Title: MS-09 Dom / MS-09R Rick Dom
Scale: 1/144
Brand: Bandai
Grade: High Grade Universal Century (HGUC)
Overall Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars
Kit No.: # 59
Series: Mobile Suit Gundam
Release Date: 01/2006
Suggested Price: ¥ 1,700
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Infomation of MS-09 Dom
The MS-09 Dom is a mass-production ground combat mobile suit, the unit makes its first appearance in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam. It is most well known to be piloted by the Black Tri-Stars, along with the pilots Abraham and Rayburn.
General and Technical Data
Model number: MS-09
Code name: Dom
Unit type: mass production ground combat mobile suit
Manufacturer: Zimmad Company
Operator: Principality of Zeon
First deployment: UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 18.6 meters
Weight: empty 62.6 metric tons; max gross 81.8 metric tons
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1269 kW
Propulsion: "ground effect" hover jet thrusters: 58200 kg total
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.71 G; maximum ground running speed 90 km/h; maximum ground hovering speed 240 km/h
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 5400 meters
Fixed armaments: scattering beam gun, mounted in torso; heat saber Type2, battery powered, stored in recharge rack on back, hand-carried in use
Optional hand armaments: H&L-GB03K/360mm giant bazooka, clip-fed, 10 rounds per clip; ZMP-50D/120mm machine gun, drum fed; VAL-RB-T27/880mm rocket bazooka; MMP-80/90mm Ver.8 machine gun
Technology & Combat Characteristics
The MS-09 Dom was the successor to MS-06F Zaku II and MS-07B Gouf mobile suits, and far surpassed both in terms of performance. Developed as a heavy-type, high performance mobile suit, the Dom could outmaneuver the Federation's new mass production mobile suit, the RGM-79 GM. While the Dom can use many of the Zaku II and Gouf standard armaments, it was typically equipped with a new 360mm Giant Bazooka, which could easily blow apart a mobile suit. Later, a new 880mm Raketen Bazooka was also developed that could destroy almost anything with one hit. The Dom also had a new Heat Saber, shaped very much like a beam saber, that was used for close combat. Lastly, the Dom featured a scattering beam gun, too weak to damage mobile suits, but powerful enough to blind a pilot for a few seconds.
The Dom's main advantages were its speed, agility, and maneuverability. The Dom had massive legs and a "skirt," under which were several high-powered thermonuclear jet engines that allowed the Dom to hover over the ground. These gave it a 240 kilometer per hour hovering speed, which far surpassed the Gouf's running speed of only 99 kilometers per hour. The Dom's superiority was blatantly evident to the Zeon forces and the Dom went quickly into mass production.
Armaments
Scattering Beam Gun - The scattering beam gun is a beam weapon mounted in the left side of the Dom's chest. As an offensive weapon the scattering beam gun is completely incapable of damaging an enemy machine. The likely reason is that the scattering beam gun has a very cheap and small focusing coil, even more so than the beam spray gun used by the RGM-79 GM, which causes the mega-particles of the beam to lose all cohesion. Though it cannot do any damage it does produce a bright light that is capable of momentarily blinding eyes and visual sensors.
Heat Saber Type2 - The Type2 heat saber is a new model of heat saber designed for and used by the MS-09 Dom. The weapon bears a strong resemblance to the beam sabers used by Earth Federation mobile suits, however it still relies on the older technology of using thermal energy to superheat a metal blade, allowing it to melt through the armor of an enemy machine at high speed.
H&L-GB03K/360mm Giant Bazooka - For the Dom's 'hit hard and hit fast' attack philosophy it was given as its main weapon a magazine-fed bazooka with a ten round mag.
ZMP-50D/120mm Machine Gun - The 120mm machine gun was originally a standard weapon for Zaku type mobile suits, but could be used by mobile suits produced after the Zaku. It is a shell firing gun that does not require energy to be used, however its effectiveness against heavy armor is very little. The ZMP-50D used a 100-round drum magazine.
VAL-RB-T27/880mm Rocket Bazooka - A new heavy bazooka that uses a five round magazine. Spare mags can be stored on a waste storage rack.
