The latest Gundam Converge news...

Oh my.... quick, somebody pinch me, I must be dreaming! What in the seven holy hells is this? A League Militaire Shrike Team squadron pack? If you follow this blog you have probably seen me ranting about wanting army packs with multiple gear choices as one of my not so secret dream scenarios but never would I have dared believing that Bandai and FusionWorks would feel confident enough to try it out in reality. Just look at this line-up:

5x LM111E02 Gun-EZ
2x LM312V06 Victory Gundam Hexa
2x LM312V06+SD-VB03A V-Dash Gundam Hexa
1x V2 Core Fighter (for the LM314V21 Victory 2 Gundam from Converge #18)


All mobile suits come armed with beam rifles and the set includes a couple of extra beam sabers, bazookas and beam shields for the crew to deploy and to top it all off the suits come with the Shrike Team insignia as well as each pilots' personal markings. How cool is this? Oh man, if this set does well imagine what Bandai could do going forward. How about a Marasai and Hizack team led by Jerid and Kacricon, or why not a GINN / CGUE combat team with a commander up front? This is just incredible; I am really dumbstruck right now.

The Shrike Team will deploy in the Premium Bandai program and is scheduled for airdrop in November 2020. At a price of ¥6300 these figures are pretty much priced as regular retail figures. I pray that this set does really, really well.

The second new item will be in the retail EX line, and it is a real monster of a suit. It is the Psycho Zaku of Thunderbolt fame that will be flying in on one of those hideous oversized bases. Fortunately there will be some option parts with standing feet as well. This behemoth is also scheduled for November and carries a hefty price tag of ¥3600.