1/144 HGUC Zssa (Unicorn Ver.) Review

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▶Retail Price: 2,400 Yen
▶Release Date: June 2014
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▶Intro:
This Ain't The End Of Me by White Comic
▶Outro:
8-bitified version of Believe

[@Xolivas1]

Neo Zeon MS engineer: So how many missiles should we equip on the Zssa? Zeon Commander: Yes.

[@trajano777]

actuall answer to that question is "all of them" lol

[@TheRealTerranMarine]

68 missiles baybee

[@user-ud8zy2dv1k]

its a ms portable macross missile massacre

[@exturkconner]

"How many do we have?"

[@Skrall-Slayer]

Gundam heavyarms, am I a joke to you?

[@barrybend7189]

Walking ammunition explosion.

[@dappercrow1454]

"Because if your going to die from ammunition explosions you might as well be seen from orbit" - Tex from 'Tex talks Battletech - The Thor'

[@danielchew8739]

And paint it yellow.

[@robodoge3004]

Lmao, exactly, if that thing was in warthunder, it would probably ammo cook off everytime it gets shot

[@dappercrow1454]

@@robodoge3004 My head cannon for Zeon MS's like this is that before the OYW some MS engineer found there lover in bed with Char (gender's are unimportant for this Joke) and so now has a hatred for all MS pilots and makes suits that will get there pilots killed. As for the Federation equivalent look up this seen from the movie "The Pentagon Wars" kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4m0Y5-FaM6YeKM.

[@barrybend7189]

@@dappercrow1454 GRAFT.

[@jeru_jj1161]

If there is one thing you gotta praise Unicorn, is that it brought back some older kits that would be painful to get otherwise.

[@TekkaSage]

"The Zssa wont blow you away" -Kakarot197 -looks at all the missiles LIIIIIEEEEESSSS!!!!!

[@trajano777]

i guess now you see why there wasn't a review of this kit out there.

[@redactedz6146]

That's why I dig kakarot's reviews most of the time *(Mk II galore)*

[@vustvaleo8068]

i guess this thing surpasses the Heavyarms Igel in terms of missile load out.

[@MaxHDAvenger]

Yeah lacks the dakka Heavyarms is known for and even the lesser extent NT Alex's gatling gun arms.

[@strikeflyer]

I wish there was an option of having the missiles white and the monoeye green so we can have the unit that aided the Gallus S on boarding the Nahel Argama. Probably with some paint it'll look better than the red.

[@RedWolf777SG]

Don't forget the Kampfer's shotgun.

[@dubyaw9511]

This thing was an absolute beast in one of the SD gundam g generation games due to each missile count as an individual attack.

[@glitchedmatrix55]

So like 68 friggin attacks?

[@rasenshuriken7771]

@@glitchedmatrix55 *"STOP STUNLOCKING ME"* *"I HIT YOU WITH ONE MOVE BRO"*

[@glitchedmatrix55]

@@rasenshuriken7771 precisely

[@leongmkw]

The moment you highlighted the beam saber storage rack in the leg, I was reminded why you are my favourite Gunpla reviewer since 2015 👍

[@fantastiCkiLler92]

Geez, it's 12:50am right now and I'm about to sleep....I guess I can wait....

[@djentlemanjoe5198]

These videos are so helpful, just found this kit in a local hobby store and picked it up because I knew it was getting up there in rarity. Having one video explain color accuracy so I know where to paint is a godsend. Better than scrubbing through Unicorn and ZZ episodes and Google images. Thank you Kakarot

[@mrdude88]

Lucky. I just found out about this kid today, because Bandai is releasing a yellow variant it in Jun-Jul. it’s sold out every where and people on EBay is selling their pre-order for $80-120. Even this version cost just as much as the yellow variant on the second market.

