As seen during the Gundam 45th Anniversary special, 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of Mobile Fighter G Gundam. To those unfamiliar, G Gundam is the first non-Universal Century production following V Gundam the year before, and kickstarts all the alternate universe Gundam productions that continue to this day. G Gundam is also arguably the most … Continue reading One Shots / “Fists of Fury”
I'm calling it "Yazi" for simplicity. There's no better time than today to enter the wild and wacky world of building mecha model kits. Besides the usual players like Bandai Spirits or Kotobukiya, there are also increasing numbers of Chinese companies releasing Gundam-adjacent model kits or totally original designs. While most of these Chinese kits … Continue reading Spiky 1/144 Kits are Here! Venus-Toy 睚眦 (“Yazi”/”Yazhen”) Complete Internal Frame Model
Towards the end of March, the image used to promote upcoming pre-orders for this kit leaked online. Initially, I thought it to be an April Fool's joke since it was around March 30 when it appeared. Didn't realize that it will take three weeks before pre-orders finally opened. I'm talking about the HGAC Gundam Burnlapius … Continue reading The Hygogg on the After Colony: HGAC Gundam Burnlapius
This was supposed to be a "Box Art Extravaganza" post although we're already past mid-April and none of the upcoming mecha kits or figures this month interests me. Or so I thought as MODEROID Take-no-Yamikazuchi was just released and it has a pretty interesting packaging illustration. Take-no-Yamikazuchi hails from the 2004 series Kannazuki no Miko … Continue reading Spicy Box Art is Spicy: MODEROID Take-no-Yamikazuchi from “Kannazuki no Miko”
Mobile Suit Gundam made its premiere in April of 1979, making 2024 the 45th anniversary of the franchise. Subsequent Gundam series followed suit, having premieres in April before the more recent practice of starting in October. That said, we did another April premiere last year with the second half of Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch … Continue reading One Shots / “Subversion of Expectations”
