It’s been awhile ever since we’ve seen a new Perfect Grade release by Bandai. Looks like next in list will be a “PG Gundam Astray” from SEED Astray scheduled for March 2009 release ^^ Scan is from the latest issue of Hobby Japan magazine.
A scan featuring what looks like to be the upcoming Master Grade kit of Sinanju from Gundam Unicorn series. Scheduled for December 2008 release~ ( ^ _ ^ )/
More preview on the upcoming 1/100 scale kit of 00 Gundam coming November 2008 at 2,940 Yen retail price. For those who didn’t know, you’ll be able to light up both GN drives located on the shoulders ^^
Danny just posted his coverage on Chara Hobby 2008 which started earlier today. First is the Gunpla section and more will be posted later on. You can view more at his site here.
Akiba Hobby just posted their coverage on Gundam Expo Tokyo 2008, which was held earlier. Photos include the above large scale size of 00 Gundam ^^ You can view more if them right here
Nikkei Business Online has been posting a series of discussions with Bandai Hobby Division‘s Deputy General Manager & Bandai Hobby Center chief Katsuhiko Sasaki. The second one focuses on his work as a manager and the people who support the Gunpla market.
– Development of a plamodel takes 120-150 days from design to shipping out. They plan on optimizing this to 100 days.
– The plamodel market exceeds 50 billion Yen in value.
– Said market is such that even 10-year-old products can be manufactured and sold with repeated demand. The ratio of sales for new products vs. old products is roughly 50-50.
– The people who buy Gunpla can be largely divided into two groups: 14-year-olds who purchase them because of their interest in the newest Gundam on TV and 35-year-olds who’ve been fans since First Gundam. Gunpla has been particularly sustained by the latter.
Someone kindly eough to upload the “Phase-Impulse” PV from the newly released MG Force Impulse Gundam at Youtube ^^ You can view the clip below:
A surprised news of a new MG from the SEED series planned for this coming Fall 2008, at the end of the video ^^ Rumours said that it’ll most likely be the anticipated MG Infinite Justice Gundam~( ^ _ ^ )/
Straight from 47th Shizuoka Hobby Show, all the new upcoming which are going to be released were shown there. One of the main highlight isthe upcoming MG Shin Musha Gundam, which at the same time its Box Art was revealed.
I have to say…this is the COOLEST box art ever!! Kudos to you, Bandai d( > _ < )b!!
You can view more photo coverage of the show at Gundam Base
As we all know, or some of us, the release of MG Force Impulse Gundam will include a special DVD which contains a new clip/episode called “Phase-Impulse”. This promotional video is made by Sunrise and the same team who brought you SEED Destiny. There will be 2 different versions. One is from the MG release, and another one is the download version, which will be available on July 9th, 2008.
Some screens below:
MG Force Impulse Gundam is set to be released on 24th May, 2008 ^^