Spring 2023: The Lone Season of Giant Robots
After quite an uneventful (or eventful) Winter, Spring 2023 is here with one big show and several smaller ones. Let’s see what we got!
HI-METAL R – VF-0D Phoenix (Kudo Shin machine)
The machine driven by Shin Kudo, the main character of “MACROSS Zero”, is finally available in HI-METAL R series! Reproduce the D type’s characteristic aircraft design and double-seat cockpit with new modeling!
HG TWFM 1/144 Gundam Lfrith Thorn
From the latest Gundam series “Mobile Suit Gundam The Witch of Mercury”, Gundam Lfrith Thorn has been commercialized!
HG TWFM 1/144 Gundam Lfrith Ur
From the latest Gundam series “Mobile Suit Gundam The Witch of Mercury”, Gundam Lfrith Ur has been commercialized!
HG 1/35 Guren Seiten
From “Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2”, the Nightmare Frame “Guren Seiten Hakkyoku Shiki” piloted by Karen Kozuki appears in the HG series with completely new modeling.
HG TWFM 1/144 Gundam Aerial Rebuild
From the latest Gundam series “Mobile Suit Gundam Witch of Mercury”, the modified version of the main character Gundam Aerial is made into a three-dimensional HG series with a new mold!
Kotobukiya – Non-scale Majestic Prince – Red 5 (Normal Ver)
Red Five, the mecha piloted by Izuru Hitachi in MAJESTIC PRINCE, is now available as a model kit!
Metal Build Dragon Scale – Shin Getter 1
SHIN GETTER 1 appears from DRAGON SCALE! The dynamism in the video can be freely reproduced with a new mechanism, variable wings, and a wealth of effects. A new generation SHIN GETTER 1 that incorporates the design of Getter 2 and 3 into a solid body is born!
HG 1/100 YF-19 Excalibur
In conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the anime “Macross”, a new series of BANDAI SPIRITS “Macross” plastic models will start on HG! The first is “YF-19”!
MGSD Freedom Gundam
MG technology is integrated into the body of SD Gundam!
Freedom Gundam appears from the new dimension SD high-end brand “MGSD”, packed with the best movement performance and gimmicks in the history of the SD series, and overwhelming detail expression!
HG TWFM 1/144 Gundam Aerial Rebuild
From the latest Gundam series “Mobile Suit Gundam Witch of Mercury”, the modified version of the main character Gundam Aerial is made into a three-dimensional HG series with a new mold!
Upcoming Mecha series for 2023
The new year is approaching! So let’s take a look at what the mecha genre has in-store for us in 2023.
HG 1/144 Mazinger Zero (Infinitism)
From “Shin Mazinger ZERO vs Ankoku Taishogun”, “Mazinger ZERO” appears as the 5th “INFINITISM”!
HG TWFM 1/144 Gundam Pharact
From the latest in the Gundam series, “Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury,” comes the HG Gundam Pharact, piloted by Elan Ceres, the leader of the Pale Dormitory!
HG TWFM 1/144 Darilbalde
From the latest Gundam series “Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury”, the mobile suit Darilbalde, whose entire body is wrapped in red armor, joins the HG series!
Kotobukiya – Non-scale Muv Luv Alternative – Type-97 Fubuki (UN Color)
From Muv-Luv Alternative, Fubuki – the mass-produced, advanced training unit developed to conduct basic technology research for the Japanese Imperial Army’s third generation units—is finally joining Kotobukiya’s plastic model kit lineup in the United Nations version with newly sculpted parts!
Good Smile Company – Moderoid – Evangelion Unit-01
From the anime film series “Rebuild of Evangelion” comes a MODEROID plastic model of Evangelion Unit-01 in an easy-to-collect size and affordable price!
Good Smile Company – Moderoid – Fafner Mark Alles
From the anime series “Fafner in the Azure” comes the first ever plastic model of the Salvator Model Fafner Mark Alles!
Mobile Suit Gundam The Witch From Mercury HG series new kits annoucement
A brand new hg series after 7 years since HGIBO’s debut – HG The Witch From Mercury. With 7 models HG will be released by the end of this year and 2 models next August. They will bring a breath of fresh air to the HG Gundam series!