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Q/A & Help Group 9 years, 7 months ago I was browsing through the future release of gundam kits and I noticed the HG Astray Gold Frame is in the list. http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN983660/Gun
Correct me if I am wrong. Isn’t the HG gold frame supposed to be a Bandai exclusive item? HLJ don’t carry any Bandai exclusive item.
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HLJ doesn’t carry web-exclusive items, and HLJ is carrying this item, therefore this item isn’t a web-exclusive… 🙂
More seriously though – the online exclusive is a different version of the Gold Frame.
Web Exclusive: “Gold Frame Amatsu”
General Release: “Gold Frame Amatsu Mina”
Probably the easiest-to-identify difference is that Mina has high heels and sort of Blitz-lookin’ lower legs, while the regular Amatsu uses standard Astray parts in those areas. There’s other differences, too (Mina’s got some sword-things mounted on the hips, and a different head I guess)
I think the web-exclusive Amatsu is just the Mina kit with a few parts added from the regular HG Astray…
Wow! Thank you so much for the clarification. 😀
The Amatsu probably comes with enough parts to build the Mina though, unless Bandai excludes those pieces from the runner, but i’m pretty sure they will include the original feet. Not sure about the head mold though.
I was confused as heck by this too. Had to check the Gundam wiki and guess that the exclusive one is the “incomplete” form of the amatsu that they list. Even when I was looking at the magazine advertisement for the kit releases side by side I wasn’t sure haha.