On May 18th in Japan, the Bandai booth at the event will be displaying a new category of Gundam model kit along with other announcement and releases. This new category would be a new line of 1/100 scale gunpla kits and stated to have "High Detail Appearance" and "Sophisticated Parts Composition."
What are your thoughts on this announcement? Leave a comment down below.
More info about the upcoming 53rd Shizuoka Hobby Show 2014: HERE
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Could we also see the Zaku II Ver 3.0 to oppose last year's RX-78-2 Gundam ver 3.0?
Looks like it unless they're going the route of going super detailed like resin kits.
ReplyDeleteMg needs more love.
ReplyDeletePersonally I probably won't care. I've only purchased 1 RG model kit, and I've given up on MG (not that MG is bad or anything, just that I prefer HG myself.), Purchased 1 PG too and wont do that ever again. I know everybody has there own preferences, but as long as the HG 1/144 kits continue, I'm fine with Bandai coming out with whatever they want. HOWEVER, as someone who lives outside Japan, i despise the Bandai Online exclusives. Some of the kits they release are ones I would like to have but the only way for me to get them are from online stores which jack up the prices and make them not worth getting in the first place. Would just like Bandai to end those online exclusives altogether, but really don't think thats gonna happen :(
ReplyDeleteIf you care with joint durability, you'll want to avoid any HG or below. Stick with RG, MG, or PG.
Deletedont care, HG have tons of mobile suit variation while MGs and RGs have is full of mainstream gundams
Deletealso implying MG have better joint durability.. solid yes, but joint durability? pfffft
I would actually disagree. The inner frames on the MG and PG line tend to put more weight on the joints. I've had a couple of MGs go floppy. The Gelgoog 1.0 and Zeta Gundam 1.0 are rag dolls. I've never had a HG go floppy.
DeleteHG Astray Blue Frame 2ndL can lift its own Tactical Arms, while MG Astray Blue Frame 2nd Revise cannot.
DeleteSpeaks volume about HG joint durability, that fact.
Hmm. One of my HG kits, the AGE-FX, had a hip joint go flop. It never stayed in one place before sliding back down, and is never able to stand straight without an action base.
Delete@anon 1:37
Deleteyou a fookin hipster. GTFO
MG is full of mainstream gundams? Zplus A1/C1 aint mainstream, MG Gogg aint mainstream, MG guntank aint mainstream, MG F91 aint mainstream, MG Ball aint mainstream, MG G04 & G05 aint mainstream, MG stamen aint mainstream, MG Rick dias aint mainstream, MG Geara Doga aint mainstream.
you and your fookin hipster friends.
I like mg kits, but I have not had any problems with joint durability on any newer hg. I did however have an arm peg snap off my dom tropen after a shelf malfunction almost a decade ago, but that was such an easy fix. I just used an extra piece of sprue.
DeleteI am down for "High Detail Appearance" and "Sophisticated Parts Composition." Cause it sounds like 1/100 real grades to me
ReplyDeletemeh 1/100 real grades already exist, rx-78 3.0, Nu ver ka and Sazabi Ver ka. i dont think so, they would probably make something that doesn't exist. something FAR from their modern MGs. and RG 1/100 is not what it is.
Deletei think they starting to think of upgrading future/existing mgs to be more like those of Nu and Sazabi ver kas! GOGO NEWW and SASABEYSS! i WANT A V2 1/100!!!
ReplyDelete1/100 pg
ReplyDelete1/100 RG is my guess.
ReplyDeleteProbably sharper edge? More mecha like Real Grade 1/100?
ReplyDeleteSo, RG technology in MG form instead of HG form? YES!!!!! YES!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteare you missed the train or something? We already have MG Nu Ka , Sazabi Ka and MG 3.0
Deletesince when RG are based on HG?
You do realize that the point of the RG line is the the exact opposite? It put the MG inner frame in the HG size. The only new thing that the RG line introduced to the MG line with the RX-78-2 Version 3 was the multiple shades of white, red, etc. instead of just plain red, white, and blue.
DeleteExactly, everybody was fired up for the RG Exia...when it was pretty much the same MG kit in 1/144. Nothing new besides some decals and the pre-ensambled frame.
DeleteI believe to have mistyped on what I was meant to say. I was meant to say that this new category would be something like RG in 1/100 scale instead of 1/144 scale. If anything, this new category could be a plamo version of Metal Build.
DeleteI'm hoping for a 1/100 HD scale.. not as insane as MG, but do various kits in 1/100 that NEED a 1/100 release! That or I hope that its an HG release of suits the've never released before
ReplyDeleteThis new category is expanded would be a new line of 1/100 scale gunpla kits and stated to have "High Detail Appearance" and "Sophisticated Parts Composition."
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Does anyone have a better translation for the first half of this sentence? I'm guessing whatever 1/100 kit they announce will be the first of a new line? Pretty confusing wording.
I bet it is some like AGE MG with detail but no intermal frame.
