1/144 HGUC Messala Review

[@VCXZ883]

Making the pointer girl blush when she was pointing to the stickers on the crotch was a neat touch.

[@An_Owl_named_VIPER]

Ye

[@gunpla_sk8]

Quality editing 👍🏼

[@danielloh4483]

I'm just wondering though... _Who_ is the pointer girl?

[@An_Owl_named_VIPER]

@@danielloh4483 good question

[@dexexmachinatu4151]

@@danielloh4483 Ellen Baker (Japanese: エレン・ベーカー) is a fictional tutor character featured in the 2016-2019 edition of New Horizon, a Japanese textbook that is widely used for English-language education in middle schools. Edit: taken from Know Your Meme

[@ShinSuperSaiyajin]

Messala deserves a Master Grade. Loved how it was first introduced in Zeta Gundam

[@Tokumastu1]

The design team really went above and beyond when it came to the unit designs for Zeta. The Messala is a prime example, despite being the first transforming unit we see it still has a nice design even in mobile armor mode.

[@XeviousD]

If this MS/MA is part of the Zeta Project, then......

[@M1kaelJohansson]

I think the Asshimar is the first unit that transforms on screen actually. The Messala is definitely cooler than ol' flying donut though

[@masterkent1]

@@M1kaelJohansson no messala is the first as it transforms point blank on Emma's rick dias and disables it which makes her unable to descend to jaburo

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

This is one of my favorite MS. Paptimus Scirocco was a great character. Captain of a huge interplanetary ship and all he does is design and build his own custom mobile suits which are superior to anything the Federation, AEUG, Zeon or even Anaheim Electronic can come up with. He even had female characters falling for him and even betraying their friends and switching sides. Too bad he had to be a villain and die.

[@Crim-kun]

to this day i still chuckle that in build divers re:rise some absolute madlad looked at this kit and thought you know what it needs gn drives replacing the thrusters on the booster pods

[@yuutoyamazaki6154]

Gn powered messala 👌👌

[@redactedz6146]

Won't be surprised if that diver owns a Gaplant with GN drives. *Including the giant ass booster

[@apocalypticsurvivor6111]

What ep

[@Crim-kun]

@@apocalypticsurvivor6111 either 2nd to last or last episode

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

5:26 if you have the adapter facing backwards, you can plug the Messala onto the base without worrying about it falling over.

[@DuiDui92]

Remember that Messala with 6 massive GN Thruster in Build Diver Re:Rise final episode ? That thing was lit

[@anselgatus5290]

It was pretty memorable for those who've seen it

[@fernan-dog3533]

Actually my favorite Scirocco MS, there is something on it that looks really nice.

[@FordLancer]

Mine too. I cannot wait to get this.

[@redc7146]

Same. It’s easily his best

[@marcomeinnel6955]

It's a mobile armor 😂

[@fernan-dog3533]

@@marcomeinnel6955 Actually a transformable MS.

[@marcomeinnel6955]

@@fernan-dog3533 actually a transformable MA, like the Gaplant, Psychi Gundam, it alway launch in Ma mode then transform, unlike transformable MS like the Methuss and the Zeta which launch in MS mode then transform

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

It's so nice to see the Messala receive some justice especially after Jobbythehong's review of this thing.

[@racer164]

Yeah I'm not a huge fan jobbythehong

[@fused481]

Well it did have ridiculously tight leg joints .

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

That's not what I mean even though he could've disassembled the legs and loosened those hips. Like the MG Deathscythe hell video but in reverse. Dissing the transformation even though it's a pretty good one Lack of research of the Messala as a mobile suit, such as the weapons. I felt like i wanted to take the roll of the Gundam ghost in that video.

[@juandelata]

isn't the messala that jabby got already painted when he received it from the mail? that might be the reason why the one he reviewed has ridiculously tight hip joints yeah I don't like reviews of kits that have already been customized/painted. kits should only be reviewed when built straight from the box without alterations to it so the audience who want the kit would actually know what to expect when they actually buy it

[@JunkyardGod]

That guy's annoying

[@Bobert2020]

THE HIGH GRADE UNIVERSAL CENTURY MESSSSSSALLLLAAAAA Feels weird without a man child with a gundam banner on his face yelling "REVIEW MORE GUNDAM!!!!"

[@kitetenjogalladeknighttosh8863]

I know who your referring to

[@anselgatus5290]

YEEEEEES plus dick thrusting joke.

