Upcoming HG 00 Clear Colour Kits in January

Great news!

Bandai has finally announced the next upcoming line of HG Clear Color kits which consists of HG 00 Qan[T], Zabanya, Harute, Raphael. All the kits will be launched in January and the price is 100 Yen above the standard retail price.

Here’s some info:

Kit Name: HG 00 Qan[T] Clear Colour Version

Price: 1700 Yen

Release Date: January 2011

100 % identical to the Clear Colour Version of 00 Qan[T] launched in conjunction with the Gundam 00 Movie: Awakening the Trailblazer. Below are some extra shots.

Clear white, black, red and green are identical to the current clear colour line up. The clear blue is one slightly lighter colour than the clear blue on HG 00 or Exia.

A stand will come included but, no confirmation on whether it is the above illustration’s normal clear or HG 00 Qan[T]‘s sparkle clear green stand.

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Kit Name: HG Zabanya Clear Colour Version

Kit Price: 1900 Yen

Release Date: January 2011

The colour of the clear parts are identical to HG Cherudim Clear Colour. Colours include, red, white, black, green and yellow.

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Kit Name: HG Harute Clear Colour Version

Kit Price: 1900 Yen

Release Date: January 2011

Colour of clear parts are exactly identical to HG Arios Clear Colour Version consisting of clear orange, black, white, red and yellow.

Like Arios, the Mobile Armour Mode looks more menacing in clear colors, well at least that’s what I think.

 

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Kit Name: HG Raphael Clear Colour Version

Kit Price: 2100 Yen

Release Date: January 2011

First HG Clear Colour kit to feature clear purple. ^^

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Alternatively, there is an option to get all the kits bundled together.

Kit Price: 7600 Yen

Release Date: January 2011

Considering the price is the total of all 4 kits, it should be safe to say that there is no additional goodies. But, who knows? Perhaps a hybrid box art like the previous Clear Colour bundle releases? only time will tell.

So far, this is a Bandai Hobby Online Shop exclusive thus, there is no confirmed news of whether or not the kits will be sold in hobby stores.

My Take:

For a clear colour kit fan like me, this is like a dream come true. Not one, not two but four kits. While I haven’t mentioned this before, the new generation HGs from the 00 Series are very good at hiding seam lines and nip marks therefore making it look even better in clear colour. So far, 00 Qan[T], Zabanya and Harute catch my eye though, realistically I may only get 00 Qan[T] first. Raphael is little difficult, majority of it’s clear parts are in white and black which don’t really look all impressive in clear colour. Dunno, maybe the clear purple will have to do its work. XD

Until then, (with determination) Clear Colour Kits here I come!

 

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Composite Ver. Ka Commander Haruhi’s Customized General Purpose Humanoid Type Decisive Battle Use Exoskeleton

Before anything else. Wow! That must be like the longest post tile ever and for that reason I shall be addressing it as Ver. Ka Haruhi instead of the absurdly long Composite Ver. Ka Commander Haruhi’s Customized General Purpose Humanoid Type Decisive Battle Use Exoskeleton.

Recently, Tamashii Nations announced a collaboration between Katoki Hajime and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. If you have read my past posts, then you would already know that I’m “quite” a big of Katoki Hajime. For those who don’t know who he is, to keep it short, he is one of the top mech designers around specifically doing Gundam designs and contributes his designs mostly to the Master grade lineup of Gunpla or his GFF and Ver. Ka Composite figurines More information on him here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katoki_Hajime. Now The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, I’m sure, needs no introduction. Generally, when this collaboration was introduced, I was shocked and excited to see the outcome.

And here it is,

Yup, a bunny girl mech with a bunny girl in it. Honestly, when it was first revealed, I was a little surprised but, I seem to like it even more and more especially that rifle.

The mech and Haruhi can be separated which is a nice gimmick but, I doubt it has much actual usage. Note the yellow ribbons on the side of the mech and the typical S.O.S. and Haruhi insignia all over the mech.

From the side, it is rather thin but, that is acceptable. Though, the design of the whole mech looks very Unicorn Era design themed. The legs especially really shout ReZEL and Unicorn.

The mech’s entry system looks pretty simple and something which caught my eye was the feet, kinda small. Oh, And the bunny ears move!

If you’ve already noticed it, they are all using a Soul Stage stand which makes me wonder will there be the signature Composite Ver. Ka and GFF style stand which Katoki is known for. Hopefully so. :\

Well, this may actually turn out to be the first Haruhi figurine I’ve ever gotten. Overall, the display sample looks good. There are one or two things amiss like the feet looks a bit small and the articulation wouldn’t be too good. But, the nice design more than makes up for it (as like all other Katoki Hajime figurines) and that rifle, especially that rifle. So far, no price has been announced but, like all other Compostie Ver. Ka figurines, the price should be north of 4500 Yen. Hopefully, by then there will be more weapons and that much-needed stand.

So, what say you? Get or not to get?

Images are from GA Graphic