{"title":"MSN-04II Nightingale","description":"\u003cp\u003eMSN-04II Nightingale is Char Aznable's mobile suit in \u003cem\u003eMobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack — Beltorchika's Children\u003c\/em\u003e, the novel version Yoshiyuki Tomino wrote in 1988 from his early draft of the film. In that telling the Sazabi does not exist and the Nightingale takes its place as the Neo Zeon leader's personal machine; Yutaka Izubuchi drew the original design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat it does in the story\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChar's rebellion runs much as it does on screen, with Axis driven toward Earth and the quarrel between Char and Amuro settled in person. The Nightingale overwhelms Amuro's Re-GZ when they first meet, and over Axis it faces the Hi-Nu Gundam as an equal rather than as an underdog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat makes it different\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is shaped like a mobile armour.\u003c\/strong\u003e\nPsycho-Frame construction gave a machine the size of a mobile suit performance closer to a Newtype-use mobile armour, and the silhouette follows that logic: binders overhanging both shoulders, a large rear armour block and front armour as big as the legs. Thrusters placed across the shoulders and the rear armour are what keep it flyable.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTen funnels hang on the binders.\u003c\/strong\u003e\nFive funnels are mounted on each movable binder, resized from the large funnels carried by the Alpha Azieru. Each holds a large-capacity condenser, which gives it more power and a longer working time than the cylindrical funnels used elsewhere.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe rifle is about 30 metres long.\u003c\/strong\u003e\nThe large mega beam rifle fires a focused beam, a diffuse shotgun-like spread, or a high-output blast in launcher mode with a bipod and an external power source. Its focused shot is compared to a mega bazooka launcher.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThere are arms hidden in the skirt.\u003c\/strong\u003e\nFour simplified manipulators sit behind the left and right front skirt armour, and each holds a beam saber. They let the suit put a blade on a target from an angle an opponent has not accounted for.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow big is it?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverall height: 27.8 m, with a head height of 22.5 m and a weight of 48.2 t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1\/144: roughly 19.3 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1\/100: roughly 27.8 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy buy from P-Rex Hobby\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eP-Rex Hobby is a \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/vendors\"\u003eBandai Recommended Hobby Store\u003c\/a\u003e with 20,000+ customers served and \u003cspan data-prex-live=\"five-star-reviews\"\u003e1,800+\u003c\/span\u003e five-star reviews. US orders ship duties prepaid with no import fees, and Route Package Protection is available at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently asked questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 0 4px;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.35;\"\u003e1. Is the Nightingale the same machine as the Sazabi?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:0;padding-left:16px;border-left:2px solid #e6e6e6;color:#444;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo. The Sazabi is the suit Char flies in the 1988 film; the Nightingale is the parallel design that replaces it in the novel, where the Sazabi is written out of the story entirely. Later material treats the Nightingale separately, as either that counterpart or as a development of the Sazabi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 0 4px;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.35;\"\u003e2. Does the Nightingale appear in the animated film?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:0;padding-left:16px;border-left:2px solid #e6e6e6;color:#444;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo. It belongs to \u003cem\u003eBeltorchika's Children\u003c\/em\u003e and to the CCA-MSV design line, and it reached animation only through later adaptations and games rather than the 1988 movie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 0 4px;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.35;\"\u003e3. How many funnels does the Nightingale carry?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:0;padding-left:16px;border-left:2px solid #e6e6e6;color:#444;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTen, five on each shoulder binder. They are a resized version of the Alpha Azieru's funnels rather than the Sazabi's six.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding:16px 0 4px;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.35;\"\u003e4. Why is the Nightingale so much bigger than a normal mobile suit?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:0;padding-left:16px;border-left:2px solid #e6e6e6;color:#444;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 27.8 m overall it is a command machine built around a Psycho-Frame and a heavy long-range armament, with five propellant tanks for extended operations. Its proportions were drawn to read as a mobile armour even though it is classed as a mobile suit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-top:18px;font-size:13px;color:#6b7280;\"\u003eBackground sources: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gundam.fandom.com\/wiki\/MSN-04II_Nightingale\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eMSN-04II Nightingale — Gundam Wiki\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ja.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E3%82%B5%E3%82%B6%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC_(%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA)#%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%81%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eサザビー（ナイチンゲール）— 日本語版 Wikipedia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mobile-suit-gundam-char-s-counterattack-beltorchika-s-children-msn-04ii-nightingale-hguc-1-144-bandai-spirits","title":"HGUC 1\/144 Nightingale","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHGUC 1\/144 Nightingale\u003c\/strong\u003e from \u003cem\u003e\"Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - Beltorchika's Children\"\u003c\/em\u003e — the long-awaited HG kit of the MA-class crimson behemoth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis kit reproduces Nightingale's massive frame in 1\/144 scale, measuring roughly 400mm wide and 211mm tall. 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