Box Art Extravaganza: March 2023

A little bit late, and some of the kits here were already released, but I still wanted to feature a couple of packaging arts from the March 2023 releases. HG Huckebein Mk-IIMarch 11, 2023 / ¥4,500Order via HobbyLink Japan It still baffles me a little why Bandai Spirits decided to go with the Mk-II rather … Continue reading Box Art Extravaganza: March 2023

Box Art Extravaganza: June 2021 (and then some)

Bandai Spirits finally released the box arts for the rest of the kits released in June, following the HG Cybaster yesterday. That said, I would just like to nitpick whoever's exporting these images from Photoshop. Please export them in higher quality JPEG! Compression artifacts and noise are all over the place on these images. I've … Continue reading Box Art Extravaganza: June 2021 (and then some)

News Catch Up: Model Kit Solicitations, April 2021

Several solicitations of upcoming model kits have recently went up, but I'll just focus on a couple (literally) that interest me for this round of news catch up. Construction of the 1/1 Freedom Gundam in Shanghai as part of the Gundam China Project (or GCP) has been completed. As such, Bandai Spirits has started solicitations … Continue reading News Catch Up: Model Kit Solicitations, April 2021

Full Mechanics is Back! Full Mechanics 1/100 Calamity Gundam

Many were surprised when a new 1/100 scale Calamity Gundam kit was announced. Many were also scratching their heads as to how are they doing it? Would it have the same engineering as the way too old 1/100 SEED kits? Well, Bandai Spirits made a lot of announcements today, and that included the whole deal … Continue reading Full Mechanics is Back! Full Mechanics 1/100 Calamity Gundam