07 January 2006

 

Musai Release Date Confirmed! [Updated]

Posted by A at 4:24 PM | View All 2 Comments | Post a Comment

Other Japanese web sites have confirmed the February release date for the glorious 1/400 scale Musai. The online store JBook.co.jp lists the price as 13000 yen and includes better pictures of the model, while Noda-Ya.com has it for 13,650 yen. Both of these sites are also advertising pre-order discounts of 20-30%, but do not ship outside Japan.

[Update] As faithful reader Richard noticed, HobbyLink Japan finally has the Musai up for pre-order. They list the price as 13,000 yen, though if you pre-order by January 13, they'll take 5% off the price. I should probably mention two things... First, HLJ's EMS shipping cost for the comparably-large White Base model is over US$100, which nearly doubles the price. I am sure the Musai's shipping will be similarly outrageous. Second, while the Gundam Collection figures are seldom available on eBay, the models have all appeared on eBay at decent prices. The 1/400 scale White Base showed up from close to a dozen different sellers, some of which were US-based so shipping was only $20-$30. So what I am saying is pre-order with care. ;-)
    Comments:

  1. Posted by Anonymous Anonymous at 1/07/2006 3:50 PM:  

    Thus Musai is indeed awesome!

    I see that HLJ has just listed it under the 'Gundam 0079' section in the 'Future Releases'

    I've pasted a link here...
    http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN941033

    Maybe someday the Gau we've all seen in pictures will also be released...

    Here's to also hoping for a Fat Uncle! transport plane :-) Though I suspect if that ever did come out it'd be a $$$ B-Club kit.

    This is a great site/blog! Keep up the good work...

    Richard


  2. Posted by Anonymous Anonymous at 1/10/2006 11:37 PM:  

    Totally true about shipping something big like this from HLJ... Sometimes, if you wait awhile, things like this actually show up in stores, if you know where to look and can wait a year or more. I've seen a couple of the 1/400 White Base models up here in Canada for about $120 Cdn ($US 100 approx)

    Anyways, found some larger pics of the Musai on Gundamer.com... This is going to be a must-have :-) The detail is awesome!
    http://www.gundamer.com/07/4543112410337.html

    There's also a kinda-small 360 view of the kit

    Richard





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