Series: Mobile Suit in Action!! (MSiA)
Title: MS-07B-3 Gouf Custom (New Package)
Release Date: 12/2006
Suggested Price: ¥ 1200
No. of Parts: 1 Gouf Custom figure + 8 parts + collector's card
Plastic colors: sky blue, red, gray, white, yellow, black, blue green
Gimmicks: Gatling shield, heat wires, heat saber Type D III

Introduction

Contributor: Vanishing Meteor
Date: August 14, 2007

The infamous Gouf Custom from the OVA Gundam: 08th MS Team, piloted by Norris Packard, this single suit was the greatest mobile suit obstacle the 08th MS Team had to face. This was first released way back on 2002-03, and now Bandai has offered us a re-packaged version with a new package and a special collector's card. Now let us see how it does in MSiA form.

Head

The head is finely sculpted. It is mostly painted in sky blue with the main monoeye camera painted in blood red (perfect for an infamous machine!) with the "monoeye rails" painted in black. It captures the infamous face the Gouf has on the animation, perfect IMO.

Torso

The torso is perfectly sculpted with no physical defects at all. It is mostly painted in blue green with a Zeon logo in the center portion of the front torso. The "tubes" are painted in sky blue. The backpack is painted in gray, with the thrusters insides painted in red and black. As for movement, guess what? The torso cannot move at all and because of this, it gets minus 1 from my rating.

Arms

The arms are painted in sky blue and it is attached to the torso via a ball joint. This MSiA features the infamous curved spikes on its armors (even though they rarely use it in combat), the shoulder spike armor is painted in sky blue with some parts painted with a white line. The arms are single jointed like the version 1 MSiAs, and on its right arm is a removable plastic part in which the heat wire is attached, the left arm features a rectangular hole where the 3-barrel 35mm machine gun is mounted. The hands are painted in black and sky blue. It is attached to the arm via a peg in hole.

Legs

The legs are mostly painted in sky blue with the knee armor parts painted in black with a panel line of red. Its legs are single jointed like the old version 1 MSiAs. The feet are painted in sky blue with its bottom part painted in black. The feet are attached via a ball joint to the legs and the legs are attached to the torso also via a ball joint.

Weapons and Accessories

3 barrel 35mm machine gun- It is mostly painted in gray with the "camera" painted in red. It is attached to the left arm via a rectangular peg in hole. It also has a circular hole in it in which the Gatling shield is attached to.

Gatling shield- The centerpiece of 'em all! wow! The main reason why I loved this machine! The gatling shield mounts a 75mm Gatling gun which is drum and belt fed. The shield is mostly painted in sky blue with some of its parts painted in gray and on its center is a Zeon logo (SIEG ZEON!). The gatling gun is mostly painted in gray. It features a removable barrel and it is attached to the 3 barrel 35mm machine gun via a peg in hole and it also has a grip for the MSiA to hold on to, and I almost forgot it also has a storage rack for the heat saber type D III.

Heat Saber Type D III- I never got it why the heck it is called a heat saber when it doesn't actually have the yellow "turned-on" feature of the heat hawks, well what the heck, if it could chop up Luna-Titanium armor why not? It is a chunk of plastic painted in gray with its handle painted in blue green. It can be stored on the Gatling shield and it fits snugly on the hands of the MSiA.

Heat wires- This figure has two kinds of heat wires, one with grappling "claws" while the other doesn't have the "claws" deployed. It is attached to the right arm by removing the rectangular plastic first then attaching it. As usual it is via a peg in hole.

Shield- I don't know why Bandai added another shield when it cannot be attached to the 3-barrel 35mm machine gun! Nothing too special about this, mostly painted in sky blue and blue green with some of its parts painted in gray. It is attached to the arm via a rectangular peg. (YOU CAN'T MOUNT IT ON THE GUN! DANG!)

Conclusion

It is a near perfect MSiA in my opinion, but the one thing that irritates me is the other shield. I just don't know what kind of drink the people in Bandai took before they designed this MSiA. Didn't they know that the other shield is just a waste of plastic?! They should've just had the other shield attachable to the gun to re-create the scenes of the final moments of the Gouf.

Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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