| RGZ-91 Re-GZ Refined Gundam Zeta & Back Weapon System (BWS) |
| Released: 2002 Series: Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack Avg. Price: $10.99 Version: 1.0 |
| Overview Articulation: 4 Detailing: 5 Accessories: 5 SCORE: 5 |
| MSiA Features RGZ-91 Re-GZ Refined Gundam Zeta beam rifle shield, mounts to forearm in MS mode, mounts underneath BWS in Wave Rider mode beam saber with detachable beam blade Back Weapon System crossbar, used in Wave Rider mode |
| 1 = POOR 2 = DECENT 3 = GOOD 4 = EXCELLENT 5 = OUTSTANDING |
| REVIEW This is a great figure. It features ver. 2.0 articulation, with double jointed knees and ball jointed wrists, and no impeding of its movement by armor or design. The sculpt is dead on, both on the figure and the Back Weapon System. The shield can mount to either forearm, and has a attaches underneath the BWS in Wave Rider mode. Accessories include a beam rifle, and a beam saber with a detachable blade. The Back Weapon System docks with the figure, and the end result is reminiscent of the XXXG-01W Wing Gundam. The beam rifle stores in the shield, and the figure does a half transformation to complete the Wave Rider mode. The only drawback is the soft plastic used tends to let this mode dropp at teh wings, and is prone to falling apart. Otherwise, an outstanding figure. |
| A prototype mobile suit intended for mass production, Anaheim Electronics' RGZ-91 Re-GZ was a simplified version of the AEUG's MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam used in the Gryps War and the Neo Zeon War. The Re-GZ (short for "REfined Gundam Zeta") eliminated the costly and complex transformation systems used by the Zeta Gundam, instead docking with a specialized "Back Weapon System" (or "BWS") unit which allowed the Re-GZ to assume a waverider-like form for additional mobility. As the mobile suit's weapons could not be used in this docked configuration, the BWS was armed with beam weapons and missile launchers, giving the Re-GZ considerable firepower in waverider mode. In the end, however, the Re-GZ would still be deemed to expensive to facilitate mass-production, and the design project was dropped. The Re-GZ prototype would end up being employed by the Earth Federation Forces' "Londo Bell" taskforce during the Second Neo Zeon War, piloted first by reknown Newtype ace Amuro Ray, and later by mobile suit squadron leader Kayra Su. Pilot(s): Amuro Ray, Kayra Su, Chan Agi Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack; Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - Beltorchika's Children (novel) Original mechanical designer: Yutaka Izubuchi |
| Model number: RGZ-91 Code name: Re-GZ Unit type: pre-mass production transformable mobile suit Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics Company Operator: Londo Bell Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso Dimensions: mobile suit mode: overall height 21.5 meters, head height 20.5 meters Weight: mobile suit mode: empty 24.7 metric tons, max gross 55.2 metric tons Construction: gundarium alloy on moveable frame Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 2550 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 14200 kg, 4 x 11000 kg, 2 x 8600 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 19 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration: mobile suit mode 1.62 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range 14200 meters; dummy launchers in hands; optional Back Weapon System, docks with mobile suit to create waverider form, provides additional weaponry Fixed armaments: 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head, operable in mobile suit mode only; 2 x 2-tube grenade launcher, mounted on hip armor plates, operable in mobile suit mode only; 2 x 2-tube grenade launcher, 2 round magazine per tube, mounted in forearms, operable in mobile suit mode only; 2 x beam saber, power rated at 0.7 MW, stored in recharge racks in forearms, hand-carried in use, operable in mobile suit mode only Optional fixed armaments: shield, mounted on either forearm, mounts 3-slot hand grenade rack; Back Weapon System (mounts large beam cannon; 2 x beam cannon, fire-linked; various missile launchers), operable when linked with mobile suit in waverider mode Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, power rated at 3.8 MW, powered by replaceable energy cap |
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