Part of the Gundam 40th Anniversary spectacles revealed last year was the Gundam Global Challenge where the challenge is to make a 1/1 scale RX-78-2 Gundam move, or at least walk. Gundam Channel on YouTube has been releasing clips of its progress, with the last ones involving Gundam-creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. Last week, Bandai Namco held … Continue reading Gundam Factory Yokohama: Design Reveal and Details
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Victorian-Era with Colonies and Mobile Suits: “Mobile Suit Gundam G40” Special Movie
Gundam fans welcomed the new year with a couple of new clips from Sunrise. One of these is the full version of the special movie featuring the Gundam G40 which was recently released as a limited-run High Grade kit. Titled Mobile Suit Gundam G40, the special movie presents an alternate take on the events of … Continue reading Victorian-Era with Colonies and Mobile Suits: “Mobile Suit Gundam G40” Special Movie
Road to G40: HG Gundam G40 [Industrial Design] Commentary
Thanks to actually building Gunpla (more on that in another post) and mostly work-related stuff, I haven't been able to write stuff on the blog for some time. So as a return, here's something interesting. A month before its release, Bandai Spirits released a subtitled commentary video on how the Ken Okuyama-designed HG Gundam G40 … Continue reading Road to G40: HG Gundam G40 [Industrial Design] Commentary
Gunpla 40th Anniversary: HG Gundam G40 (Industrial Design)
Last July, the Ken Okuyama-designed RX-78-2 Gundam was revealed as part of the Gundam 40th Anniversary celebration. It was also revealed that a kit of the design will be released as part of the Gunpla 40th anniversary next year. And as the All Japan Model & Hobby Show 2019 opens, Bandai Spirits has finally revealed … Continue reading Gunpla 40th Anniversary: HG Gundam G40 (Industrial Design)
GUNDAM 40th Anniversary Trailer: More New Stuff!
Just as I was about to post the new kits revealed in Anime Expo 2019, Sunrise dropped a new trailer for the GUNDAM 40th Anniversary Project. Most of it are stuff that's already known though there are a couple of new additions. I've attached the trailer here before delving deeper. For starters, there's currently a … Continue reading GUNDAM 40th Anniversary Trailer: More New Stuff!