Kotobukiya have announced their next SRW:OGS model kit project – the Super Robot “Cybaster“, now available in true 1/144 scale.
The previous version of this kit was non-scale and was limited to only robot form. This new to-scale version will offer greater pose ability, full transformation to dragon form, two drone mechs, and a display base to show the Cybaster in flight.
The 1/144 Cybaster model Kit is scheduled for release in November 2009, with an MSRP of 7,800 yen.
Final production photos of Bandai’s upcoming Nirvash Spec2 from the Robot Damashii product line. The Nirvash, along with the nemesis-mech “the END“, are the first two entries from the anime “Eureka Seven” in the Damashii line.
Artstorm, distributor of high-end diecast robots such as those made by Fewture, has put up product pre-orders for the upcoming three-robot Gingaizer boxed set made by fledgling company “Reigning Looney”. The set will be sold through Fewture Direct, the Artstorm online store, and it is unknown if they will be widely available through retailers.
MSRP for this set will be a whopping 37,500 yen.
Toy manufacturer CM’s Corporation has announced the next addition to its high-end diecast line of Brave Gokin Toys: The Linebarrel from the anime “Linebarrels of Iron”. The figure will be largely diecast and roughly 7 inches in height.
The toy is scheduled to be released in June 2009 for a retail price of 17,640 yen.
Show time indeed: Bandai‘s Display booth at Tamashii Nation 2009 has revealed yet another new upcoming product: the Soul of Chogokin Big-O from the anime of the same name. Only a rough and unpainted prototype was displayed at the show and no pricing or release information was divulged, but the finished figure should hopefully be released sometime in 2009.
Courtesy of Bandai‘s display booth at Tamashii Nations 2009 comes the news of the addition of mecha from Full Metal Panic to Bandai’s “Robot Damashii” line! The first release will be the hero-mech featured throughout the series: the ARX-7 Arbalest. Also slated for release is a companion foe-mech: the RK-92 Savage.
No release or price information is released as of yet, though it should come out sometime in 2009.
Spotted at this year’s Tokyo International Anime Fair were painted samples of Kaiyodo‘s upcoming Revoltech figures from the anime Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. The three figures on display were Gurren, Arc-Gurren Lagann, and Choginga Gurren Lagann.
No price has been set for these items yet. Gurren is set for a release in June 2009, Arc-Gurren Lagann and Choginga Gurren Lagann at a later date.
Kotobukiya have revealed built photos of their next model kit in the Super Robot Wars product line: The Personal Trooper ART-1 from the PS2 game Super Robot Wars: OGS.
The ART-1 is an update of the hero-mech R-1, and carries over many of the same design points, such as dual pistols and the ability to transform into a Zeta-Gundam-esque jet mode through parts-forming.
ART-1 includes several accessories including a combat knife, chainsaw gauntlets, boosted rifle, shield, dual revolvers, and a support base for displaying the figure in its transformed mode.
The 1/144 ART-1 model Kit is scheduled for release in July 2009, with a MSRP of 5,040 yen.
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Happinet Online has posted final promotional photos of Megahouse‘s upcoming Super-Deformed Daizengar and Aussenseiter figures from Super Robot Wars: Original Generations.
These photos show off the figures metallic paintjob, as well as some of their gimmicks such as the tiny Sanger and Elzam figures contained within each figure and the transforming Aussenseiter’s Pferd mode.
These figures are still set to come out in May, with an MSRP of 5,775 yen and 6,825 yen for Daizengar and Aussenseiter, respectively.