MMP-80/90mm Ver.8 Machine Gun - As part of the United Maintenance Plan new weapons were produced that could be used by numerous mobile suits such as the MMP-80 90mm machine gun. The machine gun is magazine-fed with 32 rounds per mag with extra magazines stored on the waist armor.
History
A few months into the One Year War, the Zeon realized that their revolutionary MS-06 Zaku II mobile suits, which had proved a formidable force in space, were severely handicapped under the full gravity conditions on Earth. Mobile suits were just too large and slow moving under Earth's gravity, which made the massive machines into easy targets. To remedy this situation Zeon's Zimmad Company began to produce a new model mobile suit that had a higher ground speed. Using the data from the MS-07C-5 Gouf Test Prototype the Zimmad Company engineers created the MS-09 Dom.
The first three Dom units shipped out were assigned to the Black Tri-Stars, who had been sent to aid Captain M'Quve's Odessa mining base. However, all three units were destroyed by RX-78-2 Gundam's pilot Amuro Ray after only two battles. Prior to this, Ramba Ral attempted to obtain some of the Doms to aid in the capture of the Gundam. However, M'Quve refused to follow orders to send the Doms, leaving Ramba Ral to his fate.
Production of the Dom continued for only a short period as after Operation Odessa the war on Earth tipped in the Earth Federation's favor, forcing the Zeon forces into systematic retreat. Only a handful of MS-09 Doms would appear during the following battles on Earth, usually piloted by highly skilled pilots. Despite being unable to produce the Dom in enough numbers to turn the war on Earth back in their favor, the Principality of Zeon adapted the mobile suit's frame for space combat. This new mobile suit was the MS-09R Rick Dom and replaced the MS-06F Zaku II as Zeon's primary space-use mass production combat mobile suit during the last month of the war until the final two weeks when production of the MS-14A Gelgoog began in earnest.
Variants
- MS-07C-5 Gouf Test Prototype
- YMS-09 Prototype Dom
- YMS-09D Dom Tropical Test Type
- MS-09K-1 Dom Cannon
- MS-09K-2 (MS-09KM) Dom Cannon
- YMS-09J Dom High Speed Experimental Type
- MS-09 Dom Cold Climate Type
- MS-09C Dom Mid-Range Fire Support Type
- MS-09F Dom Funf
- MS-09F/Bn Dom Bein Nichts
- MS-09F/Br Dom Barrage
- MS-09F/Gb Dom Gross Beil
- MS-09F/Trop Dom Tropen
- MS-09F-2 Dom Blizzard
- MS-09G Dwadge
- MS-09H Dwadge Custom
- MS-09K Dwadge
- MS-09R Rick Dom
- MS-09R-2 Rick Dom II
- MS-09R Rick Dom [Stutzer]
- MS-09RS Rick Dom Char Aznable Custom
- MS-09R4 (MS-09RN) MS-09S Psycommu Rick Dom "Schnee Weiss"
- MS-09RN-2 Tusche Schwarz
- MS-09S Dowas
- MS-09F Dowas Desert
- MS-10 Pezun Dowadge
- OMS-09DRF RF Desert Dom
- OMS-09RF RF Rick Dom
- OMS-09SRF RF Snow Dom
- Prototype Rick Dom (Aiguille Delaz Use)
- Rick Dom Beam Bazooka Test Type
- Jupiter Ghost
Miscellaneous Information
Pilot(s): Gaia, Mash, Ortega, Abraham, Rayburn
Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team; Mobile Suit Gundam: Cross Dimension 0079; Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny; Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise from the Ashes; Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo; Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation VS Zeon DX; Mobile Suit Gundam: Lost War Chronicles; Mobile Suit Gundam 0079: Zeonic Front; Mobile Suit Gundam Ex Revue; Gundam Evolve; Mobile Suit Gundam: Pilot's Locus; Mobile Ops: The One Year War; Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield; Mobile Suit Gundam: Target in Sight; Mobile Suit Gundam: Spirits of Zeon ~Dual Stars of Carnage~; Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: The Gravity Front; Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam Vs. Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam Battlefield Record UC 0081; Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam Vs. Gundam Next; Dynasty Warriors: Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam: Climax U.C.; Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs.; Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: Cosmic Drive/Universe Accel
Original mechanical designer(s): Kunio Okawara (Mobile Suit Gundam version), Kimitoshi Yamane (08th MS Team version) [Source: wikia & MAHQ]
Infomation of MS-09R Rick Dom
The MS-09R Rick Dom is a mass production space combat mobile suit, and variant of the MS-09 Dom. It was first featured in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam.
