(Ngee Khiong) MG Victory Gundam Ver.ka spotted at the 49th All Japan Plamo Radicon Show. This is too awesome to not post.
More pictures at Toy World which has a collection of photos from Hobby Stock and amiblo (1), (2) (possibly overwhelmed by traffic at the time of posting)
This event is currently held in Singapore from 2 – 14 September. I thought I would be missing out on it since school took up all my free time. Today I had a pretty useless make-up lecture in the afternoon and decided to just go take a peek there when it ended. I didn’t expect to get anything since I’m now a student and not paying taxes to the government, and most of the event-limited stuff would probably be sold out long ago.
Indeed, I left without buying anything. Tons of people were snapping up the limited edition kits and the MG Sinanju. I wish I had some dough.
Warning: very long article – 166 photos ahead! Click on them for larger-sized ones! You know you want to once you go all the way down the article 
Thanks to the heads-up from Ngee Khiong.
MG Gundam Exia Ignition Mode slated for a July 2009 release.
Just found out today that I clicked “Save Draft” instead of Publish. Bandai has announced on its Tamashii Staff Diary that a female SH Figuarts base body is in the works. Looks like it’s time for
Original text from the entry:
S.H.フィギュアーツの女性素体を秘密開発中
試行錯誤の連続です。
難しいな
Pardon my crappy translation: A female SHF base body is being developed in secret, and there are numerous failed attempts. It’s difficult.
This marks the beginning of a triple threat match between Max Factory’s Figma, Kaiyodo’s Fraulein Revoltech and Bandai’s SH Figuarts. Figma may have anime-accurate sculpts, but it loses out to Fraulein Revoltech in articulation and the former is prone to terrible cases of joints snapping. Fraulein Revoltech has the upper hand in terms of price and some of its female figures have better shapes (ie. dangerous curves).
SH Figuarts would trump both brands in terms of articulation, assuming the female base body can achieve the same range as the current line of male-shaped figures. However, a greater concern would be the sculpt as well as which characters have been licensed. Surely we won’t want a third Haruhi line that looks somewhat the same as the other two lines yet different.
Perhaps some female tokusatsu characters are in the works? I can’t think of any besides the staple female Sentai members and maybe Masked Rider Femme from Ryuki. Or maybe it’s just an SHF Rain Mikamura to accompany the manly SHF Domon Kasshu.
(Via Ngee Khiong, Toysdaily)
Toysdaily has a thread with pictures of the upcoming SHF Masked Rider Kuuga Mighty Form. It will be released in March 2009 at 2625 yen.
Other upcoming Gundam-related stuff below.
First piece of news I got today from Toysdaily – PG Gundam Astray Red Frame announced for a March 2009 release. I am pretty surprised by the news. It’s based on the PG Strike frame and includes its infamous Gerbera Straight katana. The image links to the thread on Toysdaily.
I also see quite a number of fellow bloggers have posted about it. The Toysdaily thread above also features a scratch-built Gundam Astray based off the PG Strike frame. Other upcoming stuff in the link below.
The 00 Raiser set comes with a clear green Celestial Being Action Base. No word on any extra LED unit for the light-up head secret feature or any clear beam effect parts for the GN Sword IIs.
Lastly, another picture of the HG 1/144 GN Archer reveals a possible transformable MS/MA.
All news from the Animesuki forum.
According to Toysdaily, the new mech that appeared in the Gundam 00 S2 Ep10 is named Garazzo (pardon my katakana translation) and will be joining the Gadessa in getting the Robot Tamashii treatment in March 2009.
Additionally, Masked Rider Kuuga will be released in SH Figuarts form, starting with Mighty Form and Titan Form in March 2009.
From Toysdaily, Fraulein Revoltech Suzumiya Haruhi Bunny Girl Version, 2500 yen. Comes with electric guitar, 2 extra faces and extra hands. To be released in 1st February 2009.
Fraulein Revoltech Nagato Yuki and Asahina Mikuru to be released on 1st March and 1st April 2009 respectively. Obviously challenging the slightly more expensive Figma lineup. However I think the Figma sculpt is more true to the anime.
Also from Toysdaily, GFF Metal Composite Zeta Plus – February 2009, a whopping 18900 yen.
Got the following news from toysdaily.
Robot Tamashii Mr. Bushido’s Ahead – February 2009.
1/100 00 Gundam + O Raizer Box Set – December 2008. There is some mention in Japanese of a “special base colour” which I’m guessing applies to the Action Base 1 Celestial Being Ver. rather than a different colour scheme for the 00 Gundam.
MG 1/100 G Fighter – January 2009. (Gundam Ver.2.0 not included)
HCM-Pro Arios Gundam – January 2009, 4200 yen. Comes with the GN Archer.