[@retrogamer41_sepiamta]

That man child stopped reviewing Gundams a long time ago. Even so, he even evicted a certain ghost out of his house. The nerve.

[@An_Owl_named_VIPER]

That ghost is the embodiment of “it’s a GUNDAM!!”

[@anselgatus5290]

Whenever I see this design, I always remember the custom colored kit of it that was sent to JobbytheHong's PO Box. The colors for that really made the suit stand out.

[@theArcanaOFZero]

Was gonna sleep but then saw your vid Made my night! Love your lore videos and reviews!

[@Gingy_2006]

Same here

[@dhoyskie5586]

1:04 she blushes as she points the pp

[@StarforceOnAir]

I'm surprised the USUALLY bulky Zaku III didn't try to kill the Messala like it did with the Sazabi.

[@santetzuken8903]

Built this kit a while back and everything is surprisingly smooth and the best thing about this is that it can stand on its own even with the huge boosters on the back. I could appreciate this kit more if i had seen Zeta though, but overall, it's a very good kit :D

[@waste_disposal1066]

It's great that you made this review because there aren't many reviews on the messala

[@vitcawolfbane]

I would love to see a review of the palace Athene. For some reason I love the look for that suit

[@solarisznight6044]

5:37 it almost look like rex form metal gear

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

1:05 bruh smh

[@neonnwave1]

A Mobile Armour that transforms into a Mobile Suit. Just like the Psycho Gundam. No joke, they are classified as Mobile Armours. Not Mobile Suits.

[@EbeeDeeby]

In Zeta Gundam, does the Messala actually get destroyed or does it just end up getting parked in favor of newer machines?

[@karlosgill]

It isn’t destroyed it just doesn’t have a pilot for the final battle so isn’t used... shame

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

@Neo Shadow Alteisen pretty sure it was on the Jupitris and it got destroyed

[@coleviloria3800]

I just got my bonus for Christmas so I’ll probably be picking this guy up. This suit > Gaplant.

[@NeroLordofChaos]

The transformed mode vaguely reminds me of an Einhander ship...

[@BGLoscar]

Love this way of review that you've been doing.. It's like those pre-youtube Gunpla reviews that you see online with pictures and texts but this time instead of reading, I am listening which is even better cause I am LAZY.. Haha! I like that you have "still shots" when you're talking about aesthetics.. Must be a pain to edit compared your old 1 shot reviews but it must be rewarding when you finish it huh? :)

[@mrridley8967]

Bruh im getting this set for christmas....perfect timing.

[@Gingy_2006]

Hope you have fun building it

[@vustvaleo8068]

the name of this MA always reminds me of chicken tikka masala, lol.

[@simonblanjean6538]

I've been looking for this kit for months. Is this like Highlander? There can be only one Belgian guy with a Messala? Screw it, I'll go hang out with my Gabthley

[@HeirOfSparda]

Whatever happened to the Messala? Was it on the Jupitris when it blew up?

[@Tokumastu1]

It was damaged in one of it's fights against the Zeta while Reccoa was piloting it. Reccoa would go on to just swap to the Palace Athene.

[@gearthehuman2115]

@@Tokumastu1 No, no one's piloting it with Reccoa in Palace Athene, Sara in Bolinoak Sammahn, and Scirocco in The-O in the end of war.

[@Tokumastu1]

@@gearthehuman2115 before Reccoa got the palace Athene she used the Messala. It was damaged in ep 40 when a colony was gassed and ceased by the Titans in order to convert it into the colony laser.

[@PaszerDye]

The narrow neck on BA4A-5 snapped on me, the part of the stand head close to the adapter that slots into the mech. It might be a combination of the plastic not setting right and the fact the Messala is 3 times the size of normal HGs the stand was designed for. Should have been obvious, all the mass and volume was bound to break the neck that's barely 0.6cm x 0.2cm in size.

[@elgatto3133]

FYI: That gray shoulder joint on MS mode does shear if you're not careful with it... Ask me how I know.

[@porkflaps4717]

The Messala's boosters are used in TTT variants. Gotta get two one day. One for cannibalization.

[@haotehmao]

Titans had such awesome looking mobile suits!

[@RicQuintanilla]

The blushing!!!! LoL

[@KaijuCommander]

Kakarot197, between the Messala or the O, which is your favorite Paptimus mobile suit?

[@JuanSolo776]

Great review! Hope they make an RE 1/100 of this in the future.

