So why do you guys think Bandai decided to make Banshee Norn a Premium Bandai exclusive instead of Phenex? I mean Banshee Norn is going to be in the anime that everyone even international people can see; where you can only see Phenex at Gundam Front Tokyo and not everyone are able see that. If I were Bandai I would make Banshee Norn a mass retail…[Read more]
Honestly I think that the phenex is quite a nice release. It offers something a bit different (and shiny) to the table than just a modified gun and bigger shield.
If anything I think that the best thing Bandai could do would be to give us an expansion set like the universe booster or the core booster set as all that really changes is the pilot…[Read more]
I agree with Nick A “universe” type booster/ Norn pack would be great, sell for 2000 yen or so, nice cheap add-on. The whole P-Bandai is just a bit silly for international gunpla fans. At least there are sites to grab them. but yeah, I don’t understand why cannot make the Norn a retail release.
I waited on getting the banshee because i figured the Norn would be the retail release, lo and behold it’s the insanely over priced Phenex. Why bandai did what they did, we’ll honestly never know but i do feel the norn should’ve been the retail release, making it online only seemed like a slap in the face to international gunpla builders.
I’m actually happy they made it an exclusive. It’s not geared towards beginners anyway, so people who purchase it should be painting and detailing the kit.
@GN thank you, Still extremely rough around the edges. Dare I say the swords are going to take a few hours to file, finish and polish. Hopefully they will look shiney 🙂
Hi everyone, I think I stumbled upon the new RG – Char’s Z’Gok, but also the normal Z’Gok! The pictures are attached. I will be making my pre-order soon!
Honestly that looks like it’s just a custom in RG style. Bandai would be unlikely to deviate so far from the original design with those claws.
Still looks awesome though!
Yeah, it’s still in the prototype stage but they’ve released a price of 25000Â¥ (unless someone can correct me as I read 27000Â¥ somewhere else). So yeah. Big spenders have fun.
I really hope there’s going to be a release for May, i was hoping, given their track record for the first quarter that they’d try to release 2 a month for the 35th anniversary.