I adore this show. Fellow Gundam fans, you should give this a shot, even if the aesthetic puts you off.

I can't keep track of all of the drops and promotions PB is running 😑

First drop is live

Edit: Second drop is live

Edit: Third drop

e-Festival home page

Next drop is Saturday night.

There's a ton of GBase stuff listed, a few of which I haven't seen before. Most of it is the usual assortment of clear, GBase color, and special coating kits.

Happy shopping on this Black Friday, the holiest of days under our lord Capitalism.

Apologies for not being able to narrow it down to the newly listed stuff - I'm getting a lot of 404 errors when trying to use the filter. There might be more hiding in the list, there's a ton of expo stuff floating around. Goes live tomorrow night at 9pm ET.

• HG ReZel (Defensor B-unit)
• HG Try Age
• HG Maxter
• HG Gaplant TR-5 (ginormous Psycho arms)
• HG Gaplant TR-5 (Titans colors)
• HG G-Line Standard Armor
• MG Mission Pack A and L for F90

Also HG Virunvee for the Dunbine fans.

What's gonna happen is that Bandai is going to get me to order this 1/144-ish Big Zam figure for however many hundreds of dollars, then in a few years, after it's had time to sit in the box and collect dust, they'll announce an HGUC version for much much less.

😒

Timestamps for click-free headline skimming:

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:27 1/60 Metal Structure Kaitai Shouki Gundam Mk.II AEUG
• 01:52 1/60 Metal Structure Kaitai Shouki Nu Gundam Addons
• 02:41 Metal Build GN Arms Type-D & Dynames Repair
• 03:59 Metal Robot Spirits Barbatos (1st-4th Form)
• 04:43 GFFMC Gouf
• 05:57 Gundam Seed Metal Builds Announcements
• 07:00 More Figure releases
• 07:51 Metal Robot Spirits Ka Signature Zeta Pluses
• 08:41 Robot Spirits Gundam Mk.II Titans
• 09:41 More UC Robot Spirits Figures
• 10:46 Robot Spirits Big Zam
• 12:00 Robot Spirits Aegis Gundam & Buster Gundam
• 12:49 SH Figuarts Announcements
• 14:02 Witch from Mercury Robot Spirits Figures
• 14:34 Gundam Universe Figures
• 14:48 Metal Robot Spirits Command & Beret Gundams
• 15:28 Dimension Art Metal Unicorn Gundam
• 16:26 GGG Master Asia Restock
• 16:49 Gundam Seed Freedom Chibi Plushies
• 17:05 HGUC G-Line Standard Armor
• 18:26 Soft Vinyl Santa & Snowman Balloons
• 19:16 Unicorn Statue Winter Makeover
• 19:49 GBO2 News
• 20:02 Gundam Extreme Versus 2 Overboost
• 20:08 Alpha Tauri x Gundam
• 20:19 Sunshine City Bandai Cross Store
• 20:28 Musha Gundam Girl
• 20:33 China Limited Gundam Things Released
• 22:15 Gundam Build Metaverse Kits Released
• 23:14 Mini Mini Carddass & Zaku Head Gachapons Released
• 24:02 Audrey Burne Prize Figure
• 24:42 Life Sized Nu Gundam Tumbler Arcade Prizes
• 24:48 FLASH Phonecases (for Iphone 15 Pro & Pro Max)
• 25:20 Witch from Mercury Carddass vol.3
• 25:47 Gundam Reading Material
• 26:26 Gundam Apparel News
• 28:50 The Best Build Fighter Team (Ongoing Gundam.info Poll)
• 30:03 Outro

Looks like this is replacing the yearly Expo event. Two locations have been announced, Las Vegas and New Orleans. There are only 4 kits up on the PB site as of now, all standard GBase/Expo fare. If past events are anything to go by, expect a bunch of clear, coated, GBase color, and Perfectibility kits moving forward.

@robalees@lemmy.world, I will keep an eye out for that Marsfour clear kit and give you a holler if I see anything.

Edit: first drop is live

https://p-bandai.com/us/search?brand=05-999001075&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=pb_owned_nl&utm_campaign=20231116_hobby_gundam

All techniques credited within the video. This may be old news for the folks that keep up with Discord, but I found Suishi's overview and step by step pretty informative. I'm often blown away by the fact that stuff like this gets discovered at all, because the steps are so specific.

