It's been a while since Bandai Spirits released the online exclusive HGUC Pale Rider kits as tie-ins to the game Mobile Suit Gundam Side Stories back in 2014. This included the space type, ground heavy equipment type, and its descendant, the Todesritter. Seven years later, they are starting a new "Project Pale Rider" campaign and … Continue reading New “Project Pale Rider” Revealed: HGUC Pale Rider Cavalry
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Bringing a Line Back to Life: HG L-Gaim Mk-II
In 2001, Bandai (not yet Bandai Spirits) launched a couple of High Grade lines in the same vein as the then-recently launched HGUC line. These focused mainly on non-Gundam properties and included the High Grade Aura Battler line for Dunbine kits, and the High Grade Heavy Metal for the L-Gaim kits. These were good kits … Continue reading Bringing a Line Back to Life: HG L-Gaim Mk-II
And They’re Complete! HGUC Gundam G05 / Unit 5
With the announcement and consequent release of the Premium Bandai exclusive HGUC Gundam G04, it was only a matter of time before they complete the seven RX-78 units. And now it is complete with the announcement of the HGUC RX-78-5 Gundam G05. This appeared in the game Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space along with … Continue reading And They’re Complete! HGUC Gundam G05 / Unit 5
Why are these Premium Bandai? HGAC Vayeate & Mercurius
Bandai Spirits is kind of doing a slow roll in releasing HGAC kits. We already have three Gundams, with one more coming out the next month, as well as a couple of grunt suits. I also believe that both Vayeate and Mercurius are popular enough designs to get retail kits. Which is why I'm dumbfounded … Continue reading Why are these Premium Bandai? HGAC Vayeate & Mercurius
Back After 10 Years: HGUC Todesritter
Nope, I'm not talking in actual years here. In the game Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Missing Link, the Pale Rider was a mobile suit that appeared during the tail end of the One Year War. Fast forward to U.C.0090, roughly after 20 years, the Pale Rider returns as the Todesritter. Unlike its fictional counterpart, … Continue reading Back After 10 Years: HGUC Todesritter