General and Technical Data
Model number: MS-09R
Code name: Rick Dom
Unit type: mass production space combat mobile suit
Manufacturer: Zimmad Company
Operator: Zeonic Corps
First deployment: UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 18.6 meters
Weight: empty 43.8 metric tons; max gross 78.6 metric tons
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1199 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 22000 kg, 9 x 1000 kg
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.67 G; 180-degree turn time 2.1 seconds; maximum ground running speed 110 km/h
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 5400 meters
Fixed armaments: scattering beam gun, mounted in torso; heat saber Type7, battery powered, stored in recharge rack on back, hand-carried in use
Optional hand armaments: H&L-GB05R/360mm giant bazooka, clip-fed, 10 rounds per clip; Ex-T2-2 beam bazooka
Technology & Combat Characteristics
The space-type version, the MS-09R Rick Dom, had the original MS-09 Dom's hover jets replaced with rocket thrusters for use outside of the atmosphere. The resulting mobile suit had superior armor, power output, thrust, and maneuverability than the MS-06F Zaku II, the mobile suit the MS-09R Rick Dom was to replace.
For combat the MS-09R Rick Dom relied on the same weapons and tactics as the ground use original. The MS-09R Rick Dom's standard armament is a 360mm bazooka which fires rocket propelled explosive rounds, giving the Rick Dom the power to destroy an enemy mobile suit in a single shot or to heavily damage an enemy warship. For melee combat the Rick Dom uses a heat saber, a rod which heats to super-high temperatures and can melt through the armor of an enemy mobile suit. The heat saber has a larger surface area to heat, which requires more energy, but the greater surface area gives it greater range, making it more effective in combat than the heat hawk used by the old F-type Zaku II. And built into the chest of the Rick Dom is a scattering beam gun, which is useless for actually damaging an enemy, but is employed as a diversionary weapon for its ability to blind an enemy's eyes and sensors for several moments.
In order to increase its combat abilities the Principality of Zeon develops an experimental beam bazooka that several Rick Doms are outfitted with. The beam bazooka is capable of dramatically increasing the offensive power of the Rick Dom but the beam bazooka is never put into mass production.
Because of the Dom's bulkier build, possessing a larger frame and heavier armor, a Musai-Class Light Cruiser could only carry two MS-09Rs in its main hangar, as opposed to three of the smaller (but weaker) Zaku II's.
Armaments
- Scattering Beam Gun
- A chest mounted scattering beam gun. Does little damage to enemy mobile suits but can be used to blind enemy pilots for several seconds.
- Heat Saber Type 7
- The Rick Dom features an improved version of the Dom Type2 heat saber. The heat saber is battery powered and can be stored on a back recharge rack.
- H&L-GB05R/360mm Giant Bazooka
- The primary weapon of the Rick Dom is a large bazooka. The bazooka is magazine fed and holds 10 rounds per magazine, and a single round can blow the torso off of an enemy mobile suit.
- Ex-T2-2 Beam Bazooka
- A new weapon developed near the end of the war and given to the Rick Dom. It is an experimental beam bazooka, and its use requires the Rick Dom's energy systems to be modified. The bazooka has its own internal reactor, rather than an E-cap, and is, essentially, a Musai deck gun scaled down for mobile suit use. Due to using a reactor rather than an E-cap, the bazooka is capable of a single sustained blast or several short bursts, requiring a lengthy recharge period of approximately 10 minutes before it can be used again.
- Shield Lance
- A weapon used by Zabi's royal guards, as its name suggest it is a Lance weapon with a Shield attached to it, this allows the pilot to switch back and forth between offense and defense. The only downside of this weapon is its heavy weight, which causes the Dom's speed and mobility to be decreased below its usual standards.
