ITT: Gundam Theories

>>13764388
It's most likely just a callback/easter-egg. Don't sweat your noggin over this, pal.

>>13764388

> Winter Palace

I think you mean Black History. The Winter Palace was it's physical location, but it was used for several purposes and not just storing the Black History. It was arguably not even it's most important function, since keeping the vast majority of their population alive in stasis is presumably more important to most people than historical records, regardless of how apocalyptic.

>>13764394
This.

Same reason for all the older Gundams in the crowd shots of G Gundam. It's not meant to be stone cold evidence - it's just the animators/artists having a little fun.

>>13764426
But what if those older Gundams were replicas that were reproduced later on? Just like the Borjarnons.

>>13764443
Seeing as the show was made before Turn A was even a concept, I wouldn't bet money on the staff thinking of it that way.

>>13764426

I'd say the scenes of G, Wing and X in Turn-A's black history (and Corin's memory) were just that initially too. They grew to be more over time, but I think it was just the production team putting them in for references and fun at the time.