Was able to cancel Epyon and Dilanza Sol preorders from a national shop so that's cool. Was not expecting to find Gyanko since it's been years since I've seen one stateside and I wasn't going to let it go. The lady was thrilled to see the Char-flavored chibi set so I grabbed that for her. Kimaris Vidar rounds out the impulse purchases because purple mobile suits are rad.

...this hobby is still way cheaper than Transformers. 😅😒

Looking forward to the Urdr Hunt anime. It took me until last year sometime to finally get around to watching IBO... the end left me hollow but I'm more than willing to see more of that universe.

That F1 grandpa deco looks SICK. Not sure it would work in HG or EG, but I'd totally be down for an RG. And I don't even like auto racing. But it's absolutely bonkers that the PG is promotional-only.

My nephew recently got into Gundam via one of the console games whose naming conventions I'll never be able to decipher. But as a result he is obsessed with the Gaplant. I am not showing him this video lol. The kid's holiday wish list is already impossibly long.

The faces on the Suletta and Miorine palm figures look awful. Or rather, they do not look like the characters.

Titles and timestamps for those that would rather just skim:

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:23 Urdr Hunt Anime Announced
• 01:58 Formula 1 X Gundam
• 03:50 HGUC Gaplant
• 06:16 Gunpla Boxart
• 06:43 Tamashii Nation 2023
• 08:08 Tenohira Suletta-chan & Miorine-san (G.E.M. Series)
• 09:11 Gundam Seed x Cup no Fuchiko (Ichiban Kuji)
• 10:50 “But Wait. Cats?” Vinyl
• 11:13 UC Engage News
• 11:37 GBO2 News
• 11:54 International Robot Exhibition 2023
• 12:22 Zeong Girl
• 12:26 Gundam Factory Yokohama Hotel Package Deal
• 13:09 Witch from Mercury Pop-up Store Goods
• 13:42 Gundam Reading Material
• 13:57 Gundam Apparel News
• 15:02 Which Gundam Seed Character’s Work do you want to appreciate? (Ongoing Poll)
• 16:32 Outro

Edit: if anyone can explain why reddit (and now lemmy) ignores single carriage returns, I'm all ears. Every freakin time I have to go back and add the list tick marks manually. (Trying to add spaces on mobile just results in unwanted periods and takes longer overall.)

I nominate Not David Attenborough to voice Link in the upcoming Zelda movie.

Came across some photos of my old Wing non-grade kits and had to wince a little. Good on 20ish me for not being satisfied with stickers, not so much with the "knowing the first thing about paint" part. ^_^; But we all gotta start somewhere, right?

I wonder if Space Santa leaves Helium-3 for the bad boys and girls who hang up their ~~stockings~~ MS Leg Boots.

Of note, all of the announced Japanese P-Bandai reprints never sold out of the US store. And they are not alone. I'm not sure if Bandai decided to allot a ton more product to the US, sales have dropped off, or some combination. It seems like almost everything has been freely available... which is awesome, at least until Bandai does a course correction.

The China-exclusive MG Freedom and Justice look freakin amazing. Not a huge fan of the Providence overall but the deco is eye-catching.

Table of contents/time stamps below in case anyone wants a tl;dw.

• 00:00 November Gunpla Schedule
• 02:04 MG Mission Pack A-Type & L-Type for F90 Preorders
• 03:11 JP P-Bandai Restocks
• 03:28 Surplus Gunpla Runner Sale
• 05:43 Cucuruz Doan’s Island Goods
• 06:03 Metal Robot Spirits AGE-FX Preorders
• 07:01 New Gundam Universe Lineup (Halloween Inspired)
• 08:22 RIP Urdr Hunt
• 10:55 Digi-Fig App
• 14:34 GBO2 News
• 14:42 Gundam Seed Freedom Animate Limited Goods
• 15:55 WfM S2 Vol.3 Blu-ray & DVD Artwork Unveiled
• 16:01 Gundam Base Christmas
• 16:17 Tokyo Gundam English Guide
• 17:13 Gundam Open Inovation
• 18:18 Zeong Girl
• 18:48 WfM S2 Vol.2 Blu-ray & DVD Released
• 18:57 MS Leg Boots (RX-78-2 & Char’s Zaku) Released
• 19:22 Gunpla Round Boxes Released
• 20:09 WfM Sheet Music Released
• 20:20 China Limited Gunpla
• 22:07 Gundam Reading Material
• 22:25 Gundam Apparel News
• 27:44 Who’s the Best Gundam Trickster? [Poll results]