Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Non-Gundam Updates from Hobby Japan & Model Graphix June Issue Part 1

Done with Gundam, we now turn to non-Gundam news and updates from this month's Hobby Japan and Model Graphix June Issue ^^

Macross Series

[Bandai] 1/72 Transformable VF-25S Armored Messiah Ozma Lee's Unit - June release, 8,400 Yen (inclusive of tax).


[Hasegawa] 1/48 YF-19 - 390mm in length, 309mm in width. July release, 4,410 Yen (inclusive of tax).


[Yamato] 1/60 FanJet - Piloted by Hikaru Ichijyo in SDF Macross. 12cm in length. Limited production of 1,000 unit to be sold for members of the fan club only. To be available in advanced at this year's Shizuoka Hobby Show.

May release, 3,000 Yen (inclusive of tax).


[Yamato] 1/60 Transformable Macross Series


* Mass Productive Type VF-1A (TV Anime Ver.) - August release, 10,290 Yen (inclusive of tax).
* YF-19 Repaint (Double Nuts) - June release, 19,740 Yen (inclusive of tax).
* VT-1 Super Ostrich - July release, 16,590 Yen (inclusive of tax).
* VF-22S Sturmvogel II [Gamlin Kizaki's Unit] - June release, 19,740 Yen (inclusive of tax).

Another VF-a9 Repaint not shown is Bird Pray. There's no product info about it in this month's issue.

[Bandai] VF100's


* VF-25S Ozma Lee's Unit - Already released, 5,040 Yen (inclusive of tax).
* VF-25F Armored Messiah Alto's Unit - Late July release, 6,825 Yen (inclusive of tax).

[Yamato] 1/1 Scale SDF Macross U.N. Spacy Helmets - Limited release through Yamato's website. Pre-order period has already started since April 17th, and will run till June 1st.

Three types announced: Hikaru Ichijyo's, Roy Focker's , and Maximilian Jenius's. They will be available by Fall this year at 41,790 Yen each (inclusive of tax).

* Hikaru Ichijyo's helmet is a fan-club limited item.


Details in this previous posting.

[Alpha Omega] 1/8 Excellent Model Sheryl Nome - 22cm tall. Summer release, 7,140 Yen (inclusive of tax).

* Not 5,985 Yen as mentioned previously.


Shown on the lower half of the second scan is Megahouse's Excellent Model Core Ranka Lee - 12cm tall. Late May release, 5,985 Yen (inclusive of tax).

Soul of Chogokin Daizengar & Aussenseiter - Late June release, 29,400 Yen (inclusive of tax).


[Bandai] Robot Damashii Code Geass [Side KMF]


* Lancelot Albion - Late June release, 3,990 Yen (inclusive of tax).


* Gekka [Kyoshiro Tohdoh's Unit] - Tamashii Web Shop limited item. Summer release, price TBA
* Gekka Pre-Production Test Type - Release date & price TBA.


* Tristan - Late July release, 3,990 Yen (inclusive of tax).


* Akatsuki Mass Productive Type - Newly announced. Release date & price TBA.

Kamen Rider Series


Kamen Rider Den-O Cho-Climax Form, and new "Pega Form" for Zeronos in Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade NEO Generations The Movie: The Onigashima Battleship (劇場版 超・仮面ライダー電王&ディケイド NEO ジェネレーションズ 鬼ヶ島の戦艦)

Also shown is Kamen Rider Decade's transformable action figure series:

* FFR Vol. 07 Agito/Machine Tornader - Late April release, 2,625 Yen (inclusive of tax).

* FFR Vol. 08 Den-O Sword Form - Mid May release, 2,625 Yen (inclusive of tax).






* FFR Vol. 09 Hibiki - May release, 2,625 Yen (inclusive of tax).

* FFR Vol. 10 Kabuto - Late June release, 2,625 Yen (inclusive of tax).

[Bandai & Medicom Toys] Project BM! Wataru - from Kamen Rider Kiva. 30cm tall, March 2010 release, 16,590 Yen (inclusive of tax).

To order this figure, you need the ticket included in Project BM! Kamen Rider Kiva [Kiva Form] - to be released this September at 19,740 Yen (inclusive of tax).

[Medicom Toys] RAH DX Agito Ground Form - November release, 17,640 Yen (inclusive of tax).


[Bandai] S.H. Figuarts


* Black RX - July release, 2,625 Yen (inclusive of tax).

* Agito Ground Form - June release, 2,625 Yen (inclusive of tax).

* Another Agito - June release, 3,150 Yen (inclusive of tax).

* Decade - release date & price TBA



* Hana - release date & price N/A

Banpresto Prize Items


* Kamen Rider Decade DX Deformed Big Figure - All 2 types, 16cm tall. Late May release.

* Gashapon series Kamen Rider 2 - Shokugan (candy included). All 6 type. 10cm tall each. Mid May release, 210 Yen each (inclusive of tax).

* Heisei Kamen Rider 10th Anniversary DX Assembly Type Softvinyl Figure Vol. 3 Ryuki & Faiz - All 2 types, 24cm tall. Late May release.

1/6 Kamen Rider Mask Collection Vol. 6 - release date & price N/A


Hyper Hobby scans for the Kamen Rider scans are from CyberGundam: S.H. Figuarts Hana, FFR Hibiki and Kabuto.

To be continued