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Anyone know if amazon japan opens preorder at a certain time for MB or am I stuck refreshing all day on the 25th/26th? Going to try for the Dynames R3 there...

Shut up and take my money.

Gold Frame up for pre-order @ USAGundamstore

https://www.usagundamstore.com/products/gundam-metal-build-gundam-astray-gold-frame-amatsu-mina-princess-of-the-sky-ver

15 hours ago, 68whiskey said:

I look at these earlier this year. The options are cool but the rumor has it that it will only be sold in Japan. So per the usual us Americans will have to pay an  "import tax" per say to get our hands on it. Hopefully they dont release the parts seperately over time. 

The real question is are these going to be limited edition/limited production type thing? If so I may bite down and get one now rather than later if/when it reaches 500-600 

I believe Gundam Factory Yokohama is supposed to be open until March 2022, it would be weird for them to not keep the their 'flagship' souvenir in stock through that period. Personally I would guess we would be able to buy it at around ~26000yen + shipping off resellers once the initial craze settles down. Tbh, the price on yahoo auction is not too bad right now considering how hard it is to get one.

4 hours ago, General Rasp said:

So is this the original version of the mobile suit before the arm gets cut off and replaced with the Bitz's arm? 

Its a metal build exclusive design. Bandai made a special version of the Hana for release as P-Bandai ("Hana ver. Hana").

Bandai then decided to milk us for more money by turning it matte black, adding the effect parts, and making the shoulder symmetrical (although it looks like they are giving us the blitz shoulder as well based on the magazine image)

Edit: They did go back to the original backpack design it seems,

1 hour ago, carlsylar said:

I wouldn’t count on that, far as I know Bandai has no plan for that, but R3 and justice are on the way

I remember them showing off the GN Arms a year or two ago, but then it got relegated to background poster during Tamashii nation 2020, I hope it doesn't get disappeared like the ARX-8 backpack or the Red Frame Salvage Unit.

25 minutes ago, carlsylar said:

I am surprised they release this one so soon. Disappointed but still have to get one T.T

Yeah, I was expecting them to get Dynames R3 or Justice out first, but F91 and Gold Frame Mina just jumped ahead. Now if they release the GN Arms that would be nice, that thing is long overdue

13 minutes ago, carlsylar said:

Yes，it is the one they showed，matte paint，same left and right arm

Kind of disappointed at the symmetrical arm, but its better than trying to get the older gold frame

This looks like the matte black gold frame they showed off a few weeks ago...Good thing its a general release and not a P-Bandai. Damn it my wallet is bleeding already...

14 hours ago, F360 said:

Since already have the original I really do not need this new repaint F-91.   But I do like the new look more .   I try really hard posting store links hoping it would be sold out ASAP so I will say too myself too bad .  Sold out .   But of all the metalbuild preorders thid one was opened for a long time .   So I still ending up preordering . Lol .

I would say all those tamashii announcements just before preorder might really stole some of the thunder , I mean I totally forgot about it until I got the email alert from cdjapan.

Since this is a standard release, I’m sure USA stores will have it on preorder soon too .   

The new look is great, and not having to buy the option set separately is a big plus. Fingers crossed for a US retailer release. There are not that many choices to get Metal Builds in Canada without a giant markup

For the new F91, what are the chance of it being sold by Amazon JP or US retailers?