[@djentlemanjoe5198]

@@mrdude88 There's some cases where the premium variants are easier to come across than the standard retail version. Gundam Airmaster was another kit that had this problem. The yellow ZZ Zssa sold out on Pbandai US within 4 minutes of being up. The sleeves version will be reprinted eventually, Bandai reprints kits monthly, however they have nearly 300 high grades and 200 master grades to choose from so it always seems random. December 2021 reprint was a bunch of old rare stuff we haven't seen printed in years like the Messala, Palace Athene, Bawoo, Both Zaku III variants. The hobby was hit hard during covid and everyone was stuck home building gunpla. eventually it will normalize and we wont have to deal with $120 for standard rare high grades.

[@memeshort7189]

Your videos have improved sooo much! I was watching an old review and you almost sound nervous You really seem to get into your work nowadays your enthusiastic voice has a lot of charm

[@bthsr7113]

This is a platform that should avoid melee at all costs. Keep distance to either pepper the enemy with occasional shots, or fire a full salvo before retreating to reload at the mothership. If you're using beam sabers... you've already signed your life away. And don't go getting into dogfights with the gun. If you get hit in one of those pods... Well I hope that you wanted to go out with a bang. TLDR Harass or blitz and run.

[@averagenolife6860]

Nothin' says overkill like a crap ton of missiles

[@zerochi2119]

Megas xlr be like

[@br0k3nvf1n7]

Heavyarms agrees

[@matthewmackenzie-betty6342]

This thing is basically a less scary ideon

[@averagenolife6860]

@@zerochi2119 I miss that show.

[@shauqiharris2772]

Zssa really giving Heavyarms a run for it's missiles.

[@Ming1975]

Love this kit. Loved painting it, love modding it, but comparing it to Iron Blood -Ptui! This MS was around way before iron blood and it's more to one of those Macross missile barrage mechs.

[@D.Snom.]

And I’ve been looking forward for this!!

[@CultMechanicus]

Love the Zssa super underrated in my opinion. Thanks for the content.

[@mrdude88]

Damn, I want this figure. Too bad on eBay it cost like $80-120. And the yellow variant (the one I really want) cost just as much and it’s not even released yet.

[@JosephJoboLicayan]

Gundam Suits from 00 usually have the shield hardpoints at the front of the arm. Top of my head I can remember Exia, Astrea, and even Nadleeh. Many of the other GN-powered suits in 00 also have these hardpoints that act as general weapon hardpoints.

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

Approximate mathematics. Roughly 76 missles. 22 on the back unit. 6 in the chest. 6 on the wrists. 12 in the thighs. 20 in the shins. For a mass production machine, this should be enough ammo to murder even low tier plot armor.

[@androyus]

Missile barrage murdering plot armor? This is no Dainsleif, boy! No Dainsleif!!

[@andrewowens4421]

Thing is, one good shot and you got yourself a chain reaction explosion.

[@rasenshuriken7771]

*here comes the sun... doo doo doo doo*

[@ms_factory_88]

This is y I enjoy your channel you review the weird kits that I didnt know existed. Even tho its rated meh I kinda want it

[@HK47Grizzlybeer]

You can mount the shield brace a bit lower aswell to keep the arm articulation free.

[@Kecapsoya]

I just like how you review under appreciate mobile suit 👌 hope there’s more

[@anwenlokier2292]

In my school vr game that thing is a surport unit when doing the unicorn gundam destroyer mode boss fight in the campaign and during the fight there's a rare spawn of the heavyarms

[@adamantaron1140]

I love the bulky design. I want this kit. Hopefully I find it at a slightly cheaper price

[@LuceoX30]

I wanna be the optimist and say that the missing paint isn't something you'll actively miss, but appreciate it when its there.

[@mephosto]

i'm mostly impressed by your ability to pronounce some of these names

[@jerrybot7321]

This MS has so many missiles it's a hazard to itself. It's basically like strapping yourself to a bomb. One minor hit from the enemy and then BOOM! LOL.

[@MrMechaMan]

I wonder when will Kakarot197 review the HG Murasame

[@shezmu24]

This looks like an excellent kit to try one of those hg ibo inner frame conversion mods on

[@Darcon1986]

😃😃😃 😲😲😲 I did not know this mobile suit, very interesting HG model, I don ' t have it .... thanks for the video, very illustrative.