ReplyDeleteSana mauna mag-labas ang bootlegs para malugi na ang BANDAI.
ReplyDeleteTa nga, paano mauunang maglabas ang bootleg eh kinokopya nga lang ng bootleg ung ginagawa ng bandai! kaya nga tinawag na bootleg kasi kopya ng original! Bo bo!
DeleteNakakahiya ka, Pakamatay ka na. :D
DeleteDM MG Tallgeese III?
DeleteSobrang BOBO talaga ng mga Bootleg lovers na yan! Bwahahaha
Deletepinatulan mo naman ung kupal, halata namang nang-gagago lang. pareho kayong burat
Deletenaghahanap lang yan ng comment war sa bandai vs bootleg tsaka gusto niang magmukang tanga ang mga bootleg.
kahit sino namang may common sense ay alam na nauuna an bandai.
whatever line it is, the first will always be a RX-78-2. GUYs, brace for impact, one year after 3.0, another RX is coming...
ReplyDeleteheh but HGUC line RX-78-2 is not the 1st though
DeleteMaybe it's a PG in MG size.....
ReplyDeleteright i hoped its a katoki ver
DeleteIt's probably a 1/100 rg line which most people claimed the 3.0 gundam was. I don't really care unless bandai is going to revisit the older none 2.0 Mg kits and make them in this new line.
ReplyDeleteno polycap only abs joints like rg
ReplyDeleteThats been done already. MG F91, Unicorn, Sinanju.
Deleteyes i know in my point of view i liked the more detail abs jonint like in rg just hope i hated polycap parts because its like a disposable rubber
DeleteSo.. The first three gundam figures coming out of this new 1/100 RG is probably going to be RX-78, Zaku, and Strike... which means I can wait a year or two before they do other Gundam designs that are more appealing and in need of 1/100 renewals.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is a revival of 1/100 High Grade kits...
ReplyDeleteSince Gunpla build fighter it's like they'd given up on MG's ( not much releases ). But with Bandai there's no surprise and we all know it's going to be a zaku's released.
ReplyDeleteIMO, 1:100 RG doesn't make sense, they won't produce same kits in 1:100 rather than 1:144
All I heard was "Bandai announces the burning of all customer wallets."
ReplyDelete1/100 MR master real grade
ReplyDeleteAll those maintenence hatches and stuff?
ReplyDeleteAnother way to release the RX-78-2...
ReplyDeleteAs long it has durable joints, I don't mind.
ReplyDeleteI always preferred MG over non-MG 1/100 scale in the past because MG has long-lasting joint durability.
There were some good non-MG 1/100 kits that I bought in the past, but only last for a year or so before joint becoming loose, and no longer pose-able without stand.
While most my MG joints still stiff and in good condition even after 4+ years
08th MS Team COME ON BABY!
ReplyDeleteMy prediction for the grades' name is either Special Grade (SG), Expert Grade (EG), Ultra Grade (UG), or New Grade (NG)
ReplyDelete-Dangerzone
I hope they don't start with RX 78-2 again... I'd really like to see other units in MG or this new 1/100 kit. (ex. remaining 00 suits etc)
ReplyDeleteWith the exception of the HGUC line they have started EVERY new line with the RX-78-2.
Deletefirst Perfect Grade: RX-78-2
first Jumbo Grade: RX-78-2
first Master Grade 1.0: RX-78-2
first Master Grade 2.0: RX-78-2
first Master Grade 3.0: RX-78-2
first Real Grade: RX-78-2
I'd have to say that the odds of the first kit of the new category being the RX-78-2 are pretty high...
The first 2.0 was the RX-178 Gundam Mk.II, but yeah it seems pretty certain to be another RX-78-2
DeleteMG v2 start with RX-178
DeleteThe first MG 2.0 was technically the Mk. II, so its not "ALWAYS" the RX-78-2, just, most of the time.
DeleteActually the first PG was an Evangelion unit, if we want to get completely technical. Makes me think we'll potentially see a change in the roster
Deleteif so, then we should have higher expectations of this "new line" since the Master Grade RX-78-2 3.0 is already the "1/100 RG" people are talkin bout. and i can't think of anything better than that.
DeleteAm I the only one still thinkinhg about g no reconguista. Maybe they will start with the main unit from g no reconguista
ReplyDeleteNO! no more added details! I like gunpla plain without those silly lines and be anime accurate. Boooo dtails sucks. If these come out I will just buy pla plates and shape them like a box and stare at it.
ReplyDeleteYou're really against high detail? Like.. what? I don't even.. what?
Delete...what?
I think I understand what he means. I think high detail is cool but with an iconic mobile suit like the sazabi adding in detail and a psycho frame that was never in the anime, seems very disapointing to anyone who wanted THE sazabi updated instead of what ifed.
Deletei think he is saying...what?
