#psychoframe

"It's just occurred to me just how much crossover there is between Gundam and Type Moon fans. Like a surprising amount. Funny that." - by WeedDigimon

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Today’s review: HGUC Gundam Narrative C Packs!

This Gundam is not a design from Katoki’s art book I ever thought I’d see on screen. Mostly due to the fact it was never designed for combat. Originally a prototype of the Nu Gundam that was meant for testing equipment, the Narrative Gundam lay in mothballs until it was retrofitted for battle to capture the Gundam Phenex. Now we see the mobile suit in its final form, with psycho frame hastily installed across the body in an attempt to increase its reaction times.

As this is a prototype test machine, there are various places where armour is at a minimum or just non existent. Some of these areas have now been fleshed out with psycho frame which gives the mobile suit a more impressive silhouette. The colour and parts separation makes the build very fun, but I will admit some lesser than clear parts to the instructions made me second guess a few fittings and was a bit annoying.

The articulation of the kit is a real shining point for the NT Gundam. On top of the usual it also has flexing shoulder mounts that bring the arms forward across the torso and rotating forearms separate to the upper biceps, meaning the shield is not restricted to being fitted behind the arm.

Accessories are minimal as the main draw was the psycho frame. You have the shield, 2 beam sabers and a beam rifle cobbled together from old Jegan parts. The beam sabers, unlike the conventional pink blades, are fitted with two red ones that have no flex to them as they were molded together with the psycho frame sprue rather than coming separate.

Dear Nifty Newtype,

The psycommu mechanism within late-era Gundam mobile suits is roughly analogous to binary bonding in Headmasters. Of the many surgeries that comprise binary bonding, the most important for synchronized motor function in the new Headmaster pair is the insertion of "neuro-formers" into the organic host brain. These Femtomaster-sized drones transform into neuronal extensions in the brain, fusing with the host's axons. These neuro-formers are derived from Bombshell's cerebro-shells, and offer a two-way influence between the pair. The longer the binary bonding persists, the deeper the perception that robot and organic minds have combined into one new organism.