[@joshuahensley9395]

a lot of sort comings but i think its still neat and if you're willing to do some custom work it would be a great looking kit, with a unique silhouette

[@gunplagoon]

Awesome kit 🔥

[@JeffStAndre]

i like it and would probably paint it in the ZZ colors. really wish they'd make an updated Jamru Fin.

[@andrehashimoto8056]

62 missiles.... A Vietnam era AH1-G with a full dumb fire rocket pod load carried about 72-76 FFAR HEAT rockets, given that spamming rockets meant to Kill/Severely Disable their respective Targets (Tanks/MS) are a basic attack method of Helicopter strikes from before ATGM era, this Zeon MS is basically an Attack Helicopter in MS shape

[@AgentWebs]

I absolutely love the zssa

[@whataboutvietnam]

“Wanna see an ammo rack explosion?”

[@NickDyers]

dang, this mono eyed lizard got so many missiles! I love it!

[@carlosarce6352]

Back in the day ,l had the yellow version, but it wasn't as detailed as this one, NICE!

[@nicemarex5]

this kit look really good just a little bit paint job it will be perfect.a differnet between zeta ver. is sleeve then I will prepare for eputty

[@paakdisayaniyom]

I wish that this kit would come with an alternate parts and accessories (for the unit that has a shotgun) that would be awesome and worth 2,400 yen.

[@macfurry3214]

The hard part: Print all missile bays from red to black. By the way, gj on introduce the HGUC models, I thought everyone prefer the Wing or Seeds.

[@Arrowdodger]

This is pretty neat, though the stickers would probably make me hesitate on this unless I saw it on sale.

[@aquaticlandshark352]

Oh so it DOES come with missiles!

[@SoulstrikerV]

It was also meh piloting the yellow version of this thing in Gundam Battle Universe. Non-stop missile barrage, and you hope some of them hits that fast moving MS you're fighting before it sneaks up on you and delivers a melee beatdown on your not-so-maneuverable ass. I felt safer in a GM Sniper II or a Gelgoog.

[@natsu2010]

As orange metallic with black frame and backpack this could look sick as a custom.

[@theofficialavenger]

the only other MS i can think of that uses a front-mounting shield is the Exia, and it's similarly limiting on her

[@mikemanansala6221]

Can you make a list about the top underrated ms pilots? I'm sure that will be interesting to see

[@sjcobra84]

Where has this boy been all my life? Reminds me of something out of Titanfall. I so gotta get him. 😭🤣

[@YukitoOnline]

I'm still waiting for the promised Dedicated video for the *"Alice System"* in Gundam Sentinel.

[@kelvinchewjw]

the amount of missiles is comparable to any armored valkyrie or a queadluun-rau

[@joe74509migo]

Armored vf31s has way more missiles, but zasa is still cool though

[@eisenklad]

compare the Zssa to Macross's armored valkyries... especially the macross frontier version since early versions are stuck in battroid mode. in Gerwalk mode, armored valkyries look like the Zssa hunched over... then missile spam begins.

[@WindBreaker-hn5fz]

is the shield not able to be mounted closer to the wrist? the way the arm is molded kinda suggests that it is possible, unless that puts a lot of stress on the brace.

[@Takaryu-Darkfluid5]

Dude, there are 66 missiles on that thing! Also, I had to add up the missiles on the back, arms, and chest and they equal 34 missiles! The 32 in the legs were not really needed!

[@laintme7857]

With the right pilot... This MS can be very dangerous!!

[@Adyen11234]

I was wonder why you haven't made a video on your thoughts on the G40 redesign of the original Gundam? Mono-eye sensor on top of the head ftw?

[@mcfeliz200]

Could you not attach the shield to the lower set of holes to preserve articulation?