DeleteNope, this is trying t point out those people who are against more detail. I think he is trying to make fun of those idiot people who wants plain and boring super anime accurate cartoonish kits. For example they want the RX78 to look exactly like its 80's counterpart. No detail, no nothing. As a modeler of mechas, not anime, I find those people stupid too,
DeleteWhy is everyone suggesting they'll put it above Master Grades? That makes no sense, MGs are already super expensive in a tough economy. I'm betting it'll either be officially giving a "real" name to 1/100 no grades, or something more akin to an action figure (eg more durable).
ReplyDeleteim just RG collector
ReplyDelete1/100 Real Grades with no inner frame. That's what I'm betting. If so, at the very least I hope we get previously unreleased mobile suits.
ReplyDeleteinb4 Really Real Grade
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling that they will either announce that they will continue the MG 3.0 line or make a new line for MG (like Ver Ka or EW) with details seen on the RX-78-2 3.0, Nu Ver Ka, and Sazabi Ver Ka.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to MG AGE-3 and MG AGE-FX? Where are they now?
ReplyDeleteAge: better left forgotten
DeleteTrust me their planning to use RG designs on MGs since some RGs look better than their MG counterpart. Remember RX-78-2 ver 3? it looks like a 1/100 RG ver
ReplyDeleteand yup I expect this will be expensive...
RX-78-2 and MS-06S will probably be the first in the line
trivia: filipno citezens are lazy
ReplyDeleteEh, this is an announcement of a new grade category for the 1/100 scale. You're off by a few pages, trivia guy.
Deletetrivia: Anonymous guy over there cannot spell spell citizen. Must be a stupid Malaysian
Deletenot fan of ball joints but if u post RG a Lot the joints tend to loose on tym XD well as long as its a Gundam doesnt matter XD ill take it n_n
ReplyDeleteI can sense remastered strike freedom, destiny and infinite justice! Or ex-s gundam!
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking pre-assembled inner frame like RG to leave more room for detail.
ReplyDeleteIt's MSN-04II guys..
ReplyDelete이건 나이팅게일. 두번째가 mk3이고, 세번째는 gp 4거베라임
ReplyDeleteThe first product for this line is 1/100 Nightingale, followed by Gundam Mk-III and GP04
ReplyDeletehttps://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t1.0-9/10277489_10203973853213339_6738217834294135064_n.jpg
ReplyDeletefrom FB group photo, not very sure true or not
and its Nightingale, gundam mark 3 and GP04
1/100 new HG.
ReplyDeleteFirst kit..... Drums everywhere Nightingale
http://s28.postimg.org/t2tzv2859/1400059248955.jpg
reborn100- nightingale, prepare your wallet..
ReplyDeleteNew line is called Reborn 100.
ReplyDeletePhotoleaked, first gunpla in the line is nightingale.
hey guys
ReplyDeletefirst of NEW grade is 1/100 Nightingale
First is nightingale, second or third is mkIII i think. Image link http://postimg.org/image/v1mar39hv/ad863c85/
ReplyDeletehey guys
ReplyDeletefirst of new grade is 1/100 nightingale
and 2nd is gundam MK3
3nd is GP04
The first in this new line is actually going to be an MSN-04 II Nightingale. It's already plastered in some LED ads in Japan. That is a monstrous kit. It has the tag Reborn One Hundred.
ReplyDeleteits the nightingale apparently
ReplyDeletehttp://www.taghobby.com/1-0/1-2/2014%E5%B9%B45%E6%9C%8815-18%E6%97%A5-%E9%9D%9C%E5%B2%A1hobby-show-bandai%E5%B1%95%E5%93%81/
it's revealed, a 1/100 HG, 1st one from this category to be nightingale
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from the pic we can see a total of 4 upcoming kits, the upper right one we can see that it's a seed model, probably a freedom or a strike freedom
DeleteWhat are you talking about. The upper right is the Mg hi nu gundam.
Deleteso will they make MG Dendrodium and Meteor Unit now? I would like them to do that....:3 or MG Motherships like Eternal will be nice to have on the shelf...XD though I know that's kinda impossible....
ReplyDeletenightingale, gundam MK3 and GP04 are not from animated tv series..
Deleteyou can expect the possibility of MG/ reborn Dendrodium and Meteor Unit yourself..
the first new 1:100 will be nightingale...according to my information... I hope it is real.. LoL
ReplyDeleteLooks like the first 3 are going to be the nightingale, the mk 3, and the gpo4! Look on http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/gundam's blog on 53th shizuoka hobby show report gundam ver part 1
ReplyDeleteI wish RE/100 grade will not be as good as MG. But i am sure there will be more future MG model receive similar treatment like RG. We gunpla builder demand more details than before.
ReplyDeleteCheck this out - more on RE/100
http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Reborn-One_Hundred
RE/100 model refer to revival of the 1/100 No Grade model kits without any inner frame....kinda disappointed. I love inner frame which bring out realism and mechanical feature of real gundam separate it from cartoon looking.