Most Wanted #7: AMX-107 Bawoo/AMX-107R ReBawoo

Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam was not known to be one of the greatest series. And honestly, most of the good mobile suits in that series were the hold-overs from Z Gundam. But one truly great mobile suit did manage to make its way out of the ZZ quagmire (thanks in no small part due to a great presence in video games) and overcome its ridiculous name in order to show its awesomeness: the Bawoo.

The Bawoo was initially developed by Axis as a transformable mobile suit to help Axis Zeon forces to compete with the stellar transformable mobile suits of the AEUG, Earth Federation, and Titans (Zeta Gundam, Hambrabi, Gabthley, etc). It was initially produced in small numbers and meant to be piloted only by aces and other top pilots, but as the Bawoo showed its versatility it entered mass production and became one of the standard mobile suits of Axis Zeon.

The ReBawoo is an upgraded form of the Bawoo, complete with added psychoframe, and saw use by the "Sleeves" during the events of Unicorn Gundam. Notably, one ReBawoo was being outfitted for use by Full Frontal before the capture of the Sinanju Stein caused Full Frontal to abandon the suit.

Glemy Rebellion Bawoo in HGUC 1/144

It may be cheating to list both of these suits in the same entry, but honestly the differences are largely cosmetic. The Bawoo offers a transformation as well as two alternate re-color opportunities (Mass Production Green and Glemy Rebellion Grey). It can feature a wide array of weaponry, but really we just need the basics with a suit that could look this sleek and cool on our shelves.

Most Wanted #8: ORB-01 Akatsuki Gundam

Here's my second straight entry from the Gundam Seed universe, with Gundam Seed Destiny's Akatsuki Gundam. The Akatsuki draws its influence seemingly from the Hyaku Shiki of Zeta Gundam fame, and really any time we can get a metallic gold mobile suit into production I'm all for it. The Akatsuki belongs to Cagalli Yula Atha, who received it as a parting gift from her father, who foresaw the need to protect the nation of ORB. The mobile suit includes its gold armor, which makes it resistant to beam attacks, as well as a myriad of weapons and multiple configurations of backpack.

The accessories for this kit would include its twin beam sabers (like many other gundams from this series capable of combining into a Darth Maul style weapon), its beam rifle, and its shield. It could also be packaged with or sold separately from one or both of its backpacks, including the Oowashi -- an atmospheric flight backpack with mounted beam cannons -- and the Shiranui -- which includes seven dragoons.

HG 1/144 with Shiranui Pack

As we've seen many different variations of the Strike Gundam and its descendants and siblings (Strike, Strike Rouge, Freedom, Strike Freedom, Aegis, Justice, Infinite Justice, Buster, Blitz, Duel, Impulse, and multiple Astrays) in Master Grade Form, I feel like we should definitely get the chance of adding the Akatsuki in order to fill-out the team.

Most Wanted #9: ZGMF-1017 DJINN

I'll admit, for a long time I just didn't care much for Gundam Seed or Gundam Seed Destiny. They seemed like total ripoffs of the original Gundam 0079 story (and they still are exactly that), but after finally settling in to watch them they are also so much more than that. I hadn't planned on getting any model kits from the Seed lineup, but one day was out at the shop with a friend and decided to pick up a Strike Rouge model based solely on how awesome the Ootori looked. Since then, I've found that I love the look of the Seed model kits, especially with their fantastic use of decals/stickers and other markings. All that said, I wouldn't mind seeing some more Seed kits hitting the shelf in Master Grade form.

The Djinn (sometimes written Ginn) is the grunt suit of the ZAFT forces, and like many of their suits is very reminiscent of the original Zeon designs from Mobile Suit Gundam. Most notably, that Zaku style mono-eye, which is always awesome looking in a model kit (especially when it works with an LED). It's got a great shape with shoulder armor looking like folded wings, trim on the head and skirt faulds that really have the opportunity to pop in model form, and a really exaggerated crest which actually seems to work visually (it doesn't make any kind of practical sense, however).

The Djinn also has plenty of options for weapons. It has a sword -- like a medieval arming sword -- which is flipping awesome. But it can also be equipped with long- and short-ranged missile launchers, machine guns, sniper rifles, ion cannons, and recoil-less rifles.

Finally there are about a dozen different variations of Djinn that can all be built off the same frame. This allows for many opportunities for re-colors and Mobile Suit Variations that Bandai seems to be ever so fond of. The Djinn isn't as iconic as the Zaku, but Seed is one of the more popular gundam series, so I feel it would be nice to get some more representation.

This particular mobile suit seems more likely to be produced in the new RE/100 line than the Master Grade line. I think for this kit I wouldn't mind that, but I'd always prefer an MG to an RE.