meters Fixed armaments: 5-barrel 75 mm machinegun, barrels mounted as left hand fingers; heat rod, retractable, variable heat/electric shock charge, mounted in right forearm Optional fixed armaments: shield, mounted on left forearm Optional hand armaments: 120 mm machinegun, drum-fed, 100 rounds per drum; heat sword, battery powered, stored in shield, hand-carried in use; 280mm Zaku bazooka, 4 round magazine (Do Dai YS technical data and history below) |
| MS-07B Gouf & Do Dai YS |
| MSiA Features MS-07B Gouf heat sword shield, mounts to left arm 2 tentacle heat whips, one short, one long extra hand |
| Released: 2001 Series: Mobile Suit Gundam Avg. Price: $7.98 Version: 1.0 |
| REVIEW Ranba Ral's Gouf is one of the earlier Gundam figures, and much like the Zaku II figure, features poor joint design, with no ball joint for the head, shoulder joints with little range of motion, skirt armor that restricts leg movement, and lower leg armor that barely lets the feet move at all. The overall sculpt is bland, lacking even the same amount of detail the Zaku II figure had. Accessories include 2 heat whips, one short, one long, a shield, a heat sword, and a spare hand made for holding the heat whip. The Do Dai YS is a large bomber / transport designed to carry the Gouf into battle. The Gouf figure can ride on top, but falls off easily during play and is more suited to being displayed in this manner. The Do Dai is nicely detailed, but the wings are prone to bending easily. Overall a good figure. |
| Designed as a high-performance replacement for the MS-06J Zaku II, the ground combat MS-07B Gouf became famous during the One Year War at the hands of ace Zeon pilot Ramba Ral. Though his personal Gouf was technically a prototype (possibly the YMS-07B), the production-model Gouf which came off the assembly line shortly thereafter was exactly identical. This fully-equipped production model B-type Gouf immediately followed a limited production run of A-type Goufs, which were produced without the built-in armaments of the standard B-types due to a parts shortage. However, the standard Gouf lived a short life itself, as production was quickly halted and the new ground combat MS-09 Dom went into production. Though the Gouf's production run was short, units were deployed all across the world, including places such as Australia and the Gobi Desert. The Gouf proved to be a nasty menace to the crew and mobile suit pilots stationed aboard the Federation assault carrier White Base. RX-78-2 Gundam pilot Amuro Ray was easily overwhelmed during his first encounter with Ramba Ral's Gouf, and in post-battle analysis Amuro tried to simulate the Gouf as an improved F-type Zaku. Unfortunately for the White Base crew, the Gouf was above and beyond anything they had encountered at that point in the war. The Gouf was armed with a five-fingered machinegun for a left hand and a deadly tentacle-like "heat rod" on its right arm, which Ramba could use as either a superheated slicing weapon or a grappling weapon with an electric shock effect. The Gouf could also carry all of the standard Zaku hand armaments, notably the standard 120 mm machinegun. Pilot(s): Ramba Ral, Habe, March, Visch Donahue, Renchef, Manning Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny (manga); Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise from the Ashes (Dreamcast); Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation VS Zeon DX (PS2); Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo (PS2); Mobile Suit Gundam 0079: Zeonic Front (PS2) Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara |
| Overview Articulation: 2 Detailing: 3 Accessories: 3 SCORE: 3 |
| 1 = POOR 2 = DECENT 3 = GOOD 4 = EXCELLENT 5 = OUTSTANDING |
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| Unit type: bomber Armament: missile launcher x 8 |
| The Do Dai YS was designed as a bomber and transport for the MS-07B Gouf mobile suit. It featured 8 missile launchers along its front, with thin wings and a flat body. It was relatively slow and depended heavily on the Gouf riding it for support in combat, as it had no air to air weapons and could be easily picked off by fighters. The Do Dai would later be upgraded into the Do Dai II, a vast improvement over the original design. Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara |