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Something I've always wondered:

Are the names of the UC mobile suits supposed to mean anything in any language? I know the ones from 0083 did, but those seem to be the exception. I mean really:

Gundam

Dopp

Dom

Gelgoog

Gouf

Acguy

Bound Doc

etc...

OK, Guncannon and Guntank make sense too; but are these strange names supposed to acronyms or something?

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"GUNDAM" is sometimes said to stand for General Usage Non-Discontinuity Augmented Manoeuvring System (with "SUIT" as Space Utility Instrument, Tactical), whilst ZAK was "Zeon Air Kommand", although recently "Zaku" seems to the accepted term. I'm not sure whether these were ever official, I think they originated in fan publications and later became sort-of-not-quite-canon. I think Bandai tried to "officialise" several different Gundam terms and spellings when the series was bought over to the West.

SEED has come up with at least two different versions of what GUNDAM stands for, as seen on cockpit monitor screens. Possibly the longest full name for a mecha in Gundam history is the Full Armour Mobile Space Utility Instrument Tactical, General Usage Non-Discontinuity Augmented Manoeuvring System Zeta Zeta Variable Mobile Space Utility Instrument Tactical and Wave Rider System... :)

Yes, I am slightly scared I didn't have to look up any of the above!

Its worth bearing in mind, though, that with numerous sources and spellings down the years, theres lots of different variations on Gundam words. I've seen the Mobile SUIT "Gouf" rendered as "Guff" or "Goth" and everyones favourite evil space colony empire rendered as "Zeon", "Zion", "Jion" and "Gion".

And then theres the strange case of Quattro Vagina... ;)

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And OT : oh my!! F-ZeroOne, ur nick and avatar reminds me of Star Fleet? are there any toys for this series?

Yes, there were - now heres the spooky bit, most of them were made by Takatoku, who also made a certain transforming fighter plane toy you may have heard of... :) I own a couple - you can see them in action here: http://www.sfxb.co.uk/origins/toys.html - but there were also a couple of X-Bomber toys, various cheapie "vending stall" figures and the like, a Dai-X riding a tricycle (no, really!), a Jumbo Machinder, and my personal toy Holy Grail: the mighty Blitzkrieg Combination Big Dai-X!

They occasionally turn up on e-bay, but I found mine in Tokyo. Oh, I forgot to mention a mostly plastic Dai-X figure which I also found but doesn't appear in the article linked above.

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