History Headscratchers / GundamBuildFighters

*** A question that ties in with the first one. Regarding the parts, some of the changes make sense (The Zaku Amazing's Tank Model kit based Explosive Reactive Armor. Especially since as the Gundam Series has gone on, it's been at least given a nod towards realism with it's technology. I.E. composite armors, using reflective materials or paint coatings to diffuse beam or laser based attacks, etc. So, in regards to things such as Star Build Strike's RG system, how does that work? Even with the Arista crystals wish granting properties, it seems overall there would have to be something reasonable, or concrete way of how the system works, I.E., the Wing Fenice's Beam Mantle having beam emitters, beyond just simply typing in "My Mobile Suit has this". Put more simply, do the more vaguely defined systems have a "What You See is What you Get/Have" rule that's common in Tabletop Wargames regarding equipment?

*** A question that ties in with the first one. Regarding the parts, some of the changes make sense (The Zaku Amazing's Tank Model kit based Explosive Reactive Armor. Especially since as the Gundam Series has gone on, it's been at least given a nod towards realism with it's technology. I.E. composite armors, using reflective materials or paint coatings to diffuse beam or laser based attacks, etc. So, in regards to things such as Star Build Strike's RG system, how does that work? Even with the Arista crystals wish granting properties, it seems overall there would have to be something reasonable, or concrete way of how the system works, I.E., the Wing Fenice's Beam Mantle having beam emitters, beyond just simply typing in "My Mobile Suit has this".

** Fanon seems to think there's a software scripting system involved with building Gunpla for Gunpla Battle, and that's what the GP Base is for, to declare the pre-programmed functions of the components of a Gunpla.

** It's not just Plavsky hax -- the "new generation" also demonstrates much more imagination and creativity than the old guard, much like Sei earlier in the show, many of the old guard let Gundam canon constrain them (note most of the canon-fodder so far have been fairly standard kits without any extensive mods). For example the Tallgeese Valkyrie would fit right in the universe of Wing, but the Sengoku Astray is something completely wild compared to its source material. In addition to more creative builds - tactics and strategies have advanced beyond "make a kickass Gunpla and be a good pilot" - The Renato brothers using different suits instead of the same one each battle to keep people guessing, The Kampfer Amazing is basically a swiss army knife, and Team Nemesis is ''outright cheating''.

** Shout out to the original Gundam's "Minovsky Particles" that enabled the compact generators UC Mobile Suits use (see a resemblence now?), though in Universe it might have been Baker's idea to name them (she's the one that knows about Gundam)

* How exactly does the Gunpla battle system work? I mean yes the Plasky particles bring the Gunpla to "life" and simulate the effects of Gundam battles and damage. But how does it know what does what. I mean the Zaku Amazing is similar but much different unit from a Zaku II gunpla. How does the system know what the differences are, or even what the standard effects are?

** Given the ending, I'd say they are. It may have started as simply two people realizing they can both get what they wanted (Mashita being rich, and Baker...um...) from each other. However over time they (or at least Baker) fell for each other. They both seem content with selling the Mocks to people back in Arian.

* Is Mashita and Baker [[spoiler:a couple?]] She let him to use her as a lap pillow and [[spoiler:followed him to Arian]].

** They're bootlegs because they're made by PPSE. And yes they have the patent on Gunpla fight systems, they're not the source of Gunpla. In-Universe that's still probably Bandai, gunpla existed before PPSE as explained in Baker's and Mashita's back story.

Technically PPSE would be in full legal right to sell the product so long as they don't call them gunpla (drones could work, or Mocks as is officially named). But for the characters (Fellini) they see a non-official Gundam knock-off, e.g Bootleg.

*** Still, they're basically intended as stand-ins for actual Gunpla models, so using the terms "bootleg" and "knock off" as derogatory descriptors is not too far off the mark, especially to builders who've spent YEARS perfecting their Gunpla.

** This is WordOfSaintPaul, but according to both Pixipedia and Nicopedia, Mihoshi's VA has stated on radio that when she was being briefed on the character, she was told to picture Mihoshi as being in her late twenties (!!!); she's getting pretty old for the idol business, so she really needs that popularity to keep her job long enough to get a hit album out. This also explains why she's desperate enough to resort to cheating. Considering how young Sei's mom looks (and she's not even in showbiz), it's not a stretch to assume that Mihoshi is also YoungerThanTheyLook. And given that Fellini's official age is 24 (from the Gundam Try Age card game), it's very much probable that he's younger than she is.

** Lots of products are launched without backstories with backstories added back for them afterwards, or not require them at all. The Extreme Gundam, for example, or the Beginning Gundam in-universe in its original series. Besides, it's not a knockoff if "automated gunpla battle robot" is exactly what it is. It'd be a great product that would save people everywhere time and money by allowing them to battle against AIs more easily. Bandai themselves also make products that don't appear in any series, mostly in the MSV series. It just seems like a very negative way to look at things, as if they're inherently evil just because the "villain" created them.

** Lots of products are launched without backstories with backstories added back for them afterwards, or not require them at all. The Extreme Gundam, for example, or the Beginning Gundam in-universe in its original series. Besides, it's not a knockoff if "automated gunpla battle robot" is exactly what it is. It'd be a great product that would save people everywhere time and money by allowing them to battle against AIs more easily. Bandai themselves also make products that don't appear in any series, mostly in the MSV series. It just seems like a very negative way to look at things, as if they're bad just because the "villain" created them.

** First, there's no corresponding series for them. Second, [[AllThereInTheManual Background materials]] mention that the drones were intended to be used as cheap, disposable computer controlled enemies.

* Unless Domon and Rain have developed [[LikesOlderWomen new]] [[ShotaCon preferences]], their time in Gundam Valhalla isn't going to be as enjoyable as they might have liked.

* Why are the gunpla enemies in the final episode dubbed bootlegs? If they were created by the company that holds a monopoly on gunpla and gunpla battling, aren't they just a new entry to the Gundam universe rather than cheap knockoffs?

** Or it could simply be a matter of bureaucracy within the company keeping talented individuals with great ideas from standing out. The same thing has already happened in the real world in motorsports such as Formula 1 where, back in the late 60s and 70s, the factory team from Ferrari was losing out to smaller British teams simply because talented designers could thrive in the latter but not the former.

* What exactly does the PPSE works team do? They have at least an entire lab full of people, and yet they seem to turn out very little work. The A5 unit was in development for months and still completely unfinished, and then Allan and the Meijin were able to get the Amazing Exia from that state to 80% complete (already an excellent gunpla in its own right) in a week, and then upgrade it to the completed Amazing Exia with another week's time. Then the Meijin (under mind control, granted) was able to convert that into the Exia Dark Matter in less than a day. Why do the members of the works team still have jobs?