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Upcoming stuff I like (and my wallet doesn’t)

Wow… haven’t had many things catching my eyes and lo and behold, they’re all coming in the next few months. My wallet is already quivering in fear.

King of Braves Gao Gai Gar is coming in August courtesy of Bandai’s Super Robot Chogokin line. 4,800 yen. I hope they release all the main Brave series heroes.

In September, the next Super Sentai robot is coming in the form of Gokai-Oh from Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. This is also part of Bandai’s Super Robot Chogokin. 4,800 yen.

Also in September, Bandai’s HGUC RGM-96X Jesta is coming! This is from Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. Very nice! 1,600 yen.

In October, another GM is coming! This time it’s the HGUC RGM-79R GM II. This is from Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and will be 1,470 yen. Never thought they’d do this one to be honest. There’s hope for the other GMs like Nemo, GM Sniper Custom and the rarer variants now!

November will bring another Super Sentai robot. This time it’s Deka Robo from Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger. 4,800 yen of metal goodness. Bring on more Super Sentai robots Bandai!

Then in December another Super Robot Chogokin will be released from King of Braves Gao Gai Gar. This time it’s Choryujin. Again priced at 4,800 yen.

Lastly, Kotobukiya is going to release a D-style (what they call their SD line) ARX-7 Arbalest from Full Metal Panic! I’m a big fan of Full Metal Panic so this is a pleasant surprise. Price and release date still unknown.

Bandai HGUC RGM-86R GM III

A pleasant surprise! This is coming in July @ 1,500yen.

HGUC RGC-83 GM Cannon II

Yes! It’s coming in May @ 1,470 yen! Nice!

Bandai UC Hard Graph 1/35 FF-X7 Core Fighter

Oh holy hell… me thinks I won’t be able to resist this one…

It’s now available in Japan. Won’t be long now. Won’t be long.

More Advance of Z

More of Dengeki Hobby Magazine’s Advance of Z mecha has been revealed and I’m liking this more than the previous designs.

I think they meant ‘Vanguard’ but ahhh, the Japanese have their own English language heh.

Bandai UC Hard Graph 1/35 FF-X7 Core Fighter

This is due to arrive any day now @ 4,500 yen and I like it. Superb boxart and the kit looks to be very impressive too. Just enough modern touches to make it more interesting than the original.

I’m surprised this doesn’t get more press considering the iconic status of the subject and the inclusion of 1/35 figures of BOTH Amuro Rey and Sayla Mas!

Wonder if they’ll ever do the Core Stromectol Booster. That would be cool.

Another Advance of Zeta

Dengeki Magazine ran a popular series of photo-novels called Advance of Zeta: The Flag of Titans a couple of years back. This series proved very popular and Dengeki Magazine is launching a sequel of sorts.

Not much has been revealed so far but the main Mobile Suit has been introduced. It’s called the GM Kai (Wagtail). I’m not to keen on the design so far though. Still, any new GM is good news for me. :D


And woot! A tiger-striped RGC-83 GM Cannon II! Let’s hope it gets some focus to justify a HGUC release!

Bandai HGUC RGM-89De Jegan (ECOAS Type)

It’s been good for UC Gundam fans with the showing of the Gundam Unicorn OAV series. Lots and lots of updated and all new mobile suits to throw your money at!

The latest upcoming HGUC which is of vast interest to me is the RGM-89De Jegan (ECOAS Type). ECOAS is introduced in Gundam Unicorn as the black-ops hunter-killer unit for the Earth Federation. So obviously, they gotta have a black MS!


Love the NVG flip-down sight on the head. Best of all, you can probably bash this kit with the RGM-89 kit to make the standard RGM-89D without having to buy the (very) expensive B-Club conversion kit.

Coming in May! Bring it on!