| Model number: MSN-02 Code name: Zeong Unit type: prototype Newtype use mobile suit Manufacturer: A Bao A Qu Mobile Suit Factory Operator: Principality of Zeon First deployment: 31 December UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in head Dimensions: head height 17.3 meters Weight: empty 151.2 metric tons; max gross 231.9 metric tons Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 9400 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 187000 kg total Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.81 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range 81000 meters; psycommu system; detachable head, can be operated without main body Fixed armaments: 2 x wire-guided 5-barrel mega particle gun, barrels mounted in manipulator fingers, all barrels in each hand are fire-linked; 2 x mega particle gun, mounted in torso; mega particle gun, mounted in head |
| MSN-02 Zeong |
| Released: 2001 Series: Mobile Suit Gundam Avg. Price: $7.98 Version: 1.0 |
| REVIEW One of the larger Gundam figures, the MSN-02 Zeong is full of gimmicks and great design. It has great articulation, without actually being ver 2.0, but features ball joints for each individual vernier under its skirt, a double ball joint in the waist, and a double jointed head. The head also has been made to detach like in the anime, and each forearm can be seperated and psycommu guide wires inserted to represent the deadly psycommu attack. Two extra hand sets are included, one with straight fingers for a "firing" mode, and another with individually articulated fingers for various grasping poses. Definitely an excellent figure. |
| Unlike previous mobile armors such as the MAN-08 Elmeth, the MSN-02 Zeong was a true mobile suit, built especially for use by Newtype pilots. Developed late in the One Year War, the first Zeong prototype unit was still under construction at the Principality of Zeon's A Bao A Qu asteroid base when Kycilia Zabi ordered pilot Char Aznable to sortie with it in a last-ditch effort to stop the invading Earth Federation Forces. Although only "eighty percent complete," the Zeong was actually at one hundred percent combat capacity, not needing its cosmetic "legs" for a space battle. The Zeong was quite unique in many respects. It was the only mobile suit at the time to have a psycommu system, allowing its Newtype pilot to effectively use its remote-controlled, wire-connected arms, each of which mounted five beam guns in the hands' fingers. Additional beam guns were mounted in the torso, and a powerful beam gun was also mounted in the head. Another unusual aspect of the Zeong was its cockpit, which was placed in the head instead of the traditional torso location (a fact that RX-78-2 Gundam pilot Amuro Ray found out the hard way). In the event of major damage to the body, the Zeong's head could also be separated from the body to continue operating and fighting independently. Pilot: Char Aznable Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam; Gundam Battle Assault (PS1); Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation VS Zeon DX (PS2); Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space (PS2); Gundam Battle Assault 2 (PS1) Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara |
| Overview Articulation: 4 Detailing: 4 Accessories: 4 SCORE: 4 |
| MSiA Features MSN-02 Zeong 2 extra hand sets, one straight fingered, one articulated fingers 2 psycommu guide wires, one straight, one curved |
| 1 = POOR 2 = DECENT 3 = GOOD 4 = EXCELLENT 5 = OUTSTANDING |
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