- Heat Sword
- A sword that becomes super heated to increase its cutting ability.
History
Late during the One Year war, the Principality of Zeon sought to replace their line of MS-06 Zaku II mobile suits with more advanced machines in order to end the stalemate of the One Year War. It later became more imperative in order to counter the Earth Federation's own mobile suit development. For its terrestrial war front the Zeon forces deployed the MS-09 Dom, a fast-moving heavy assault mobile suit that would serve as the successor of the MS-06J Zaku II Ground Type.
Because of the success of the ground use MS-09 Dom, its producer Zimmad began work on a space-use variant. To acquire the needed data, Zimmad modified an MS-06F Zaku II by replacing the standard legs with larger Dom-style legs equipped with rocket thrusters. This allowed the MS-06RD-4 Zaku II Prototype to maneuver as the new mobile suit was predicted to. Though destroyed in battle the test data was recovered and used to produce the MS-09R Rick Dom.
Major battles that MS-09R Rick Dom mobile suits would participate in would include various skirmishes near Side 6 to destroy White Base and the Gundam, the Battle of Solomon on December 25th where ace pilot Anavel Gato would use an MS-09R Rick Dom and earn the nickname "Nightmare of Solomon."
Because the Principality of Zeon was pushed off the Earth shortly after the introduction of the MS-09 Dom its space-use variant had a longer production run, but even then it would last for only a few months as in the final weeks of the One Year War the Principality of Zeon would begin focusing their production capabilities to produce the high-performance MS-14 Gelgoog model mobile suit and its variants. However because of their dire situation all three major front-line mobile suit; the Zaku, the Rick Dom, and the Gelgoog would be used before the end of the war on January first of UC 0080.
An improved model of the Rick Dom was produced very late in the war, the MS-09R-2 Rick Dom II, as part of the United Maintenance Plan, an initiative to improve the performance of existing mobile suit models and standardize the parts used in their construction in order to improve the cost efficiency of both construction and maintenance.
Variants
- MS-09R-2 Rick Dom II
- MS-09R Rick Dom [Stutzer]
- MS-09RS Rick Dom C.A. Custom
- MS-09R Rick Dom Dozle Zabi Custom
- MS-09R4 (MS-09RN) MS-09S Psycommu Rick Dom "Schnee Weiss"
- MS-09S Dowas
Miscellaneous Information
Pilot(s): Butttsham, Li Hwan, Marshy, Brenev Auggs, Gerald Sakai, Francis, Tomas
Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory; Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: MS Generation; Mobile Suit Gundam F90; Mobile Suit Gundam: Cross Dimension 0079; Gundam Tactics Mobility Fleet 0079; Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam; Char's Deleted Affair: Portrait of a Young Comet; Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation VS Zeon DX; Gundam the Ride: A Baoa Qu; Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: From Place Beyond the Blaze; Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space; Gundam Evolve; Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Skull Heart; Mobile Suit Gundam Ecole du Ciel; Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: Apocalypse 0079; Mobile Suit Gundam: Pilot's Locus; Mobile Suit Gundam: Climax U.C.
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara [Source: wikia & MAHQ]
1/144 HGUC MS-09 Dom / MS-09R Rick Dom Scale Model Kit Review
The classic Dom/Rick-Dom from the first Gundam series is a nifty two-in-one HGUC set! You are given parts and instructions to make a Dom, a Rick-Dom, or be creative and make some hybrid Dom! Not to mention, you are given nice accessories for both Doms, including a Beam Bazooka, giant Baz and Heat Rod.
Parts are included to build one or the other; the pictorial instructions indicate where the alternate parts go, so be careful when building! Weapons for both versions are included, as are foil stickers for the eyes. All the parts are molded in color and snap together so paint and glue are not necessary.
Video Review by Prime92
Video Review by Benjinator12
Review by Khoa
Value: 5/5
Quality: 5/5
Design: 5/5
For a HG kit, the quality is fantastic! It comes with a lot of accessories and parts for conversion into the Rick-Dom. Solid, easy to build, and great detail! Get it, you will not be disappointed!
1/144 HGUC MS-09 Dom / MS-09R Rick Dom Model Kit and Reviews
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