The latest MS Ensemble news...

As one of the last releases for the year, volume 08 of Mobile Suit Ensemble has just been released in Japan. The volume features a pair of Federation suits from the F91-era as well as yet another Titans Test Team machine, the RX-124 Hyzenthlay II together with its support craft Fiver II. The MS Ensemble series now features a really strong Advance of Zeta line-up. The coming behemoth Inle mobile armor will be the crown jewel in that collection for those who feel like spending ¥15000 for a Gashapon toy.

Meanwhile the Ensemble dev team has hinted at some of the developments in 2019. Part 09 has been revealed earlier to focus on suits from The 08th MS Team with the Ground Type Gundam, Zaku High Mobility Test Type, Dom and a Hover Truck. Volume 10 appears to feature the return of the Unicorn Gundam as its main figure. The set is still in planning however and no other comments were released thus far. Development lead Kawa also teased the other picture for an upcoming EX design, a Neo Zeong no doubt. The only question is if we can expect another red Mk-I or the spiffy white Mk-II from Narrative.

The latest Gundam Converge news...

Converge volume 13 released this week and Bandai saw it fit to give us a heads-up of volume fifteen which is still half a year away. There are so many pre-release notifications out by now that it is starting to become hard to keep track of what you are supposed to look for right now.

1. RX-9 Narrative Gundam (Type C Equipment)
2. GX-9900 Gundam X
3. GX-9900-DV Gundam X Divider
4. RMSN-008 Bertigo
5. RXF-91 Silhouette Gundam
6. MSM-07S Z'Gok (Char's Custom)

Set fifteen is a real barrel-scraper with lots of reissues and variations on existing obscure mobile suits. The UC0079 reissues continue with Char's Z'Gok but Bandai... where is the mass production version? You know, the blue figure released as a 7-Eleven exclusive only? The one that fetches 5000-6000 yen on the secondary market these days? Poor effort...

Also just up on my radar is a new version of everyone's favourite the Unicorn Gundam. This time it is a Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative Version Destroy Mode Unicorn in Pearl Metallic. I think it is supposed to be in Awake Mode colours so that would mean green instead of red. The black and white box-art doesn't make it exactly clear. I just discovered it today on Mandarake (sorry for stealing your picture guys...) so I am not sure where it comes from or when exactly it was released. My guess is it is a Cinema ticket promotional item for the Narrative Gundam movie.

By the way, the teaser for Narrative is up on the GundamInfo Youtube-channel. Check it out if you haven't because it promises to be pretty good.

In other news, if you wonder why there is mostly tumbleweed on the site right now my old SLR finally gave up the ghost a while ago and I am looking at replacing it soon. Very frustrating because a lot of stuff sits in its packaging waiting to be documented before I can start playing with it...

Mini Figure Selection Line-up

This post is a work in progress and attempt to collect all Mini Figure Selection figures for quick identification. This content has been separated from the full check list to keep that page at a smaller size. This page will be updated occasionally as more items become available.


Mini Figure Selection vol. 1

The figures in this set do not have a set identification number on their base plates. However there are figures out there which do have the number 20942 underneath their bases. These are likely reissues. The original set released in December 2001.

 

Mini Figure Selection vol. 2

The figures in this set do not have a set identification number on their base plates. The set released in March 2002.

 

Mini Figure Selection vol. 3

The figures in this set do not have a set identification number on their base plates. The set released in June 2002.

 

Mini Figure Selection vol. 4

The figures in this set do not have a set identification number on their base plates. The set released in November 2002.

 

Mini Figure Selection vol. 5

Base plate set identification number: 08298. Released in April 2003.

 

Mini Figure Selection vol. 6

Base plate set identification number: 08364. Set released in October 2003.

 

Mini Figure Selection vol. 7

Base plate set identification number: 20919. This set is the last of the regular figure waves.

 

Mini Figure Selection The Best

Base plate identification number: 33157. All the figures in this set are reissues from previous releases in the MFS line. They are easily recognizable since the font on the figure bases is in a completely different style.

 

Mini Figure Selection Char's Customized Selection

The figures in this set are all available in a special box-set which also contains a handy brochure identifying all the figures of the first six volumes. The figures in this set have specially coloured bases in silvery gray as opposed to the regular black bases.