[@raginidjit457]

HGUC Psycho Gundam still rules the size wars... 😄

[@marksayosmejia7251]

5:38 metal gear.

[@g-maru8486]

if they made a smaller scale in the gundam universe and mass produce it, its a nice aerial combat mass production type, plus the gerwalk mode... :D

[@zjohn6879]

I actually forgot this was in Zeta. When I saw the thumbnail I was wondering what the heck that thing was 😆

[@HamanKarn567]

Scirocco had some cool mobile suits.

[@fishpop]

I'm still waiting on this MS getting into GBO2 since there's not many Zeta MS missing from the game. All that's left is the Messala & Baund Doc. The-O & Byarlant got leaked and the Psycho 2 is the current BOSS.

[@retrogamer41_sepiamta]

Am I the only person who sees it's mobile armor mode looks slightly like the ship R-Gray1 from the Taito SHMUP game "RayStorm"?

[@CT-Clone]

If you could make a mobile suit containing one component each of your favorite suits of the RGM family, such as thrusters, weapons, armor and such, what components from said suits would you use and what would you call the suit itself?

[@whatisnot1926]

Its head looks like Lugnut from transformers. Gundam Ghost has entered the chat.

[@DefaultProphet]

Man Zeta had a lot of mobile suits that were just dogs

[@B1_224]

Definitely buying this one it looks like neo zeon would have used this

[@MB-ur7wt]

One of my favourite MS in Zeta

[@MrDwiko]

Still cannot beat hguc Gaplant trasformation sequence

[@johnandrewmarquez]

Looks like Einhander on mobile armor mode 🔥

[@returntosender5210]

So is the Messala blue or purple? The games consider it as a blue colored unit.

[@VoodooGTR3]

So question to myself is.... Why should I not buy two? Because if I can get my hands on two of these, one will be humanoid form and the other would be in flight/armor mode.

[@razrafz]

i wonder if you could mod and add an actual head on this thing?

[@ludovicocammisa9320]

Might get this just to turn it into an Einhänder

[@LordSpleach]

It's been a while since I watch Zeta, but I swear the Messala just disappeared.

[@andrewmccall9446]

we need a master grade for the messala

[@redohealer2]

General or a Support for GBO2?

[@coleviloria3800]

If it even gets in, I’d love to have The O in.

[@theworldwartoyszero2124]

soon. Before my birthday

[@primusvsunicron1]

Waiting for Bandai to make prepainted 1/144 Gunpla

[@ryujokatagiri7019]

Oh yeah, the MS used in Unicorn Gundam that trashed a bunch of old zeon prototypes in Torrington.

[@leolied6766]

What? This isn't the same MS in Unicorn

[@ryujokatagiri7019]

It's close to being the same one. I mean, the resemblance is there.

[@DarkROSkull013]

If that's a joke, it's a nice half of meant one.

[@damoistpoacher]

Your thinking of the RX-160 Byarlant Maybe Scirocco helped design the byarlant that’s y they look similar

[@marcomeinnel6955]

@@damoistpoacher the Byarlant Custom used the Gabthley Legs as hands. Considering that Scirocco helped Luna II engineers for the Gabthley ...

[@profmtrfkrz6917]

I was going ask you to review this. but oh well

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

This thing is easy angry phalic jokes for my mum. Good thing she is not here and doesn't know about this. You shoulda heard her when me and my brother were discussing Doms. God damn other side of the planet with that Fifty Shades brain of hers. Otherwise, I think this kit is ok in theory. It just is not my kind of MS, but I do admire the engineering.

[@argoth231]

CUE THE EPIC MUSIC.....TRANSFORM!!!!!

[@MrGene198]

10k likes for you awe

[@SamuraiBill]

it almost looks macross. something zentradi.

[@PhilipPetrunak]

Oh wow. So beautiful.

[@SoloWing88]

Ellen just wants to teach you about MS colors, why are you all laughing? /s

[@thompsonlim3247]

Ayyooo

[@whatisnot1926]

I’ve waited 7 years, 4 months and 25 days for you to review that kit. Don’t believe me, here’s a video of your loot back in 2013 m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJbafauiYrF5jJI

[@gundamchris1233]

Vary nice

[@amixedbag5964]

As long as jobbythehong has reviewed it i no longer need to see this but since its your video why not

[@ms-07b3goufcustom9]

Now in bo2