MelodiousFunk

Looking forward to the Urdr Hunt anime. It took me until last year sometime to finally get around to watching IBO... the end left me hollow but I'm more than willing to see more of that universe.

That F1 grandpa deco looks SICK. Not sure it would work in HG or EG, but I'd totally be down for an RG. And I don't even like auto racing. But it's absolutely bonkers that the PG is promotional-only.

My nephew recently got into Gundam via one of the console games whose naming conventions I'll never be able to decipher. But as a result he is obsessed with the Gaplant. I am not showing him this video lol. The kid's holiday wish list is already impossibly long.

The faces on the Suletta and Miorine palm figures look awful. Or rather, they do not look like the characters.

Titles and timestamps for those that would rather just skim:

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:23 Urdr Hunt Anime Announced
• 01:58 Formula 1 X Gundam
• 03:50 HGUC Gaplant
• 06:16 Gunpla Boxart
• 06:43 Tamashii Nation 2023
• 08:08 Tenohira Suletta-chan & Miorine-san (G.E.M. Series)
• 09:11 Gundam Seed x Cup no Fuchiko (Ichiban Kuji)
• 10:50 “But Wait. Cats?” Vinyl
• 11:13 UC Engage News
• 11:37 GBO2 News
• 11:54 International Robot Exhibition 2023
• 12:22 Zeong Girl
• 12:26 Gundam Factory Yokohama Hotel Package Deal
• 13:09 Witch from Mercury Pop-up Store Goods
• 13:42 Gundam Reading Material
• 13:57 Gundam Apparel News
• 15:02 Which Gundam Seed Character’s Work do you want to appreciate? (Ongoing Poll)
• 16:32 Outro

Edit: if anyone can explain why reddit (and now lemmy) ignores single carriage returns, I'm all ears. Every freakin time I have to go back and add the list tick marks manually. (Trying to add spaces on mobile just results in unwanted periods and takes longer overall.)

I wonder if Space Santa leaves Helium-3 for the bad boys and girls who hang up their ~~stockings~~ MS Leg Boots.

Of note, all of the announced Japanese P-Bandai reprints never sold out of the US store. And they are not alone. I'm not sure if Bandai decided to allot a ton more product to the US, sales have dropped off, or some combination. It seems like almost everything has been freely available... which is awesome, at least until Bandai does a course correction.

The China-exclusive MG Freedom and Justice look freakin amazing. Not a huge fan of the Providence overall but the deco is eye-catching.

Table of contents/time stamps below in case anyone wants a tl;dw.

• 00:00 November Gunpla Schedule
• 02:04 MG Mission Pack A-Type & L-Type for F90 Preorders
• 03:11 JP P-Bandai Restocks
• 03:28 Surplus Gunpla Runner Sale
• 05:43 Cucuruz Doan’s Island Goods
• 06:03 Metal Robot Spirits AGE-FX Preorders
• 07:01 New Gundam Universe Lineup (Halloween Inspired)
• 08:22 RIP Urdr Hunt
• 10:55 Digi-Fig App
• 14:34 GBO2 News
• 14:42 Gundam Seed Freedom Animate Limited Goods
• 15:55 WfM S2 Vol.3 Blu-ray & DVD Artwork Unveiled
• 16:01 Gundam Base Christmas
• 16:17 Tokyo Gundam English Guide
• 17:13 Gundam Open Inovation
• 18:18 Zeong Girl
• 18:48 WfM S2 Vol.2 Blu-ray & DVD Released
• 18:57 MS Leg Boots (RX-78-2 & Char’s Zaku) Released
• 19:22 Gunpla Round Boxes Released
• 20:09 WfM Sheet Music Released
• 20:20 China Limited Gunpla
• 22:07 Gundam Reading Material
• 22:25 Gundam Apparel News
• 27:44 Who’s the Best Gundam Trickster? [Poll results]

If you like your Zakus with a splash (or more) of blue, this might be hard on the ol' wallet.

• RG Zaku II (Shin Matsunaga)
• RG Zaku II (Uma Lightning)
• RG Zaku II (Robert Gilliam)
• MG Advanced GN-X
• MG Advanced GN-X (Deborah)
• MG GN-X III (A-Laws)
• MG GM Cannon (North American)
• MG Hyaku Shiki Kai
• HGBF Turn A Syn

Three Zakus, three GN-Xs, three others. Perfectly balanced.

Not really a whole lot that grabbed my attention, aside from Bandai continuing on the self-pwn track with metaverse. Just a shitton of stuff for sale at mostly ridiculous prices.

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:09 Miyuki Ichijou Passing
• 00:26 Bandai’s Response to the Metaverse Leak
• 03:01 Gundam Metaverse episode 2 & 3
• 06:09 Wa-Gu-Mi Bamboo RX-78-2
• 07:06 G Frame FA UC 0079 Memorial Selection
• 08:07 G Frame FA Sisquiede AEUG & Titans
• 08:59 FW Gundam Converge +4
• 09:46 Jumbo Soft Vinyl SD Gundam Mk.II (AEUG Ver.)
• 10:37 Witch From Mercury Mechagurumi Art
• 11:00 Gundam Seed Freedom Wafers
• 11:25 Gundam Battle Operation 2 News
• 12:53 UC Engage News
• 13:31 Gundam Evolution News
• 14:10 New Bandai Gachapon Store
• 14:18 Haro Carbon Neutral 2023
• 14:25 G-3 Girl
• 14:30 Gundam Seed Destiny Line Stamps
• 14:33 New Linkl Planet Music Video
• 15:28 Robot Spirits Figure Releases
• 16:09 Gundam Stationary Released
• 17:04 WfM Season 2 Vol.2 DVD & Bluray
• 17:10 GGG Amuro Rereleased
• 17:18 GMG MS Team EFF General Soldier and EFF Bike
• 18:18 Gundam Reading Material
• 19:19 Gundam Apparel News
• 26:02 Which Upcoming Gunpla Are You the Most Excited For? [Poll Results]

So... I went the entire game without trying to shoot Zonai parts from a bow and arrow. So when I finally let myself look stuff up, I saw all sorts of crazy crap.

Today, I saw someone building a spring staircase to ascend. 🤯

So episode 1 was introducing the characters, with a disjointed cliffhanger post-credits. Episode 2 started off with a flashback, then "I'll tell you everything." And episode 3 is plot armor helps prove that gunpla is ~~freedom~~ friendship. That's it. The rest is fanservice cameos.

What a nothingburger. Even going in with low expectations didn't help. Feels like a waste of good designs.

So... Bandai included CAD files for unreleased gunpla in the early access version of their metaverse software. Someone has already printed the MG for the new Freedom kit. And even though it was patched out, the installer has now been pulled completely from Bandai's site.

Neat.

This is a 15 minute evisceration. My jaw dropped at the system requirements and my forehead is bruised from the facepalming. The entire thing reeks of a C-suite stuffed suit being Very Smart and jumping on trends that either never happened or flopped two years after the fact.

Also, the "shopping" just opens the P-Bandai site in a browser window. Linked in my previous post. 🤦‍♂️

Apparently these went live at 11pm ET last night, but you need to filter by Campaign > Gundam Next Future.

• EG Grandpa Eggshell edition
• EG Lau (Gundam Base limited blue version)
• Zakupla-Kun
• HG Aerial (Recirculation color)
• MG Freedom (Real Type)
• MG Justice (Real Type ver "bright blue is totally realistic")

Eggshell Grandpa has been around for a while. Lau is definitely new. I believe the rest are as well.