“Gundam SEED FREEDOM” Black Knight Squad Carla, Murasame Kai, and Z’Gok too! “Shizuoka Hobby Show” New Gunpla SummaryNew product information for “Gunpla”, which is a three-dimensional version of the aircraft appearing in “Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM”, was unveiled at the “62nd Shizuoka Hobby Show” held from May 8th to 12th.

“Gunpla” refers to three-dimensional plastic models of mobile suits, robots called mobile armor, battleships, etc. that appear in the “Mobile Suit Gundam” series. Since the “1/144 Gundam” was born in 1980, a total of 700 million units have been sold by May 2020, the 40th anniversary.

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM'' is a completely new work in the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED series” that will be released in January 2024, approximately 20 years after the TV anime. It continues to have a long run, achieving the highest box office revenue among the many Gundam series movies released in theaters.

At the recently held 62nd Shizuoka Hobby Show'', a new Gunpla” product was also unveiled, which is a three-dimensional model of the aircraft that appeared in this work. The MS “HG 1/144 Black Knight Squad Karra”

driven by Orpheus and Ingrid is scheduled to be released in October. Both wings are designed to expand dynamically, and the color coding of the armor is reproduced by dividing the parts.

An improved version of Murasame driven by Mu, “HG 1/144 Murasame Kai,” is also scheduled to be released in October. This can transform from MS form to MA form.

“HG 1/144 Destiny Gundam SpceII & Zeus Silhouette”, which is a set of the modified Destiny Gundam machine driven by Shin and its equipment “Zeus Silhouette”, is scheduled to be released in November. The impressive Zeus silhouette can also be transformed into MA form.

The Z’Gok that Athrun drove to great success has been decided to be commercialized as the “HG 1/144 Z’Gok (tentative name)” , and its full details will be released this summer. There will also be a voting project to decide on the package image.

In addition, the golden MS Akatsuki that Mu drives in this work is also scheduled to be released in December as the RG 1/144 Akatsuki Gundam (Equipped with Steller's Sea Eagle)'', which is a three-dimensional version of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY”. It is a Gunpla that is equipped with a “Sea Eagle” and uses a multifaceted shape that highlights the brilliance of the whole body.

“HG 1/144 Black Knight Squad Karra”, “HG 1/144 Murasame Kai”, “HG 1/144 Destiny Gundam SpceII & Zeus Cielut”, “RG 1/144 Akatsuki Gundam (Equipped with Steller’s Sea Eagle)” will be detailed in June. “HG 1/144 Z’Gok (tentative name)” is scheduled to be announced in its entirety this summer. I look forward to the next report.

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