Colony Drop: A Gundam Podcast

0071: Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz Review

We conclude our journey through the animated After Colony timeline with a review of Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz!  One year after the TV series, some guy we’ve never heard of named Dekim Barton comes out of nowhere hell-bent on ruining Christmas with his army of bellhops, squad of boy scouts, and a legion of Diet-Coke Heavyarms.  Shockingly, the Preventers fail to prevent Barton’s machinations after the world disarms and the Gundam boys send their Gundams into the sun (except Wu-Fei who kept Gundam Naruto).  Can the boys get their Gundams back in time to stop Barton and save Christmas?  Join us aboard Dorothy’s bus line and watch Relena hit Mariemaia Khushrenada (allegedly) with some cold, hard total pacifism!

 

Merry Christmas Eve, listeners!

0070: The Gundam Holiday Special 2021

Our annual tradition of holiday-themed Gundams continues! 

In an alternate universe, General Gihren Zabi plots to ruin Christmas by making a deal with a demon so powerful even the Nazis were afraid of him.  Armed with his Gundam Sleigh-er and his herd of nine Reign-fear, Gihren and his ally from beyond the veil seek to extinguish all joy in the Earth sphere.  Humanity’s only hope rests with the prototype Gundam X-MAS and its band of merry mobile suits – a surly Frosty the Snowman, an Abominable Snow Monster, and a femme fatale codenamed Ho-Ho-Holiday.  Suit up and strap in for a very Merry Christmas, listeners!

0069: Gundam Holiday Gift Guide 2021

Christmas 2021 is fast approaching so we are here to help you find the perfect gift for the Gundam fan in your life.  Isaac provides his rules of the road for gifting mobile suits while Brian looks at price points at sources.  We've got gunpla, streaming content, etsy creations, and more!  Happy Holidays from Colony Drop!

0068: Gundam Wing Review Part II

We conclude our review of the Gundam Wing TV series with another triple-sized episode!  Relena lets Dorothy into the Sanc Kindom despite those evil eyebrows; Romefeller sticks to its strength of holding daily meetings; Treize creates Epyon only to give it away because he wants to win by losing with Space Leos; Zechs takes control of White Fang because he looks more qualified than the guy in the vest; Quinze and the Engineers explain the plot in a few lines near the end hoping you don't notice; and the Gundam boys finally come together in the end. In hindsight, the whole conflict could have been solved with just communication... Plus, we both share recent real life encounters with Gundam Wing proving that we can never escape this series' legacy!

0067: Gundam Wing Review Part I

Ready your nostalgia goggles! In this TRIPLE sized episode, we review the first half of New Mobile Report Gundam Wing - the series that made the USA fall in love with Gundam way back in the year 2000!  Despite an excellent premise, does the series hold up two decades later?  Maybe if you really squint through those goggles...  Out of all the off screen romances that are no doubt happening, we ship Trowa x Quatre and Tubarov x Mobile Dolls.  Treize said a lot about war and peace, but all we took away is he hates babies and loves baths.  Plus, Isaac starts his own clothing line called the Romefeller Circle and we confirm the widely held belief that the Leo is, in fact, terrible.  

0066: Gundam Online Expo 2021, Tomino Speaks, and Sun of Bright

We discuss the Gundam Online Expo 2021 - exclusive merch, streaming content, Gunpla competitions, and more!  Tomino speaks about space colonization, Hathaway, and his health.  The Hathaway sequel gets a bright name.  Zeta Gundam arrives on streaming for the first time.  Plus, we yearn for a VR Gundam video game, Adam Savage builds the Perfect Grade RX-78-2 Unleashed, and we do terrible Jim Ross impressions!

0065: The Witch from Mercury, Doan‘s Island, and Urðr Hunt

We discuss the recent announcements of The Witch from Mercury, Cucuruz Doan's Island, and IBO Urðr Hunt.  Will Sunrise give us a female main character?  Did anyone see Doan's Island coming?  Will playing as Rustal Elion in Urðr Hunt be tap to win?  Plus, Isaac makes an acronym out of MERCURY and calls the IBO engineers to find those responsible for putting the Gundam Hajiroboshi in heels. 

0064: Crossbone Gundam Review Part III

In this TRIPLE-sized episode, we conclude our recap and review of Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam!  The series climaxes in an epic fashion as Tobia plunders Bernadette, we say farewell to the Mother Vanguard and hello to the Flints, Zabine's rage-o-meter hits critical mass during his duel with Kincade, Dogatie reveals himself to be a jerk with too many nukes, Bernadette was wrong all along, SNRI looks more like Anaheim every day, Admiral Trustworthington somehow screws up worse than Admiral Earl Grey at 0083's naval review, and Sherry saves the day.  There is also a lumberjack, an ape, plenty of aquariums, more Star Wars references, and MULTIPLE terrifying mobile armors known as the Divinidads.  These volumes slapped Isaac so hard he gave the series his highest score yet!  

 

The only thing these two volumes don't have is the answer to the question - whatever happened to Dorel Ronah?  Seriously, Tomino, we want to know. 

0063: Top 5 Female Pilots

The women of Gundam get the spotlight today as we countdown our top five female pilots!  Isaac chooses his best while Brian chooses his favorites.  Although the selection is a bit sparse, we find more than enough ethereal newtypes, incognito royalty, nineties bad girls, ruthless leaders, students, turncoats, and vengeful soldiers to fill out our lists.  Isaac turns out to be shockingly objective, while Brian fails at speaking French (sorry Asuna!) and demonstrates that he clearly hates Christina Mackenzie.  Who's in your top five?

0062: Crossbone Gundam Review Part II

We resume our Crossbone voyage right where we left off - with the Mother Vanguard rammed inside Crux Dogatie's palace!  But the tables quickly turn on Kincade as Crux pulls a Voldemort (or did Voldemort pull a Crux?!), Zabine leads a totally unexpected mutiny with 2x4s, and Karas borrows a grappler ship from Outlaw Star.  Things go from bad to worse as we meet the sinister Death Gale Squadron and Berah's diabolical yet pint-sized cousin Sherry.  As Kincade prepares to take on Zabine, Death Gale, and the entire Earth Federation, a glimmer of hope emerges when Tobia plunders a third Crossbone Gundam out from under Sherry's nose.  Will Tobia make it in time?  The thunder of justice for all those who defy Jupiter!