It is late September and the next Gundam Card Game starter pack "Iron Bloom" is scheduled for release here in Europe on Friday. I probably won't be able to jump in on it at this time and so I am amusing myself by opening up an old Arsenal Base promo card-package I have had lying around here instead. If you are not familiar, Arsenal Base is a Gundam-themed Arcade Game powered up by collectible unit and pilot cards, similar to older games like Tryage before it. Cards are typically obtained through playing the game on the machine itself although from time to time Bandai release smaller "booster packs" and absolute tonnes of promotional cards tied to various events. This particular promo-item was released on January 17 to commemorate the premiere of GQuuuuuuX and was handed out in cinemas in Japan at the time.
The card comes in a typical Arsenal Base promo-pack and is packaged together with one of the nicer illustrations that have been used to push the GQuuuuuuX-series. The set consists of only two cards, you can either get PR-288 which is the GQuuuuuuX or PR-289 which is the Red Gundam (0085). Inside this package I found PR-288 and a separate paper that talks wonders of the Arsenal Base game and also has an illustration of the arcade machine on it (to learn more about the game, hit up the official Japanese site). You can see the various stats and performance of the card itself on its backside, I won't be going into detail about its relevance in the game. At the moment I don't have the Red Gundam-card but once I find a copy I will go back to this review and update it accordingly. Unlike the muted style of the Gundam Card Game foil cards, Arsenal Base cards often have very flashy and shiny foil effects and these cards are no exceptions.
I'll close out this mini-review with a closer look of the spectacular poster-style illustration that accompanies the card, the tone and style of it is really something extra in my opinion. :)
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