Out-of-Stock Limited Gunplas Sales Method

Sounds trivial, but I find it hard not to report about it here ^^

Still remember this picture?


The red and blue boxes are the two types of limited Gunplas on sales at Gundam 30th Birthday Festival in Nagoya, which was held from Friday (July 24th) till Sunday (July 26th) at Port Messe in Nagoya.

The two limited Gunplas are:


* HGUC Operation V Clear Color Version - 2,600 Yen and,
* HGUC Char's MS Set Clear Color Version - Zaku II, Gelgoog and Z'Gok - 3,200 Yen (inclusive of tax).

Apparently, they were so many demands for the two, they ran out of stock at the event! Bandai quickly responded by issuing ID and password to the customers after that, which they can use to log into Bandai Premium's site and purchase the HGUC kit they desire.


There's a time limit however, to use the ID and password - between July 28th and August 10th. Also, it seems that the users will need to bear the delivery charge of their purchases.

Anybody can access Bandai Premium's site and click on the two limited kits displayed there, but you'll be blocked from getting it if you don't have the ID and password. This is the first time I heard of such method from Bandai regarding their limited Gunplas. XD

All images from Bandai Premium's site.

* More images of Gundam 30th Birthday Festival in Nagoya in this previous posting, and this one as well.

SDX Knight Gundam Plated Ver. New Images & Robot Damashii Crossbone X-1, X2-Kai

New images of Tamashii Web Shop limited SDX Knight Gundam Plated Ver. mentioned earlier this month:


Can it really be that shiny? ^^
Pre-order started since July 13th. Closing date TBA. November release, 6,825 Yen (inclusive of tax).

Images from Tamashii Web Shop.

On the other hand, new images of the already released Robot Damashii [Side MS Crossbone Gundam X-1 and X2-Kai, which demonstrate their articulation and action poses:





Images from Digitamin Blog.

Brave Gokin Gordian & Reissued 1/60 VF-1A, VF-1J

New images and release info of CM's Brave Gokin 30 Gordian:











300mm tall (Gordian). Comes with two figures of Daigo - for transformation and in standing pose with display base, his black panther Clint, and Saori. November release, 24,780 Yen (inclusive of tax).

Fighter Gordian (闘士ゴーディアン) is one of those very very nostalgic cartoon series I watched when I was very young. I'm sure many shared my experience as well. I couldn't remember his name until several years back when I watched some videos showing compilation of the opening sequences of various old cartoon series. Daimos is another one of such example. Feel like crying when I watched it (again) ^^

Images from Hobby Shop Digitamin.

On the other hand, two reissued 1/60 Complete Transformation Macross figures from Yamato coming real soon ^^

VF-1A Valkyrie Hikaru Ichijyo's Unit



VF-1J Valkyrie Hikaru Ichijyo's Unit



Late July release, 13,440 Yen each (inclusive of tax).

Images are from Amiami: VF-1A, VF-1J.

Tamashii Web Shop Limited Robot Damashii Gaddess & Booster Unit

Three new Tamashii Web Shop limited merchandises announced:




Robot Damashii [Side MS] Gaddess [Anew's Unit], Booster Unit for Gaddessa, Garazzo, and Gaddess, and Gaddess [Anew's Unit] with Booster Unit. All three of them were revealed at the recent Tokyo Toy Show 2009.

Pre-order will start tomorrow (July 31st). Release date & price TBA.

All images from Tamashii Web Shop.

HG 1/144 Cherudim Gundam GNHW/R & Others Now Available

The last round of new Gunpla releases from Bandai Hobby Division for this month gives us three kits, all available on Hobby Search:

HG 1/144 Cherudim Gundam GNHW/R - 1,800 Yen.




Two new runners for this kit - one hidden behind the old one in the image above. ^^;


Has a whole piece of mount rack for the Bits, which will look a bit off if you choose to display just a few of them using the clear stand. ^^;
BB Senshi Sengokuden Bushin Kourin Takeda Shingen (武田信玄) Gundam (Musha Gundam) - 600 Yen.





A new runner of four parts for this "new" kit...


... and Bandai's honest enough to show you which previous BB Senshi kit it's based on XD


Takeda Shingen's flag is a piece of "paperwork" from the manual XD
And the same goes for...

BB Senshi Sengokuden Bushin Kourin Uesugi Kenshin (上杉謙信) Gundam (Zeta Gundam) - 600 Yen.






Extensively delicate paint job required for the little Ball included for both kits. ^^;

All images from Hobby Search.