Gelgoog Jager wrote:toysdream wrote:But since the MSV books indicated there were
five leftover units, and the current explanation gives us a "second lot" of only
four machines - plus unofficial spinoffs like the Pixie, and a gradually increasing number of Alex units - that numerical discrepancy may be enough reason to think that five more units of the "first lot" were built before the "second lot" appeared. Something had to account for all those extra parts used in the RX-79(G), after all.
So there's more than one Alex Gundam? Can you please share some more info regarding this/these unit(s) Mark?
Also, are there any additional units of the RX-78-4 through RX-78-7?
IIRC there's an NT-2, NT-3, and NT-X now. I believe the latter incorporated an experimental funnel system.
As for the rest of the Gundams, I don't like the idea of the numbers magically evening out so that RX-78-7 happens to be the 7th Gundam. 7th iteration of the Gundam design, but the physical 7th unit produced, no. Especially if we have multiple ones at the lower level. Heck, the comment Mark had about the FA-78 being a way to use the early Gundams, it makes it (at least to me) safe to say that the -4/-5/-6/-7 were not built as an earlier variant, but were in fact additional later production. And the Alexes too, of course.