HGUC Messer Type-F01 - Hathaway's Flash UNBOXING and Review (PLUS Seam Removal Tip!) 

I was really surprised when I saw that the Messer was fighting Gustav Karls, I was convinced it was gonna go against some jegans. Instead, the jegans had to be relegated to other small duties like firefighting and policing.

In an effort to hide that they made the mobile suit

I can wait to compare the Xi Gundam to the Penelope

When is the Xi gundam coming out?

@@lebleuhero1089 hasn't been announced yet, we just know it's coming eventually bc of the hathaway movies

@@lebleuhero1089 April 2021!

@@jasonarigoni372 Thank you so much! This made my day and I went to my local hobby store today to look at models and nothing interested me. Now I have a model to look forward to :)

Like a sumo match

@@ZakuAurelius I can't believe that you predicted the way how Messer fights the Gustav Karl's in hand to hand combat in the movie

do you got a link?

@@schaksi631 judging by the amount of time that has passed i’m guessing he doesnt

Saw a guy turned his into Napa, pretty nuts.

@@joshuahensley9395 I saw that video also. I don't mean something as complicated as all that.

that's because in-universe it is considered a variant of the Geara Doga.

​@@vustvaleo8068In Wiki, it's also said that it also developed after Sazabi.

At the moment they were hoping for a late July drop for Messer but, since we are at the end of the month its been moved for an expected August arrival.

Yeah its a little ironic. Sponsored by USAGundamshop but they still don't have it available. Bleh.

@@EvilCerealBoX Well that's not really in ZA's control there. Its all on USAGS as a business to handle that for the most part.

@@revytwohands9959 I'm aware. Because I was originally told my USAGS that the shipments were still on schedule at the beginning of last month but yet here we are. Oh well. My backlog is big enough already.

@@EvilCerealBoX Yea the same has happened with me there too so, I know what you mean. And yes, my backlog ultra bad here too 😂

The kit was delayed. Bandai seems to be running on limited production because of corona

Coming~

You could do this and not paint the kit!

For an HG like this, one bottle per color needed will be more than enough. Only time I’ve used more than a full bottle was painting a megasize

@@ZakuAurelius does that apply for MG's too? Just using standard size as an example I understand that a more bulky and bigger design would probably use more bottles.

Indeed!

The FAZZ will be a much higher price. Nu and Saz are both very good models and I do recommend both of them. I’d recommend the FAZZ if you don’t care much about articulation, it’ll mostly just stand there and look badass.

nu and sazabi RGs are lit af

MG Fazz is big boi, its filled with accesories. RG nu and RG sazabi is one of the best rg i've ever seen. I'd recommend Rg nu + sazabi tbh. FAZZ ver ka is kinda pricey and you can get both of those with fazz's price

I believe they just got it in or will this coming week

Yeah why? To put the shield on the right arm? Just switch the elbow parts during assembly

@@ZakuAurelius Could be an easy way to switch the shield.

The UC had a mobile suit size creep going on up to Hathaway's Flash, which is what the Messer is from. Suits were getting bigger and bigger--compare the RX-78 to Zeta to ZZ to Nu Gundam for instance. The Gustav Karl, Messer, Xi, and Penelope were kinda the endpoint of that size creep before things snapped back the other way with the Formula series and into Victory Gundam.

The Messer is designed by Anaheim Electronics, who also made the Marasai for the Titans, so it's consistent in that sense. More specifically they engineered it from the Geara Doga which Anaheim had did the manufacturing work on for the 2nd Neo-Zeon. In-narrative, they deliberately went with a very Zeonic look when the terrorist cell Mafty commissioned them to design a mobile suit for them. Basically yet another tick in the tally for Anaheim working both sides that would eventually lead to the Federation trying to dump them entirely for the in-house SNRI thinktank

gtf234 Yeah I definitely see the Geara Doga elements in this design as well

@@dylanv9463 It's not entirely clear if Anaheim designed the Geara Doga for the Neo Zeon, but it's explicitly stated they were given the manufacturing contract for it, so they had the data to use for subsequent projects and Anaheim wasn't above misappropriating data given to them in confidence. IIRC Char gave them the basics for the psychoframe and Nu Gundam knowing they would leak it to Londo Bell and Amuro. Once the Federation began playing favorites with the SNRI, manufacturing work was the best Anaheim could get for a long while- the SNRI would be given all the lucrative R&D work while Anaheim would assemble the results or develop cheaper mass production models. Ex while the SNRI had the Formula Project, Anaheim was stuck with the scraps of creating the Heavygun, G-Cannon, Jamesgun and Javelin over those decades with large gaps of nothing in between as the Federation fell into a habit of overusing a generation for far too long. They were still mainlining Javelins by the time Zanscare invaded in the UC150's, and by then the Javelin was a 20 year old design and thus grossly underperforming against anything Zanscare made. In that example Anaheim would find business by sponsoring League Militaire much like how they did the AEUG back during the Gryps War- developing for them the Victory Gundams and the Gun-EZ/Gunblaster.

It’ll be reprinted soon I’m sure, just wait

I talked about this during the live stream build. I never got why it was a good or bad thing to have polycaps or not. If the kit stays together and does what it’s supposed to then whatever!

@@ZakuAurelius Maybe Bandai is just doing experiments. I don't have problems with policaps either...but only if they are not exposed directly. I dont' understand why Bandai choose to change this thing again...maybe the kit is less expensive for them to produce...I don't know.

I didn’t wanna have to mask. This didn’t take very long at all, and I don’t really care about the joint durability being slightly lessened because once my kits are painted I leave them in one pose 🤷‍♂️

He went downhill with his reviews lately

@@ShopeeToyFindsPH yeah his voice just annoys me now