1/72 Armored VF-25S - 8,000 Yen EDITED

EDITED: Added images for most of the items now. ^^

Still no image on a few of the latest announced model kits from Bandai mentioned the other day, but pre-order info is now up on Hobby Search.

MG Gouf Ver. 2.0 - May release, 3,990 Yen (inclusive of tax).


MG 1/100 G Armor Real Type color - Will come with new marking. Weapons and equipments are the same from MG Gundam Ver. 2.0 and G Fighter for Gundam Ver. 2.0 Operation V Use.

June release, 10,290 Yen (inclusive of tax).

1/72 Macross F VF-25S Armored Messiah Valkyrie Ozma Lee's Unit - 8 expandable missile pods in total. Weapons include a Gunpod, shield and Reaction Missile x 4.

Also comes with an Action Display Base 1 S.M.S. Ver. ^^

June release, 8,400 Yen (inclusive of tax).

Keroro Gunsou Plamo Collection Pururu Chief Medic - Her signature weapon of a syringe comes with movable pistol. Comes with option parts for different eye expressions, and option hand units.

June release, 630 Yen (inclusive of tax).


Keroro Gunsou Plamo Collection Musha Viper Robo - Musha Keroro's rival. Part swapping to assemble the different members among the 7 brothers. The mouth can be opened/closed.

Comes with his customized sword.

May release, 840 Yen (inclusive of tax).



1/100 Astray Gold Frame - Bazooka unit is included! ^^ Comes with a new option part for the arm to reproduce the design from its manga. Plated parts for the frame.

May release, 4,200 Yen (inclusive of tax).


1/100 00 Raiser Designer's Color Ver - Comes with designer's markings as well. 3 lighting effect parts confirmed - two for the GN Drives and one for the head. GN Sword III with beam part included.

Didn't mention whether the beam parts for GN Sword II is in, like the HG Trans-Am version.

May release, 5,250 Yen (inclusive of tax).


HG 1/144 Exia R2 - Changes made to the shoulder, rear armor, calf (added with GN Particle injection nozzle), arm and waist. GN Sword III comes with clear part for the blade. Has gimmick for the GN Drive on the back.

Weapons include GN Sword III, GN Beam Saber x 4, GN Shield x 1, GN Long Blade x 1, GN Short Blade x 1.

June release, 1,260 Yen.


HG 1/144 O Gundam [Battle Equipped Ver.] - Comes with two types of backpack - GN Particle storage tank-type and GN Drive-type. Come reproduce the beam saber pulling gimmick - a homage to Gundam RX-78-2. Beam rifle and GN Sheild are included.

June release, 1,260 Yen (inclusive of tax).


HG 1/144 Arche Gundam - Transformation via part swapping. GN Particle releasing gimmick included for the shield and feet via armor sliding function. Sliding function for the sword as well, which can be attached to the forearm. Comes with two beam sabers - can be attached to the feet.

No mentioning of a display base being included.

May release, 1,680 Yen (inclusive of tax).


BB Senshi Sangokuden Sonshoko Gerbera - 5 types of eye expressions included. Comes with Naginata x 1, bow x 1, paper apron x 2.

May release, 630 Yen (inclusive of tax).


BB Senshi Sangokuden Joko Serpent - Two axes for his weapons.

May release, 630 Yen (inclusive of tax).


HGUC Schuzrum Dias - Option parts for the helmet between grunt and commander unit.

Weapons include beam pistol x 2, clay bazooka x 1.

June release, 1,785 Yen (inclusive of tax).


HGUC Hi-Nu - Separate colors molded for the shield. Beam saber can be stored and detached from the backpack.

Weapons include beam rifle x 1, new Hyper Bazooka x 1, beam saber x 1, shield x 1, Fin Funnel x 6.

June release, 2,310 Yen (inclusive of tax).


All images from CyberGundam.

SD Gundam Bind Vol. 1 EDITED

EDITED: With picture now ^^

New 100-Yen Gundam gashapon coming up, called SD Gundam Bind.

Vol. 1 will be out in July, all ten types featuring Gundam, God Gundam, Strike Freedom, Destiny, Gundam Hazel, Bind Gundam, Bind Strike Freedom, Bind Destiny, Bind God Gundam and Bind Apsalus.

No images yet, but from the description given, it seems that you can rearrange the parts from various figures to form your own original MS. More detailed and larger than the SD Impact series as well.


News from Calamel Dot Jp. Image from Toysdaily.

HGUC Campaign

A special campaign for HGUC Gunplas will be up to add to the celebration of Gundam 30th Anniversary. For an purchase of HGUC model from participating store, you are entitled to get a free present - a clear file.

There's no mentioning of when the campaign is starting though.

Also has a lucky draw featuring Gundam bicycle, T shirt and exclusive display item.

Image from Hobby Shop Midori.

Katsumi Kawaguchi's MG Dom Desert Type - Completed

It's completed! ^^






What's the significance of this model you ask? It's for a lucky draw from EC Geo Online Store, in which customers who purchase Gundam merchandise from the store stand a chance to win many fabulous prizes. The grand prize is of course this customized MG - it's the only one in the world! ^^

More information about this lucky draw in this previous posting.

