Largest Gundam Mecha

Summary

• RX-124 Gundam TR-6 [Queenly] is a massive 131ft Mecha with upgraded firepower.
• The MRX-009 Psycho Gundam is a 131ft tall designed for Newtype control.
• The GFAS-X1 Destroy Gundam stands tall at 184 feet and has overwhelming firepower.

Mobile Suit Gundam didn't invent mecha or space opera stories. But by combining the two, it has become the most iconic series in both genres. Whether fans got into the original 1979 series, or later series like Gundam Wingits combination of complex space politics, the cost of war, and dramatic space battles have made it a mainstay of manga and anime. The toy and model bindings don't hurt either.

Especially when the design of MSGs mecha have been as epic as its stories. Every universe and timeline in the series has produced some giant mobile suits. So this list has compiled some of the biggest ones Gundam mecha ever made, from kaiju-sized mobile suits to ones that can have their own orbit.

10 Xvg-xxx Vagan Gear

Vagan's ultimate weapon

• Debut:Mobile suit Gundam AGE.
• Size: 31m/101.7ft in height.

It's a sensible, if common, strategy to save the biggest and best weapons for last. Having the last ace in the hole can help win the game. Falk Ocramud really thought so at the end of MSG Gundam AGE when he ordered the launch of Xvg-xxx Vagan Gearwhich Zera Gins would pilot in the final battle against the Earth Federation.

It stands proud at just over 100 feet, which according to TripAdvisor is the same size as the Hanuman idol in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, India. Or about as big as a superyacht. The Vagan Gear didn't have long to show itself before merging with the unmanned mobile suit Sid. Kio destroyed both but instead of doing the same to the Vagans, he chose to let them survive and make peace instead of retribution.

9 RX-104FF Penelope Gundam

The Queen of Gundams

• Debut:Mobile suit Gundam Hathaway.
• Size: 32.5 m/106.62 ft in height.

Taking place after Char's counterattack, Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway sees the increasingly corrupt Earth Federation government become the target of terrorist attacks by the mysterious “Mafty” organization. From bombings to assassinations, Mafty does everything it can to harm the government, much in support of the common people. As MSG may be, it can still be related to current events.

Unwilling to take this lying down, the government orders their Circe Unit to capture and destroy Mafty members. One of their members, Lane Aim, became a test pilot for the new one RX-104FF Penelope Gundamwhich has a beefy array of weapons to match its stature, such as funnel missiles, a beam rifle and a mega particle cannon. Whether that was enough to take down Hathaway's equally armed Ksi Gundam is another matter.

8 ZGMF-X11A Regenerate Gundam

Standing tall after all this time

• Debut:Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray R.
• Size: 35.61m/116.83ft in height.

As big as the Penelope Gundam is, it ZGMF-Z11A Regenerate Gundam has an extra 10ft and change on it, stands at almost 117ft. That's about the same height as the Longships Lighthouse at Land's End, Cornwall, UK, or the Batillus supertanker. For a while it was the largest mobile suit in the series, but it has since been beaten by models from other series in the franchise.

The Regenerate Gundam was reverse-engineered by ZAFT from the Earth Federation's G-Project suits and could switch between multiple forms from Mobile Suit to Mobile Armor and from Mobile Armor to Mobile Armor Cruise. Piloted by Ash Grey, it protected ZAFT's propulsion system, the GENESIS Alpha, requiring the combined efforts of the Powered Red and Blue Frame Second L to defeat it. Its core unit would later become part of the Proto-Saviour+11, a giant gestalt Gundam too large to be given official dimensions.

7 RX-78GP03 (RX-78GP03D) Gundam “Dendrobium”

A mecha and a space base in one design

• Debut:Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory.
• Size: 38.5m/126.31ft in height, 62m/203.41ft in width.

The list generally sticks to mobile suits over mobile armor, because when people think of “mecha” they think of the humanoid robot-like ones over spaceships, battlecruisers, space stations, etc. Even so, the various designs of the franchise have been blurred. the lines between the two. As in MSG 0083: Stardust Memorywhere the Stem Gundam was combined with Orchi's armed base.

The result was RX-78GP03 (RX-78GP03D) Gundam “Dendrobium,“ an admittedly ugly design that made maintenance manager Mora Boscht question whether or not it was a mobile suit. Still, at just over 126 feet and with the power to match, it wasn't a machine to be sniffed at. It took the power of the Solar System 2, a multi-mirror superweapon, to reduce it back to the Stamen Gundam, which was much easier to dispatch.

6 RX-124 Gundam TR-6 [Queenly] Full Armor Form

Provides a Royal Beatdown

• Debut:Advance of Zeta: The Flag of Titans.
• Size: 40m/131.23ft in height.

