It started out as a simple hobby when, lo and behold, I realized I have just accumulated 20,000 distinct toy characters in my collection... and the number is still growing. This blog is a great space to share to others just how amazing some of these characters are especially the ones that may have been forgotten or perhaps even those deemed insignificant. Visit Percy's World of Toys as often as you can and witness how the list progresses right before your eyes. Enjoy.
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
169. Karubi
Karubi was Daena's father and the leader of their human tribe. He escaped with the other human slaves, but stayed behind and gave his life to allow the others to get away. He was killed by Thade while trying to distract the Apes.
168. Birn
Birn is a young member of 'Tek' human clan who is captured along with Daena, Karubi, and Leo by Apes during a roundup. When the three escape, the boy insists on being up front with Leo and the others as part of their plan to surprise the Apes. When the boy doesn't stay behind as told, he gets caught in the stirrup of his horse and has to be saved by Leo who cuts him free and then runs on foot, while the brave foolish boy rides to safety on his horse. He is seen fight alongside Limbo.
166-167. Attar and his horse
Colonel Attar was the commander of the Ape Armies. He was the loyal lieutenant of General Thade and enjoyed the thrill of hunting humans. One key difference though was that he was a devoted follower of the ape religion based on the worship of the first ape, Semos. Attar demanded that everyone bow their heads before dinner so a prayer to Semos could be delivered. Attar learned the art of fighting under his teacher Krull, whom he had to fight and kill in the ultimate battle. When the spacepod piloted by Pericles landed on the battle field, he and the other ape soldiers dropped their weapons believing it was the return of their god. He realised that Thade, Thade's father, and the elders of ape society had been misleading the population for centuries and he took the side of Leo, Ari and the humans.
Many years later, in the events of Dark Horse Comics' The Human War and Planet of the Apes comics #1-6 (a.k.a. Old Gods and Blood Lines), Attar escaped from his exile of twenty years on Shame Island and went on a quest with Seneca and Esau to find and help his old friend Ari - he had been banished there by the ape authorities after he stopped short of wiping out the human rebels at the end of the movie. They were persued by the ape army of his grandson Kharim, keen to restore the family honour after Attar's disgrace. They would have eventually found Ari on a remote island and used her help to bring real equality to the planet had the comic series continued.
Michael Clarke Duncan as Col. Attar: A gorilla military officer and Thade's closest associate. Djimon Hounsou turned down the role because of scheduling conflicts with The Four Feathers.
165. GX-9900 Gundam X
GX-9900 Gundam X (aka Gundam X, X) is a mass-produced MS built by the former United Nations Earth in After War Gundam X. There are two feature versions of Gundam X. The primary featured one was piloted by Garrod Ran and later to Jamil Neate. It was later badly damaged in combat and was repaired and rebuilt as GX-9900-DV Gundam X Divider.
The second one was featured in the manga sequel, After War Gundam X: Under the Moonlight. The story featured a different Gundam X (adorned with teal colors) and its pilot was Rick Aller.
Built at the height of MS advancement by the UNE, the GX-9900 series is one of the most advanced MS of its time. The series was mass-produced and pressed into service near the end of the 7th Space War. After the environmental devastation at the end of the 7th Space War, MS development on Earth became stagnant as humanity recovered; Gundam X and its brethren Gundam series remains top-of-the-line after 15 years. Because the UNE no longer existed, there was no regulation over the Gundams and they found second-life in the hands of the Vultures. It's because of Vulture-use that no two Gundam X is exactly alike.
164. MSM-03 Gogg
MSM-03 Gogg is a mass produced amphibious mobile suit, it was first featured in Mobile Suit Gundam.
The Gogg was heavily armored to withstand deep sea pressure. The mobile suit also held a powerful reactor, so powerful that the Gogg could even use twin mega particle guns mounted in its body. The Gogg, however, had no cooling systems and used the water as a natural heat sink. Lastly, the MSM-03 Gogg had ballast tanks also built inside the body, allowing it to travel fully submerged. The tanks could also hold water to cool the mobile suit's reactors during out of water operations, but as soon as the water ran out, its reactor would overheat, forcing it back into the water.
The MSM-03 design proved marginally successful. However, it wasn't produced in a lot of numbers and was later replaced by more powerful and better designed amphibious mobile suits, such as the MIP Company's highly successful MSM-07 Z'Gok. The Gogg served as a base from which almost all other underwater combat mobile suits were designed.
The Gogg was heavily armored to withstand deep sea pressure. The mobile suit also held a powerful reactor, so powerful that the Gogg could even use twin mega particle guns mounted in its body. The Gogg, however, had no cooling systems and used the water as a natural heat sink. Lastly, the MSM-03 Gogg had ballast tanks also built inside the body, allowing it to travel fully submerged. The tanks could also hold water to cool the mobile suit's reactors during out of water operations, but as soon as the water ran out, its reactor would overheat, forcing it back into the water.
The MSM-03 design proved marginally successful. However, it wasn't produced in a lot of numbers and was later replaced by more powerful and better designed amphibious mobile suits, such as the MIP Company's highly successful MSM-07 Z'Gok. The Gogg served as a base from which almost all other underwater combat mobile suits were designed.
163. Gundam MK-II (Titans Version) RX-178
The Gundam Mk II was made famous in the second anime series of the Gundam Franchise, Zeta Gundam. At the beginning of the series AEUG was interested in obtaining it after they learned it was being developed in one of the space colonies by the Titans paramilitary organization. With the reluctant help of NewType Kamille Bidan they were able to obtain more than one Gundam Mk II’s during their raid. His help and skill level also ensured his place as the pilot of the Gundam Mk II.
162. MS-09 Dom
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.
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.
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