Model number:Â GPB-X78-30
Code name:Â Forever Gundam
Unit type:Â custom mobile suit model kit
Inspiration: RX-78-2 Gundam (Mobile Suit Gundam)
Builder:Â Boris Schauer
Dimensions:Â overall height 18.0 meters
Weight:Â max gross 56.2 metric tons
Armor materials:Â plastic
Equipment and design features:Â none
Fixed armaments:Â 2 x vulcan gun, mounted in head; shield, mounted on left forearm; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge rack in forearms, hand-carried in use
Optional hand armaments:Â beam rifle; hyper bazooka; Gundam hammer
Remote weapons:Â 4 x funnel, mounted on backpack
The GPB-X78-30 Forever Gundam was a custom Gunpla built by Gunpla Meister Boris Schauer. It was based on the RX-78-2 Gundam from the 1979-80 anime TV series Mobile Suit Gundam. The Forever Gundam took the base kit design and added multiple armor pieces to the legs, chest, pelvis and shoulders. It retained all the basic armaments from its anime inspiration, although the beam sabers were moved from the backpack to the forearms to make way for four funnels. In addition to their offensive function, the funnels could be used to generate a defensive barrier around the Forever Gundam. Schauer became fascinated with young Gunpla Builder Hal Irei, who used the GPB-X80 Beginning Gundam and later the GPB-X80-30F Beginning 30 Gundam in Gunpla Battle. Schauer’s Gunpla served as the inspiration for a later design, the GPB-X78-30-2 Forever Gundam Mk-II.
Pilot:Â Boris Schauer
First appearance:Â Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G
Original mechanical designer:Â Kunio Okawara
N/A
Beginning G Info
Director:
Kou Matsuo
Writer:
Yousuke Kuroda
Mechanical Designer(s):
Kunio Okawara
Atsushi Shigeta
Kanetake Ebikawa
Junichi Akutsu
Character Designer:
Kaichiro Terada
Musical Composer:
N/A
Airdates:
Japan 08.15.2010 – 12.19.2010
Video Release:
Japan 12.22.2010
U.S. 08.15.2023
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Our future on this cursed app is unclear, but expect more posts over there.
Cutaway diagram of the VF-1J Valkyrie Fighter Mode from “This is Animation Special: Macross Plus”(1995). Larger versions on my DA profile:
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-detailed-973372931
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-clean-973371729
Art by Kiyomi Tanaka. Original concept by unknown Macross fan. Image built by me
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