Speaking of ugly design, the RX-124 Gundam TR-6 [Queenly] is anything but royal in appearance. It is a chunky model that reuses parts from the Psycho Gundam Mk-2, with the Woundwort Gundam as the core unit. Its Full Armor Form is its final, upgraded model and is used by the T3 Corps (“Titans Test Team”).

Getting sturdier armor also gave the machine its official height: 40 meters, or 131.23 feet. That's twice the size of the Greek Helepolis siege towers, or the length of a NASA Crawler transporter, machines designed to carry and lift rockets and space shuttles. Although, surprisingly, it's not the only machine to reach that exact height.

5 MRX-009 Psycho Gundam

A Killer Of A Gundam

• Debut:Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.
• Size: 40m/131.23ft in height.

The two machines don't look alike, but much of Queenly's technology came from MRX-009 Psycho Gundama mobile suit designed using concepts inspired by Char Aznable's MSN-02 Zeong. In addition to being the same size as Queenly, it was also twice the size of the average mobile suit i MS Zeta Gundam.

This was largely because it housed the Psycommu System, a new form of technology that allowed psychic humans known as Newtypes to control it with their minds. It was also designed to be used as a mobile fortress and house an anti-beam barrier to protect it from projectiles. But if it was meant to be invincible, it wouldn't have gotten an upgrade.

4 MRX-010 Psycho Gundam Mk-2

Bigger, Badder, Stronger

• Debut:Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.
• Size: 40.74 m/133.66 ft in height.

Like its predecessor, the MRX-010 Psycho Gundam Mk-2 used the Psycommu system of Newtypes to control it. Except that the ability now extended to Cyber ​​Newtypes, humans who gained psychic abilities through biomechanical enhancements, who could now control it without risking their lives like regular humans would. It can also use its transformation and defensive abilities without straining the power supply as much.

This made it only slightly larger than its original form, just under 134 feet, and made it a difficult machine to fight against. Zeta Protagonist Kamille was lucky enough to defeat it in the Gryps conflict, taking out its pilot in the process. It came back in MSG ZZwhere it was destroyed after a long and intense battle by Judau Ashta's ZZ Gundam.

3 GFAS-X1 Destroy Gundam

An overwhelming height to go with its overwhelming firepower

• Debut:Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny.
• Size: 56.30 m/184.71 ft in height, 38.07 m/124.9 ft in width.

Looks like a mecha with a very large backpack, it GFAS-X1 Destroy Gundam built to do exactly what it says on the tin: destroy everything. Its vast array of cannons, beam guns, and missile launchers were meant to destroy entire cities, let alone fleets of other mobile suits. Which it could do in either its normal Mobile Suit mode or its transformed Mobile Armor mode.

In Mobile Suit mode, it is nearly 185 feet tall and 125 feet wide, which is about the same height as the Leaning Tower of Pisa, only with the width of an ocean liner. It saw action in several battles, which destroyed much of Berlin and other cities in the Eurasian Federation. Although its last appearance in Gundam SEED Destiny saw it defeated by Rising Freedom Gundam and Justice Gundam, proving that size isn't everything.

2 Grandmaster Gundam

Makes Megazords look pitiful

• Debut: Mobile Fighter G Gundam.
• Size: About 83m/272.34ft in height.

The Grandmaster Gundam is unique for several reasons. It is a mobile fighter made from the remains of the Four Heavenly Kings: Gundam Heaven's Sword, Walter Gundam, Grand Gundam and Master Gundam (hence the name). It can also regenerate from damage and shapeshift into different forms thanks to its DG (Devil Gundam) cells.

It also does not have official size figures. The details here were taken from measuring it against its opponents in the Shuffle Alliance. Compared to their relatively humble 50+ foot height, the Grand Master Gundam comes in at roughly 272 feet, or about 33 feet longer than the International Space Station. It's big, but compared to its “master” it's the equivalent of a mechanized watchdog.

1 Colony Devil Gundam

To reach new heights figuratively and literally

• Debut:Mobile Fighter G Gundam.
• Size: 23.9 m/78.4 ft in height (as JDG-00X Devil Gundam), almost as big as the Earth (as Colony Devil Gundam).

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and there are no numbers or comparisons that can better explain its magnitude Colony Devil Gundam than that image of it literally sitting on the ground. Originally, when it was the JDG-00X Devil Gundam, it stood at a humble 78.4 feet, a slightly taller than average height for a mecha.

But Dr. Kasshu designed it to recover from damage by itself, as well as adapt to its surroundings and replicate itself. This quickly went awry when the Devil Gundam decided that in order to restore Earth, it must destroy humanity. Through its DG cells, it evolved larger and larger until it became the size of a space colony, making it the largest Gundam mech to date.