recently just watch Mobile Suit Gundam : The 08th MS Team.
i tell u, this is my favorite gundam series. evntho its an OVA but still..
the animation is quite decent,
the mecha just nice (most of them by K.A, my fav designer lol)
mecha-ish (like ez-8) but not too bulky like Gundam Sentinel
but the most AWESOME part of this OVA is the plot.
it just surreal.. and it even show another use of the beam saber lols
ordinary pilot, ordinary gandamu (spare-part ) and no flashing beam everywhere

- a must see for gandamu die-hard-fan