Valkyrie addict Posted April 23, 2007 Posted April 23, 2007 So...I was playing with my 1/60 YF-19 in Gerwalk and an interesting question poped on my mind... we all know and seen that the YF-19 carries extra mags for the gunpod on the shield carried on the other arm, but in Gerwalk how will it change mags?? I can't imagine any kind of anime magic for the 19 to bend it's arms and put the extra clip... so, I know it's just an anime and it should matter but any theories?? or will it have to change into battroid or fighter to remag??? Quote
Mr March Posted April 23, 2007 Posted April 23, 2007 Personally, I always thought reloading the magazine was possible only in battroid mode. Unless there's some additional heretofore unmentioned mechanism involved, I can't see how the gunpod reloads in Fighter mode and Gerwalk doesn't seem like a possibility either. Interesting question nonetheless. Quote
eugimon Posted April 23, 2007 Posted April 23, 2007 It's all anime magic. The lengths of the arms on the yf-19 shrink and extend depending on what crazy pose isamu was putting it in. so I'm sure in gerwalk mode, if and when the time came, the go-go gadget arms will extend to the appropriate length in order to accommodate the magazine swap. Quote
Kurisama Posted April 24, 2007 Posted April 24, 2007 Hmmm... what ever happened to those small manipulator (x2 or x3???) arms from the VF-1's fore arms? Y'know when Roy helps Hikaru out in ep.2??? Where they ever used in any other Vf's???? Quote
JB0 Posted April 24, 2007 Posted April 24, 2007 Hmmm... what ever happened to those small manipulator (x2 or x3???) arms from the VF-1's fore arms? Y'know when Roy helps Hikaru out in ep.2??? Where they ever used in any other Vf's???? Ya know what's bad? I was just thinking exactly the same thing. I suspect they were abandoned, but to be honest, I never saw why they were on the VF-1 in the first place. Quote
Kurisama Posted April 24, 2007 Posted April 24, 2007 please excuse the crudeness of this sketch - as i am at work, but... here is my theory for the arms, close quater combat.... Quote
Mephistopheles Posted April 24, 2007 Posted April 24, 2007 please excuse the crudeness of this sketch - as i am at work, but... here is my theory for the arms, close quater combat.... Seems to be the only logical reasoning for having those small manipulator arms. At any rate, there really shouldn't even be a need for magazines as the gun pod should use one big chain of ammo. They thought it would be cool to have a chain gun be magazine fed I guess even though it contradicts the reason behind having a chain gun in the first place. Quote
Mr March Posted April 24, 2007 Posted April 24, 2007 Hmmm... what ever happened to those small manipulator (x2 or x3???) arms from the VF-1's fore arms? Y'know when Roy helps Hikaru out in ep.2??? Where they ever used in any other Vf's???? Those are the "magic hand" manipulators for maintenance use. Now that's a good idea! I wonder if they did keep using those things in future variable fighters. They could certainly be used to reload the gun pod, esepcially since the arms are right next to the gun pod in fighter mode. Though, the arms are folded away in fighter mode, with only a single facet of the arm section exposed. THe old magic hands came one from each facet of the battroid forearm. Might be tricky to make it work. Quote
GutsAndCasca Posted April 24, 2007 Posted April 24, 2007 please excuse the crudeness of this sketch - as i am at work, but... here is my theory for the arms, close quater combat.... *laughing* What a great picture! Hey if you get anymore similar ideas be sure to put them down on paper as well. Priceless! Quote
1/1 LowViz Lurker Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 (edited) Roy uses those in SDF:macross on hikaru's vf. It's a good thing the 19 has lasers to fight with in fighter mode still. Maybe the gunpod was mainly designed to be used in battroid mode mostly against other robots for its stopping power, while the lasers were for shooting down other fighters? (more accuracy?) I like the idea of the battroids having the bullet proof shield as a way to try to lessen damage from gunpods even though zentradi use energy weapons where a PPB is enough. Edited May 8, 2007 by 1/1 LowViz Lurker Quote
The Nighthawk Posted May 8, 2007 Posted May 8, 2007 Hmmm... what ever happened to those small manipulator (x2 or x3???) arms from the VF-1's fore arms? Y'know when Roy helps Hikaru out in ep.2??? Where they ever used in any other Vf's???? Well, the VF-17D seems to have them as well; Gamlin uses some kind of small manipulator in M7 (can't recall the ep#, I believe it's 13 or 14?) to grab a fragment left behind from City 7 after the Protodeviln hijack it. I'd guess they were built-in somewhere, though exactly where I'm not sure. Quote
shoopdawhoop Posted May 10, 2007 Posted May 10, 2007 the YF-19 could even punch its enemy while in gerwalk mode Quote
Dio Posted May 13, 2007 Posted May 13, 2007 I just thought of this earlier... could the YF-19 swing the gunpod around 180 degrees in his hand (like he's firing it backwards) and then just point the back end to the other hand, or the clip attached to the bottom of the shield? Someone with the toy should try this pose and see if it works in practice. Quote
s001 Posted May 18, 2007 Posted May 18, 2007 Maybe the grip of the gunpod rotates in the base like the vf-1's GU-11, as seen on macross dyrl when max kills that zentraedi shooting him on the head. Quote
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