UPDATE: Includes new packaging art from Good Smile Company and Premium Bandai. 2025 is about to close, which also means its high time for those December model kit releases in time for Christmas, or the equivalent holiday you're celebrating. The HG White Gundam is a no-brainer, being a straight recolor of the HG Red Gundam … Continue reading Box Art Extravaganza: December 2025
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Today’s Robits: October 2025 Premium Bandai Drop
It's been a while since my last "Today's Robits" post so here's a quick one after a couple of separate Premium Bandai arrived at the same day. First is HG Gundam Naion from Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury: Vanadis Heart, a kit immediately hyped from the moment it was decided to be produced. … Continue reading Today’s Robits: October 2025 Premium Bandai Drop
Still Waiting for a Proper HG Prototype Gundam: Premium Bandai Exclusive HG 01 Gundam
I've been in the hobby of building Gunpla and other mecha model kits for 20 or so years. And I am well aware of how companies would really want to make the most out the steel molds being used to create these kits, either through recolors or slight retools. That's why it bothers me why … Continue reading Still Waiting for a Proper HG Prototype Gundam: Premium Bandai Exclusive HG 01 Gundam
This Took 16 Years: Premium Bandai Exclusive HGUC Gundam G07/7th
In 2009, the Playstation 3 game Mobile Suit Gundam Battlefield Record U.C. 0081 was released and along with it, Bandai Spirits also released the HGUC Full Armor Gundam 7th. I'm not sure if other mobile suits from the game got kits in 2009 but we got a surprise in 2024 when the HGUC G-Line Standard … Continue reading This Took 16 Years: Premium Bandai Exclusive HGUC Gundam G07/7th
Another G-Self Getting the 1.25 Treatment: HG G-Self [Atmospheric Pack & Space Pack] from “Reconguista in G the Movie”
It's been several years since the release of the last Reconguista in G compilation movie, and last year saw The Gundam Base Limited G-Self Perfect Pack, which is a version 1.25 at best of the original HG. The original was notorious for its lack of color separation and reliance on color-correcting seals so this limited … Continue reading Another G-Self Getting the 1.25 Treatment: HG G-Self [Atmospheric Pack & Space Pack] from “Reconguista in G the Movie”