Also, some of Katsumi Kawaguchi-sensei's Gunpla work was out as Bandai's Pro Shop releases in the past, most notably his MG Zaku II Ver. 2.0 "African Front | Afterglow of Africa". It was his entry for an MG Zaku II Ver. 2.0 competition for Bandai's staff members and other professionals organized by Dengeki Hobby magazine. It was being released as a Pro Shop Gunpla July last year.

Are we going to get an MG Dom Katsumi Kawaguchi Ver. soon? ^^

Images from Medianet Japan, also mentioned on Katsumi Kawaguchi-sensei's blog.

G.F.F. MC Limited Z Plus [Blue] BST Mode & Others

The second part of Digitamin Blog's review on G.F.F. Metal Composite Limited Z Plus [Blue] is now up, after Part 1 last night.

Part 2 is on the BST Mode, or [Hummingbird] as we usually call it.









So that's how the arm is stored in its [BST Mode]. The cover has to be removed first it seemed.


Images from Digitamin Blog.

On the other hand, Tamashii Web Shop Yahoo! Store reported that Tamashii Nation 2009 Limited G.F.F. Metal Composite Psycho Gundam [Hong Kong Night Ver.] has been sold out.


Good stuff doesn't stay long ^^;

Image from Tamashii Web Shop Yahoo! Store.

Still on Tamashii Nation gokin item, GA Graphic has a gallery up for Soul of Chogokin Daizengar and Aussenseiter from the recent Tamashii Nation 2009:




June release, 2,9400 Yen (inclusive of tax).

Images from GA Graphic.

Bandai Hobby's Merchandises for April EDITED

EDITED: Updated with exact release dates now. Items are rearranged in chronological order according to their release dates as well. ^^

No exact release dates available at the moment, but Bandai Hobbysite does have a few new images up for their new Gunplas for this month:

9th: HG 1/144 Ahead Smultron - 1,260 Yen (inclusive of tax)


9th: BB Senshi No. 322 00 Raiser - 1,050 Yen (inclusive of tax)


16th: MG Sword Impulse Gundam - 4,725 Yen (inclusive of tax)


16th: BB Senshi Sangokuden Kochu Gundam Mk. II - 630 Yen (inclusive of tax)



16th: BB Senshi Sangokuden Soldier Unit - 420 Yen (inclusive of tax)


16th: Keroro Gunsou Plamo Collection Captain Keroro - 630 Yen (inclusive of tax)


Look at the box art of his little Gunplas! Muahahaha XD
23rd: HGUC Nu Gundam HWS - 2,940 Yen (inclusive of tax)


23rd: Action Display Base 1 E.F.S.F. Ver. - 840 Yen (inclusive of tax)

23rd: Action Display Base 1 Zeon Ver. - 840 Yen (inclusive of tax)


27th: HG 1/144 00 Raiser Trans-Am Color Gloss Injection Ver. - 2,100 Yen (inclusive of tax)


Images from Bandai Hobbysite.

Information on the release dates from Apron Model Production Diary.

1/72 Transformable Armored VF-25S & MG G Armor Real Type Color May (?) Release

Big news slotted in not-so obvious place on Bandai Hobbysite.

And a question mark because the exact month of release is unconfirmed. May be May, or later.

The pull down menu for next month's new items (次月の商品情報) reveals a few new items:


- MG 1/100 MS-07B Gouf Ver 2.0

- MG 1/100 G Armor Real Type color

- HGUC /144 RMS-099B Schuzrum Dias

- HGUC 1/144 Hi-Nu Gundam

- BB Senshi Sangokuden Xu Huang Serpent

- BB Senshi Sangokuden Shun Shangxiang Gerbera

- HG 1/144 Arche Gundam

- HG 1/144 0 Gundam [Battle Equipped Type]

- HG 1/144 Gundam Exia R2

- 1/100 Gundam Astary Gold Frame

- 1/100 00 Raiser Designer's Color Ver (with GN Sworld III)

- 1/72 Macross F VF-25S Armored Messiah Valkyrie Ozma Lee's Unit

- Keroro Gunsou Plamo Collection New Musha Robo

- Keroro Gunsou Plamo Collection Pururu Chief Medic

Real type color for MG G Armor shows Bandai is still neglecting G-3 Gundam fans, even for MG Gundam Ver. 2.0. :( But thanks to that, I can save about 9,000 Yen fortunately ^^;

1/72 Macross F VF-25S Armored Messiah Valkyrie Ozma Lee's Unit came as a huge great news for me - being hoping for that for quite a while already ^^

Big news for Keroro fans as well. The first female Keroro character as a plamo - Pururu Chief Medic will be released. ^^ Plus a new Musha Keroro too. Whether it's the dark colored version of the previous Musha Keroro, or brand new designs are unknown at the moment.

News from Bandai Hobbysite.