| MS-09 Dom Desert Version |
| MSiA Features MS-09 Dom Desert Version giant bazooka heat saber (stored version) heat saber (heated version) |
| Released: 2001 Series: Mobile Suit Gundam Avg. Price: $5.76 Version: 1.0 |
| REVIEW Released as part of the "Real Type" figure wave, the MS-09 Dom Desert Version is identical to the original Dom figure, except in a new tan and brown color scheme. Sadly, all of the original's problems have followed this version. The head is a seperate piece, but due to the design and how it's set into the body, it might as well have been molded to it. The shoulder armors don't stay in position well, and tend to either slide forward or back. The hands can't hold the giant bazooka well, and it has a tendency to fall out of its grip easily. Posing it holding the large weapon over its shoulder is near impossible. The legs are a step up over older figures however, with great clearance for movement from the hips all the way to the feet. A small loop is attached to the back of the figure for holding the stored version of the Dom's heat saber, and a second "heated" version is provided with the figure also. Unfortunately, the bad head design, shoulder armor, and inability to hold its weapons make the Dom a poor figure. |
| Following the final testing and trials of the YMS-09 Prototype Dom, the standard production type MS-09 immediately began rolling off the Zeonic Corps' assembly lines. Supplanting the recently-produced MS-07B Gouf as the mainstay ground combat unit of Zeon's mobile suit forces, the Dom line's place was assured as a agile, heavy-type mobile suit for the next several years. The first three production Doms were given to Zeon's "Black Trinary" aces and stationed as the frontline defense for M'Quve's Odessa mining base during the One Year War. Though their amazing ground speed and agility gave the crew of the invading Federation carrier White Base a hard time, the Black Trinary was simply outmatched by the emerging Newtype abilities of RX-78-2 Gundam pilot Amuro Ray. Amuro was able to dodge the Black Trinary's infamous coordinated "jetstream" attack - destroying all three of the Doms in the process. Pilot(s): Gaia, Mash, Ortega, Abraham, Rayburn Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team; Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny (manga); Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise from the Ashes (Dreamcast); Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo (PS2); Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation VS Zeon DX (PS2); Mobile Suit Gundam 0079: Zeonic Front (PS2) Original mechanical designers: Kunio Okawara |
| Model number: MS-09 Code name: Dom Unit type: mass production ground combat mobile suit Manufacturer: Zimmad Company Operator: Principality of Zeon First deployment: UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 18.6 meters Weight: empty 62.6 metric tons; max gross 81.8 metric tons Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1269 kW Propulsion: "ground effect" hover jet thrusters: 58200 kg total Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.71 G; maximum ground running speed 90 km/h; maximum ground hovering speed 240 km/h Equipment and design features: sensors, range 5400 meters Fixed armaments: scattering beam gun, mounted in torso; heat saber, battery powered, stored in recharge rack on back, hand-carried in use Optional hand armaments: 360 mm giant bazooka, clip-fed, 10 rounds per clip; 120mm machinegun, drum fed |
| Overview Articulation: 1 Detailing: 2 Accessories: 2 SCORE: 1 |
| 1 = POOR 2 = DECENT 3 = GOOD 4 = EXCELLENT 5 = OUTSTANDING |
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