[@TheRealTerranMarine]

I think the side flaps on the thrust pack are supposed to be airbrakes like with actual fighters, albiet, kinda useless if this thing was in a zero-g enviroment

[@ZarlLarlack]

Exia's shield connects to the front of the arm

[@PsychoStreak]

Y'know what? The Zssa makes the Always Bulky Zaku III look... not so bulky.

[@JosephJoboLicayan]

Whats the use of the holes/hardpoints at the top of the boosters outer missle pods?

[@VSigma725]

Wait...why can't you put the shield on the lower circles on the forearm? I swear I've done that with my yellow version of the Zssa.

[@Zretgul_timerunner]

Dont you mean the "Walking Missile Dispencer" allternatively The "How many missiles you can fit in a mobile suit bet taken to its extreme"

[@corbingarrison7167]

This thing is terrifying in GBO2 so much stun

[@erbertadonis597]

Michael Bay Mobile Suit... its a freaking space bomber!

[@d.3465]

looks like a labor from patlabor

[@CT-Clone]

So, what should we give you for you to make a Genoace?

[@MrPatriot112]

You know what I like about model kits? Custom jobs.

[@pillarman-3127]

How you make him stand without an action base and with all that backpack load out? For me he can't.

[@AFlyingEwok]

A wise builder once said; don't judge a Dom by it's knee articulation.

[@MaxHDAvenger]

Why is the Zssa pretty short compared to the Doven Wolf and Zaku III? Not counting the booster that makes up the whole height of it.

[@kenanhartanto6799]

Let's call this dude Gusion-Heavyarms

[@gravemindpenis]

One shot from a boozka or even a well placed shot beam rifle shot and you high tech mech suit and its expensive missiles go down the drain

[@animeaisyah105]

The thing look like a tortoise that had a hunchback backpack and ton of missile without a neck

[@themrfives]

YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY MISSILES!

[@Delicious_cannon_minion]

Imagine you were a gaza-c pilot escorting the zssa and then the zssa gets hit:

[@zudahkai94]

How do you hide something like this from the government.

[@MasterSwo]

If I counted those missiles right, we should be looking at... 66 MISSILES?! Umm... overcompensating much?!

[@pakheifung4450]

This unit just feels like something from macross I can’t lie

[@ebindelgado9660]

Sweet heart I have so many missiles, missiles for days

[@elydelapenajr.1146]

that'll make trowa barton blush! haha

[@Arrowdodger]

66 missiles, I think, overall, but it's certainly possible I am missing some.

[@gideonthangcin8179]

Hey wheres the kampfer shotgun?

[@darrylgilbert2893]

that very have lot of missiles

[@profmtrfkrz6917]

Heavyarms is shaking

[@DRWHO-UNIT-COSPLAY]

Its a missile goblin!

[@ReptilianLepton]

Call it a Destroid and it'd be perfectly at home in Macross.

[@Gaarafan007]

Needs more dakka. More!

[@canisarcani]

'Murica personified

[@erllukep.2159]

I find it cute for some reason

[@ferstp77]

Looks like something from front mission franchise to be honest

[@danielchew8739]

Basically a BM-21 Grad but Mobile Suit.

[@teddydayoooo]

I wish this was in Gundam Breaker 3..

[@sim.frischh9781]

Given the military uses green because they usually are on ground and thus hide with grass colors, a space faring mecha might need other colors for camouflage. Same with fighter jets, US fighters then to have that cloud grey color. Now, what color would make sense for space?

[@Spaceman0720]

White for dispersing and deflecting heat quickly. Its why spacecraft are white. Doesnt really matter what color is given to a spacecraft since youll be fighting your enemy in space beyond visual range.

[@sim.frischh9781]

@@Spaceman0720 Good point. Also, white paint has the lowest weight!

[@RevanR]

That's alot -Dakka- Rokkit

[@glitchedmatrix55]

I counted around 67-68 missiles.

[@speedstriker]

8:54 I see what you did there.

[@spicymeatball3807]

Looks like a modified jagd doga

[@BlueMSX.]

now the zssa is cool and all, but what about the zssan?